Posted July 12, 2017
The Foundation is seeking a highly motivated assistant to support the day-to-day administrative and projects of the three Senior Staff members at the Foundation. The Foundation always has a variety of projects to handle in many areas, which keeps the work fast paced and ever changing. Responsibilities may include: General administrative duties, which may include…
Posted July 12, 2017
The John J. Burns Library is seeking a flexible and productive cataloging assistant to contribute highly accurate records to the library catalog. The incumbent will facilitate access to the Library’s growing collections of more than 200,000 rare and modern printed volumes and extensive holdings of audio-visual materials, maps, and other graphical works on paper through…
Posted July 12, 2017
No of Openings: 2 Work Schedule: Saturdays or Sundays Hours per Week: 7 Wage/Salary: 11.00 Employment Start Date: 9/3/2017 Employment End Date: 5/13/2018 Supervisor: Alexandra Ford, Gallery Learning Coordinator (617-369-3320 or [email protected]) Job details: The Gallery Learning section of the Education Department at the MFA is looking for an interested student to staff the Family…
Posted July 11, 2017
Duties include: Assisting in all aspects of the Circulation Department including check-in, check-out, and renewing materials on the telephone or in person; managing overdue materials; overseeing monthly newsletter. Providing assistance in locating materials; advising and recommending materials to children and adults; interpreting and enforcing library policy. Other similar or related work as directed. Approximately 15 hours…
Posted July 11, 2017
Duties include: Taking a leadership role in all aspects of programming and marketing including planning, marketing, and implementing programming for all ages. Expanding current program offerings to meet the changing needs of the community. Collaborating with local schools and other organizations to provide and raise awareness of library services. Other similar or related work as…
Posted July 11, 2017
The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2017 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award….
Posted July 11, 2017
Date: October 28, 2017Abstract: In today’s milieu of fake news, misinformation, and generalizeddistrust of institutions, information ethics and policy affects everyone,across different information science research areas. In this workshop, wewill analyze these changes to the informational state and discuss how wecan address them through three themes: “pedagogy for information ethics and policy”, “engagement with policymakers”, and…
Posted July 11, 2017
We hope you will consider applying for the SIG USE conference travel awards, SIG USE Student Conference Travel Award and Interdisciplinary Conference Travel Award. SIG USE Student Conference Travel Award is to support students in a master’s or doctoral program in attedning the ASIS&T annual conference. The award winners will receive a check for $1000…
Posted July 11, 2017
We hope you will consider applying for the SIG USE Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the best research proposal that falls within the scope of information behavior. Information behavior is broadly defined to include how people construct, need, seek, manage, give, and use information in different contexts….
Posted July 10, 2017
Normal Work Week: Flexible, 12-15 hours/week Compensation: $15/hr Summary: The digital learning research assistant will work with Harvard Library’s Digital Learning and User Experience Department to collect and analyze data for one or two user research studies during the semester. The research assistant also assists with the development of online library instruction for the library’s…
