Posted July 5, 2017
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure/tenure-track faculty position with a starting date of July 1, 2018. Candidates at all ranks are welcome to apply. The faculty seek an outstanding colleague with research and teaching interests in academic and research library innovation…
Posted July 5, 2017
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays The Avon Public Library is seeking Teen Library Assistants (Children’s and Teen Services). We are looking for applicants who enjoy working with middle school students during the afternoon hours. Potential candidates will be knowledgeable with public libraries, share a love of reading and books, and demonstrate the…
Posted July 3, 2017
Duties include: Answering telephones, checking materials in and out, registering patrons, account maintenance, assisting patrons to locate materials and other general circulation desk duties as assigned. Qualifications include: Excellent customer service skills, ability to perform under pressure, able to work well with other employees & a diverse urban community, good problem solving and computer skills. The employee…
Posted June 29, 2017
Recent developments in digitization and dissemination technologies present the possibility of making archival collections broadly available to a global audience. In addition, new collections of born-digital documents will be readily available to support a multitude of objectives of their diverse, worldwide stakeholders. Demographics such as family members, journalists, social services providers, and policy makers can all benefit from access to these…
Posted June 29, 2017
NFAIS Half-Day Virtual Workshop – Can funding for R&D be separated from political agendas?Date: Monday, July 31, 2017Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDTLocation: VirtualRegistration: https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=531330 What’s the focus?NFAIS intends to tackle the rarely addressed subject of R&D, STEM, and Humanities funding in light of the vagaries brought about by changes in government policies. The near-current…
Posted June 29, 2017
SEMANTiCS 2017 – The Linked Data Conference 13th International Conference on Semantic Systems Amsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 11 -14, 2017http://2017.semantics.cc For details please go to: https://2017.semantics.cc/calls Important Dates (Posters & Demos Track): Submission Deadline: July 10, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Notification of Acceptance: August 10, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Camera-Ready Paper: August 18, 2017 (11:59 pm,…
Posted June 27, 2017
IFLA Satellite Meeting 2017 in Warsaw on August 16-17Data Curator’s Roles and Responsibilities: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectiveshttps://ifla.wdib.uw.edu.pl/ Please join us for the IFLA Satellite Meeting “Data Curator’s Roles and Responsibilities: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” jointly organized by IFLA Library Theory and Research Section (LTR), IFLA- Preservation and Conservation Section, and IFLA- Information Technology Section, and…
Posted June 27, 2017
Volume 15 Issue 1 (June 2017) of the Journal of Library and Information Studies, JLIS (ISSN: 1606-7509) is now available! The full-text of the articles in this issue can be found at http://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/: Evaluating music discovery tools on Spotify: the role of user preference structure by Muh-Chyun Tang, & Mang-Yuan Yang Academic Performance of Indigenous Issues-…
Posted June 27, 2017
The American Library Association’s Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy <http://www.ala.org/offices/oif/JIFP> welcomes submissions related to intellectual freedom and privacy, both in libraries and beyond. Submissions can include: research articles (peer reviewed) non-peer reviewed articles and essays discussing or describing policies,practices,projects,law, and scholarship related to intellectual freedom and privacy personal accounts of censorship and intellectual freedom…
Posted June 27, 2017
Registration for the Diversity by Design (DbD) symposium in Toronto is now open. The symposium will take place in Toronto, ON, over the gorgeous early autumn days of September 13-14, 2017. We have a limited number of spots available for the symposium, and they are filling up fast. Fortuitously, the symposium will also take place against the backdrop of the Toronto International…
