Posted March 20, 2017
You are invited to participate in the 2nd Joint Workshop on Bibliometric-enhanced IR and NLP for Digital Libraries (BIRNDL), to be held as part of 40th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2017) in Tokyo, Japan on 11th August 2017. <http://wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/birndl-sigir2017/> We are happy to announce that the past…
Posted March 17, 2017
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 7th! The Cultural Immersion for Information Professionals course will run from June 12 to June 21, 2017. Designed to help students develop the unique skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to provide the library services that have become increasingly valuable in our diverse communities, this competitive study abroad program will bring students to Jamaica for a cultural experience filled with…
Posted March 15, 2017
Special issue of Knowledge OrganizationGuest editor: Melissa Gill Knowledge Organization (KO) invites proposals for a special issue focused on knowledge organization within the museum domain. Museums, like libraries and archives, are information institutions for material culture. Museum knowledge organization is object- and context-centric, focusing on the unique instantiation of a particular object and its historical and cultural…
Posted March 10, 2017
The Learning and Knowledge System Curator and Administrator will be a self-driven creative type who is passionate about data organization, is not afraid to think outside the box or roll up their sleeves and jump in, and who will thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Your challenge: Selling and implementing the product, technology and services…
Posted March 3, 2017
Cognitive and Autonomous Test Vehicle (CAT Vehicle) Are you interested in being paid to learn how to program a car to drive itself this summer? Or learning how cognitive radio technology is enabling inter-vehicle communication? This research experience for undergraduates (REU) permits students to engage with the myriad of applications that are related to autonomous…
Posted March 3, 2017
PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE (PPDD)2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE24-26 May 2017Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel & MarinaSan Diego, California USAhttp://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2017/ In conjunction with the 67th International Communication Association Annual Conference Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) is the only academic professional organization in the world focused solely on the digital divide…
Posted February 24, 2017
The MIRIAM BRAVERMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE, a presentation of the Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG), is awarded each year for the best paper about some aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or librarianship. Papers related to archivists, archives, and archival work are also eligible. The winning paper will be published in an issue of Progressive Librarian. The winner of the…
Posted February 24, 2017
The ARMA International Educational Foundation (the Foundation) is excited to announce the availability of a funding opportunity for aspiring information management professionals currently enrolled in graduate-level education programs. This year, the Foundation will be offering three scholarships in the amount of $2,000 (one award) and $1,000 (two awards). These scholarships are designed to cover costs…
Posted February 22, 2017
UNC SILS summer seminars open to ALL students and professionals UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) welcomes participation from non-UNC students or professionals on our international summer seminars to Dublin and Berlin or to Prague. Our program in Dublin/Berlin might be of interest to individuals studying business, information science, project management,…
Posted February 22, 2017
DIVERSITY BY DESIGN: REFRAMING DIVERSITY DISCOURSE IN CANADATWO-DAY SYMPOSIUMSeptember 13-14, 2017 (Toronto, ON, Canada) We will hold a two-day Symposium in Toronto in September 2017 on the state of diversity in Canada’s informational and cultural sectors. The symposium will invite an open multi-sided dialog at the time when Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary, with the…
