Posted April 29, 2016
The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) is now accepting proposals for the 2017 Research Grant Program Competition. An award of one or more grants totaling $5,000 may be made to support research broadly related to education for library and information science. The Research Grant Award cannot be used to support doctoral dissertation research….
Posted April 29, 2016
15 hours per week Available immediately Salary $12.00/hour Specific Duties: Excellent opportunity to assist with and learn more about the daily public services operations and general support of a special collections department. Locates, retrieves and re-shelves collection materials from secure stacks. Processes collection duplication requests. Performs routine clerical and collection support duties. Supports public services…
Posted April 29, 2016
Town of Yarmouth seeks paraprofessional Library Technician in Technical Services Department of the Yarmouth Town Libraries. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Assist in acquisitions; copy cataloging; catalog serials; unpack, stamp, and label new items; match items against packing slips; order cataloging supplies; review donated items for possible addition to the collection; coordinate the collection for the…
Posted April 29, 2016
The 8th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (MEDES’16)In-Cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/16/November 1-4, 2016Biarritz, France Description and Objectives————————— In the world of the Internet of Things (IoT), the rapid growth and exponential use of digital components leads to the emergence of intelligent environments namely “digital ecosystems” connected to the…
Posted April 21, 2016
Support the Collection Development team by enhancing metadata for the H.W. Wilson Core Collections product line. Assist in book record updates for Core Collections. Primary Responsibilities: Assist in creation of cataloging records for H.W. Wilson Core Collections–as needed. Contribute to indexing of Core Collections using Sears and Dewey Decimal Classification System. Update metadata associated with…
Posted April 21, 2016
The Humanities Film Office in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) at MIT is seeking a part-time Cataloging Assistant for FY 2016/2017 (July 1 2016 – June 30 2017). The Film Office is migrating to a new catalog, and the incumbent will assist with entering approximately 6,000 items (DVD, VHS, and LaserDisc) into the new system….
Posted April 15, 2016
Sociedad Latina, a non-profit organization serving youth and their families in the Mission Hill neighborhood and the Greater Boston Area, is looking for a creative, organized professional with a background in one or more STEAM disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Consultants will lead hands-on, interactive projects with students and help relate STEAM (Science,…
Posted April 15, 2016
Editor: Emily J.M. Knox, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Deadline for Proposals: June 3, 2016 (Deadline extended) Notification of Acceptance: June 17, 2016 Deadline for Chapter Submissions: August 22, 2016 Chapter Review Results: September 14, 2016 Deadline for Chapter Revisions: November 14, 2016 Publication Date: Spring 2017 Description: For the past few years, there has been…
Posted April 15, 2016
Deadline for proposal submissions is Friday April 22nd, 2016. Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Fundamentals of Information Ethics for the Information Fields This call is for book chapter proposals for an edited information ethics textbook. Fundamentals of Information Ethics for the Information Fields would serve as a guided outline for instructors to use when developing course content for either standalone information ethics courses or information…
Posted April 13, 2016
http://litwinbooks.com/laac2017colloq.php Call for Proposals Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene: A ColloquiumMay 13-14, 2017New York University As stewards of a culture’s collective knowledge, libraries and archives are facing the realities of cataclysmic environmental change with a dawning awareness of its unique implications for their missions and activities. Some professionals in these fields are focusing new…
