Posted July 18, 2015
The Nashoba Brooks Teaching Fellowship is designed to support the development of future teachers and leaders in education. Nashoba Brooks is committed to using innovative instruction, including mobile technology and design thinking theory, to equip our students with the tools, resources, and skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century. This is a 10-month…
Posted July 17, 2015
Friday, February 12, 2016 9:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Great Room, Pryzbyla Student Center Catholic University of America The Department of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America requests proposals for the 8th Annual “Bridging the Spectrum” Symposium! The Symposium offers a knowledge-sharing forum and meeting place for practitioners, students, and faculty in all…
Posted July 16, 2015
LAC Group is seeking an Information Services Specialist to work at a major Federal Agency in the Washington, DC area. The Information Services Specialist will assist in providing strategic planning and implementation of information resource technologies and processes. The specialist will also be responsible for providing in-depth research and reference services, assisting with print and…
Posted July 16, 2015
The intention of this contest is to encourage and reward good work in the field of library and information studies, humanistically understood, through a monetary award and public recognition. The contest is open to librarians, library students, academics, and others. Acceptable paper topics cover the full range of topics in the field of library and…
Posted July 9, 2015
ICADL2015: December 9-12, 2015 http://icadl2015.org The 2015 Asian Digital Library Conference will explore digital libraries as a broad foundation for interaction with information and information management in a digital world. We particularly welcome work relating to the conference theme of “Providing High-Quality Digital Information”, regardless of whether it is raw datastreams, numeric, audio-visual, mapping, 3D content, text, social media, compound publications…
Posted July 9, 2015
LIBRARY ASSITANT (FULL TIME): 38 hours/week. This full-time position offers a lot of library specific experience including budgeting, cataloging, processing, collection development, source citation and information literacy. This summer I am planning differentiated library instruction based on the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. In the fall my assistant and I will be instructing students (grades…
Posted July 9, 2015
Date: November 7, 2015 Time: 1:30 to 6:30 pm Location: Hyatt St Louis Keynote Speakers: Ross Todd (Rutgers University) & Safiya Noble (UCLA) About the 2015 Symposium: Research and theory development in information needs, use, and seeking are grounded in work with individuals and groups of people from a variety of practice communities and sociocultural contexts. Reciprocally, work developed…
Posted July 9, 2015
Guest Editors: Andrew Iliadis (Purdue University) and Federica Russo (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by Big Data. Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that…
Posted July 8, 2015
The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (JRLYA), the official research journal of ALA’s Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is currently accepting submissions for a special themed issue. The issue will highlight researchrelated to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) issues and public and school library services for teens. We also welcome research papers examining other…
Posted July 8, 2015
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2016 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition. Research papers concerning any aspect of library and information science are eligible. This competition is not limited to research regarding LIS education. Any research methodology is acceptable. Up to two winning papers may be selected. The winner(s) of the award will…
