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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Posted July 6, 2015
Cheng & Tsui, the leading publisher of Asian language textbooks and digital products, is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator to assist in the safe and effective administration of our network systems, servers, and applications. An ideal candidate should also have basic development skills, the ability to assist in web application development and an eagerness to…
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Posted July 6, 2015
Program Description Library services are offered at all institutions, providing inmates with an extensive collection of recreational fiction and non-fiction books as well as reference reading materials. They also provide legal research materials, as required by the courts, along with rehabilitative support services which include resources on employment, community reentry, and life skills. Document Links…
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Posted July 2, 2015
We are pleased to invite you and your institution to participate in the OXFORD EDUCATION RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM. You may register to attend either the Summer Session (13, 14 & 15 August 2015 at Pembroke College) or the Fall Session (7, 8 and 9 December 2015, Oxford, UK). You are invited to present a paper on an…
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Posted July 1, 2015
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Illinois seeks nominations for the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2015. Given annually, the award acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination…
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Posted July 1, 2015
First Call for Papers and Participation The 11th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Impacts of Social Informatics Research Sponsored by: ASIS&T SIG Social Informatics and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8:30 AM – 1:00 PMHyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, USA Organizers:Pnina Fichman, Indiana University…
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