Posted December 9, 2019
Registration is now open for NEASIST’s Winter Conference, The Privacy Puzzle: Piecing Together Patron Privacy, Data Efficiency, and the Modern Web! The event will be held January 17, 2020 at Simmons University in Boston. The struggle over privacy, protecting our privacy versus the potential benefits from giving up pieces of it, has become part…
Posted December 4, 2019
The field of information integrates various academic disciplines and practice-based perspectives centered on “the origination, collection, organization, storage, retrieval, interpretation, transmission, transformation, and utilization of information” (Borko, 1968, p. 3). The concept of paradigm, is defined by Kuhn (1970) as “an entire constellation of beliefs, values, techniques and so on, shared by a given community’…
Posted November 22, 2019
The Northeastern University Library’s Digital Production unit is looking for a part-time digital production assistant. The assistant will digitize library and archival materials and create metadata. This is a great opportunity to help shape and document workflows in a growing digitization program. Responsibilities Scan documents using an Epson Expression 11000XL flatbed scanner and record…
Posted November 18, 2019
Countway Library of Medicine has a temporary need for an Access Services Assistant to cover a parental leave. General duties include: Assist patrons with accessing collections, process research assistant card requests, general circulation duties, other tasks as assigned. Work schedule is Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm. Working here, you will… Empower a diverse group of students, faculty,…
Posted November 18, 2019
Dates: November, 2019 – June 2020 Pay: $20/hour Hours: 15 hours/week (7.5 hours every Saturday, other days can be negotiated upon hire) Benefits Eligible position: No Summary: The Information Delivery & Access Services Department supports Northeastern University by cultivating a welcoming environment that supports teaching, learning, and research. IDEAS Associates provide high-quality customer service focused on supervising weekend help &…
Posted November 12, 2019
Conference Venue: Future Africa – University of Pretoria conference venue; please check the website (http://www.futureafrica.science/) for details on the facilities, which are designed to support collaboration and to stimulate creativity. Please plan to present your work in information behaviour at the ISIC 2020 conference in Pretoria, South Africa. Pretoria is also known as Tshwane and…
Posted November 8, 2019
We are currently running our membership drive for MLStEP, and I would like to extend the opportunity to students who are interested in music and/or performing arts librarianship to join our organization and get involved! MLStEP is a part of the Music Library Association (MLA), and is sponsored by the MLA Career Development and…
Posted November 5, 2019
CFP for Library History Seminar XIV Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge August 11-13, 2020 Librarians Without Borders : Historical Perspectives on Library Outreach This conference seeks to explore the history of library outreach in all of its forms. “”Librarian,” “library,” and “outreach” are defined in the broadest possible terms that still retain meaning….
Posted November 4, 2019
Rotational Leadership Development Program Associate (RLDP): The two-year rotational program is geared towards recruiting, hiring, training and promoting the future leaders of our business through hands-on experience, executive exposure and specialized curriculum. The two-year RLDP has two tracks depending on your background and preference; the Business Track and the Technical and Software Track. Program associates…
Posted October 31, 2019
Position Purpose Providing user-centered service pertaining to information services (circulation, technology support, course reserves, stacks maintenance, collection management and resource sharing) at the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries, the Information Access Assistant triages questions from library users, in person and remotely, and completes projects as assigned. Primarily assigned to one of the Biomedical Libraries locations, the IAA…
