Posted April 30, 2018
Open Educational Resource, or OER in short, has been referred to as educational sources or services that anyone may have equal access and contribution (Tuomi, 2006; UNESCO, 2002). Its benefit of reducing students’ cost of education has been validated and underscored in numerous reports. A recent review of 16 OER studies in higher education showed…
Posted April 30, 2018
The organizing committee of the 9th Annual International Conference on Social Media and Society (#SMSociety) invites you to visit wonderful Copenhagen on July 18-20, 2018 to experience scholarly inspiration and Nordic design excellence, architecture brilliance, gastronomic creativity, and social inclusiveness. The 2018 conference will be held at the Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen, July 18-20, 2018…
Posted April 30, 2018
Labor in Academic Libraries. Library Trends Special Issue Guest EditorsEmily Drabinski, Long Island University, BrooklynAliqae Geraci, Cornell UniversityRoxanne Shirazi, The Graduate Center, CUNY Special Issue Theme Labor in Academic Libraries The topic of labor in academic libraries has emerged as an area of critical interest in both academic library and archives communities. Library workers have long…
Posted April 30, 2018
Nature of the Award: The award shall consist of $1,000, given annually to a graduate student who is working on a dissertation on the philosophy of information (broadly construed). As we see it, the range of philosophical questions relating to information is broad, and approachable through a variety of philosophical traditions (philosophy of mind, logic,…
Posted April 30, 2018
Online Learning Librarian Diversity Fellow (Temporary Two-year Program) Reports to: Dean of Libraries and Academic Support Closing date for applications is 6/3/18. *This position has College-wide responsibilities and requires travel between multiple campuses, off-site and partner locations. The primary office location will be the Blue Bell campus https://career4.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=9565&company=mcccprod&username=
Posted April 30, 2018
Summer 2018 Fellowship (June-August) Preserving Dance: A Community-based Approach to Archiving Dance/USA is delighted to announce its first Fellowships in Dance Archiving and Preservation for master’s degree students in library and information sciences. The goal of this program is to develop an engaged, passionate, and well-trained next generation of archivists in the dance field and…
Posted April 30, 2018
Summer 2018 Fellowship (June-August) Preserving Dance: A Community-based Approach to Archiving Dance/USA is delighted to announce its first Fellowships in Dance Archiving and Preservation for master’s degree students in library and information sciences. The goal of this program is to develop an engaged, passionate, and well-trained next generation of archivists in the dance field and…
Posted April 30, 2018
Library Clerk III- Assistant Youth Services Librarian $14.60/hour Brooks Memorial Library seeking full-time Library Clerk III in the Youth Services Department. Will assist the Youth Services Librarian in daily operation of Children’s Room and Teen Room. Duties include all aspects of library circulation functions, conducting variety of programs for children and teens, and supervision and…
Posted April 27, 2018
Title: Library Assistant Location: Maine Maritime Academy’s Nutting Memorial Library Posting: https://mainemaritime.edu/employment-at-mma/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2018/04/Library-Assistant-10700.pdf Application Information & Instructions: https://mainemaritime.edu/employment-at-mma/ Position Overview: Reporting to the Head Librarian and working under the direction of the Public Services and Technical Services librarians as needed, this position provides support for the library’s professional staff as well as customer service for library patrons. The…
Posted April 26, 2018
Gender issues are capturing people’s attentions these days. One aspect of such attention is visual. How does the visual aspect of gender impact library and information science? The journal Open Information Science will have a special issue on this topic. Authors are kindly invited to register at our paper processing system at: http://www.editorialmanager.com/opis/ and submit their contribution. Every manuscript…
