Posted November 29, 2017
You are invited to participate in the upcoming DE-PERsonalisation 2018 workshop, that will be held as part of the 40th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR (https://www.ecir2018.org). Important Dates:Papers submission: 10 January 2018 (midnight AoE) Notification of acceptance: 12 February 2018 Camera ready submission: 26 February 2018 (midnight AoE) DE-PERsonlisation Workshop: 26 March 2018 ECIR Conference: 26-29…
Posted November 29, 2017
Innovation is an old word, of Greek origin, that came into the Latin vocabulary in the early Middle Age and into our everyday vocabulary with the Reformation. However, it is only during the second half of the twentieth century that innovation became a fashionable concept and turned into a buzzword. It gave rise to a plethora of terms like technological…
Posted November 28, 2017
Kent State University School of Information Reinberger Children’s Library Center and the Marantz Picturebook Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art present the 2nd Bi-Annual Marantz Picturebook Research Symposium – Comics and the Graphic Narrative: The Future of the Movement. August 5-7, 2018 Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Keynotes: Carol Tilley, PhD; Graphic Artist, Rafael Rosado Other notable…
Posted November 28, 2017
How do gender and sexuality WORK in library and information studies? Gender and sexuality play various roles in the production, organization, dissemination, and consumption of information of all kinds. As categories of social identity, they do not act alone but in interaction and intersection with race, class, nation, language, ability and disability, and other social…
Posted November 27, 2017
The Judaica Department with the Harvard College Library is currently hiring two less than half time employees. 1. Temporary Library Assistant (Hebrew) Supervised by the Lee M. Friedman Judaica Technical Services Librarian, assists in a variety of activities to help prepare Judaica Division data for migration to a new online system in July 2018. This is a…
Posted November 23, 2017
Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship Applications Solicited MAC is soliciting applications for the 2018 Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students (http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley). The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival administration and to encourage ethnic diversification of the MAC membership and of the archival profession as a whole….
Posted November 17, 2017
LibGig is seeking Overnight & Weekend Library Assistants to cover the information desk at a prestigious University located in Malibu, CA. These roles are short-term, temporary roles to provide overnight coverage during the school’s fall semester finals. Coverage will need to be provided from December 3rd – 14th, with varying hours with all shifts being…
Posted November 17, 2017
Community, Diversity, and Education: Academic Librarianship in Challenging Times This event will be held in conjunction with Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2018 at University of Regina, Saskatchewan, 29-31 May, 2018. (Preconference 28 May, 2018) CAPAL18 provides an opportunity for academic librarians to critically examine and discuss the ways in which collaboration, respect for…
Posted November 17, 2017
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: 2018 REFERENCE RESEARCH FORUM The Research & Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) invites submission of reference service research project proposals for presentation at New Discoveries in Reference: The 24rd Annual Reference Research Forum at the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. Researchers…
Posted November 17, 2017
Wage/Salary: $15. hour Job Description: Identify, scan, pack and shift library collections.Hours: Monday – Friday; 8 am to 4:40 pmFull time, temporary position beginning December 18, 2017 through approximatley March 27, 2018. Must read, write and speak English fluently. Must be reliable. Application Instructions: Please visit http://www.meyerlibrary.com/library-job-opportunities/ and upload your resume.
