Posted May 10, 2016
Please join SLIS from June 14 through June 16 to continue our work with the Boys and Girls Club of Boston (BGCB) to organize and process a library of print material for children and young adults at the organization’s Charlestown club location. During Spring Break, volunteers from SLIS worked to weed, organize, and process the…
Posted April 27, 2016
The Ivy Street School, located in Brookline, MA, has a beautiful new library, filled with over 500 new books. We are seeking a talented and energetic Masters of Library Science candidate who is eager to use newly learned skills to design and help implement this project. Responsibilities would include: Research and recommend an efficient but…
Posted April 25, 2016
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee is seeking a volunteer to develop the organization’s online bibliography (http://sojournertruthmemorial.org/sojourner-truth/sojourner-truth-bibliography/) of books, articles, and other resources on Sojourner Truth’s life and times. The committee, an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 nonprofit located in Florence, Massachusetts, is engaged in a number of educational projects with local schools, and the bibliography is a valuable…
Posted April 12, 2016
The Academic Resource Center at Catholic Memorial School is working on a major project: retrospective conversion, in order to move from our physical card catalog to an ILS and electronic catalog. Volunteers needed! Contact: Caitlin Wilson Director of the Catholic Memorial Academic Resource Center www.catholicmemorial.org/Page/Academics/CMARC Catholic Memorial School 235 Baker Street West Roxbury, MA 02132
Posted March 22, 2016
The NEA Newsletter is looking for volunteers to serve as session reporters at the 2016 Spring Meeting in Portland, Maine, on April 1 & 2 Session reporters will write a summary of their assigned session(s) for publication in the July 2016 issue of the Newsletter. One reporter is needed for each of the 19 concurrent sessions to take place in four blocks on Friday…
Posted March 16, 2016
The Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP) provides university scholarships for straight-A Haitian students to attend university in Haiti. HELP also provides the services one expects at an institution of higher learning but which are not standard at Haitian universities including advising, dorms, a computer lab, and a library. Our library collection now boasts 3000…
Posted March 13, 2016
Two weeks ago we were thrilled to join The New York Public Library, First Book, and Baker & Taylor in announcing the launch of Open eBooks, an app containing thousands of popular and award-winning titles that are free for children from low-income households. The goal of Open eBooks is to encourage a love of reading…
Posted February 25, 2016
The ALCTS Collection Management and E-Resources Interest Group (CMERIG) is seeking a volunteer to serve as vice chair (2016-17) / chair (2017-18). Created in 1991 under the auspices of the Collection Management Section, CMERIG addresses issues related to collection management and development of electronic resources, their funding, and selection. Links to previous CMERIG-hosted conference sessions can be found online at http://www.ala.org/alcts/mgrps/cms/grps/ats-cmdigcmer. Vice-chair…
Posted February 24, 2016
Library of Congress, Washington DC14 – 15 June 2016 Travel grants available for US-based graduate students; other travel funding may be available Applications due 15 March 2016 **This event is a follow-up to the Archives Unleashed datathon held in March at the University of Toronto Library. With generous funding from the National Science Foundation and the…
Posted February 18, 2016
I am reaching out as the Program Director for Mass Poetry, which puts on the annual Mass Poetry Festival. This year’s festival takes place in Salem, MA from April 29 – May 1. A registered volunteer of ours has indicated that Simmons School of Library and Information Science might be interested in learning more about…
