Posted May 6, 2016
ACM SIGIR invites students from underrepresented groups in technology to apply for a SIGIR 2016 Google Travel Grant. Grants are available for students from all traditionally underrepresented groups in technology (including, but not limited to, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, persons with disabilities, women and veterans). This grant will cover the cost of the SIGIR…
Posted May 6, 2016
The Springfield City Library seeks applications for three positions at our forward-looking public library located in beautiful Springfield, Massachusetts. Please consider applying! Feel free to contact me for more information; all applications must be filed online at the City’s website. Be sure to upload a compelling cover letter for priority consideration. If you can embrace the attitude that “It’s…
Posted May 6, 2016
Position Description: The Law Library Assistant helps patrons use the library and contributes to a wide variety of other activities, including the organization and receipt of library resources and the promotion of the Law Library to the Law School community. The responsibilities for this position include: providing assistance to patrons at the Library’s Information Desk,…
Posted May 6, 2016
Research Room Internship, 16-RR-02 Interns in the Research Room at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library assist professional reference staff in responding to research requests for textual (paper-based) archival collections. The intern’s primary responsibility will be answering reference requests from off-site researchers, including anyone from scholars to publishers to the general public, and covering a…
Posted May 6, 2016
The Watertown Free Public Library is looking for a part time Circulation Services Assistant. Our busy mid-sized library serves a diverse population with a broad catalog of needs. As a member of circulation staff you will be the first point of contact for many of the over 32,000 patrons who use the library every month….
Posted May 6, 2016
As the season of award nominations draws closer, we would like to remind you about one of the recently established ALISE research awards which you may consider. The ALISE / Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults was created in memory of Connie Van Fleet and in recognition of her life’s work. This…
Posted May 6, 2016
The ASIS&T Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Jury is looking for the best Masters student research paper in information science. Any student in a Masters’ degree-granting institution can submit a paper. Papers must follow the guidelines of a JASIST article and must be endorsed by a faculty sponsor for submission to the contest. The…
Posted May 6, 2016
Call for Papers Editors: Karen P. Nicholson and Maura SealePublisher: Library Juice Press Over the past fifteen years, librarians have increasingly looked to theory as a means to destabilize normative discourses and practices within LIS, to engage in inclusive and non-authoritarian pedagogies, and to organize for social justice (Accardi, Drabinski, & Kumbier, 2010; Birdsall, 2001;…
Posted May 6, 2016
Simmons College Library is hiring a full-time, paraprofessional Library Assistant in the Learning Commons. This full-time, pre-professional position is open to students enrolled in SLIS who have taken three or fewer classes. Salary is $31,500 and includes a generous benefits package, including tuition remission for up to two classes a semester (one during the first…
Posted May 6, 2016
Immediate opening The eLearning Curriculum Intern position will contribute to planning and writing materials for educational objects including courseware lessons, videos, tutorials, assessments, and rubrics on a variety of topics related to information literacy, research skills, and critical thinking. These materials will be geared primarily toward a higher ed audience with occasional K through…
