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Crawfordsville District Public Library is Hiring for a Reference Librarian position

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Kristina Porter

The Crawfordsville District Public Library is currently accepting applications for a Reference Librarian position (part-time).

Summary

Assists in the delivery of Reference services with responsibilities for the development, maintenance, and promotion of the library collections. Provides staffing for public service desk, providing patron assistance for public internet computer stations and reference and local history inquiries.

Education

MLS and public service experience, will consider MLS student

Schedule

Schedule will be 20-25 hours per week including daytime, evening & weekend hours as necessary to accommodate service needs.

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SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY DIVISION S. KIRK CABEEN TRAVEL STIPEND AWARD

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Kristina Porter

The S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Stipend Award is offered to a library school student or first time conference attendee. This $1,000 award, generously supported by SPIE Digital Library, is to be used toward expenses of attending the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference in Phoenix, AZ on June 16-20, 2017.

QUALIFICATIONS: Be a library school student at an ALA-accredited library school OR, if NOT currently a student, then the applicant should be a recent graduate from an ALA-accredited program attending his or her first SLA Annual Conference.

Be a current member of SLA, preference going to Science-Technology Division members. Please note, membership in SLA for students or low-income librarians is very affordable ($50 US). See https://hq.sla.org/cvweb_sla/cgi-bin/memberdll.dll/info?wrp=membershipapp.htm

NOMINATIONS: Self-nominations are encouraged.

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ARMA International Educational Foundation Scholarships Now Available

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Kristina Porter

The ARMA International Educational Foundation (the Foundation) is excited to announce the availability of a funding opportunity for aspiring information management professionals currently enrolled in graduate-level education programs.

This year, the Foundation will be offering three scholarships in the amount of $2,000 (one award) and $1,000 (two awards).

These scholarships are designed to cover costs associated with earning a graduate-level degree in the field of information management.

The application deadline is March 31, 2017. (more…)

Two Student Positions Available for Virtual Bethel Project

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Kristina Porter

Two student positions are available for Virtual Bethel Project (this can be a one position for an ideal candidate who is knowledgeable and has experience in both aspects) at the Department of Library Science, IUPUI.

Virtual Bethel Project

Funded by Indiana University’s New Frontiers in the Arts & Humanities Program, the Virtual Bethel project aims to build a 3D virtual space of the physical church building to preserve the cultural heritage, and create it as an interactive learning space for un-represented history and primary source education. Background and more information about the project is available:

The Bethel AME Church Archive: Partners and Participants: https://engage.iupui.edu/newsletter/volume1-issue3/bethel.html
Grant supports four faculty in preserving church’s 180-year heritage: http://soic.iupui.edu/news/grant-preserving-church-heritage/
IUPUI faculty use grant to help digitally preserve historic Indianapolis African-American church: http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2017/02/bethel-ame-church-preservation-digital-archiving-informatics.shtml

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Annette Lamb, a Senior Lecturer in LIS Published Two Articles

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Kristina Porter

Annette Lamb, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Science published two articles in the February 2017 issue of Teacher Librarian: The Journal for School Library Professionals.

The first article titled “A Collection of Digital Collections and More” describes a variety of digital collections across content areas of interest to K-12 students and teachers. (more…)