Digital Initiatives Librarian, Oxford, OH
Posted: December 7, 2006 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings Comments OffDigital Initiatives Librarian (from http://www.higheredjobs.com)
Review of applications begins March 1, 2007
Institution: Miami University
Location: Oxford, OH
Category: * Admin – Libraries
Posted: 10/17/2006
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Miami University Libraries, Oxford, OH, has an opening in the Digital Initiatives Department for a Digital Initiatives Librarian. We seek a self-motivated, energetic, service-oriented, flexible team-player with a can-do attitude who is interested in applying information technology to library services; someone who can embrace an environment of continual improvement and change in an organization that strives to stay close to the cutting edge of technology. This position reports to the Head of Digital Initiatives. Read the rest of this entry »
AASL CONFERENCE AWARDS (Student and New Member)
Posted: December 7, 2006 Filed under: Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Travel Awards 9 Comments »Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL) announces
AASL Conference Student Award
Students who are currently enrolled in an ALA accredited graduate library school program or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation) are eligible to apply for an award that includes: $250.00 for conference travel, a waiver of the student conference registration fee, and a waiver of AASL membership dues for a period of one year.
AASL Conference Travel Award
Current AASL members who have belonged to the organization for a period of three years or less, or current AASL members who are first time conference attendees are eligible to apply for a travel award in the amount of $250.00.
Please see below for complete descriptions of the awards, application forms, and deadlines.
Word of the Day: Cybrarian
Posted: December 7, 2006 Filed under: Fun 1 Comment »The Word of the Day for December 06, 2006 is:
cybrarian • \sye-BRAIR-ee-un\ 
• noun
- : a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web
Example Sentence:
The library provided an e-mail address to submit inquiries to the cybrarian.
Did you know?
We’ve been using “librarian” for the people who manage libraries since at least the beginning of the 18th century, and the word was used for scribes and copyists even earlier than that. “Cybrarian,” on the other hand, is much newer; its earliest documented use is from 1992. “Librarian” combines “library” (itself from “liber,” the Latin word for book) and the noun suffix “-an,” meaning “one specializing in.” When people wanted a word for a person who performed duties similar to those of a librarian by using information from the Internet, they went a step further and combined “cyber-,” meaning “of, relating to, or involving computers or a computer network,” with “librarian” to produce the new “cybrarian.”
New issue of ARLIS/DC-MD-VA Newsletter Available
Posted: December 7, 2006 Filed under: ArLiSNAP Press, Libraries: Museum Libraries, News, Professional Associations 2 Comments »The Fall/Winter issue of Sketches, the newsletter of ARLIS/DC-MD-VA is now available online. This issue includes a feature story on the new library at the Phillips Collection, a write-up about Catholic University’s recent Art and Museum Libraries Institute, and a call for chapter members to check out ArLiSNAP and see what we’ve been up to!
The newsletter is available as a PDF here.
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