Monthly Archives: December 2016

Science, Technology, Race and Gender Two-year Post-Doc

*Opportunity for teaching scholars from historically underrepresented
groups*

The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University
invites applications for a two-year Inclusive Excellence Post-Doctoral
Fellowship beginning Fall 2017. We seek a scholar working in the area of
Science, Technology, and Society as it intersects with gender and race in
the United States. We are particularly interested in candidates with a
social science background.

The goal of the inclusive excellence post-doctoral fellowship program at
Santa Clara University is *to support the early development of teaching
scholars who are from historically underrepresented groups.*  Applicants
must have a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies or a related field, a strong scholarly
trajectory, and experience teaching undergraduates. We seek balance between
teaching and scholarship and are interested in candidates with a passion
for both.

Located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University
blends high-tech innovation with a social consciousness grounded in the
Jesuit educational tradition. We are committed to leaving the world a
better place. We pursue new technology, encourage creativity, engage with
our communities and share an entrepreneurial mindset.  Our goal is to help
shape the next generation of leaders and global thinkers.  Santa Clara’s
undergraduate and graduate programs span areas ranging from psychology to
sustainable-energy engineering and from theatre arts to business analytics.
Our Women’s and Gender Studies Department offers an undergraduate major and
minor.

Application Information: https://jobs.scu.edu/postings/5219

Application Deadline: December 30, 2016

Department Chair: Linda Garber, lgarber@scu.edu

Project Welcome: Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum Seekers Summit

The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the American Library Association invite you to the Project Welcome: Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum Seekers Summit on February 6, 2017 in Chicago.  At the meeting we will learn from and with US and international librarians, international and national governmental agencies, and domestic resettlement and social services about the information needs of refugees and asylum seekers and the library services needed to support and empower them in their resettlement and integration process.  The information will be used to identify priorities and gaps, develop recommendations and an action plan for library services to refugees and asylum seekers.

You are also invited to participate by presenting a poster.  Please read the call for poster below.

For more information on the Summit and  Project Welcome, a one-year IMLS-funded planning grant (May 2016 – April 2017), see  https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/

Project Welcome | Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum …

publish.illinois.edu

The Mortenson Center and the American Library Association are pleased to present. Project Welcome: Libraries and Community Anchors Planning for Resettlement and …

Call for Posters

Are you delivering innovative and successful library-based programs or services for refugees and asylum seekers?  Have you conducted research on the library and information needs of refugees and asylum seekers?

You are invited to submit a poster proposal to present and share your best practices or research with attendees at the Project Welcome: Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum Seekers Summit, February 6, 2016.  All poster presenters need to register for the Summit.

Proposal Submissions

Please complete the online application form http://tinyurl.com/pw-summit-posterproposal by the December 14, 2016 deadline.

Project Coordinators: Clara M. Chu and Susan Schnuer, Mortenson Center for International Library Program

Project Partners: Michael Dowling and Jody Gray, American Library Association

Librarianship and Genealogy: Trends, Issues, Case Studies

Book Publisher: McFarland

Carol Smallwood, co-editor. Library’s Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); public library administrator, special, school librarian.

Vera Gubnitskaia, co-editor. Reference Librarian, Valencia College, Winter Park, Florida; co-editor, Library Outreach to Writers and Poets (forthcoming, McFarland).

One or two chapters sought from U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, sharing practical know-how about what works for patrons with genealogy: proven, creative, case studies, how-to chapters based on experience to help colleagues with acquisitions, storage, digitization, innovative workshops, community outreach, grants, user instruction, latest resources.

One, two, or three authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters: author discount on more.

Please e-mail titles of proposed chapters each described in a few sentences by January 15, 2017, brief bio on each author; place GENEALOLGY, YOUR LAST NAME on subject line: smallwood.carol@gmail.com

Book Chapter Proposals in Library Assessment

Call for Book Chapter Proposals in Library Assessment  (Apologies for cross-posting)

We are seeking chapter proposals for a book on library assessment. Please consider sharing your work in this area to this effort.

Working Title – Academic Libraries and the Academy: Strategies and Approaches to Demonstrate Your Value, Impact, and Return on Investment

Publisher

This book will be published under the auspices of ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries). The anticipated publication date is early 2018.

Introduction

Assessment in academic libraries will play an increasingly crucial role in higher education. With the demand for greater transparency and accountability in funding for institutions, diminished budgets, and a shift to performance-based funding, academic libraries are examining and implementing new and creative approaches to demonstrate their inherent, immediate and long term value and impact to their institutions and stakeholders. Academic libraries of all shapes and sizes are understanding the need to establish their place and role in supporting institutional goals and objectives particularly related to student learning outcomes, academic student success measures, and faculty teaching and research productivity. To this end, many academic libraries are investing in efforts focused on implementing assessment initiatives that demonstrate their value and impact to their institutional stakeholders and community.

Objective

This book will present cases of how academic libraries are successfully implementing initiatives to demonstrate their worth and value to their institutional and community stakeholders. The cases will include proven strategies, lessons learned, effective approaches and practical applications successfully employed by academic staff and support professionals. The publication is intended to inform those at all levels of experience and stages of implementation— that is, those who are considering or just beginning to embark on this path, as well as others who have already taken the plunge and are looking to leverage or triangulate other strategies.

Target Audience

This publication will primarily target librarians, professional staff and administrators at all types of academic libraries, and we anticipate it will also be of interest to others across disciplines and industries who are engaged in similar assessment initiatives. It will present practical, easy-to-adopt strategies and approaches based on case studies, and will offer a breadth and depth of options to appeal to a wide range of readers at various stages of experience with demonstrating library value — from beginners to experts.

Proposed Book Sections

This book will be structured in four sections of case studies as described below:

Section 1: Seeding the Initiative. Explores the planning stages or “works-in-progress” in assessment that relate to the library’s impact and value. The results of these efforts may not be imminent. Nevertheless, these case studies demonstrate the potential value and the importance of the initial design and planning stage.

Section 2: Low-Hanging Fruit.  Provides stories of assessments that are easy to measure, short-term (less than one year), low cost, require few resources (staff or tools), and are easily replicable at similar academic libraries.

Example: ROI spreadsheets at the University of West Florida

Section 3: Reachable Fruit (with some effort).  Provides stories of assessments that may require more external and internal resources to measure, may take more than six months to one year to collect and analyze, feature medium costs and resources (i.e., incentives, equipment, tools), and may be replicable at other academic libraries that are similar in size or scope.

Example: Contingent valuation measures

Section 4: Hard-to-Reach Fruit. A range of assessment activities more difficult to measure and time and resource intensive, may require long-term data collection (e.g. longitudinal studies that require more than a year to collect a dataset or have measures that require more time, such as measuring a cohort’s graduation rates), and feature greater external partnerships, internal infrastructure, and/or additional resources to measure and analyze.

Examples: The Library Cube (which required the creation of a relational database), and Mixed-method Ethnographies, such as the ERIAL Project. (Ethnographic qualitative studies require more time to transcribe and analyze.)

Chapter proposals should focus on a topic that is related to one of the four sections listed above. Authors are also welcome to propose additional topics or sections that may be relevant to this publication.

Submission Procedure

Authors are invited to submit a chapter proposal as an email attachment in Word or PDF to academiclibrariesandtheacademy@gmail.com on or before Monday, January 09, 2017. The chapter proposal should be 300-500 words clearly explaining the intent and details of the proposed chapter as it relates to one of the four sections of the book described above. Authors will be notified by Monday, February 27, 2017 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Completed chapters are expected to be between 3,000-5,000 words, although shorter or longer chapters are negotiable. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by Tuesday, May 29, 2017.

Proposals should include:

  • Author name(s), institutional or organizational affiliation, job title/role
  • Brief author(s) bio
  • Proposed chapter title
  • A summary of the proposed chapter (300-500 words)

Proposed chapters should be based on unpublished work, unique to this publication and not submitted or intended to be simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

Important Dates

Book Chapter Proposals Submission Due: Monday, January 09, 2017 Authors notified: Monday, February 27, 2017  Abstracts/Full Chapters Due: Tuesday, May 29, 2017  Feedback and revisions to Authors: Summer, 2017

Final Revised Chapter Due: September, 2017  Copy-editing, production: Fall, 2017

Publication Date: Early 2018

Inquiries to: academiclibrariesandtheacademy@gmail.com

Editors

Marwin Britto, Ph.D., MLIS

University of Saskatchewan

Canada

Kirsten Kinsley, Ed.S., MLIS

Florida State University

USA

Center for the Future of Libraries fellowship

The original announcement is at http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/11/center-future-libraries-offers-new-fellowship-opportunity.

Contact:

Miguel Figueroa

Director

Center for the Future of Libraries

American Library Association

mfigueroa@ala.org

CHICAGO – The American Library Association’s Center for the Future of Libraries invites applications for its Future of Libraries Fellowship program.

The Future of Libraries Fellowship will provide an individual or group with a stipend of $10,000 to advance new ideas and perspectives for the future of libraries through the creation of a public product – report, white paper, video, resource, tool – that will help library professionals envision the future of library collections, partnerships, services, spaces, or technologies. Projects may build on existing work, research, or initiatives of the Association, its Offices, Divisions, and Round Tables, or explore new directions and interests.

The fellowship is available to individuals in the library profession as well as those from other disciplines with a demonstrated interest in libraries and their futures. The fellowship does not include a residency requirement and international colleagues are encouraged to apply.

Further information, including considerations for those interested in applying, instructions for submitting an application, evaluation and selection information, and a timeline for the fellowship, are available at the Future of Libraries Fellowship page.

The Center for the Future of Libraries works to identify emerging trends relevant to libraries and the communities they serve, promote futuring and innovation techniques to help librarians and library professionals shape their future, and build connections with experts and innovative thinkers to help libraries address emerging issues. The Center is modeled on the successful American Alliance of Museums’ Center for the Future of Museums and was made possible by a planning grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services [RE-00-13-0096-13].

 

 

2017 ALA Annual LITA Top Tech Trends

We are currently seeking nominations for panelists for the 2017 ALA Annual LITA Top Tech Trends program in Chicago, IL, Sunday June 25, 2017!  You may nominate yourself or someone you know who would be a great addition to the panel of speakers.
 
LITA’s Top Trends Program has traditionally been one of the most popular programs at ALA. Each panelist discusses two trends in technology impacting libraries and engages in a moderated discussion with each other and the audience.
 
Submit your nominations at http://bit.ly/lita-toptechtrends-annual2017.  Deadline is Sunday, December 4th.
 
The LITA Top Tech Trends Committee will review each submission and select panelists based on their proposed trends, experience, and overall balance to the panel.
 
For more information about past programs and our upcoming MidWinter program, please visit http://www.ala.org/lita/ttt
 

Open Journal of Web Technologies (OJWT)

Open Journal of Web Technologies (OJWT), an open access online journal, publishes original and creative research results on Web technologies. OJWT distributes its articles under the open access model. All articles of OJWT are fully open access and online available to readers free of charge. Accepted manuscripts are published online immediately.
OJWT aims to provide a forum for sharing and exchanging ideas, experiences and research results among scientists and practitioners of Web technologies. OJWT publishes regular research papers, short communications, reviews and visionary papers in all aspects of Web technologies. There is no restriction on the length of the papers.
** Scope
We invite original and high quality papers on all topics of the Web technologies.
** Editor-in-Chief:
Massimo Marchiori, University of Padua, Italy, and Chief Technology Officer, Atomium Culture – European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy
** Editorial Board:
Mithun Balakrishna, Lymba Corporation, USA
Jose Luis Cordeiro, Visiting Research Fellow, IDE-JETRO, Tokyo, Japan
Panagiotis Germanakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Sven Groppe, University of Luebeck, Germany
Le Gruenwald, University of Oklahoma, USA
Carlos Guerrero, University of the Balearic Island, Spain
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Herbert Kuchen, University of Muenster, Germany
George D. Magoulas, Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom
Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, Wellesley College, USA
Kyparisia Papanikolaou, School of Pedagogical & Technological Education, Greece
Davide Rossi, University of Bologna, Italy
Vittorio Scarano, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Florian Skopik, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Andrea Tagarelli, University of Calabria, Italy
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Vijay Varadharajan, Macquarie University, Australia
Yingwei Wang, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Guandong Xu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Kokou Yetongnon, Universite de Bourgogne, France
** Recently Published Papers:
“Query Processing in a P2P Network of Taxonomy-based Information Sources”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT_2016v3i1n02_Meghini.html)
Carlo Meghini, Anastasia Analyti
“Context-Dependent Testing of Applications for Mobile Devices”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT_2015v2i1n04_Majchrzak.html)
Tim A. Majchrzak, Matthias Schulte
“Detecting Vital Documents in Massive Data Streams”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT_2015v2i1n03_Kawahara.html)
Shun Kawahara, Kazuhiro Seki, Kuniaki Uehara
“Why Is This Link Here? Identifying Academic Web Interlinking Motivations in Nigerian Universities”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT_2015v2i1n02_Nwohir.html)
Anthony Nwohiri
“Getting Indexed by Bibliographic Databases in the Area of Computer Science”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT_2014v1i2n02_Kusserow.html)
Arne Kusserow, Sven Groppe
“A Comparative Evaluation of Current HTML5 Web Video Implementations”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT-v1i2n01_Hoernig.html)
Martin Hoernig, Andreas Bigontina, Bernd Radig
“SIWeb: understanding the Interests of the Society through Web data Analysis”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT-v1i1n01_Furini.html)
Marco Furini, Simone Montangero
“Integrating Human Factors and Semantic Mark-ups in Adaptive Interactive Systems”
(http://www.ronpub.com/publications/ojwt/OJWT-v1i1n02_Belk.html)
Marios Belk, Panagiotis Germanakos, Efi Papatheocharous, Panayiotis Andreou, George Samaras
** Preparation & Submission
OJWT welcomes submissions at any time. The preparation and submission of manuscripts should follow the Author Guidelines (http://www.ronpub.com/OJWT/author-guidelines)
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OJWT Editorial Office
RonPub UG (haftungsbeschraenkt), Germany
Web: www.ronpub.com/ojwt
Email: ojwt@ronpub.com

The Future of Librarianship: Exploring what’s next for the Academic Librarian, LACUNY Institute 2017

Call for Proposals

Date: May 12, 2017

Location: LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York

Keynote Speaker: TBA

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2017

Submission Form

 

Librarians cannot predict the future but they can speculate about it. . .

 The LACUNY Institute 2017 is seeking futuristic proposals that think beyond the current to share a vision of the academic librarians’ position in a changing information landscape.

 In addressing the theme, the Future of Librarianship: Exploring what’s next for the Academic Librarian, we are interested in proposals that address the implications of current events and changes in higher education on the way that academic librarians plan a career in librarianship, engage students, faculty, and the community, how and where they offer services and resources to patrons, and  how librarians can navigate the current trends in library science and in the global world to prepare for a successful career in librarianship.

 

The LACUNY Institute Committee seeks proposals that address the future of academic librarians in college and university libraries, archives, and the information studies, across myriad roles (staff, faculty, students, patrons, etc.) and functions (technical services, public services, instruction, etc.). Such proposals can deal with innovation already in practice and/or futuristic ideas concerning librarianship.

 

Example topics include but are not limited to:

  • Impact of current events on library trends
  • Innovation and changes in roles, responsibilities, services and resources
  • Impact of technology
  • Leadership, leadership development, and workforce planning
  • Diversity & inclusion,
  • Career planning, professional development
  • Post-truth information literacy, digital literacy, and visual literacy
  • MLS, Curriculum development, and preparedness
  • Civic engagement, partnerships, and community building
  • Librarians as knowledge gatekeepers, personal freedom, and privacy

 

The Institute will have four tracks: panel presentations, facilitated dialogues, and alt-sessions.

  • Panel papers (15 minutes/presenter): Moderated panel presentations with time for questions and discussion.
  • Facilitated dialogues (45 minutes): Teams of two lead a discussion on topic of their choice related to the theme, with one person presenting context and the other facilitating conversation.
  • Alt-sessions (15-30 minutes): An opportunity for exploring topics through multiple ways of knowing (e.g., short documentary, spoken word, performance art).
  • Poster sessions:

 Please submit proposals, including a 300-500 word abstract by February 1, 2017.

 The goal of this event is to create a space for respectful dialogue and debate about these critical issues. We will be publishing a formal code of conduct, but the event organizers will actively strive to create a public space in which multiple perspectives can be heard and no one voice dominates.

 

Questions may be directed to Co-Chairs Kimberley Bugg, kbugg@citytech.cuny.edu or Simone L. Yearwood, Simone.Yearwood@qc.cuny.edu.

NASIG 32nd Annual Conference

Racing to the Crossroads
June 8 to 11, 2017
Indianapolis, IN

Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly communication, publishing, resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged.  Proposals reflecting the conference theme will be especially valued.

As we have in recent years, the PPC specifically welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies.

Program topics inspired by the Core Competencies include:

●      Electronic resource life cycle and management

●      Collection analysis and development

●      Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing

●      Technology and providing access to electronic resources

●      Licensing and legal framework

●      Standards, initiatives, and best practices

●      Scholarly communication

●      Life cycle of print serials

●      Workflow of print resources

●      Effective communication with those within and without the library community

●      Supervision and management of staff in electronic and print serials departments

●      Personal qualities of electronic and/or print serials resources librarians

●      Management of projects related to electronic and/or print resources

Please use the online form to submit a proposal or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on December 13, 2016.

Please note the following:

●     The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further.

●     Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution.

●     Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-plan@nasig.org)

●     Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy for reimbursement of speaker expenses.

●     All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference.

●     NASIG may provide online live streaming of presentation sessions, and all speakers will be required to give NASIG the right to stream this content.

Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-plan@nasig.org

We look forward to a great conference in Indianapolis!


Steve Kelley and Violeta Ilik
NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Virginia

On June 2nd, 2017, Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, VA, will be host to the first regional Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). This year’s theme is “Composing Worlds with Words”.
Proposals are due  Jan. 15th. This is not a library-specific conference, but anyone involved in academia is invited to participate.
For more information go to: https://focusedinquiry.vcu.edu/cccc-at-vcu/