Archive for November, 2009

Position announcement: online learning librarian,eastern michigan university

Online Learning Librarian (FA1017E)Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan 48197Appointment Description• Tenure-track faculty position, available September, 2010.• This position is an 8-month academic year appointment, with anadditional Spring or Summer appointment possible.• Appointment at the Instructor rank requires an ALA-accreditedlibrary or information science degree. Appointment at the AssistantProfessor rank requires an ALA-accredited library or informationservice degree, 18 [...]

Improving health literacy

There is a “communications toolkit” for health literacy produced by the University of Michigan Library (with funding from the US National Institutes for Health etc. at http://guides.lib.umich.edu/healthliteracy The page has a number of tabs; when you click on them it brings up the relevant page of links and content. Pages include: How to write readable [...]

Titles do make a difference

Not your job title – the title of that paper you’d like to get published or conference proposal you want to submit. Now that ACRL has announced the call for papers, panels and more for the 2011 15th National Conference in Philadelphia, many academic librarians will begin thinking about submitting proposals. I believe the 2009 [...]

Faculty reference librarian (information literacy focus) # 30656

Faculty Reference Librarian (Information Literacy Focus) # 30656 (Lone Star College System, Texas) (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) More: continued here

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Ilene f. rockman instruction publication of the year award

The ACRL Instruction Section Awards Committee is inviting nominations for the 2010 Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award. Nominations must be submitted by December 4, 2009, deadline. The Rockman Award recognizes an outstandingarticle or book on instruction or information literacy in an academic library environment, published within the last two years, so [...]

This is not my blogosphere

This is not my blogosphereOne of the things I always loved most about social media was the transparency it created. If a product, service, hotel, etc. was terrible, you could be sure that you’d hear about it from plenty of bloggers. On the other side of things, small companies and talented individuals were able to [...]

Reference services review

The latest issue of Reference Services Review volume 37 issue 4 includes the following article:- Anna Marie Johnson, Claudene Sproles, Latisha Reynolds “Library instruction and information literacy, 2008″ pp. 463-553 (This is the extremely useful annual annotated bibliography)- Amy Hoseth “Library participation in a campus-wide teaching program.” pp. 371-385- Stephanie Simard “An information literacy program [...]

Instructor or assistant professor (e-resources librarian)

State: North CarolinaThe University Library at Appalachian State University seeks a creative and energetic E-Resources Librarian to join ateam-oriented, teaching library. This newly created position is part of the Bibliographic Services team of 16 members (6 faculty, 7 specialists, 3 technicians) which acquires, catalogs, and processes library resources in all formats.The successful candidate will work [...]

Call for submissions: journal of library and information services for distance learning

The Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge/The Haworth Press, welcomes the submission of manuscripts. The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students. Topics can [...]