Category: News & Noteworthy

There’s still time to apply to the American Library Association’s (ALA) Emerging Leaders program.  Get program details and apply now. The deadline to apply is Aug. 3, 2012. The program is designed to enable library workers to get on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership.  Participants are given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, network with peers and gain an understanding of the ALA structure and wide range of activities. Individuals who are considering applying to the program should be under 35 years of age or be a new library professional of any age with fewer than five years of experience working at a professional or paraprofessional level in a library.  They should also be able to attend both the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Wash. (Jan. 25–29, 2013) and the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago (June 27–July 2, 2013).  Additional criteria can be found on the Emerging Leaders’ Web…

  New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12 noon. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Director of Library Technology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Visit the LITA Job Site  for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.  

LITA is pleased to announce the availability of two Web Courses: Building Web Applications with HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript: An Introduction to HTML5, presented by Jason Clark of Montana State University Library and Getting Started with GIS, presented by Eva Dodsworth, Geospatial Data Services Librarian at the University of Waterloo Map Library. Geolocation, Native video, Offline storage, Semantic markup elements, Responsive web design, Canvas elements, Voice input, Drag and Drop, Opacity, Gradients… HTML5 (a generic term which includes new HTML tags, enhanced CSS styles/behaviors, and new Javascript APIs) has been released and is changing the way web developers work. With wide support in mobile browsers and the latest browser releases from Google and Firefox, HTML5 is poised to be the technology that will help build the next version of the Web. Building Web Applications with HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript: An Introduction to HTML5 will consist of four live lectures held…

Databib, http://databib.org, is a tool for helping people to identify and locate online repositories of research data. Over 200 data repositories have been cataloged in Databib, with more being added every week. Users and bibliographers create and curate records that describe data repositories that users can browse and search. What repositories are appropriate for a researcher to submit his or her data to? How do users find appropriate data repositories and discover datasets to meet their needs? How can librarians help patrons locate and integrate data into their research or learning? Databib begins to address these needs for data users, data producers, publishers, librarians, funding agencies, and others engaged in data-driven research. In addition to the website, Databib is made available using a variety of machine interfaces (RSS, RDF/XML, OpenSearch, RDFa/Linked Data) for easy integration with other tools and environments without restriction (CC0). Databib’s international advisory board represents global support…

New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11 am Central Time.  They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Library Director, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN Visit the LITA Job Site  for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.

  New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12 noon. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Analyst Programmer, Oregon State University Libraries & Press, Corvallis, OR Web Developer,  The University of Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, KS   Visit the LITA Job Site  for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.

New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12 noon. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Library Director, Public Library District, Dixon, CA   RFQ:  Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, (AODA)  – A Compliance Study, Ontario Colleges Library Service Toronto, Ontario, Canada Visit the LITA Job Site  for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.

New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12:00 noon.  Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Director of Digital Initiatives and Technology Strategy, Pepperdine University,  Malibu, CA  Library Applications Developer,  Drexel University Libraries,  Philadelphia, PA Product Manager for Web Initiatives, ion,  The New York Public Library,  New York,  NY Senior Systems Administrator,  New York University,  New York City, NY   Visit the LITA Job Site  for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.