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LITA is pleased to announce the availability of a new webinar, “Social Networking the Catalog: Community Based Approaches to Building Catalogs and Collections,” presented by Margaret Heller (Dominican University) and held June 7, 11:00 am – Noon CDT. This presentation will introduce the Read/Write Library Chicago, a new model for libraries that exists to illuminate and create connections between people, materials, and institutions in the city of Chicago. Participants will learn about new trends and features in social reading and cataloging, social library catalogs and integrated library systems, and crowdsourcing platforms. The catalog builds a social network, and the social network in turn builds the catalog. We love the read/write internet. It’s time to create the read/write library, where everyone has a voice in the collections, catalog, programming, and mission. This model is extensible to more conventional libraries through a multitude of tools and approaches that are already widely used….

New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. 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 Digital Services and Instruction Librarian Full-time, Tenure-Track Position ,Mateo County Community College District, San Mateo, CA 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 11:00 a.m. 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 Implementation Consultant, Libris (USA) Inc., Newton, MA or Des Plaines, IL 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 11:00 a.m. 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 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC   Director, Client Relations & Quality Assurance(Job ID# 5678),  Lone Star College System, Houston, TX Director of Curation Services, ICPSR/University of Michigan,  Ann Arbor, MI   Learning Commons Reference/Instruction Librarian,  Zell B. Miller Learning Center, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA Humanities Liaison Librarian for Spanish and Latin American Studies, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries University Park,  PA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.  

 Gail Hackett, UMKC Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, has announced the following: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Bonnie Postlethwaite as Dean of University Libraries for a two-year term, effective July 1, 2012. As the current Associate Dean of Libraries with a long history of administrative service and an extensive knowledge of UMKC and its complex libraries’ system, Postlethwaite is particularly well suited for this appointment. Since coming to UMKC in 2006, Associate Dean Postlethwaite has provided leadership, strategic direction and administrative oversight for University Libraries operations, including the Miller Nichols Library, which houses the LaBudde Special Collections and Marr Sound Archives and the Music Media Library, the Health Sciences Library (Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy) and the Dental Library. Among her accomplishments as Associate Dean, Postlethwaite has led the development of the University Libraries strategic plan and its implementation. She has worked with the Dean of…

The LITA Board is meeting online on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11:00 am CDT. Anyone may join the meeting by clicking the following link 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting: https://wfu.webex.com/wfu/j.php?ED=151748522&UID=1241898202&PW=NN2U0OWZkNDlh&RT=MiM3. The meeting number is 641 130 480. You will be provided a few options for audio connectivity. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: LITA. Lauren Pressley, LITA Board director-at-large, is hosting this meeting. If you have any technical questions, please contact Lauren at pressllm (at) wfu.edu. The meeting agenda and documents will be posted in the LITA Board Connect Community. If you have any questions, recommendations, or wish to discuss any of this, please leave a comment.