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New This Week Web and Digital Scholarship Technologies Librarian, Marquette University Libraries, Milwaukee, WI CEO / Library Director, Orange County Library System, Orlando, FL Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job openings and information on submitting your own job posting.
We’re thrilled to announce that Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is moving forward, thanks to our members. The three existing divisions’ members all voted to approve the bylaws change that will unite ALCTS, LITA, and LLAMA to form Core: ALCTS: 91% yes LITA: 96% yes LLAMA: 96% yes The presidents of the three divisions, Jennifer Bowen, ALCTS, Emily Morton-Owens, LITA, and Anne Cooper Moore, LLAMA, shared the following statement: “We first want to thank our members for supporting Core. Their belief in this vision, that we can accomplish more together than we can separately, has inspired us, and we look forward to working with all members to build this new and sustainable ALA division. We also want to thank the Core Steering Committee, and all the members who were part of project teams, town halls and focus groups. We would not have reached this moment without their incredible work.” ALA Executive…
New This Week Head of Library Technology Services, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job openings and information on submitting your own job posting.
New this week Project Manager for Resource Sharing Initiatives, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Research Data Services Librarian, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington, KY Digital Archivist, Rice University, Fondren Library, Houston, TX Associate Director, Technical Services, Yale University, New Haven, CT Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job listings and information on submitting your own job posting.
New this week Wilson Distinguished Professorship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Coordinator of Library Technical Services, Berea College, Berea, KY UI/UX Designer, University of Rochester Libraries, Rochester, NY Technical Support and Hardware Specialist – 2 Openings, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY Software Engineer, Library Systems, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job listings and information on submitting your own job posting.
New this week Back End Drupal Web Developer, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR Distance Education & Outreach Librarian, Winona State University, Winona, MN Senior Systems Specialist, PrairieCat, Library Consortium, Coal Valley, IL Training and Outreach Coordinator, PrairieCat, Library Consortium, Coal Valley, IL Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job listings and information on submitting your own job posting.
Dear LITA members, We’re writing about the implications of LITA’s budget for the upcoming 2020-21 fiscal year, which starts September 1, 2020. We have reviewed the budget and affirmed that LITA will need to disband if the Core vote does not succeed. Since the Great Recession, membership in professional organizations has been declining consistently. LITA has followed the same pattern and as a result, has been running at a deficit for a number of years. Each year, LITA spends more on staff, events, equipment, software, and supplies than it takes in through memberships and event registrations. We were previously able to close our budgets through the use of our net asset balance which is, in effect, like a nest egg for the division. Of course, that could not continue indefinitely. Our path towards sustainability has culminated in the proposal to form Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. The new division would come with…
New this week Librarian (Emphasis in User Experience and Technology), Chabot College, Hayward, CA Librarian II (ILS Admin & Tech Services), Duluth Public Library, Duluth, MN Distance Education & Outreach Librarian, Winona State University, Winona, MN Head, Digital Initiatives – Tisch Library, Tufts University, Medford, MA Online Learning and User Experience Librarian, Ast or Asc Professor, SIU Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL Discovery and Systems Librarian, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job listings and information on submitting your own job posting.
New this week Upper School Librarian (PDF), St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, VA Diversity and Engagement Librarian, Ast or Asc Professor, SIU Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL Repository Services Manager, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO Information Technology Librarian, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery (UMBC), Baltimore, MD Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job listings and information on submitting your own job posting.
New this week (Tenure-Track) Senior Assistant Librarian, Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, CA Data Services Librarian for the Sciences, Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA Visit the LITA Jobs Site for additional job listings and information on submitting your own job posting.