Category: News & Noteworthy

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 listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Digital Collections Librarian,  Joyner Library/East Carolina University, Greenville , NC Digital Records Archivist,  The Pennsylvania State University,  University Park , PA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.

There’s still time to register for the LITA National Forum! Held September 29-October 2, in St. Louis, MO, the Forum offers nearly three days of content-rich programming for library technologists along with the networking opportunities of a smaller conference. Attendees will have the chance to get to know LITA leaders, Forum speakers, and peers in the library and information technology field across all types of libraries. This year’s highlights include: Dynamic keynote speakers, John Blyberg, Karen Coyle, and Barbara McGlamery. Two full-day preconferences: Learning to leverage Cloud-based IT to better manage IT, presented by Erik Mitchell and Technology Impact by Design: Using Goal-Based Assessments to Achieve and Document Success, presented by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. You can attend a preconference only OR include a preconference with your Forum registration. Concurrent and poster sessions on a variety of topics including: digital humanities, mobile technology, linked data, semantic web, cloud-based resources, ebooks, preservation,…

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 listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Director, Digital Initiatives and Technologies,  SIU Edwardsville,  Edwardsville,  IL Public Affairs Librarian, American University Library, Washington, DC Request for Applications: Library and ICT Expert Reviewers, CRDF Globa,  Arlington,  VA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.

There’s still time to register for this webinar – just $39 for LITA members and $49 for non-members! Roadmap to JPEG2000: September 13, 10:00-11:30 am CDT Presented by Bill Comstock (Harvard University); Gretchen Gueguen (University of Virginia); Andrew Laas (ProQuest) The session will include presentations by three implementers of the JPEG2000 standard in three different institutions. The presenters will cover how they have used the standard for preservation or access or both. They will outline the steps in their workflow process, the settings and standards they are using, as well as their hardware/software/environment. This session will go beyond previous sessions that may have delved into the theoretical questions of “what” and “why” to begin the discussion of “how.” The hope is that this will contribute to the small but growing dialogue on best practices for the implementation of this robust and promising format. As there are few established best practices…

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 listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Asst Records Mgmt Analyst, Federal Reserve Board, Washington,  DC Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication, Oregon State University Libraries, Corvallis, OR Director of Technologies,  Z. Smith Reynolds Library/Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Executive Director,  Spokane County Library District, Spokane,  WA Head of Collections & Systems,  Rollins College,  Winter Park,  FL Manton Digital Production Manager, Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH Senior Network Administration, Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO 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 listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Asst Records Mgmt Analyst, Federal Reserve Board, Washington,  DC Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication, Oregon State University Libraries, Corvallis, OR Director of Technologies,  Z. Smith Reynolds Library/Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Head of Collections & Systems,  Rollins College,  Winter Park,  FL Manton Digital Production Manager, Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH Senior Network Administration,  Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO Posted in  News & Noteworthy | Comments (0) »

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 listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Developer , LYRASIS,  Atlanta,  GA Digital Archivist Librarian ,  DePaul University,  Chicago,  IL Scripter/integrator/cataloger, Index Data LLC, Boston, MA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.

Save $50 when you take advantage of early-bird rates through August 15 for the 2011 LITA National Forum, held September 29-October 2 in St. Louis, MO. The LITA National Forum is a three-day educational event featuring preconferences, keynote, concurrent, and poster sessions that explore leading-edge technologies and their applications in all types of libraries. Some of this year’s highlights include: Dynamic keynote speakers, John Blyberg, Karen Coyle, and Barbara McGlamery. Two full-day preconferences: “Learning to leverage Cloud-based IT resources,” presented by Erik Mitchell and “Technology Impact by Design: Using Goal-Based Assessments to Achieve and Document Success,” presented by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. You can attend a preconference only OR include a preconference with your Forum registration. Many networking opportunities, including the informal Friday evening reception and Saturday evening networking dinners to get to know LITA leaders, Forum speakers, and peers. In addition, up to twelve sponsors will be on hand to…

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 listings.  Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Systems Librarian, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 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 listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Director of Instructional Technology,  SUNY College at Old Westbury,  Old Westbury,  NY Special Collection Education and Outreach Librarian,  Dartmouth College Library, Hanover,  NH Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a  job posting.