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Summer Employment Opportunity: Data Coordinator

Summer employment opportunity for students – Data Coordinator

Knowledge for All is a not-for-profit organization that is developing an open access, online, searchable database of journal article citations for all past and current scholarly journal literature. Using open source architecture and following open data standards, Knowledge for All is an exciting, innovative project which aims to provide equitable access to information worldwide and give libraries control over their tools and resources. A Data Coordinator is needed to build a comprehensive knowledge base of data about journals that will be indexed in the Knowledge for All system and assist with planning the data infrastructure for further journal article metadata collection, generation, and management. The Data Coordinator will also participate in research, marketing, and communication, depending on skills and interests. This collaborative international project is being led by university libraries in the Atlantic provinces, and the Data Coordinator position is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Fiona Black awarded new SSHRC research grant for innovative project

Dalhousie School of Information Management faculty member, Fiona Black, has been awarded an Insight Development Grant (IDG) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The project, “Developing Transnational Approaches in Print Culture: New Questions and Methods” involves an international team led by Dr Black including Dr Sydney Shep at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) and Dr David Finkelstein at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (Scotland). IDG grants are part of the new program design at SSHRC and are intended to support research that moves in new directions intellectually and methodologically.  The two-year project will innovate with digital media and methods and provide opportunities for information management students to do thesis research, contribute as research assistants, present at international conferences and co-author scholarly papers. The project plan is to explore an approach to transnational enquiry through the lenses of labour history and migration studies and concomitant skills transfer in the printing and allied trades. SSHRC is interested in research projects that contribute to knowledge and may also contribute to contemporary policy development. Immigration and skills transfer are highly topical in many regions. This project’s analysis of historical information and data will contribute potential new frameworks for immigration policy development.

MIM Students Receive Diplomas

The School of Information Management (SIM) is pleased to announce that the following Master of Information Management (MIM) students were awarded their Graduate Diploma in Information Management from Dalhousie University during the Spring convocation:

  • Christine Leanne Fedoruk, Post-production Team Leader, Hansard Services;
  • Sarah H. Horrocks, Administrative Officer of the Killam Trusts;
  • Musema Abdo Mossa, Information Management Officer, Health Canada;
  • Angela Petropoulos, Controlled Document/ QA Administrator, Maxxam;
  • Michele Wood, Researcher/Evaluator, Department of Health & Social Services, Nunatsiavut Government (Newfoundland & Labrador).

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Convocation Award Winners

Congratulations to our convocation award winners!

  • Anne Galler Award (Special Libraries Association – Eastern Canada Chapter): Julie McLellan
  • APLA Award: Leah Brisco
  • Beta Phi Mu Candidates: Naomi Balla-Boudreau, Tracy Daley, Nicole Dixon, Sophie Doiron, Barbara Hill-Taylor, Eugene MacDonald, Robert Martel, Julie McLellan, Rosalind Morrison, Amy Paterson, Nicole Radzikowski, Anna Walsh, Monica Ward
  • Director’s Award: Barbara Hill-Taylor
  • Information Technology Prize: Nicole Dixon
  • J. Clement Harrison International Award: Kamau Osborne
  • Leadership Award: Amy Paterson
  • Louis Vagianos Medal: Danny Jacobs
  • Nova Scotia Library Association Prize: Sophie Doiron
  • SIM Research Award: Kathleen Staves & Danielle Cossarini
  • SIMSA Outstanding Service Award: Erin O’Halloran

Post-Grad Internship Opportunity: Dal Archives & Special Collections

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
POST-GRADUATE INTERNSHIP

This position is funded in part by the Young Canada Works Building Careers (internships) program.

Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections (DUASC) is seeking an enthusiastic individual to work full-time for 22 weeks in all aspects of archival work–acquisition, accessioning, appraisal, description, preservation, reference, and administrative support. The successful candidate will report to the University Archivist.

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Employment Opportunity: Community Development, Marketing & Fundraising Coordinator

Community Development, Marketing, and Fundraising Coordinator

Position summary

Knowledge for All is a not-for-profit organization that is developing a free, online, international, searchable citation database of all past and current scholarly journal literature. As a project that will be collaboratively maintained and funded by research institutions around the world, its success depends on securing support and participation from many organizations and individuals. A Community Development, Marketing, and Fundraising Coordinator is needed at this critical stage of the project’s development to raise awareness, develop a community of supporters, and secure funding for implementation and operations. Reporting to and working collaboratively with the Project Manager and Board of Directors, the Community Development, Marketing, and Fundraising Coordinator will be responsible for developing and executing a marketing and fundraising strategy, carrying out marketing and fundraising activities, meeting specific fundraising goals, and developing and coordinating the community of Knowledge for All supporters.

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Anatoliy Gruzd Awarded $25,000 Research Grant

Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, Assistant Professor at the School of Information Management and Director of the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, has been awarded a $25,000 grant for 2011 from the GRAND research network. GRAND is a federally-funded Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) research network and commercialization engine whose goal is to address complex issues in digital media and transform multidisciplinary research into user-centred solutions.

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Sea Stacks At Low Tide: Atlantic Canadian Books For Children

Please join us for the launch of the book display

Sea Stacks At Low Tide: Atlantic Canadian Books For Children

Presented by the Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Collection and School District 18’s Enriching Visual Literacies Project

Monday, May 30th, 2011, 5:30-7:00 pm
Room 415 Harriet Irving Library, UNB

Light refreshments will be served

RSVP: Sue Fisher (sfisher@unb.ca, 506-452-6044)

The Eileen Wallace Collection at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton) is the largest research collection of children’s literature in Atlantic Canada. Its holdings are historically and regionally diverse, with an extensive representation of literature published in, by and about Atlantic Canada. Visit us at www.lib.unb.ca/collections/clc/

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Employment Opportunity: Youth Services Librarian

Competition # HRL-11-28

Job Posting
Term Full-Time Librarian 2
Youth Services
Term position up to November 12, 2011

Halifax Public Libraries invites INTERNAL and EXTERNAL applications for a term full-time Youth Services Librarian 2 position. This position is located at the Sackville Public Library, 636 Sackville Drive, Sackville, NS. This position is expected to last up to November 12, 2011, unless the incumbent returns to the position earlier than expected.

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