As the blogger of the week, I want to begin by reflecting on the data of all sorts that piles up on our hard drives. We all have to find ways to manage the information that we just acquire as we work or research or just browse the web. What is clear is that all users are facing the same challenges.
Summer Employment Opportunities: Memory Lane Heritage Village (Lake Charlotte, NS)
2011 Student Job Opportunities – Hiring Soon
Memory Lane Heritage Village has several student job positions open. In order to qualify, you must be a student and planning to return to your studies in High School, University or College in September 2011. For details of hiring, pay and qualifications, email us for a complete job description. We are accepting resumes for the following jobs:
- Heritage Programming Coordinator
- Artifact Cataloguer
- Assistant Archivist
Summer Employment Opportunity: Special Projects Coordinator
Halifax sexual Health centre (HSHC)
6009 Quinpool road, suite 201
Summer student position: SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR
Reports to: Executive Director
Classification: 35 hours weekly for 12 – 16 weeks (pending Service Canada funding)
Apply to: ED@HSHC.ca or fax 429-3853 by noon on April 15
QR Codes in an academic setting
Quick Response codes, better known as “QR codes” or “2d codes,” are going to become increasingly popular as more smartphone users download decoding apps. QR codes are a great way to bridge the gap between the physical and digital information sources and could be appropriate for your next project.
What are QR codes:
A QR code is a matrix barcode that can be read by a smart phone, provided that a QR code reader application is installed. This is how QR codes link a physical object to digital information, a process sometimes referred to as augmented reality. For those unfamiliar with QR codes, a good starting place is this excellent article “How QR Codes Can Grow Your Business” by Jeff Korhan. Korhan does a great job of explaining, how QR codes work without technical jargon.
Call for 2011 APLA Posters
Posters submissions are still being accepted for the 2011 APLA Conference happening May 16-19th in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador.
Posters should strive to reflect this year’s conference theme: “On the Edge: Evolving Services, Extending Access and Exchanging Ideas”. Submissions from all types of libraries are encouraged, and may include research reports, demonstrations of new services or innovations, case studies or reviews.
The APLA 2011 Poster Session, is organized by the Dalhousie University School of Information Management Associated Alumni. Located in the main Exhibit Hall, APLA 2011 will include up to 30 juried posters, to be displayed during the same hours as the exhibits. Poster authors will be invited to present their posters during the lunch breaks. Please submit a description of the project (150 words or less) along with the name of the presenter and the presenter’s institution, contact information, and a title for the poster, to: cordelia.perry@acadiau.ca or call Cordelia Perry, one of the Poster Session coordinators, at 902.585.1734. The deadline is April 30, 2011.
Please note that conference registration fees will not be waived for presenters of contributed papers or posters.
Canada lacks oversight on online medical information, study finds
I co-chair a task force that is working to build a Canadian Virtual Health Library.
There was an interesting article in the Globe and Mail on February 23, 2011 Canada lacks oversight on online medical information, study finds:
“At a time when Internet searches are common for any type of medical problem – and when the medical credentials of Dr. Wikipedia are dubious at best – the lack of federal government oversight on drug searches raises concerns about the accuracy of information Canadians are receiving.”
Summary and Discussion of Hugh Ritchie’s Presentation on Enterprise Content Management at IWB 2011
On Feb. 3, Hugh Ritchie, who is an expert in enterprise content management (ECM), provided an interesting discussion about the importance of effective ECM and some recent developments in the ECM field, such as the introduction of social collaboration tools, cloud computing, and advanced mobile technologies to the workplace. Ritchie is a Program Manager at Open Text Corporation, which is a publicly traded company that sells proprietary software solutions designed to improve how enterprises manage their content. ECM software is specifically tailored to manage enterprise content – e-mails, invoices, market research, internal policies and procedures, meeting minutes, reports, and so on – according to rules and controls that not only improve the mechanisms by which content is stored and retrieved, but also ensures that content is managed in a way that complies with relevant laws and regulations. As Mr. Ritchie noted, effective ECM is crucial because it results in increased employee efficiency, heightens profits, and minimizes the risk of litigation for non-compliance.
Employment Opportunity: Census jobs
The 2011 Census is staffing 35,000 jobs across Canada
If you are over 18 years old and can commit to at least 20 hours per week including evenings, weekends and holidays, apply now.
Rates of pay ($14.72 to $18.04 an hour) vary by assignment. The work period is early March to the end of July 2011, depending on assignment.
Canada Games social media update #2
Read the second installment in DalNews, written by Thomas Robbins.
Canada Games social media update #1
DalNews has featured an article written by first-year MLIS student Amanda Wilk. The article is an update on Anatoliy Gruzd’s social media research at the Canada Games and can be viewed here.
You can also visit SocialMediaLab.Ca for other updates concerning Canada Games Tweets.