MLIS alumna Heather Berringer, Chief Librarian at UBC Okanagan Campus Library is featured in this article in Kelowna Now.
Job Posting: Assistant Systems Librarian at Arkansas State University
Attention MLIS grads:
Job description https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000836518-01 (or see below)
To apply, applicants will need to visit https://jobs.astate.edu
Contact:
Sherry Eskridge, Outreach Librarian
322 University Loop West Circle
P.O. Box 2040
State University, AR 72467
870-972-3577
| Deadline | August 08, 2014 |
| Date Posted | June 24, 2014 |
| Type | Administrative |
| Salary | Commensurate with experience |
| Employment Type | Full-time |
Arkansas State University (Astate) is recruiting applicants for the position of Assistant Systems Librarian in the Dean B. Ellis Library. Astate, a federal contractor, is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
The Dean B. Ellis Library is seeking an energetic and proactive Assistant Systems Librarian who enjoys a challenging, innovative and change-oriented environment. Reporting to the Systems Librarian, the Assistant Systems Librarian will be responsible for duties including keeping Library in-house and externally available resources current and functioning, troubleshooting and replacing defective hardware, resolving software problems, installing and upgrading new software and hardware as needed, recommending hardware and software for purchase, and developing custom scripts and applications to assist with workflows and the effective provision of library services.
Required qualifications include a master’s degree from an American Library Association accredited degree program or equivalent academic credentials; knowledge of library systems hardware, software, trends, and practices, through experience or coursework; excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills; the ability to work both independently and as part of a team, to balance priorities, and to set and meet deadlines; evidence of attention to detail; and strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Arkansas State University is a public, multi-campus higher education system with enrollment in excess of 22,000 students. The Jonesboro campus has a diverse student body with an on-campus enrollment eclipsing 14,000; through outreach via web-based instruction and the upcoming establishment of a campus in Querétaro, Mexico, the university is making a global impact. A-State educates leaders, enhances intellectual growth and enriches lives in Jonesboro, Ar. A regional metropolitan city with a population of more than 68,500, Jonesboro is located 70.8 miles northwest of Memphis, Tenn. Today, the institution has more than 70,000 alumni.
This position is located on the Jonesboro campus. Visit https://jobs.astate.edu for detailed information and to apply for position A00168.
Astate has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty, staff, and students. Astate is also committed to creating a productive workplace in which both persons and property are secure. To achieve that goal, background investigations are conducted on all final applicants recommended for employment.
– See more at: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000836518-01#sthash.fdq6bffL.dpuf
Read the latest issue of SIM’S newsletter
The latest issue of SIM’s newsletter Inform is now available on our website here.This issue contains stories about what our students, faculty, alumni and partners have been up to since January. SIM has much to celebrate this year including new staff, new faculty, exciting research developments, and many other accomplishments and awards.
Inform is published twice per year and we are always interested in new content, so if you have any news updates or stories you would like to see in the next issue, email them to Kim at sim@dal.ca.
Valerie Collins Awarded the 2014 Stephanie Downs Memorial Award
Valerie Collins, a returning MLIS student, is the recipient of the 2014 Stephanie Downs Memorial Award.
When Stephanie Downs returned to Canada from the UK to become a librarian, she chose to enter the MLIS program at Dalhousie for its sense of community, welcoming faculty and Maritime culture. Diagnosed with cervical cancer at the end of her last year at SIM, Stephanie graduated with her MLIS but lost her hard-fought battle to her illness on May 27th, 2007.
Remembered for her enthusiasm, Stephanie was a “doer” and very active in school life, serving as 2005-2006 Co-Chair of SIMSA and SIM Team Captain for the 2005 Halifax “Run for the Cure”. She was also awarded the Student-to-CLA travel award to attend the 2005 CLA Conference in Calgary. This award was established by Stephanie’s family and friends in her memory.
Valerie Collins was raised in Alaska, and studied at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she completed a double major in English and German. As part of her German degree, she studied abroad for a semester in Mannheim, Germany. This was her first extended experience abroad, and it was eye-opening, especially when she realized that the academic libraries in Mannheim were using an entirely different classification system than the Library of Congress. This discovery sparked her interest in cataloguing, and methods of classifying books and other media.
After returning from Germany and completing her degree in Alaska, she decided to combine her interest in academic librarianship into another international experience. She came to Dalhousie for her MLIS degree.
Valerie serves in a number of capacities in the MLIS program. She is an executive member of both the Special Libraries Association (SLA) student chapter at Dalhousie and the School of Information Management Student Association (SIMSA). She also represents her peers as a member of the MLIS Curriculum Committee.
Valerie will continue to deepen her understanding of academic libraries and some of the challenges they face in an increasingly digital environment by working as a reference intern at the Killam Library for the coming year. Valerie also looks forward to facilitating the international student experience in the School of Information Management (SIM) and in the Faculty of Management.
Congratulations Valerie! Find more information about SIM’s In-Program Awards and Scholarships here.
Graduate students present at conferences
Research is a prominent activity of the School of Information Management and both masters and doctoral students are active participants in individual and team projects supervised by faculty members. These students often participate in conferences locally, nationally, and internationally, as the following list of over twenty presentations confirms. Congratulations to each student on these achievements.
Masters Students
Dwayne Jones, MIM student, presented the paper “Managing Knowledge in the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine,” based on a project supervised by Prof. Sandra Toze, at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education, Ottawa, 28 April 2014.
Lee Wilson, MLIS student, presented the paper “Not All MOOCs are Created Equal: A Comparative Evaluation of Popular MOOC Platforms” (co-authored with Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd) at “Fostering Deep Learning with Technology,” the 2014 Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning” in Halifax, 29-30 April 2014.
Nicole Bloudoff, MLIS student, presented the paper “The Current Digital Curation Environment and Recommendations for LIS Education: A Study of Canadian Archives and Special Collections” (co-authored with Dr. Fiona Black) at “Current Directions in Book History: Borders without Boundaries,” the 2014 annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Brock University, 26-27 May 2014.
Alison Froese-Stoddard, MLIS student, presented the paper, “Reaching Out to Community: Re-thinking Community Engagement as a Sustainability Strategy,” based on a thesis project supervised by Dr. Fiona Black, at “At Your Service: Balancing Access and Outreach in Archives,” the annual conference of the Council of Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, 29-30 May 2014.
Maria Bartlett, Andrea Kampen, Carlisle Kent, and Hilary Lynd, MLIS students, presented the poster “Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” based on a project supervised by Dr. Mike Smit, to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Mingyue Chen, MLIS student, presented the poster “A Pilot Study of International students’ Online Health Information Seeking Behaviours,” based on a project supervised by Prof. Sandra Toze, to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Valerie Collins, MLIS student, presented the poster “Social Media and Scientific Communication: Case Studies of Twitter Use by Contemporary Scientists,” based on a project conducted with Lou Duggan, Dr. Anatoliy Grudz, and Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Roger Gillis, MLIS student, was a speaker in a session on “Engagement and Outreach in Scholarly Communications Initiatives” at “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Gayle Graham, MLIS student, presented the poster “The Halifax Explosion and the Spread of Rumour, 1917 to the Present,” based on project supervised by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Marc Harper, MLIS student, presented the poster “Information Access: A Study of the Potential for an Information Revolution in North Korea” to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Andrea Kampen and Carlisle Kent, MLIS students, presented the paper “Demystifying the Library: Using a Mobile App to Empower Library Users,” based on a project supervised by Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
James Ross, MLIS student, presented the poster “What Do Users Want from a State of the Environment Report? A Study of the State of the Scotian Shelf Report,” based on a thesis project supervised by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, to “Step into the Light / Prenez l’avant-scène,” the annual conference of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, Moncton, 3-6 June 2014.
Vanja Avdic, 2014 MREM graduate, presented the poster “The Value of Global Overview Reports: A Case Study of the Use of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization,” (co-authored by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald and FAO staff members, Tina Famer, Maria Kalensits, and Richard Grainger) at “Our Coasts: Legacies & Futures,” the biennial Coastal Zone Canada conference, Halifax, 15-19 June 2014.
Andrew Roy, MLIS/JD student, presented the poster “A Community in Decline: Citizen Engagement and the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project, Digby, Nova Scotia,” based on a project supervised by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, at “Our Coasts: Legacies & Futures,” the biennial Coastal Zone Canada conference, Halifax, 15-19 June 2014.
James Ross, MLIS student, presented the paper “Awareness and Use of State of the Environment Reports: A Case Study of the State of the Scotian Shelf Report” (co-authored with Heather Breeze, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans), based on a thesis project supervised by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, in a special session organized by the Environmental information: Use and Influence research program at “Our Coasts: Legacies & Futures,” the biennial Coastal Zone Canada conference, Halifax, 15-19 June 2014.
Eman Alyami, MEC student, presented the paper “International University Students’ Online Shopping Behaviour,” based on a thesis project supervised by Dr. Louise Spiteri, at the 27th International Business Research Conference, Toronto, ON, 12-13 June, 2014.
Doctoral Students
Elham Alghamdi, an IDPhD student who completed a course with Prof. Sandra Toze on Information Seeking Behavior, will present the paper “Social Media Based Businesses in Saudi Arabia” at the Social Media & Society Conference in Toronto on 27-28 September 2014.
Lama Khoshaim, an IDPhD student supervised by Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, presented the poster “The Second Screen Experience: An Experiment on Tweeting and watching Bones TV show” at the annual meeting of GRAND, Graphics Animation and New Media, Ottawa, 13-16 May 2014; she will also present the paper “Understanding Second Screen Experience: the Use of Social Media and Mobile Devices while Watching Live Television” at the Social Media and Society, conference, Toronto, 27-28 September 2014.
Suzuette Soomai, an IDPhD student supervised by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, presented the paper “Measuring Use of Fisheries Information in Policy-Making for Fisheries Management” in a special session organized by the Environmental information: Use and Influence research program at “Our Coasts: Legacies & Futures,” the biennial Coastal Zone Canada conference, Halifax, 15-19 June 2014. Suzuette is also a co-author along with James Ross (MLIS student) of the paper “Lobbying for Grey Literature in Policy and Decision Making: The Necessity of Understanding the Processes,” (co-authored with Dr. Bertrum MacDonald and Dr. Peter Wells, of the Environmental Information: Use and Influence team) that will be presented at “Grey Literature Lobby: Engines and Requesters for Change,” the sixteenth international conference on grey literature, Washington DC, 8-9 December 2014.