Join us Nov 26 to hear Dr. Mona Holmlund (Dalhousie University) & Cheryl Avery (University of Saskatchewan) present their lecture on Better Off Forgetting? or Born Digital? Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Archival Practice. http://bit.ly/1a0tFPk
Webmaster job opportunity
Part-time – One year renewable contract
Application Deadline: November 11, 2013.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3912 is seeking to fill the position of part-time webmaster for the duration of a renewable one year contract.
Hours: Five (5) hours per week.
Pay Rate: $21.52 per hour.
Qualifications:
§ Experience in website management.
§ Experience in mailing list management.
§ Familiarity with the WordPress content management system and MailChimp an asset.
§ Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access an asset.
§ Familiarity with Facebook and Twitter an asset.
§ Knowledge of HTML an asset.
Responsibilities:
§ Managing the CUPE 3912 website.
§ Posting job announcements to website within 48 hours of reception.
§ Managing CUPE 3912 mailing lists.
§ Managing CUPE 3912 email accounts settings.
§ Send notices to membership pertaining to website, mailing list and social media functions.
§ Offer technical assistance to the Executive Council on matters pertaining to the above.
CUPE Local 3912 serving part-time instructors and teaching assistants at Dalhousie University; part-time instructors at Mount Saint Vincent University and Saint Mary’s University; and instructors at the TESL Centre at SMU.
How to apply: Send a resume and cover letter to Office Manager Renee Danker at cupe3912@dal.ca
Application Deadline: November 11, 2013.
Media profile on MLIS alumna Laura Young
This newspaper article features MLIS alumna Laura Young’s involvement in the book club at the Edmonton Young Offender Centre.
Discuss the future of libraries and archives
How important to you is the future of libraries and archives? You are invited to join a discussion on Friday, November 8 from 2-4 p.m. in University Hall, in the MacDonald Building.
This event is sponsored by the Royal Society of Canada. Join the conversation! RSVP to janice.slauenwhite@dal.ca
Vote for a book machine in Nova Scotia
Eastern Counties Regional Library is still competing in the Aviva Fund Competition trying to get the ability to purchase an espresso book machine. If you believe Nova Scotians should have the ability to print their own books through the public library please vote! We promise we will share this technology with other library systems in Nova Scotia.
The link to the story centre project is http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf17135
Vote for locally made books!