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.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Vivian Howard on her appointment to Associate Dean (Academic), effective July 1st, on a two-year renewable term.
Vivian has been teaching in the Faculty of Management since 1996. She has a strong research record and has been successful in a number of major research grant applications. She was appointed as the Academic Director of the Bachelor of Management program in 2007. As Academic Director of the Bachelor of Management Program, Vivian has successfully introduced 7 interdisciplinary majors to the program, and co-developed a unified undergraduate office team along with the Director of the Bachelor of Commerce Program.
Vivian currently serves on the Associate Deans’ Council Committee and the Bachelor of Management Program Committee, working to improve student and program success through reviewing processes, policies, vision and goals within each of these committees. Vivian has also served on the advisory board for the College of Sustainability and the Faculty of Management Rapid Task Force on Teaching Quality, showing her commitment to our students and our programs in the Faculty of Management and beyond.
Congratulations to Megan Fitzgibbons for being chosen as the New Academic Librarian for 2011. Generously sponsored by Ebsco, the New Academic Librarian of the Year Award recognizes innovative ideas and initiatives brought to life by Canadian academic librarians who have completed their MLIS or equivalent within the last five years. The New Academic Librarian of the Year Award will be presented at the CACUL Annual General Meeting on Friday, May 27, during the CLA National Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
As someone who was fortunate enough to have taught Megan, I am not at all surprised that she has been recognized in this manner. We’re all proud of you at SIM, and I look forward to seeing you at CLA.
Canadian Library Association | CLA/CACUL News: (05/04/2011).
The Dalhousie School of Information Management (SIM) Associated Alumni is seeking six Standing Committee representatives to work with SIM in the following capacities:
For details on these roles, please see:http://sim.management.dal.ca/About%20SIM/School_Governance.php#appointments
Please contact David Ryan for further details.
Eric Stackhouse, Chief Librarian, Pictou Antigonish Regional Library, has been awarded the 2011 recipient of the Canadian Association of Public Libraries’ Outstanding Public Library Service Award. Congratulations to Eric for this very well-deserved honour.
Focus on the user and community needs, says winner of library award – Local – News – The News.