Summer Student Position: Patrick Power Library, Saint Mary’s University
The Patrick Power Library has one (1) additional position for Library School Students for the 2011 summer work term.
Summer Employment Opportunity: Information Management Coordinator, Provincial Autism Centre
We are looking for an Information Management Coordinator to join our team for the summer months!
The Information Management Coordinator will evaluate existing programs and services of the Provincial Autism Centre, including the operations of the Centre library. Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Information Management Coordinator will research and evaluate Provincial Autism Centre operations and its services, the needs of the autism community, and how the Provincial Autism Centre is currently addressing those needs.
Information Literacy, Transliteracy, and other literacies
This winter and spring, the library blogosphere has buzzed around the idea of transliteracy, which broadly encompasses critical thinking and writing (or perhaps “synthesizing”) across a multitude of formats and devices. You can read more about digital literacy at:
- The Transliteracies Project
- Libraries and Transliteracy
- Transliteracy Research Group (note their concise definition in the left sidebar)
SIM has a new mailing address
Canada Post has consolidated all of Dalhousie’s postal codes into one new code: B3H 4R2. SIM’s new mailing address is as follows:
School of Information Management
1459 Oxford Street
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Our physical address (for courier deliveries) will remain as it was:
School of Information Management
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 4010
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 3J5
For more information about the switch check out the article in DalNews.
Employment Opportunity: SIM Part-Time Academic Posting (Indexing & Abstracting)
Part-Time Academic Posting
School of Information Management
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Posting Date: April 6, 2011
Application Deadline: April 30, 2011
Position: Part-Time Academic
Department/Location: School of Information Management
Pay Rate: In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement
Work Assignment: INFO 6350 – Indexing and Abstracting