Call for Applicants: Public Services Quarterly Opportunities

Public Services Quarterly opportunities

Public Services Quarterly is recruiting for several volunteer positions.

*** Column Editor for “Best of the Literature” – this person will write columns and/or recruit others and edit columns that provide an annotated bibliography of 5-8 recent publications on a topic of interest to public services librarians.

*** Column Editor for “Internet Resources” - this person will write and/or recruit others and edit columns that review web resources that would be useful to public services librarians. 

*** Members of the Editorial Board – we need two to four people to serve as peer reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the journal. 

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please send me a note expressing interest and providing information about your experience or qualifications.

See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WPSQ for more details about the journal.  If you don’t have access to the journal and would like to see samples of the columns, just let me know.

Thanks for considering, and please get in touch if you have any questions.

Beth Blakesley

Incoming Editor, Public Services Quarterly

beth.blakesley@wsu.edu

Call for Applicants: AAAS Annual Meeting Free Librarian Registration

The American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
will be held February 16-20, 2012, in Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.aaas.org/meetings/

I encourage you to plan now to participate! For the third year in a
row, AAAS will fully fund the registration fee for 30 librarians.  To
request free registration please reply to alison.ricker@oberlin.edu.
Awards will be given on a "first come, first awarded" basis; if there
are more than 30 requests, preference will be given to first-time
attendees at an AAAS meeting.

The theme, “Flattening the World: Building the Global Knowledge
Society,” is directly related to our work as information
professionals, helping to address "complex, interconnected challenges
of the 21st century" in the development of "global solutions through
international, multidisciplinary efforts."

Please contact me if you are interested in developing a conference
session focused on strengthening collaboration among librarians,
scientists, science writers and administrators, with the goal of
increasing scientific literacy and basing policy decisions on unbiased
scientific knowledge.

Feel free to send this invitation to other science librarians.  I look
forward to hearing from you!

Alison S. Ricker, ALA Liaison to the AAAS Section on Information,
Computing, and Communication, 2011-2014

Science Librarian, Oberlin College
Science Center Library, 119 Woodland St.
Oberlin OH 44074

Call for Applicants: Reviewers for the Southeastern Librarian

The SELn Editorial Board solicits members to serve as volunteer reviewers. Beginning with the volume 49 Summer 1999 issue, two issues of The Southeastern Librarian will include juried articles.

We need representatives who are qualified to evaluate the content of articles so that the articles are "referred" by those with subject knowledge as well as by those with a knowledge in research methodology. As such, we are seeking individuals from all types of libraries representing a broad range of responsibilities.

These volunteer reviewers will be asked to review articles in their area of subject expertise and to make a recommendation regarding publication. Each reviewer will receive a packet including instructions for authors, guidelines for reviewers, and an article rating sheet. Reviewers must be members of SELA.

To volunteer or nominate someone to serve on the jury, please contact Perry Bratcher, SELn Editor, 503A Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099. Phone: (859) 572-6309. Fax: (859) 572-6181. E-mail: bratcher@nku.edu.

Call for Applicants: Reviewers for Technical Services Quarterly

Technical Services Quarterly is looking for reviewers to contribute to
the column, Tech Services on the Web. We are always interested in
learning which sites are useful for your own work, so please consider
sharing your expertise with our readers.  Contact Column Editor: Marta
Deyrup marta.deyrup@shu.edu

Site URL:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306978~db=all

Call for Applicants: NASIG Conference Coordinator in Training. Due July 29

The NASIG Executive Board seeks a person to train under
Joyce Tenney as NASIG’s Conference Coordinator. We are now
accepting applications for that position – Conference
Coordinator in Training. (See complete job description
below.) If you’d like to apply, please send the following
to Katy Ginanni (ksginanni@wcu.edu<mailto:ksginanni@wcu.edu>):

•       A current CV or résumé
•       A cover letter indicating why you're interested in the
position
•       A summary of your experience negotiating contracts or
licenses, and your experience with meeting and/or conference
planning. This can be as little as 2 paragraphs, but not
more than one page, please.

We will begin reviewing applications immediately; the
deadline for submissions is July 29, 2011. The search
committee will conduct phone interviews in August. We hope
to make a recommendation to the Executive Board by Labor
Day. The successful candidate will begin to work with Joyce
immediately as she negotiates for our 2014 conference. You
must be a NASIG member to serve in this position, but not to
apply.


NASIG Conference Coordinator in Training

NASIG seeks a candidate for Conference Coordinator in
Training. The successful candidate will serve an initial
term of one to two years as an apprentice to the
organization’s current conference coordinator with
possible reappointments to follow. The conference
coordinator is a key appointment of the NASIG Executive
Board, with significant responsibility and discretion in
staging the annual NASIG Conference. The NASIG president
serves as the executive board’s liaison with the
conference coordinator and coordinator in training.

The primary duties of the conference coordinator are:
•       Gather information and formal proposals from potential
conference sites
•       Analyze the proposals using various criteria to create a
short list of possibilities for the NASIG executive board
•       Coordinate site selection trips (usually in the late
summer or fall)
•       Maintain awareness of meeting trends and legal issues
(via free webinars, free meetings, listservs, etc.),  and
keep NASIG president informed of impending concerns
•       Negotiate contracts with conference hotels, convention
centers, special events venues, etc.
•       Serve as an ex-officio member of the Conference Planning
Committee.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and
attributes:
•       Proximity to a major metropolitan area (to facilitate
attendance at meeting planners meetings)
•       Experience negotiating contracts or licenses; tenacity
•       Experience with meeting and/or conference planning
•       Familiarity with NASIG organizational structure and
needs of its members
•       Ability to commit time, including some evenings and
weekends
•       Highly organized
•       Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
•       Flexibility
•       Able and willing to travel, including some weekends.
(Official site selection travel paid by NASIG; some scouting
travel paid by various properties and/or Convention &
Visitors Bureaus.)

Call for Applicants: NEH Grants. Due August 17

The Division of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funds humanities projects that are intended for broad public audiences at museums, libraries, historic sites and other historical and cultural organizations. New application guidelines are now posted on the NEH Web site (www.neh.gov) for our America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grant competition. The next two deadlines are August 17, 2011, and January 11, 2012. Grants support interpretive exhibitions, reading or film discussion series, historic site interpretation, lecture series and symposia, and digital projects. NEH especially encourages projects that offer multiple formats and make creative use of new technology to deliver humanities content. Program officers in the Division of Public Programs are available to assist you, whether it is to discuss project ideas or to read a draft of a proposal. Please call the NEH Division of Public Programs (202-606-8269) or contact a program officer directly. Below are the names and contact information for the Division's program officers: Barbara Bays, 202-606-8290, bbays@neh.gov Jeff Hardwick, 202-606-8287, jhardwick@neh.gov David Martz, 202-606-8297, dmartz@neh.gov John Meredith, 202-606-8218, jmeredith@neh.gov Kathleen Mulvaney, 202-606-8270, kmulvaney@neh.gov Danielle Shapiro, 202-606-8241, dshapiro@neh.gov Michael Shirley, 202-606-8293, mshirley@neh.gov David Weinstein, 202-606-8308, dweinstein@neh.gov

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Call for Applicants: Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program

The Graduate School of Library & Information Science at Simmons College,
Massachusetts, is pleased to invite proposals for participation in the Allen
Smith Visiting Scholars Program, which honors the memory of distinguished
teacher and scholar Allen Smith. Allen Smith Visiting Scholars are expected to
be distinguished practitioners, educators, or researchers renowned for their
work in reference, oral history, or the study of librarianship and information
service in the humanities. Opportunities include semester-long visiting
professorships, shorter-term lectureships, or presentation in an annual lecture
series.  The program provides support for transportation, honorarium, and
related expenses depending on the nature of participation, and is open to
scholars worldwide.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a proposed time frame and
agenda of activities, and a statement outlining the applicant’s
qualifications and the benefits the applicant would bring to the Simmons
community. There is no deadline, except that proposals for semester-long
visiting professorships should be submitted well in advance of the proposed
semester.

For more information, please contact Professor Candy Schwartz,
candy.schwartz@simmons.edu.

To learn more about our esteemed colleague and friend Allen Smith, see
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/news/news/2008.php#news874 and the wiki  “Allen
Smith Quotations”,
http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/dwiggins/Allen_Smith_Quotations.

Call for Applicants: ALA IRRT International Leads Editor. Due June 15

To make inquiries or to apply for the position, please contact Eve Nyren at enyren@placerlibrary.org

Applications are due by June 15, 2011.

International Relations Round Table (IRRT) International Leads Editor
Volunteer Position Available Beginning June 2011 after the ALA Annual
Conference in New Orleans.

Do you want to play a significant role in promoting international librarianship and the activities of the International Relations Round Table? You can do so by volunteering to serve a two-year term as the editor of IRRT's official publication International Leads (IL).  The position will begin in June 2011 after the Annual Conference in New Orleans.

IL Editor Description:

The Editor of International Leads is responsible for the official organ of the International Relations Round Table, in conjunction with the IRRT Publications Committee and the IRRT Executive Board.

The purpose of IL is to disseminate information about international librarianship and the activities of the Round Table. IL seeks to support Round Table and Association objectives by bringing IRRT's members news and articles that help them understand and react to recent developments in international librarianship.

Because IL is the official publication of the IRRT, the editor has a particular responsibility to convey to IRRT members and other readers full and accurate information on the activities, purpose and goals of the Round Table. Previous issues are available on the IRRT website at:http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/irrt/intlleads/internationalleads.cfm

IL is published quarterly, edited by a member volunteer and printed through the production facilities of ALA's Publishing Services Department. It is indexed in Wilson Omnifile.

The IL Editor will serve a two-year term, renewable once.  The term begins at the end of the ALA Annual Conference in June 2011 and runs for two calendar (volume) years.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate International Leads working with the IRRT Publications Committee and the IRRT Executive Board.

Have responsibility for the content, form and design of IL within the parameters of ALA and IRRT policies and in consultation with the IRRT Publications Committee, the IRRT Executive Board, the ALA International Relations Office (IRO).

Seek manuscripts and encourage the submission of high-quality articles.

Review all submitted manuscripts in light of the philosophy, purpose, and general style of the publication.  Correspond with authors regarding acceptable, rewriting and resubmission, or rejection of articles.

Edit and proof manuscript copy.

Assume final authority for all content in each issue of IL.

Serve as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the IRRT Publications Committee
and the IRRT Executive Board.

Qualifications:

Experience in publishing and/or journalism, either in editing or writing, sufficient to be able to produce a high-quality publication that addresses interests of the readership.

Effective communication skills.

Experience in or demonstrated knowledge of international librarianship.

Membership in the International Relations Round Table.

Attendance at both the ALA Midwinter Conference and the ALA Annual
Conference is required.

Reports to:

IRRT Publications Committee
IRRT Executive Board

To make inquiries or to apply for the position, please contact Eve Nyren, Chair-elect of IRRT. Applications should include a brief statement about your interest in the position and a description of your skills and background relevant to the position.  Please include a current resume or CV.  Applications are due by June 15, 2011 for review by the IRRT Executive Board. Applications in electronic format by email are preferable.   Candidate interviews will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on Saturday afternoon, June 25, 2011.

Eve Alison Nyren
IRRT Chair-elect, 2010-2011
Manager, Rocklin Public Library
5460 Fifth Street
Rocklin, CA
916-624-5761
enyren@placerlibrary.org 

Call for Applicants: Book Review Editor for Music Reference Services Quarterly

Music Reference Services Quarterly (MRSQ), a peer reviewed journal published by Taylor and Francis is seeking a new book review editor.   Responsibilities include:

·         maintaining awareness of current books in music

·         identifying reviewers

·         requesting books for review and assigning them to reviewers

·         providing reviewing guidance to book reviewers

·         processing and filing copyright transfer forms

·          editing the book reviews

·         submitting the edited reviews and copyright transfer forms to Taylor & Francis

·         final book review proofreading

The book review editor reports to the co-editors of Music Reference Services Quarterly.  While the applicant pool is not limited to librarians currently working in music libraries, music background is required.   Some editorial experience is desirable but not required.  MRSQ maintains a database of current book reviewers and the book editor has full support of the editorial board members as well as the rest of the editorial team.  Interested applicants should send a short letter of interest and a copy of their CV to editors:  Ana Dubnjakovic (ana@mailbox.sc.edu) and Michelle Hahn (mhahn@smu.edu).  Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Thanks!

Ana Dubnjakovic

Head, Music Library

University of South Carolina

Call for Applicants: Book Reviewers for Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

Call for Reviewers: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is looking for book reviewers for future issues.  Books reviewed are related to subject areas within business. 

Although there is a major focus on reference materials, review also address significant academic business books that have recently been published.  Each review analyzes the purpose of the book and the success of the author or publisher in fulfilling that purpose, along with information on the scope, content and organization of the source.

If you are interested in reviewing a book for the JBFL, please contact:

Douglas Southard

Book Review Editor, Journal of Business and Finance LibrarianshipDsouthard@crai.com

In your message, please indicate your areas of expertise or interest (such as finance, marketing, or specific industries, etc.) and include your mailing address.

About the Journal

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is an innovative quarterly journal that provides you with useful articles about the creation, organization, dissemination, retrieval, and use of business information. This refereed journal covers the business information needs of special libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries, as well as information services and centers outside of the traditional library setting. You'll find that the journal is international in scope, reflecting the multinational and international scope of the business community today.

The immediate focus of the journal is practice-oriented articles, but it also provides an outlet for new empirical studies on business librarianship and business information. Aside from articles, this journal offers valuable statistical and meeting reports, literature and media reviews, Web site reviews, and interviews.

Recent issues of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship have covered topics such as:

      political risk and country risk, some of the factors and methods used in foreign country risk analysis, and a variety of political risk sources

      the structure of the National Trade Data Bank, a comparison of the three versions of it currently on the market, and detailed descriptions of many of the database's most useful programs

      how and why intranets developed and how they can be used as strategic business tools that empower an organization to meet its corporate vision

      an analysis of the public rankings of in Canadian business periodicals and a retrieval tool for such information

      an effective and practical way to get business students familiar with various library resources

      a selective review of some of the business dictionaries in print

Special thematic issues of the journal have covered:

      Marketing Information

      The Core Business Web

      Distance Learning Librarianship

Product Details:

ISSN: 0896-3568 Electronic - ISSN: 1547-0644

Call for Applicants: 2011 Annals of Science Essay Prize. Due September 30

It is my pleasure to announce the 2011 Annals of Science Essay Prize. The prize competition occurs annually, and the winner is awarded $500, a free subscription to Annals of Science, and publication of the award winning essay. The official advertisement for the prize is contained in the link below. If you have any questions about the prize or submitting a paper, feel free to check out our website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/00033790.html or contact: annals.science@utoronto.ca Official prize announcement: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/competitions/tasc_2011.pdf I hope to see some of your papers as submissions! Sincerely, Greg Lusk Editorial Assistant Annals of Science

Call for Applicants: NEH Division of Preservation and Access Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grants. Due July 20

The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities will be accepting applications for grants in its Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. These grants support projects to preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture. Awards also support the creation of reference materials, online resources, and research tools of major importance to the humanities. Maximum awards are $350,000 for up to three years. Eligible activities include: • arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; • cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture; • providing conservation treatment (including deacidification) for collections, leading to enhanced access; • digitizing collections; • preserving and improving access to born-digital sources; • developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials; • creating encyclopedias; • preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars • developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographic information systems (GIS); and • designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources. In response to recent studies noting the deeply hidden, often perilous condition of audio-visual sources in cultural heritage institutions, this program encourages applications that address the preservation and access needs of humanities collections of sound recordings and moving images. Applicants may request funds to establish intellectual and physical control of such materials as well as to digitize them. The new guidelines, which include sample proposal narratives, can be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html. The application receipt deadline of July 20, 2011 is for projects beginning May 2012. All applications to NEH must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov; see guidelines for details. Prospective applicants seeking further information are encouraged to contact the Division at 202-606-8570 or preservation@neh.gov. Program staff will read draft proposals submitted six weeks before the deadline. Please note that the Division is also accepting applications for two other grant categories, with upcoming deadlines: “Research and Development” (May 19) and “Education & Training” (June 30). Details on these programs, as well as on the full slate of funding opportunities in Preservation and Access, can be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html#preservation _____________________________________________________________The National Endowment for the Humanities is a grant-making agency of the United States (U.S.) federal government that supports projects in the humanities. U.S. nonprofit associations, institutions, and organizations are eligible applicants. NEH's Division of Preservation and Access supports projects that will create, preserve, and make available cultural resources of importance for research, education, and lifelong learning. To learn more about NEH, please visit www.neh.gov.

Call for Applications: 2012-2013 Fulbright Scholar Program in Library Sciences. Due August 1

The 2012-2013 Fulbright Scholar Program competition is open.


The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers 26 teaching, research or combined teaching/research awards in library sciences. Faculty and professionals in library sciences also can apply for “All Discipline” awards open to all fields.

Here are a few of the awards for 2012-2013:
China: Award 2088 - Library and Information Science
Zimbabwe: Award 2073 - Journalism and Media Studies
Egypt: Award 2414 - Library Services and Information Science
Pakistan: Award 2470 - Multiple Disciplines
Argentina: Award 2481 - Social Sciences and Humanities

For more information on 2012-13 opportunities, please visit www.iie.org/cies.


The application deadline for the Core Fulbright Scholar Program is August 1, 2011.  U.S. citizenship is required.  For more information, visit our website atwww.iie.org/cies or contact us at scholars@iie.org. 


Faculty and professionals are also encouraged to participate in one of our weekly webinars.  For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies/webinar.

Call for Applicants: Subject Editors for Resources for College Libraries. Due ASAP.

Resources for College Libraries seeks dynamic and discerning bibliographers to
serve as subject editors for the following areas:
* African American Studies
* African History, Languages, and Literatures
* Environmental Studies
* European History
* Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures

Resources for College Libraries (RCL) is a bibliography of selected works
spanning the college curriculum and comprising a recommended core collection
for all academic libraries. Available both in print and online at RCLweb
(http://rclweb.net), RCL covers 61 curriculum-specific subjects and identifies
approximately 70,000 titles most necessary for teaching undergraduates,
including electronic resources essential for academic study. Subject editors
are responsible for selecting and maintaining the most critical resources
related to the undergraduate curriculum.

RCL subject editors oversee the continuous revision of a subject area, with
particular responsibilities including:
*   Regularly adding new titles to the subject area
*   Maintaining and developing the subject taxonomy
*   Reviewing and removing unessential titles from the subject area
*   Managing, if necessary, bibliographers to aid in selection
*   Remaining aware of current trends in teaching, research, and academic
resources related to the subject area

RCL is revised regularly and has a variety of uses: it is consulted by colleges
and faculty adapting to new curricula, by student researchers, by librarians
for collection development purposes, and by accrediting agencies. As successor
to Books for College Libraries, RCL is a collaborative project between the
Association of College and Research Libraries’ Choice magazine editorial
staff, knowledgeable subject editors recruited from teaching faculty and
academic librarians, and R.R. Bowker.

RCL subject editors must balance in-depth subject knowledge with the mission of
establishing a core collection for the liberal arts and sciences college
library. To join RCL’s editorial roster, interested applicants should submit
a CV/résumé, along with a brief description of qualifications related to
managing a core collection in the discipline. If you are interested in this
professional service opportunity or would like more information, please contact
me at adoherty@ala-choice.org.