So... thrilled to announce that in less than a month, I will be joining @columbialib as their new Social Sciences and Policy Librarian. Incredibly excited for this next chapter in the Big 🍎!
Library Trends invites submissions for an issue on data literacy, exploring the field's evolution & future. Full Call for Papers: press.jhu.edu/journals/libra…. Proposals due Dec 16, 2024. As the Guest Editor, I'm happy to answer questions! @iSchoolUI@LISafterclass
A slightly revised version of my previous role. I can attest that the team at @NavariFamilyCDS is fun to work with and incredibly supportive. Plus, you get to connect and collaborate with awesome affiliates like the @lucy_institute!
The Hesburgh Libraries @NotreDame seeks a Digital Social Sciences Librarian to develop and provide services that support faculty, researchers, and students in the discovery, use, preservation, and visualization of social sciences data.
Apply at library.nd.edu/employment.
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Congratulations to 2024-2025 President-Elect Raymond Pun and all our newly elected leaders. Thank you to all the great candidates who stood for election this year and all the members who voted.
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Published: Volume 13 Issue 1 📕 Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives
Partnering with the @US_IMLS funded project we have published case studies on making ethical decisions when implementing AI to enhance library services. Read the complete issue ➡️ publishing.escholarship.umas…
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📢re3data Call for Editorial Board
Looking for new international members with diverse subject & language expertise and cultural backgrounds to catalog the data repository landscape and maintain re3data's metadata schema.
Find out more 👇 Deadline March 31
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We’re kicking off the semester with a conversation about inclusive teaching for neurodivergent students led by @abigailleigh. Join us Friday, January 26 at 2 pm ET. Learn more and register at lispedagogychat.org/schedule…
Consider applying or nominating an individual for a GODORT award! The GODORT Awards Committee presents six awards annually. Find out more about each award and access the nomination form: ala.org/rt/godort/awardscomm…
The deadline for nominations is December 1st, 2023.
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#GovInfo land! Check this out if you’re interested in how disaster researchers and practitioners evaluate risks, disaster impacts, and inequities throughout the disaster lifecycle. Going to be a great discussion. Online and open to the public.
Publish a book review with Documents to the People (DttP) journals.ala.org/index.php/d…! Deadline for submission is September 22, 2023.
ALT Documents to the People, also known as D.T.T.P., is once again seeking contributions for book reviews! Do you have an idea for a scholarly, trade, or government publication that you would like to review? The book review editors for D.T.T.P. invite you to submit your book review ideas. Book reviews in D.T.T.P. have historically been about: ONE: Books published by government agencies. TWO: Books about the government and its operations. THREE: Library literature related to depository library workflows, handbooks, and research tools. And FOUR: Topics focused on national and/or international issues. Contact Book Review Editor Brianne Hagen at brianne dot hagen at humboldt dot edu to learn more about getting your book review published. Deadline for submission is September twenty second, twenty twenty three.
BIG day today! Starting 14 August 2023, more options are now available for trainees to complete the process of certifying as a Carpentries Instructor! These changes are based on feedback from the Trainer community and are detailed in this latest blog post: carpentries.org/blog/2023/08…
Remote and paid internship opportunity for current MLIS students!!! Alongside gaining chat reference service experience, interns will also work on a project that's oriented towards teaching/learning.
The Kenya S. Flash Virtual Lecture Series in Librarianship kicks off in just 2 DAYS (July 14 at 1PM EDT) featuring inaugural speaker @LiburdWilla. Don't forget to register: tinyurl.com/5bxfjzf7
ALT Kenya S. Flash Virtual Lecture Series in Librarianship. A.C.R.L. Politics, Policy and International Relations Section and A.L.A. Government Documents Round Table host a free online annual speaker series in honor of our beloved colleague, the late Kenya Siana Flash. The inaugural speaker will be Willa Liburd Tavernier who will lead a session titled: "The Participatory Promise of Digital Community Engagement: Toward an Equitable, Trustworthy Scholarly Communication System." Please join us on July fourteenth, twenty-twenty-three at one-o-clock Eastern Time. Link for registration is embedded in the Tweet.
Feels exhausting to fight for a seat at the table when libraries/archives helped build the table to begin with. Because of this lag, we’re missing out on timely (and time-sensitive?) interrogations related to power, transparency, inclusivity, ethics, and privacy in AI contexts.
June is the month to celebrate queer identity, but it also opens the opportunity to interrogate and reflect upon our gov't policies towards LGBTQ people. Check out Kelly L. Smith's (@ucsdlibrary) curated timeline of LGBTQ history in the public record. ucsd.libguides.com/lgbtdocs/…
What's the tea? (📍The Palm Court - The Plaza Hotel, NYC)
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I am completely honored to be invited to be Scholar in Residence at The New School.
The first lecture on April 4 is reserved for students faculty, but the April 11 lecture will be open to the public.
If you’re in NYC please come. Register at:
event.newschool.edu/compulso…