From chirags at rutgers.edu Tue Oct 1 21:21:00 2013 From: chirags at rutgers.edu (Chirag Shah) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:21:00 -0400 Subject: [Students-l] Student chapters reports and "secret" student party in Montreal Message-ID: Dear ASIST student chapter members and advisors, Each student chapter is expected to submit an annual report to ASIST. There are two deadlines for this: July 1 if you want to be considered for the best student chapter award, and October 30 for everyone else. In other words, if you did not already submit your chapter report, please do so by October 30th by following this link to submit the report: http://www.softconf.com/asist2/StudChapYear/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit On a different note, to all the students - please mark your calendar for a clandestine student party on Sunday night - Nov. 3 - at upcoming ASIST annual meeting at the conference hotel in Montreal. It is by invitation only (yes, you are special!). The party will be right after the student design competition meet in [place to be announced.] Oh, and you'll need this password to enter: "cogito ergo sum"! It will be a fun social gathering with your peers at ASIST. Some of our ASIST leaders will also be invited to join. Feel free to spread the word "secretly" to other student members of ASIST that you know! Shhhh...!!! Chirag Shah (Rutgers University) - Student Chapter Representative Daniel Alemneh (University of North Texas) - Student Chapter Alternative Representative Leaders and Advisors Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/349044301846053/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Fri Oct 11 11:08:46 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:08:46 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd [Air-L] Funded Ph.D. positions at UT Austin available for study of Information Work Message-ID: <5258147E.1030804@orange.fr> > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:53:47 -0500 > From: James Howison > To:air-l at aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Funded Ph.D. positions at UT Austin available for > study of Information Work > Message-ID:<25FE992D-DE58-4F31-B89C-C5D42A6E8BCF at ischool.utexas.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > We invite applications for two fully funded PhD positions, starting in August 2014, available for incoming doctoral students to join our study of information work in the Information Work Research Group, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin [1]. > > Applications are due November 15, 2013 (see below). The faculty and students in the IWRG undertake empirical and analytical studies of information workers in their workplaces, exploring how work and occupations are changing. We draw primarily on ethnography, participant observation, interviews, historical analysis and archival analysis to explore occupations such as records managers, remote financial professions, digital humanists, data analysts, open source software developers and online community managers. > > Both positions provide full tuition, a stipend of $20,000 and research travel support for two years. As Ph.D. students in the School of Information you would be eligible for continued funding through incoming grants, teaching assistantships and instructor positions; successful students should expect full-time support through the completion of their PhD. Austin is home to SXSW Interactive and a rapidly growing technology sector, and is an energetic, young city that is a great place to live and work through your Ph.D., offering excellent employment and education opportunities for spouses and families. > > We welcome inquiries from students interested in pursuing academic careers, coming from diverse academic and social backgrounds. Applicants with professional work experience are particularly encouraged to apply, as are students currently completing their masters or undergraduate degrees. > > Interested applicants should contact James Howison ASAP and provide an up-to-date resume and letter of interest no longer than 1 page. Applicants would then apply for the Information School Ph.D. through the regular admission process; full applications are due 15 November 2013 [2]. > > Best regards, > James Howison > > on behalf of Information Work Research Group Faculty > > Lecia Barker > Diane Bailey > Tanya Clement > William Aspray > James Howison > > > [1]:http://blogs.ischool.utexas.edu/iwrg/ > > [2]:https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/admissions/phd From candy.schwartz at simmons.edu Wed Oct 16 14:23:08 2013 From: candy.schwartz at simmons.edu (Candy Schwartz) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:23:08 -0400 Subject: [Students-l] Two student events Message-ID: Two Special Events for Students at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Montreal 1) The 4th Annual ASIS&T Student Design Competition Join other students in a fun and challenging system design competition! The mission: To develop and present plans for a creative and innovative system in response to a design challenge. The reward: Each member of the winning design team will receive complimentary registration to the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. In addition, you will meet other students, and present your ideas to a jury of industry and academic leaders in information science. The kick-off meeting will be held on Sunday, November 3, from 8-9pm, in Salon 6 & 7 in the Sheraton. We will form design teams, review the procedures, and present the challenge. You and your team will generate a system proposal, and present it to the jury and an audience of conference attendees on Tuesday November 5, from 10:30-11:30am. At the end of the presentation session, the jury will announce a winning team, who will win free registration for next year, and will also be written up in the Bulletin of ASIST. Everyone will be able to network with members of the jury and receive additional feedback. After that you can relax and go to SIG/CON on Tuesday night. Spread the word! Design Competetion Committee; Candy Schwartz (candy.schwartz at simmons.edu), Rong Tang, and Michelle Kazmer 2) The Annual Students-Only Party A clandestine student party will be held on Sunday night, November 3, Suite 716, in the Sheraton. It is for students only (yes, you are special!). The party will start at 9pm, right after the student design competition meeting. Oh, and you'll need this password to enter: "cogito ergo sum"! It will be a fun social gathering with your peers at ASIST. Some of our ASIST leaders will also be invited to join. Feel free to spread the word "secretly" to other student members of ASIST that you know! Shhhh...!!! Cheers! Chirag Shah (Rutgers University) - Student Chapter Representative Daniel Alemneh (University of North Texas) - Student Chapter Alternative Representative Candy Schwartz Assistant Librarian, Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork and Professor, Simmons College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amy.burlingame at yale.edu Thu Oct 17 14:17:31 2013 From: amy.burlingame at yale.edu (Burlingame, Amy) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:17:31 +0000 Subject: [Students-l] Yale University - Professional Opportunity - Librarian, Web Services - Medical Library (#21376BR) Message-ID: Please pardon cross-posting - professional opportunity of possible interest ________________________________ Librarian, Web Services Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Yale University New Haven, CT Rank: Librarian 2-4 (Grades 24-27) Requisition: #23176BR www.yale.edu/jobs Yale University offers exciting opportunities for achievement and growth in New Haven, Connecticut. Conveniently located between Boston and New York, New Haven is the creative capital of Connecticut with cultural resources that include two major art museums, a critically-acclaimed repertory theater, state-of-the-art concert hall, and world-renowned schools of Architecture, Art, Drama, and Music. Position Focus: Reporting to the Head, Library Technology Services & Support, this position is responsible for developing, testing, implementing and maintaining Medical Library websites and other technology initiatives in support of the educational, research and clinical needs of Yale Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, the Yale-New Haven Hospital and other affiliated institutions of the Yale-New Haven Medical Center . The Web Services Librarian works closely with fellow Medical Library staff, others within the Medical Center community and the larger Yale Library to create the best digital environment for library users. Required Education, Skills and Experience: 1. Master's degree from an ALA- accredited library school, or equivalent combination of relevant advanced degree and experience. 2. Experience working collegially, collaboratively, and independently with varied groups, within and across a complex organization and a rapidly changing, team environment; experience in the creation and development of large and complex websites. 3. Demonstrated ability working with: Drupal; best practices/standards in web design, development and content administration; HTML, CSS JavaScript, PHP, usability and accessibility is required; Ruby, Python, and/or Java is preferred. 4. Demonstrated excellent project management, systems documentation, and written and oral communication skills. 5. Demonstrated ability using graphic design tools (e.g., Photoshop, Fireworks or similar), and demonstrated familiarity with diverse metadata formats (e.g. MARC, MODS, Dublin Core), and institutional repositories. 6. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, to solve problems creatively, and to effectively build partnerships and promote the benefits of change in an academic culture that often values ambiguity, diversity of opinion and historic precedent. Yale University assigns ranks to librarian positions based on a combination of professional experience and accomplishments (see range assigned to this description as noted in the posting position title). Librarian ranking information: Click here for more information. The University and the Library: The Yale University Library, as one of the world's leading research libraries, collects, organizes, preserves, and provides access to and services for a rich and unique record of human thought and creativity. It fosters intellectual growth and supports the teaching and research missions of Yale University and scholarly communities worldwide. A distinctive strength is its rich spectrum of resources, including more than 15 million print and electronic volumes housed in 15 libraries. The Yale libraries include Sterling Memorial, Beinecke, the Bass library, and many school and departmental libraries. The Library system is engaged in numerous digital initiatives designed to provide access to a full array of scholarly information. It employs a dynamic, diverse, and innovative staff of over 500 who have the opportunity to work with the highest caliber of faculty and students, participate on committees, and who are involved in other areas of staff development. For additional information on the Yale University Library, please visit the Library's web site at http://web.library.yale.edu/ The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library: The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library serves the Yale Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, and the Yale-New Haven Hospital as well as Yale College and the Yale Graduate School. The Medical Library is a dynamic and busy place; library staff work together as a team to provide responsive and effective information support to the Medical Center's missions of research, education, and patient care. Medical librarians provide individualized support through the Library's active personal librarian program. Electronic resources have grown to 13,051 e-journals, 31,125 e-books, and over 90 electronic databases. In addition, digitized collections, clinical synthesis tools, and evidence-based practice resources bring information to our community at the library, on campus and remotely. For additional information, see: http://library.medicine.yale.edu/ Salary and Benefits: We invite you to discover the excitement, diversity, rewards and excellence of a career at Yale University. One of the country's great workplaces, Yale University offers exciting opportunities for meaningful accomplishment and true growth. Our benefits package is among the best anywhere, with a wide variety of insurance choices, liberal paid time off, fantastic family and educational benefits, a variety of retirement benefits, extensive recreational facilities, and much more. How to apply: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications, consisting of a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information of three (3) professional references should be submitted by applying online at http://www.yale.edu/jobs. The STARS requisition ID for this position is 23176BR. Please be sure to reference #23176BR in your cover letter. Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Yale values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and strongly encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups. ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Wed Oct 23 10:25:32 2013 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:25:32 +0200 Subject: [Students-l] Fwd. [Air-L] CFP Doctoral Workshop in connection to M4D conference, Dakar, Senegal 2014 Message-ID: <5267DC5C.9010907@orange.fr> > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:19:12 +0200 > From: "Jakob Svensson" > To:air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Doctoral Workshop in connection to M4D conference > Dakar Senegal 2014 > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > M4D Doctoral Workshop, Dakar, April 7, 2014 > We invite applications to the M4D Doctoral Workshop in Dakar Senegal. The > workshop will provide a forum for PhD students in the area of mobile > communication technology in and for development to present their work and > receive constructive feedback from experts in the field as well as from > peers. PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies are invited to > submit papers. The workshop will host about 15 attendees besides the experts > in the field. We expect submissions to be from current PhD students who have > selected a clear research topic within M4D in the broadest sense. > Participation for selected PhD students are free for M4D2014 conference > delegates who have registered and payed the conference fee. The doctoral > workshop is sponsored by the International Network of Post Graduate > Students in the area of ICT4D (IPID). > Goal of workshop > The goal of the workshop is to provide professional development in M4D with > critical, but constructive, feedback and advice to PhD students on their > ongoing research from senior researchers. The workshop will also offer the > opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and suggestions with peers in the M4D > field. > S ubmission > Submissions should address the student's PhD research area, specifically: > a well-defined formulation of the problem statement, objectives and aims of > the research, > explain the research context and why the research is important, > give details of research design and data collection techniques, > present preliminary results and research findings, do clarify the state of > the research work, > a brief sketch of the intended theoretical/disciplinary approach and > audience(s) for the work, as well as the related theoretical and practical > contributions to the multidisciplinary area of 'M4D'. > Your name, affiliation, email address, PhD supervisor's name and affiliation > and year when you started PhD should be included. The submission should be > max. 5000 words in length. Please note that the workshop is not a venue > for publication; there will be no published proceedings. However, we > encourage workshop participants to also submit to the M4D2014 main > conference (poster, full or short paper seewww.m4d2014.net). > Doctoral workshop participants are asked to submit their papers to m4d > @kau.se with the subject line [M4D2014 doctoral workshop]. > > > Workshop Format > Participants will be divided into two groups depending on their research > topic. Group A will be led by Anne Shongwe and Jonathan Donner and Group B > by Laura Stark and Richard Ling. Participants will be asked to read the > group member?s papers prior the workshop so that focus can be on > discussing each paper in depth rather than listening to presentations. We > will reserve around 15-20 minutes for comments and 10-15 minutes for general > discussion. > Important Dates > Submission by: 23:59 (GMT), February 1, 2014 > Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2014 (by this date the M4D conference > fee should be payed) > Workshop date: April 7, 2014 > > > Jakob Svensson, Ph. D. > Ass. Prof. Media and Communication Studies > Director, BA Programme in Media & Communication Studies > Director, MA Programme in Global Media > > Karlstad University > SE-65188 Karlstad, Sweden > Telephone +46 54 700 1893 > Mobile + 46 73 443 48 04 > > www.kau.se/media > www.kau.se/en/humanit > twitter.com/Centre4HumanIT > facebook.com/karlstadsuniversitet > KAU.SE > From chirags at rutgers.edu Sun Oct 27 19:28:48 2013 From: chirags at rutgers.edu (Chirag Shah) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:28:48 -0400 Subject: [Students-l] Two student events at ASIST in Montreal Message-ID: ******* Two Special Events for Students at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Montreal 1) The 4th Annual ASIS&T Student Design Competition Join other students in a fun and challenging system design competition! The mission: To develop and present plans for a creative and innovative system in response to a design challenge. The reward: Each member of the winning design team will receive complimentary registration to the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. In addition, you will meet other students, and present your ideas to a jury of industry and academic leaders in information science. The kick-off meeting will be held on Sunday, November 3, from 8-9pm, in Salon 6 & 7 in the Sheraton. We will form design teams, review the procedures, and present the challenge. You and your team will generate a system proposal, and present it to the jury and an audience of conference attendees on Tuesday November 5, from 10:30-11:30am. At the end of the presentation session, the jury will announce a winning team, who will win free registration for next year, and will also be written up in the Bulletin of ASIST. Everyone will be able to network with members of the jury and receive additional feedback. After that you can relax and go to SIG/CON on Tuesday night. Spread the word! Design Competetion Committee; Candy Schwartz (candy.schwartz at simmons.edu), Rong Tang, and Michelle Kazmer 2) The Annual Students-Only Party A clandestine student party will be held on Sunday night, November 3, Suite 716, in the Sheraton. It is for students only (yes, you are special!). The party will start at 9pm, right after the student design competition meeting. Oh, and you'll need this password to enter: "cogito ergo sum"! It will be a fun social gathering with your peers at ASIST. Some of our ASIST leaders will also be invited to join. Feel free to spread the word "secretly" to other student members of ASIST that you know! Shhhh...!!! Cheers! Chirag Shah (Rutgers University) - Student Chapter Representative (chirags at rutgers.edu) Daniel Alemneh (University of North Texas) - Student Chapter Alternative Representative (Daniel.Alemneh at unt.edu) ******* Chirag Shah, PhD Assistant Professor School of Communication & Information (SC&I) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901 p. (848) 932-8807 f. (732) 932-6916 http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~chirags -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: