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Call For Submissions Are you an LIS student interested in activism and the struggle for social justice? Do you stay awake at night thinking about how your politics might inform your professional practice? The MIRIAM BRAVERMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE, a presentation of the Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG), is awarded awarded each year for the best paper about some aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or librarianship. Papers related to archivists, archives, and archival work are also eligible. The winning paper will be published in the Summer 2009 issue of Progressive Librarian. The winner of the contest will also receive a $300 stipend to help offset the cost of travel to and from the 2009 American Library Association annual conference in Chicago, IL. The award will be presented at the annual PLG dinner. Think you might be interested? Here’s the fine print. Contestants must be library and/or information science students attending a graduate-level program in the Unit...

The Future is Closer than you Think! Holograms, 3-D Scanning and Replication, and Virtual Communities: Second Life. The School of Library and Information Science will host a presentation on emerging information technologies that will lead the way in the 21st century and beyond. March 23, 2009, Davis College, Room 111, 5:30 P.M. ALL are Welcome! Free Pizza and Drinks!

The Department of the Army (DA) is offering a one-year salaried intern position for a high potential recent graduate of an ALA-accredited Master's Program in Library and Information Studies. The DA Library Intern Program includes structured work experience and formal training and leads to permanent placement in the Army Library system. Highly motivated professionals who have a commitment to public service are invited to apply. The Program will start in Spring 2009. Requires U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. The DA Library Intern Program provides an opportunity to receive training and work experience in a dynamic network of academic libraries. The focus areas of the program may include: • Electronic and virtual library services • Reference and public services • Technical services--acquisitions, cataloging, automation, etc. • Management and administrative services Army Library Intern Program US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Fort Monroe, VA h...

2009/10 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University Arts Library Yale University Library Duration: 8 months from date of hire. All offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check. The University and The Library One of the world's leading research libraries, Yale University Library is a full partner in teaching, research, and learning at Yale and is visited by scholars from around the world. A distinctive strength is its rich spectrum of resources, including approximately thirteen million volumes and information in all media, ranging from ancient papyri to early printed books to electronic databases. The Library is engaging in numerous projects to expand access to its physical and digital collections. Housed in twenty-two buildings including the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the new Bass Library, it employs a dynamic and diverse staff of nearly six-hundred who offer innovative and flexible services ...

As part of I-COMM Week, March 30 - April 3, Dr. Tywanna Whorley, Processing Archivist of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Archive at Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University will be giving a presentation about her work with the Dr. King papers. Presentation title: The Measure of a Man: Redefining Martin Luther King, Jr. through His Papers Date: Thursday, April 2Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m. Location: Coliseum Room 3020A Professor Whorley has taught archival access and advocacy, and management of records and information resources in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, MA. Her research interests focus on governmental and state archives and the relationships between access, privacy and collective memory. Her most recent essay, entitled "The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Access & Control Over Controversial Records," was published in the edited volume Political Pressure & the Archival Record. Academic Background: B.A., ...

Description : The Independent Community Bankers of America Library seeks an intern. This unpaid internship in ICBA’s Washington D.C. office provides a unique opportunity for an MLS student to gain experience in a variety of facets of special librarianship including cataloging, collection & product development, and some basic reference. The Library serves ICBA association and subsidiary staff and nearly 5,000 members in the area of banking and financial services, including regulation and legislation as well as bank operations. We will soon be uploading records from a cataloging outsourcer to the InMagic Library catalog. We are looking for a tech-savvy, creative, hardworking individual to assist in this solo librarian workplace. The intern will have the opportunity to contribute to several projects, including: Cataloguing Association publications, testimony and comment letters. Assisting with uploading of cataloged items to InMagic database Developing information packets for member...

The announcement for the 2009 Summer Internship Program at the SupremeCourt of the United States has been posted to USA Jobs (http:// www.usajobs.gov ). You can link to the posting directly here: http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=79522461 , or do a"Search Jobs" for Supreme Court of the United States. Please encourageany potential candidates to apply for the Library internships. Notethat the closing date is March 9, 2009 and applications are acceptedvia FAX. Questions can be addressed to the Personnel Office listed on theapplication announcement (202-479-3404).