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The Palm Beach Post newspaper is offering a paid internship for 2008. We're looking for one brilliant Library/Information Studies student who is interested in pursuing a career in News Research. Our interns are treated as professionals. You will join a staff that includes five researchers and work in a fast-paced deadline-oriented environment. This is a great opportunity to get some real world reference and archiving experience and probably receive published credit for your work. This is a full time, 40 hour a week 12-week internship. We pay $475/week during our internship, but that does not include room, board or transportation. We are always happy to work with interns trying to find a place to live in the area. The start date is flexible. Qualifications: Open to full-time library students. We also accept applications from people who have graduated within six months of the start of the internship. Previous library experience preferred. Experience with public record resea...

From: Prof Norm Coombs Sent: Nov 12, 2007 12:04 PM To: AXSLIB-L@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG Subject: Digital Books and Players: 2-part Webinar Series Nov. 15, 29 EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) presents a 2-part Webinar series providing information on the cutting edge of digital e-texts for persons with disabilities which will soon be the standard for students from K-12 through university. DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, A Two-part Webinar UPDATE Presenter: Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College Two part free series. Thursday November 15 and 29 - 2PM EASTERN The advent of digital books has made accessing reading materials for individuals with disabilities a more pleasant experience. Sound quality is better and navigation is far superior to the old analog tape books. However, with so many options for players and sources of books, what does one need to be aware of when shopping for reading mate...

[Posted on behalf of Bryan Collars -- South Carolina Department of Archives and History] One of my part-time employees unexpectedly resigned recently. As such I have available a part-time position that needs to be filled. Start Date is January 15th ish. The position pays $12 and hour for 20 hours per week. The work is in the Digitization Program working on scanning and indexing into the On Line Records Index. It is open to not only Public History students but to all Graduate students as well. If you would please put the word out I'd appreciate it. Inquiries can be address to me here. collars@scdah.state.sc.us or 896-4808 Thanks, Bryan C.

Cornell University Graduate School -- Fellowship database http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a great week! As you wind things down for the fall semester and begin thinking of future SLIS courses to take, I hope that you will consider taking SLIS J797L: Materials & Services for Latino Youth. This online course is open to ANYONE and promises to provide all students the basics of where to find materials and how to plan programs for Latino children and young adults. Here is the course description: SLIS J797L: Materials and Services for Latino Youth is an information-filled course that will provide students with the necessary print and electronic resources to begin planning and evaluating library materials and services/programs for Latino children, teens, and their families. Latinos are the fastest growing, youngest, and largest ethnic minority in the United States and in South Carolina. An increasing percentage of library patrons today are of Latino heritage. It is imperative that any pu...

LISSA would like to send a big thank you to Dr. Perrault for her very interesting presentation on human information seeking behaviors, which was part of this Fall's Faculty Colloquium. I know everyone who attended learned a lot.

I-COMM (Information Communication) Week will be from March 31st to April 4th. This is major showcase for the year for the College of Mass Communication and Information Studies (of which SLIS is a part.) LISSA will have our annual LISSA Symposium this week as a part of the celebration. More information will be posted when it becomes available. We hope you can join us.