[CODE4LIB] Job: Discovery Services Librarian, Middle Tennessee State University

[Hansard, Larry D]

James E. Walker Library invites applicants for a full time, tenure-track 
position (#641030) at the assistant/associate professor rank for Discovery 
Services Librarian.


Under general direction of the Department Chair for Collection Development and 
Management, the successful candidate will be a member of a cross-department 
team responsible for the maintenance and administration of web-scale discovery 
services at Walker Library. The Discovery Services Librarian is responsible for 
the coordination of EBSCO Discovery Services that enables discovery of the 
library's information resources.


Responsibilities will include:
- As a member of the team, contributes to the leadership and coordination of 
the team responsible for the overall discovery environment in the library.
-Optimizes functions of the web-scale discovery service.
Participates in the administration, optimization, and integration of the 
library's link resolver, ezproxy, and other systems for discovery and access.
-Ensures optimum user experience through the use of data-informed metrics to 
continuously improve local implementation of the Library's discovery 
infrastructure.

Middle Tennessee State University is a dynamic institution with a commitment to 
diversity, valuing excellent teaching and fostering initiatives in research, 
creative activity and service for all positions.


Please visit https://mtsujobs.mtsu.edu/postings/2294 for the complete job 
description and to apply.


Thanks -- Larry


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Larry Hansard, Assistant Professor
Integrated Systems Librarian
Middle Tennessee State University
James E. Walker Library
1500 Greenland Drive
MTSU P.O. Box 13
Murfreesboro, TN  37132

PH:  615-904-8516

[CODE4LIB] Job: RD/LMS Coordinator position at Univ of Washington (Seattle)

[Katherine N. Deibel]

We have an opening at the University of Washington for a Resource 
Discovery/Library Management System Coordinator. We have a great team 
supporting our Alma/Primo implementation and are looking for someone to 
join us in a coordinator/leadership role.


The posting can be found at:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/employment/librarians/rdlms

Note the closing date of Friday, November 6.

Please contact Jennifer Ward (jlwa...@uw.edu), Director of Information 
Technology Services & Digital Strategies, if you have any questions 
about the position.


--

Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
Information Technology Services
University of Washington Libraries
http://staff.washington.edu/deibel

--

"When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."

[CODE4LIB] Call for proposals: ALCTS Technical Services Workflow Efficiency Interest Group

[Glerum, Margaret]

This message has been sent out to multiple lists. Please excuse any duplication.


The ALCTS Technical Services Workflow Efficiency Interest Group (TSWEIG) 
invites proposals for presentations or topics of discussion at its 2016 ALA 
Midwinter meeting in Boston. The meeting will be held on Monday, January 11th, 
from 1:00-2:30 PM.



TSWEIG's charge is to provide a forum to exchange information and discuss 
techniques in workflows associated with the evaluation, selection, acquisition, 
and discovery of library resources. Possible presentation and discussion topics 
include, but are not limited to:



-Streamlining workflows

-Project management

-Workflow collaboration between departments

-Training personnel

-Use of technology to improve workflows

Presentation or discussion proposals should include:

-Title

-A brief (300 words or less) summary of the topic

-Amount of time needed to present or discuss topic

-Name(s), position(s) title(s), and email address(es) of presenter(s)


Please email proposals or discussion topics by Monday, November 16 to Annie 
Glerum (agle...@fsu.edu) and Hayley Moreno 
(hmore...@uh.edu). Proposals should not be sent in 
reply to this listserv.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Annie and Hayley

Co-chairs:
Annie Glerum
Head of Complex Cataloging
Florida State University
agle...@fsu.edu

Heylicken (Hayley) Moreno
Resource Description Coordinator
University of Houston Libraries
hmore...@uh.edu

[CODE4LIB] DAM LA 2015 - Agenda Released

[Madeleine Lynch]

Hello all,

We are less than 5 weeks away from the 2015 Henry Stewart Digital Asset 
Management conference in Los Angeles. We would like to offer you a discount 
code to save you $100 from the conference fee - the discount code is 
CODE4LIBLIST100.

The agenda has now been released:

The agenda has now been released - we have sessions from companies including; 
Walt Disney Studios, Oakley, Comedy Central, Discover, Activision Publishing, 
Monster Energy, REI, Paramount Pictures, The Rockefeller Foundation, National 
Hockey League, PepsiCo, Fox & Constellation Brands.

Please follow the link below for the entire two day agenda:

http://www.henrystewartconferences.com/damla2015/agenda_1744/

I hope to see you next month in Los Angeles!

Regards,

Madeleine Lynch
Events Executive
Henry Stewart Events
DD: +44 (0) 207 092 3462

[CODE4LIB] Call for proposals: MARC Formats Transition Interest Group

[Carolyn Hansen]

***Please excuse cross-posting***

The ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group seeks speakers to present 
at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Boston on Saturday, January 9th, 2016, at 
3:00-4:00pm. 

Possible topics for proposals include (but are not limited to):
-user stories from BIBFRAME early adopters and experimenters
-use of BIBFRAME with other ontologies (ex. SKOS, FOAF)
-BIBFRAME cataloging tools
-multi- or cross-platform BIBFRAME implementation
-alternatives to BIBFRAME for MARC linked data

Please email proposal abstracts (300 words or less) to co-chairs by Friday, 
November 20, 2015. If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to 
hearing from you!

Sincerely,
Carolyn and Victoria (MARC Formats Co-Chairs)

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Carolyn Hansen
Metadata Librarian
University of Cincinnati Libraries
carolyn.han...@uc.edu  
513.556.1995

Victoria Mueller, MLIS
Senior Information Architect and Systems Librarian, Zepheira
http://www.zepheira.com
vi...@zepheira.com

[CODE4LIB] Call for Submissions and Nominations for PRIMO

[Sara O'Donnell]

Posting on behalf of the ACRL IS PRIMO Committee:

The Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee of the
ACRL Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information
literacy tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction
project for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed
Instructional Materials Online.

***Deadlines for Fall 2015***
Nominations: October 31, 2015
Submissions: November 14, 2015

Additional information about PRIMO, as well as the submission and
nomination forms, is available from the following link:
http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/primo.


Site submissions for PRIMO are accepted continually, but are reviewed for
possible inclusion twice per year.  If you would like to submit your own
project for consideration, please use the Submission form rather than the
Nomination form. For further information, please contact committee
co-chairs Jodie Borgerding at jborgerdin...@webster.edu or Bill Marino at
wmari...@emich.edu.

**Important note**
All submissions will be acknowledged shortly after the submission deadline.
If you submit a project for review and do not receive an acknowledgment
after the submission deadline, please contact the PRIMO co-chairs with a
request for verification that your submission was transmitted successfully.


Jodie Borgerding and Bill Marino
Co-chairs, ACRL IS PRIMO Committee

Jodie Borgerding
Webster University – Emerson Library
470 E Lockwood Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63119-3194
jborgerdin...@webster.edu
314-246-7819

Bill Marino
Eastern Michigan University
955 W. Circle Dr.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
wmari...@emich.edu
(734) 487-2514