Georgia State University Library seeks a creative and innovative individual to provide leadership as the Web Services Librarian. This position works both independently and collaboratively to provide expertise in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of current and future web interfaces and technologies that provide user access to the Library’s...
Connections 2010 (May 15-16, 2010) is a conference for Library and Information Science doctoral students and candidates. It is one of the best venues for attendees to meet and discuss with their colleagues from not only the Great Lakes region but from across Canada and the United States. Furthermore, because...
Head, First-Year Services The University of Texas at San Antonio Library is seeking an innovative, collaborative, user-oriented librarian to provide leadership and direction as Head of the First-Year Services Department. Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Public Services, this position will establish a department of 11 direct reports (2 librarians,...
Greetings ULS, I think it’s time we got a little animated, inspired — rowdy, even! That being the case, I’d like to invite you all to join me, fellow ULS members, and friends of ULS for an informal social in Boston. Let’s prove that university librarians can have fun, too!...
Head, Gerontology Library (#247C) University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC) Libraries seek an innovative, service oriented informational professional to head the Gerontology Library, and participate in the teaching and research programs of the Davis School of Gerontology. The successful candidate will provide leadership for the Gerontology...
This award annually recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development. ACRL needs your help to identify individuals that are deserving of this prestigious award. Do you have a colleague or coworker, boss, or librarian on...
Washington DC–The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a report on liaison librarian roles as a special issue of Research Library Issues (/RLI/ #265). Guest edited by ARL’s Karla Hahn, this special issue of RLI focuses on the evolution of new roles and institutional strategies for liaison work. Five...
Wondering how that poll turned out, where we asked for your vote on what new committees ULS should create? Here’s the overview (click the image to enlarge it). For more detailed responses, you’re welcome to view our full poll results on SurveyMonkey. Looks like Academic Outreach is the one to...
Check out Longshots #177 Bringing a Youthful Vision to ALA (August 5, 2009), Sarah Long’s interview with ULS Vice Chair Kim Leeder. Summary from the Library Beat website: Sarah talks with recent MLIS graduate Kim Leeder, Reference & Instruction Librarian at Boise State University and Vice Chair for the University...
In the next year ULS will be initiating several new committees in order to create more opportunities for ULS members to be active in the section while also expanding ULS’s contributions to university librarianship. What will those committees be? We want you to tell us. Vote now! via our one-question...