Category: Libraries
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Post-Doc for Mapping Racism & Resistance at UWM
The Mapping Racism and Resistance project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for a 12-month Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Geospatial Analysis and the Digital Humanities. Mapping Racism and Resistance is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)- funded, digital humanities and crowdsourcing project documenting racially restrictive covenants and Black resistance to them in…
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Berkman Klein Center Call for Applications: 2024-2025 BKC Fellowship
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened our call for applications for our flagship fellowship program for the 2024-2025 year! This opportunity is for people who wish to spend 2024-2025 in residence in Cambridge, MA, as part of the Center’s vibrant community of research and practice, and who seek…
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2023 Collaborative Book Review: Interview with Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis, authors of ‘The New College Classroom’ (2022)
This year, HASTAC Scholars Nanditha Krishna, Britt Munro, Sidney A. Turner, Waleska Solorzano, and Matthew Taitano interviewed HASTAC Co-Founder Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis of the CUNY Graduate Center, authors of The New College Classroom. Britt Munro: I love the down-to-earth way you approach the realities of college teaching, and in particular your approach to ‘failure’- when things don’t go as planned- as potentially generative…
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Cotton Candy, Magic, and Making Space
How can we better include voices, perspectives, and practitioners that are not regularly recognized or celebrated? What is possible when we prioritize care and love in spaces where this is not traditionally explored? And what happens when we make cotton candy in an academic library? NC State University‘s Making Space Event Series, based in the…
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New book helps school librarians to harness the power of game-based learning
Facet Publishing announce the publication of Playing Games in the School Library by Sarah Pavey At a time when even the youngest of children are digitally savvy multitaskers with short attention spans, Playing Games in the School Library is a comprehensive resource for those looking to diversify their pedagogical style by utilising game-based learning in…
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Terry Kendrick helps libraries achieve their marketing, communications and engagement goals with new book
Facet Publishing announce the publication of Engaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing: A practical guide for librarians and information professionals by Terry Kendrick. Now more than ever, libraries must find ways to engage with their communities in order to demonstrate the value they create and deliver. Engaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing is a comprehensive…
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International library leaders explore the purpose and future of libraries
Facet Publishing announces the publication of Bold Minds: Library leadership in a time of disruption edited by Margaret Weaver and Leo Appleton. Are librarians and libraries relevant in the 21st century? This is a fundamental question and one that presents differing opinions across the many diverse information sectors. If there is a continuing need for…
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New book explores the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit
Facet Publishing announce the publication of Electronic Legal Deposit: Shaping the Library Collections of the Future, edited by Paul Gooding and Melissa Terras Legal deposit libraries, the national and academic institutions who systematically preserve our written cultural record, have recently been mandated with expanding their collection practices to include digitised and born-digital materials. Although…
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New book presents mapping as a tool for developing information literacy
Facet Publishing announces the publication of Mapping Information Landscapes: New Methods for Exploring the Development and Teaching of Information Literacy by Andrew Whitworth. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this book investigates how teachers and learners can use mapping in developing their ability to make informed judgements about information, in specific places and…
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New book tackles the challenges of discovery in the (post-Google) era
06 July 2020 New book tackles the challenges of discovery in the (post-Google) era Facet Publishing announces the publication of Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library: Case studies and perspectives on the role of IT in user engagement and empowerment edited by Simon McLeish. Of all the parts of modern library provision, discovery services…