Archive for July, 2008

10 Rules for Standout Public Speaking – a good article

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

This reads like a true Toastmaster’s promotional speech! Wisdom is in the telling of the tale: Ten tips to get them listening to you now Rick Spence, Financial Post Published: Monday, June 23, 2008 Excerpts from the article: … As a sometime speaker, I was asked to be a judge. Fellow judge, image-consultant Ayla Tezcan, […]

Chinese Studies Librarian Position UPenn

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Chinese Studies Librarian Job Reference #080725116 East Asian Collection Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center University of Pennsylvania Applicants may apply online via the Jobs@Penn Web site

NYPL Librarian I, HSS/Asian Division

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I always miss New York Public Library, and the interesting reference questions and people back there. Heard they had to close some divisions, and this position Librarian I (Temporary through June 30, 2010) in the Asian Division means alot. Position Requirements ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies and relevant work experience in a […]

CARL and SPARC Announce Create Change Canada

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Popular Web Site Adapted to Help Canadian Scholars Widen Exposure for Their Research Ottawa ON & Washington DC–CARL (the Canadian Association of Research Libraries) and SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) announced the launch of Create Change Canada, a Canadian version of the popular researcher-focused Web resource on scholarly communication. The original Create […]

Interview: Digital formats for long-term preservation

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Caroline Arms is an information technologist who came to the Library of Congress to work on the American Memory project. The challenge of preserving digital content captured her interest, and her work since has focused on understanding and promoting formats that raise the probability that content will be usefully available to future generations. She is […]

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