Job Posting: Cancer Information Librarian, UNC Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library (HSL) seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented individual to join the User Services Department as the Cancer Information Librarian. The individual in this position is charged with participating in fulfilling the Library’s mission to connect people everywhere with knowledge to help

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Strategic Communication: Technology, Generations, and Cultures.

SAVE THE DATE … Joint Spring Workshop 2013 Strategic Communication: Technology, Generations, and Cultures. As librarians, we communicate with our users, staff, C-Level, patrons, and each other every day with a myriad of technological devices, languages, infographics, styles and tones.  Why does it feel like we are all talking at cross-purposes?  Whether

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Job Posting: Technical Services Librarian in RTP, Research Triangle Park, NC

CenterScope Technologies, Inc., contractor for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Library, has an opening for a Technical Services Librarian (full-time). Job Location:  Research Triangle Park, NC Position Description: Responsible for all technical services functions including cataloging,  interlibrary loan, collection management and assessment, and circulation.  The technical services librarian serves

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MLA’s Daniel T. Richards Prize due January 23rd

The Collection Development Section is seeking nominations for the Daniel T. Richards Prize for writing related to collecting in the health sciences. The Richards Prize will be presented to an individual who created a work in any format related to collecting in the health sciences. This work must be widely accessible to

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NIH Public Access Policy Webinar (January 15th)

The NIH has announced it will hold a webinar on January 15 “to assist grantee institutions with guidance and resources related to the NIH Public Access Policy, upcoming changes, tools, and how non-compliance will affect awards.” NIH earlier announced that in the spring, at the earliest, it “will hold processing of non-competing

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