National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program

Published: January 3, 2019
National Library of Medicine

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 25, 2019, 11:59 PM ET  The National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship is a one-year residency program for recent library science graduates interested in a career in health sciences librarianship. The program combines curriculum and project work and is located at the National Library of Medicine on the campus of the National Institutes of Health…

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Winter Wednesday Workshops

Published: January 3, 2019

It’s crucial for scholars to develop workflows that befriend technologies and make their research come to life. UCLA Librarians team up with colleagues at IDRE to bring you workshops with technology proven to make research sing! Intro to Statistical SoftwareWed, Jan 9, 11:30 – 1:30Research Commons Classroom (First Floor, YRL) Intro to RWed, Jan 16,…

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CFP: Society of Mississippi Archivists Annual Meeting 2019

Published: January 3, 2019

The Society of Mississippi Archivists is pleased to announce their annual meeting will occur on April 24-26, 2019 on the campus of Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. This one and one half day multidisciplinary conference will explore the theme of Diversity and Inclusion in the Archives. There will also be a pre-conference workshop on Wednesday, April…

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Software Carpentry Workshop Jan 9-10

Published: January 2, 2019
software carpentry

On Jan. 9-10, UCLA is hosting a Software Carpentry workshop for the UCLA community. Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-carpentry-workshop-python-tickets-52891375528 The Carpentries are a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives. They teach skills that are immediately useful for researchers, using lessons and datasets that allow researchers to quickly apply what they’ve learned to their own work. We are really excited about using…

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SAA Hosts Scholarships 101 Information Session Jan 22

Published: December 19, 2018
SAA UCLA

The UCLA student chapter of SAA will be holding a Scholarships 101 Information Session on Tuesday, January 22 at 12:30 to 1:30pm. This is an informal session in which a group of panelists will be dispersed throughout the space for students to approach and ask questions one on one.If you have received a scholarship or…

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SAA Mosaic Scholarship

Published: December 18, 2018
SAA

The application period for the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Mosaic Scholarship is currently open, with a deadline of February 28, 2019. The Mosaic Scholarship was established to provide financial and mentoring support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science, to encourage students to pursue careers in archives, and to promote the diversification of the American archival…

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Caring for Artists’ Films, June 10-14, Museum of Modern Art

Published: December 18, 2018
MoMa

Does your institution have a collection of avant-garde, experimental, or artists’ films? Are you uncertain where to get started in caring for such a collection? This five-day hands-on workshop will focus on the stewardship of both analog and digital artists’ films within collecting institutions such as museums, archives, libraries, and distributors. Participants will gain the knowledge…

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UCLAiS Colloquium: Audrey Bennett

Published: December 13, 2018

This Thursday we invite you hear from our final colloquium speaker of the year, Dr. Audrey Bennett, on “Using interactive aesthetics to engage youth with the heritage algorithms embedded in Gees Bend, Anishinaabe, Lakota, and Appalachian quilts.” Dr. Bennett is Professor in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of…

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Ethno C100 & IS 480 Course Coordination from Shawn VanCour

Published: December 13, 2018

This message is for any of our students who may be considering taking Ethno C100: Audiovisual Archiving in the 21st Century and IS 480: Intro to Media Archiving & Preservation (our MAS “gateway” class) concurrently this winter, but are concerned about the small overlap between the scheduled meeting times and/or possible overlap in content.  The…

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Elsevier Journal Negotiations

Published: December 12, 2018

By Dawn Setzer on Dec 3, 2018 First published here. The UC Libraries are currently negotiating a new journal contract with the scholarly journal publishing giant Elsevier. Elsevier has earned international criticism for profit margins of close to forty percent, which far exceed inflation, and for its opposition to open access except in its own…

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