“He and others say the code is evidence the Harper government is silencing and undermining its professional staff.”
via Federal librarians fear being ‘muzzled’ under new code of conduct.
Tag Archives: librarianship
Hack Library School {Series} Emerging Careers in Librarianship: Digital Humanities Librarian
Hack Library School | {Series} Emerging Careers in Librarianship: Digital Humanities Librarian
Quotable: “As library students, we’re all aware of how deeply digital tools have transformed out field, but sometimes we forget that those same tools are impacting other fields as well, fields with which our own work may eventually intersect.”
Apply Yourself | Hack Library School
“You have to show up. For most positions and roles that you want to land, that means tossing your hat in the ring with an application.” via Apply Yourself | Hack Library School.
Mashable | Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google
Common Crawl, and subsequent spin off projects, is an organization I believe librarians should be following closely. It would be great for library and information service professionals to be involved with some of these projects. I could also see the government and educational institutions providing funding for research proposals analyzing some of the data.
“A nonprofit called Common Crawl is now using its own web crawler and making a giant copy of the web that it makes accessible to anyone. The organization offers up more than 5 billion web pages, available for free so that researchers and entrepreneurs can try things otherwise possible only for those with access to resources on the scale of Google’s.”
via Mashable | Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google.
Stephen’s Lighthouse | Major NEW and Must-Read Pew Report on Libraries
LITA Blog » Blog Archive » Jump-starting a career as a digital librarian
“The skills of digital librarianship are more crucial than ever, and these same skills are in high demand outside the field, from tech startups undertaking digitization projects to digital humanities centers bringing together professors, computer scientists and information technologists. “Jump-Start Your Career As a Digital Librarian: A LITA Guide,” published by ALA Neal-Schuman, helps readers map out a career in this fast-growing field.”
via LITA Blog » Blog Archive » Jump-starting a career as a digital librarian
Big Data recruitment: Making the move from information management to data science | TechRepublic
“Big Data will provide companies with unprecedented information. It will also provide lucrative careers for IT folks who are willing to take the plunge.”
via Big Data recruitment: Making the move from information management to data science | TechRepublic.
Librarian Entrepreneurs | Information Tyrannosaur
Great opinion piece by Andy Burkhardt [Information Tyrannosaur] advocating librarians becoming more entrepreneurial!
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