Manager, Information Systems: New York Law Institute, New York, NY

Located in downtown Manhattan, the New York Law Institute is a membership law library, serving the legal community continuously since 1828 by providing access to resources its members need but cannot maintain on their own. Today, membership libraries are crucial parts of the legal information community and NYLI is undertaking major initiatives to meet 21^st century demands for just in time access to legal and business information.

The New York Law Institute is partnering with Axelroth & Associates to recruit for a Manager, Information Systems. This critical management position was created a few years ago to develop and administer systems to connect members with the Institute’s resources, services and products. The person selected will have responsibility for two key areas: 1) technology supporting the delivery of resources and member services and 2) technical services systems supporting internal operations.

The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Executive Director to identify opportunities for developing and enhancing the technologies critical to NYLI’s success. These include the creation of catalogs integrating NYLI and member records, the ongoing enhancement of the website, and other projects using collaborative technologies to enhance members’ experiences.

Qualifications: demonstrated ability to work with information technology to deliver information products and services through web-based applications, implement and administer online library systems, and develop services using Web 2.0 tools.

· Minimum of seven years of experience implementing and managing information technologies and five years of experience in a special library, including project management and personnel experience.

· Graduate degree in library, information or computer science or another related program from an accredited institution.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter with your salary requirements via e-mail to

Ellen Callinan, Senior Consultant

Axelroth & Associates

ecallinan@axelroth.com

Applications are due October 15, 2011 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. No phone calls please.

EOE; Competitive salary and benefits package.

Substitute Technical Services/Electronic Resources Librarian: NYC College of Technology, CUNY

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate will report to the library's director of technical services and oversee cataloging, serials, and electronic resources operations. She or he will be responsible for some original cataloging, oversee vendor-ready cataloging, and manage a small number of print journals and continuations, with supervision of support staff and other duties as assigned.

This librarian will maintain timely, accurate data about these resources in systems such as link resolver (SFX), integrated library system (Aleph 500), OCLC Connexion, ejournal portal (Serials Solutions), and the library website (Drupal).

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required: Master's degree in library and/or information science from an ALA-accredited institution. Two years of technical services and/or electronic resources experience, preferably in an academic or research library, and excellent communication skills. Appointment is at the lecturer or assistant professor level. For appointment as an assistant professor a second master's is required.

Preferred: Experience with the following = SFX or another link resolver; Aleph 500 or another integrated library system; vendors and content providers, including subscription agents, publishers, and library consortia; MarcEdit; Serials Solutions; and Drupal. Also proficiency with spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel.

The successful candidate will begin work as early as this November. New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York is adjacent to Brooklyn Heights, near downtown Brooklyn, not far from the Brooklyn Bridge. Applicants are advised to send a cover letter and CV by e-mail to Prof. Tess Tobin, Administrative Services Librarian, TTobin@citytech.cuny.edu.

International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research Trends and Challenges

The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite you to participate in the International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research trends and challenges (ISLC). The symposium is to be held 10-13 June 2012 in the Atatürk Congress Center, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.

ISLC is an international symposium which focuses on the research trends and challenges in the fields of interdisciplinary language, literature, history and communication studies at both national and international levels, and their consequences for the theory, policy and practice of a variety of fields such as education, economy, sociology, and all other related fields. ISLC provides an international forum that enables discussions of the latest research trends and challenges, and promotes critical debate, on the often-complex interconnections among language and communication and history, economy, sociology, education, and all related sub-fields.

Subject Areas

The symposium publishes research papers in the fields of humanities, social sciences and economics such as anthropology, communication studies, demography, education, ethics, geography, history, industrial relations, information science, international relations, law, linguistics, library science, methodology, philosophy, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, sociology, literature, religious studies, visual arts, women studies, management, human resources management, international business, tourism, business ethics, development studies and so on. Papers may address (but are not limited to) the following strands:

Communication:
- Communication Methods and Researches
- Cultural Studies, Cultural History, Humanities
- Media and Society Studies, Social Communication, Social Media
- Professional and Corporate Communications
- Mass Communication, Mass Communication History
- Communication Law, Policy and Planning
- Communication and Difference
- Popular Culture, Media Uses and Media Literacy
- Intercultural Communication and Global Media Trends
- Global Communication, Social Change, Comparative Studies and Migration Studies
- Media Studies, Models of Media Systems Analysis
- Communication Technologies, ICT, Online Journalism and Online Research Innovations
- Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Diasporas Studies
- Digital Media, Digital Culture and Human-Technology Interaction and Human Factors
- New Media, Internet and New Media Theories
- Mobile Technologies Used for Dissemination and Promotion of Art
- Innovative Works in Computer-based Art/Digital Art/Animation
- Democracy, Politics and Journalism Ethics
- Media and Identity
- Journalism Studies, Journalism Theory, Press Studies, Promotional Culture
- Instructional and Developmental Communication
- Interpersonal Communication Research And Criticism
- Political Communication
- Visual Communication Studies, (Television, Filmmaking, Multimedia, Multi-Standards)
- Communication, Training, Cultural Variation and Challenges
- Philosophy of Communication
- Advertising and Marketing

Language:
- Status/ Survival of Language and Literature
- Society and Culture
- Discourse Studies
- First/Second Language Acquisition
- Language Diversity
- Language Policy and Planning
- Language Rights, Language Policy
- Language and Social Interaction
- Language and Identity
- Multilingualism, Cross-Cultural Communication
- National and Local Languages, World Languages
- Language and Economic Development
- Language for Employability
- Language and Social Mobility
- Language Teaching: Trends And Challenges
- Role of the Culture in Global Supply Chain
- Discourse Linguistics
- Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography.
- Language Pragmatics
- Cultural and Historical Analysis
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages
- Rhetoric
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and the Arts
- Sociology of Language
- Translation Studies

Language

The official languages of the Symposium will be Turkish and English.

Delegates are required to prepare
- 15-minute oral presentations followed by 5-minute question-response periods
- Posters (to be displayed at designated times throughout the conference)

- Abstracts and full papers will be double blind reviewed by the referees of the symposium. Accepted papers and posters will be published in Proceeding Book of ISLC 2012.

Time Table for Call for Papers:

Submission of Abstracts Opens	: 1th OCT
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts	: 27th JAN
Early Discount Registration Closes	: 16th MAR
Deadline to Register	: 6th APR
Full Paper Submission Deadline	: 13th APR
ISLC/2012	: 10th JUN

Scientific Committee:

Ahmet Beşe, Atatürk University, Turkey
Ana Luísa Mateus Oliveira Chança Torres, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
Andrea Bencéné Fekete, University of Kaposvár, Hungary
Ákos Farkas, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Alain Montandon, Blaise Pascal University, France
Ali Güneş, Karabük Üniversitesi, Turkey
Barry Turner, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Cécile Vilvandre De Sousa, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Ching-fen Hsu, Huafan University, Taiwan
Christiane Binet-Montandon, University Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne, France
Chu-chueh Cheng, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Cristina Maria Junceiro Novo, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
Cüneyt Özata, Ordu University, Turkey
Darwis Khudori, University of Le Havre, France
Delia Chiaro, University of Bologna, Italy
Erdinç Parlak, Atatürk University, Turkey
Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, University of Lódz, Poland
F. Hülya Özcan, Anadolu University, Turkey
Fikret Arargüç, Atatürk University, Turkey
Frank Bezzina, University of Malta, Malta
Gencer Elkılıç, Kafkas University, Turkey
Gina Wen-Chun, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
Giuliana Fiorentino, University of Molise, Italy
Güler Aras, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Hacer Hande Uysal, Gazi University, Turkey
Hüseyin Efe, Artvin Çoruh University, Turkey
Hüseyin Köse, Atatürk University, Turkey
Ion Stavre, SNSPA, Romania
Iryna Mygovych, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
Jason Brown, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jinyan Huang, Niagara University, USA
Joanna Nijakowska, University of Lódz, Poland
Johanna Monti, University of Naples-L'Orientale, Italy
Karey Harrison, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Kemalettin Yiğiter, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Lawrence Soley, Marquette University, USA
Luis-Miguel Cañada, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Lubna Abid Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Massimo Leone, University of Torino, Italy
Mehmet Demirezen, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Mehmet Takkaç, Atatürk University, Turkey
Mohd Sukki Othman, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Mustafa Kol, Kafkas University, Turkey
Mustafa Özdemir, Kafkas University, Turkey
Nguyen Luong Ngoc, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
Nijole Brazeniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Normahdiah Sheik Said, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Onookome Okome, University of Alberta, Canada
Piotr Cap, University of Lódz, Poland
Roger Bromley, Lancaster University, UK
Roma Kriauciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Rachele Antonini, University of Bologna, Italy
Rebeca Soler Costa, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Sean D. Williams, Clemson University, USA
Selçuk Hünerli, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Tetiana Stepykina, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
Tiiu Tammemäe, Tallinn University, Estonia
Tözün Issa, London Metropolitan University, UK
Turgut Göğebakan, Atatürk University, Turkey
Uğur Yavuz, Atatürk University, Turkey
Urea Roxana, Bucharest University, Romania
Vijayaletchumy Subramaniam, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Yohan Kurniawan, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia

*Sort alphabetically.

Please read the guidelines on how to make your online submission before you start the submission process www.inlcs.org/2012

We look forward greatly to your participation in the ISLC 2012 symposium.

METRO: Professional Development Opportunities

Every month, METRO offers an exciting range of learning and networking opportunities – details and registration are just a click away!

Whether you want to expand your skills or join us for exciting industry presentations and discussions, all the information you need is available online at www.metro.org. To make sure you never miss out on news about METRO programs and events, you can also subscribe to the METRO Calendar RSS feed in your favorite reader.

October:
Webinar: Proactive Libraries in the 21st Century - Keeping your Library Relevant to your Community
Thurs, Oct 6 | 2-3pm | $20 METRO, myMETRO, & New York 3Rs Council Members; $40 Non-members
Instructor Maurice Coleman will discuss some ways to keep relevant, deal with lower funding coupled with increased demands, and how to stay able to meet your communities’ needs without knowing what those needs will be in the future.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/92.

Digital Preservation Webinar Series Package
$50 METRO, myMETRO, & New York 3Rs Council Members; $100 Non-members
Save when you register to attend all four of our upcoming Digital Preservation webinars:
- The Ship Hasn’t Left Without You: Current Trends in Digital Preservation on Oct 11
- Email: Digital Preservation Nightmare? on Oct 18
- Core Issues in Digital Preservation on Oct 24
- Personal Digital Archiving: Basic Advice to Preserve Your Digital Memories on Oct 25
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/114.

Webinar: The Ship Hasn’t Left Without You - Current Trends in Digital Preservation
Tues, Oct 11 | 1-2pm | $15 METRO, myMETRO, & New York 3Rs Council Members; $40 Non-members
This session will highlight trends in Digital Preservation adoption among cultural heritage institutions that the instructors have gained over five years of research.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/118.

Webinar: Email - Digital Preservation Nightmare?
Tues, Oct 18 | 1-2pm | $15 METRO, myMETRO, & New York 3Rs Council Members; $40 Non-members
Instructor Christopher Prom will outline practical steps that any institution can take to get started with email preservation, offering sepecific recommendations for organizational leaders, IT professionals, librarians, and archivists who are seeking to preserve email.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/105.

Webinar: Core Issues in Digital Preservation
Mon, Oct 24 | 1-2pm | $15 METRO, myMETRO, & New York 3Rs Council Members; $30 Non-members
Instructor Jacob Nadal will introduce key concepts for understanding the life-cycle and preservation issues involved in digital projects with a general model for preservation that applies to collections of all types.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/109.

Webinar: Personal Digital Archiving - Basic Advice to Preserve Your Digital Memories
Tues, Oct 25 | 1-2pm | $15 METRO, myMETRO, & New York 3Rs Council Members; $30 Non-members
This session will provide advice on preserving personal and family digital materials that attendees can implement themselves or pass on to their patrons. Instructor William Lefurgy will make the case that librarians and archivists should develop the capacity to talk about digital preservation with non-experts in order to assist smaller institutions and the public.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/103.

November:
Inside the Hiring Process
Mon, Nov 7 | 6-8pm | $20 METRO & myMETRO; $30 Non-members
At this panel discussion, we’ll uncover some of the mystery about how employees are hired in different types of libraries. Our panelists, representing academic and special libraries as well as a library recruiter, will talk candidly about the ins and outs of hiring the best candidate for the job.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/119.

Introduction to Web Programming Using JavaScript and DOM
Mon, Nov 14 and Mon, Nov 21 | 10am-4pm each day | $150 METRO; $125 myMETRO; $200 Non-members (covers both days)
JavaScript has become the technology that all Web developers must learn, and over the course of this two-day workshop, instructor KB Ng will help you master JavaScript with DOM (Document Object Model). DOM is an application interface for manipulating web pages and is an extremely important part of everyday JavaScript coding.
Learn more & register at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/121.

Upcoming Special Interest Group Meetings:
Reference: A Timely Time-Traveling Double Feature
Thurs, Oct 6 | 10am-12pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/113

Prison Librarians
Fri, Oct 7 | 10am-12pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/95

Science, Technology, and Medical Librarians
Fri, Oct 21 | 2-4pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/101

Smart Phones & Mobile Computing: Trends in Mobile Medicine
Wed, Oct 26 | 3-4:30pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/106

Distance Education: Freeware for Distance Education Services
Thurs, Oct 27 | 10am-12pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/100

Library 2.0
Tues, Nov 1 | 10am-12pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/97

Government Documents: 2010 Census Training
Wed, Nov 9 | 9:30am-12pm | Learn more & register at: http://www.metro.org/en/cev/104

Please contact Laura Forshay at lforshay@metro.org, 212.228.2320 x 110 with any questions.

Call for Papers: Urban Library Journal--Special Issue on Library Services to Distance Learners

The Urban Library Journal (ULJ), a publication of the Library Association of the City University of New York and a peer-reviewed, open access journal, welcomes article proposals for a special themed issue on library services to distance learners.

The editors invite proposals for articles reflecting original research, case studies, literature reviews and theoretical considerations of relevant topics. Topics may include, but not be limited to:

· Urban distance learners: serving users when distance learning involves very little physical distance

· Welcoming outside distance learning students from other institutions

· Public library support of college students in distance learning programs

· Urban Students/Rural Students, Urban Studies/Rural Studies - library support when the collection is not built for the discipline

· Campus support for libraries serving distant learners

· International students working from a distance and what they need from libraries

· Inter-library relations for supporting distance learning students

All proposals should be submitted for consideration by November 14, 2011. Send proposals to the editors listed below.

Final articles should be submitted for peer review by January 16, 2012. Publication is planned for spring 2012.

For access to previous issues of ULJ please visit http://ojs.cunylibraries.org/index.php/ulj.

We look forward to your submissions.

Sally & Beth

Sally Bowdoin

sbowdoin@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Beth Evans

bevans@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Editors, Urban Library Journal