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NEASIS&T Picnic 2016: Competitive Croquet and RDAP Recap

NEASIS&T Picnic 2016: Competitive Croquet and RDAP Recap Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Place:  *location change* 25 Park Street — corner of Park Street and Harvard Ave. in Brookline Public transit: 66 and 65 buses, green line C and D trains. Parking: two-hour free on-street parking on Part Street…

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Conversations on Data Management: An RDAP Review

Conversations on Data Management: An RDAP Review Thanks to the generous support of NEASIST, I was able to attend the Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP) Summit earlier this month in Atlanta, Georgia. As a student (now recent grad!) of the Simmons College School of Library and Information Science, I first became interested in data…

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ESC Webinar – How to write successful journal manuscripts and convince the reviewer

ESC Webinar – How to write successful journal manuscripts and convince the reviewer The European Student Chapter (ESC) invites you to its next webinar on: How to write successful journal manuscripts and convince the reviewer ==================================================== Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. CEST (UTC 3:00 pm) ==================================================== Experienced reviewers and editors…

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Chapter Meeting at LIDA Conference, Zadar, 13 June 2016

Chapter Meeting at LIDA Conference, Zadar, 13 June 2016 Dear Chapter members, there will be a joint meeting of European Chapter and Asian Pacific Chapter of ASIS&T  during the LIDA Conference in Zadar: http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/ When: Monday,  13 June 2016, 18:30-19:30 Where: Main Building – Aula Magna Who: hosted by Emil Levine Everybody who is there…

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PhD student workshop: Collecting and analysing social media data

PhD student workshop: Collecting and analysing social media data The ESRC-funded “Social Media – Developing Understanding, Infrastructure & Engagement” (ES/M001628/1) award based at the University of Aberdeen is organising a workshop for PhD student researchers in the social sciences to come together to explore the challenges of collecting and analysing social media data. The workshop…

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Three PhD scholarships in internet research

Three PhD scholarships in internet research The Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for three 3-year PhD scholarships. The successful candidates will be affiliated with the Peoples’ Internet (PIN) project sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation. The candidates are expected to begin October 1, 2016, or as…

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Building Collections around Faculty CVs and Syllabi

Building Collections around Faculty CVs and Syllabi Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016 Time:  2 PM to 4 PM Location: Wheelock College Earl Center for Learning and Innovation  Parking is nigh impossible.  We suggest you take public transportation. RSVP (space limited): http://www.meetup.com/neasist/events/230669019/ This is the second workshop in our Collection Development series.  Jennifer Ferguson will be…

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UX/UI Unconference Handouts

UX/UI Unconference Handouts Thanks to our UX experts and attendees – both in-person and virtual via our go-to meeting software – yesterday for the great turnout and lively discussions!   Here is a link to our event evaluation if you didn’t get a chance to fill it out:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tyy9CiRbOUHUlrVz162Av3vNRixr1huIf0je1HLZUk0/viewform There were some handouts shared at the…

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Biomedical Big Data Sciences Pre-doctoral Training

Biomedical Big Data Sciences Pre-doctoral Training University of Missouri Informatics Institute Biomedical Big Data Sciences Pre-doctoral Training Funded by NIH T32 (2016-2021)   Training Theme: Massive and Complex Data Analytics — Pre-doctoral Training in One Health   Financial Package: Stipend – $23,376 annually Tuition and fees are covered Travel allowance: $3,000 annually Allowance for other…

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PhD student positions in Library and Information Science

PhD student positions in Library and Information Science One or two PhD student positions in Library and Information Science  at the Department of Archival Science, Library and Information Science, Museology and Cultural Heritage Studies (ALM) with starting date September 1, 2016 at the earliest. Education at the doctoral level consists of 4 years doctoral studentship…

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