[SkillShare Webinar] Getting Started with Data Librarianship Using SimplyMap

Thursday, January 19 * 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST * Free

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Data librarianship is one of the fastest growing fields in library science. Knowing how to access demographic evidence and use data visualization tools can enhance your research, course assignments and reference work. (The skills looks great on a resume, too.)

Join Drexel iSchool Librarian Tim Siftar for an introduction to the amazing data sets available on SimplyMap's user-friendly platform. SimplyMap offers various trial data sets with over 70,000 variables to explore, including census, business, health and consumer information. We'll walk through some examples with lots of time for questions.

RSVPs are appreciated (but not required) so that we can request additional trial user seats for the demo. Please email drexelscala@gmail.com by January 18.

Image: A nifty example from SimplyMap: Point-data for all libraries and archives in the Philly area (Dun & Bradstreet data) on top of the overall population map showing a record for one site.

LITA Student Writing Award

Did you write a killer paper this quarter? Don't let it just sit there on your hard drive. Submit it for the LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award! Your paper could win you $1,000 and a chance to be published in LITA's professional journal. See the guidelines for more information.

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Entry-Level Job Ads for MLS Grads

Want to know more about the current trends in entry-level librarian jobs? Check out Reeves and Hahn's study of job ads for new MLIS graduates and get a better idea of what you can expect to see when applying for that first professional library job.

Reeves, R. K. & Hahn, T. B. (2010, April 21). Job advertisements for recent graduates: Advising, curriculum, and job-seeking implications. Journal of Education in Library & Information Science, 51(2).