Dear all,

See the email below from Sharon Leon, who directs Omeka, about their search for part-time testers. Those who can contribute to accessibility testing are encouraged to apply.

Best,  Lisa

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I’m writing to share this job call with you in the chance you might have students or recent graduates who would be a good fit to work…[Read more]

Hello all, I wanted to let you know that the Commons hosting migration that we announced last month will begin in one week, at 10:30am Eastern on Wednesday, January 15th. Because of the size and complexity of the data involved, please expect the Commons to be unavailable for 48-72 hours after the migration starts. During the downtime, we will…[Read more]

Hi All,

Please see the job call below for a data viz, GIS, and UI designer working on an ecosystem mapping project; $35/hr, ~8 hours/week.

https://www.rfcuny.org/careers/postings?pvnID=RC-2412-006623

Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the February meeting of the Scholarly Communications Roundtable, which will feature lightning talks on topics related to the intersection of AI and scholarly communication. The winning time is Thursday, February 27 at 3:00-4:30pm.

If you’d like to attend the lightning talks, p…[Read more]

Hi all,

At the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting this month, we agreed to have a February lightning talk event focused on the intersection of scholarly communication and AI. The event will be open to all, not just those who present lightning talks. (That said, please start thinking about whether you’d be interested in doing a p…[Read more]

For anyone who may have missed the announcement on CULIBS (and please let us know if the deadline doesn’t work for you — we can likely adjust it):

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The Office of Library Services is launching a new peer mentoring program to support full-time library faculty at CUNY who are interested in building knowledge and skills in newer areas of…[Read more]

Hello Commons group admins, I wanted to let you know that we are planning a maintenance and feature release on Tuesday, Dec 17th around 11am Eastern. It is possible that the site will experience a couple hours of downtime as a result.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We are planning for this to be our last release before our scheduled hosting…[Read more]

Come work with us!  The Department of Information Studies at UCL is looking for a Lecturer in Cultural Analytics and Knowledge Systems. The new person will teach on our new BSc in Information and Society, but also work across a department that includes Digital Humanities, Library and Information Studies, Archives and Records Management,…[Read more]

Happy holidays, all!

I wanted to let you know that the CUNY Academic Commons team just published this news post about two big upcoming projects. We are migrating hosts to improve Commons stability and performance, and we are starting a biannual series of Open Community Meetings to share updates, answer questions, and hear your feedback. We hope t…[Read more]