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Forwarding a job announcement that may be of interest to some list
subscribers. The announced pay range is $69,581 to $128,920 per year.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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From: Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 24, 2019 at 9:55 PM
Subject: [OpenAccess] Fwd: Job Posting: Opportunity at the NIH Library:
Data Services Informationist
To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Open Access
discussions <openaccess(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
This looks like something where an experienced wikimedian with interest
in libraries and/or open access could fit.
Federico
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Oggetto: [SCHOLCOMM] Job Posting: Opportunity at the NIH Library: Data
Services Informationist
Data: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:43:48 +0000
Mittente: "Belter, Christopher (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]"
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library is pleased to announce
an exciting employment opportunity for an exceptional candidate to serve
as an informationist and lead the Library’s data services program. If
you have experience providing information and data services in a
biomedical library setting and want to play a significant role in a
dynamic organization, then consider joining the NIH Library team. This
is a GS-11/12/13, Technical Information Specialist position. For more
information, visit https://www.nihlibrary.nih.gov/services/data.
We expect to announce this vacancy on USAJOBS.gov on May 28, 2019, and
the application will be open for 10 calendar days. The application
period reflects the NIH’s effort to hire talented people quickly. You
may preview the draft announcements now at
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/534055900/ and
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/534056100/ but you will not
be able to apply until May 28th.
We encourage you to create or update your USAJOBS.gov account and
profile now so you will be ready to apply when this job is announced.
As part of the application process, it may be necessary to upload copies
of degree transcripts. We also encourage you to set up email
notifications for job announcements. Please visit the USAJOBS.gov Help
Center at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/ for more information.
Thank you for helping spread the word to others who may be interested.
Major responsibilities of the position are as follows.
Responsibilities
• Serves as lead and subject matter expert for the Library’s data
services program
• Assesses NIH researchers’ training needs in the areas of data
management, data visualization, data analysis, and R and Python programming
• Develops and delivers graduate-level training to meet identified
needs
• Provides one-on-one advice and consultations in the areas of data
science
• Assists NIH researchers in using the NIH Library’s data sciences
workstation, which offers a suite of tools for data analysis,
processing, and visualization for a variety of different types of data
• Consults and collaborates with NIH staff to aid them in locating,
accessing, identifying, and managing information
• Performs outreach across NIH and HHS to understand users’
information
needs and markets library services and resources that meet those needs
Contact Margaret McGhee at margaret.mcghee(a)nih.gov or (301) 451-9335 for
more information.
Chris Belter, MLS
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Hello everyone!
We are working on the project Scribe http://tinyurl.com/WikipediaScribe that
aims to support editors in creating new, high-quality articles with a focus
on currently under-resourced Wikipedia communities. To start this project,
I would like to ask you for two favours:
(1) We have a 5-minute survey, that we would like you to fill to give us an
insight into your opinions on the project. The survey can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/WikipediaScribeSurvey
(2) We are conducting a set of interviews with editors of different
Wikipedias to gain an understanding of how you are currently edit, find
references etc. The interviews are conducted remotely via Skype and take
around 30 minutes. We would talk about your editing and referencing in
Wikipedia. Please contact me if you are available to participate in one of
our interviews, it would be highly appreciated! You can also sign up for
the interview in our sheet here: https://forms.gle/rwRpKH1EqJGM423Y6
More information about the interviews can be found in the participant
information sheet:
https://github.com/luciekaffee/Scribe/blob/master/Interviews/participant-in…
I am very much looking forward to the start of the project and supporting a
new great editing experience!
If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to me.
Thanks,
Lucie
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Lucie-Aimée Kaffee
Hoi,
Wikidata grows like mad. This is something we all experience in the really
bad response times we are suffering. It is so bad that people are asked
what kind of updates they are running because it makes a difference in the
lag times there are.
Given that Wikidata is growing like a weed, it follows that there are two
issues. Technical - what is the maximum that the current approach supports
- how long will this last us. Fundamental - what funding is available to
sustain Wikidata.
For the financial guys, growth like Wikidata is experiencing is not
something you can reliably forecast. As an organisation we have more money
than we need to spend, so there is no credible reason to be stingy.
For the technical guys, consider our growth and plan for at least one year.
When the impression exists that the current architecture will not scale
beyond two years, start a project to future proof Wikidata.
It will grow and the situation will get worse before it gets better.
Thanks,
GerardM
PS I know about phabricator tickets, they do not give the answers to the
questions we need to address.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
VOILA 2019 - Visualization and Interaction for Ontologies and Linked Data
5th International Workshop at ISWC 2019, 18th International Semantic Web Conference
October 26 or 27, Auckland, New Zealand
http://voila2019.visualdataweb.org
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Abstracts Deadline: June 21, 2019
Submission Deadline: June 28, 2019
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We are looking for submissions addressing one or more of the following topics, subjects, and contexts (or related ones):
* Topics:
- visualizations
- user interfaces
- visual analytics
- requirements analysis
- case studies
- user evaluations
- cognitive aspects
* Subjects:
- ontologies
- linked data
- knowledge graphs
- ontology engineering (development, collaboration, ontology design patterns, alignment, debugging, evolution, provenance, etc.)
* Contexts:
- classical interaction contexts (desktop, keyboard, mouse, etc.)
- modern interaction contexts (mobile, touch, gesture, speech, etc.)
- special settings (large, high-resolution, and multiple displays, etc.)
- specific user groups and needs (people with disabilities, domain experts, etc.)
Submission Guidelines
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The following types of contributions are welcome. The recommended page length is given in brackets. There is NO strict page limit but the length of a paper should be commensurate with its contribution.
- Full research papers (8-12 pages);
- Experience papers (8-12 pages);
- Position papers (6-8 pages);
- Short research papers (4-6 pages);
- System papers (4-6 pages).
Accepted papers will be published as a volume in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings series.
Important Dates
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Abstract: June 21, 2019
Submission: June 28, 2019
Notification: July 24, 2019
Camera-ready: August 16, 2019
Workshop: October 26 or 27, 2019
Organizers
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Catia Pesquita, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Patrick Lambrix, Linköping University, Sweden
Steffen Lohmann, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
Valentina Ivanova, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden
Vitalis Wiens, University of Bonn, Fraunhofer IAIS & TIB, Germany
Looking forward to your submissions & meeting you there!
Catia, Patrick, Steffen, Valentina, and Vitalis
