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We have a great panel this year for Top Tech Trends at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim! The panelists will describe changes and advances in  technology that they see having an impact on the library world, and suggest what libraries might do to  take advantage of these trends. Presentation of LITA Awards and Scholarships will take place prior to the Top Tech Trends program.

When: Sunday, June 24, 2012 – 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Where: Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom A

The panelists:

•     Stephen Abram, Gale Cengage Learning
•     Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC
•     Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Library
•     Clifford Lynch, CNI
•     Nina McHale, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado

LITA is pleased to announce the availability of a new webinar, “Social Networking the Catalog: Community Based Approaches to Building Catalogs and Collections,” presented by Margaret Heller (Dominican University) and held June 7, 11:00 am – Noon CDT. This presentation will introduce the Read/Write Library Chicago, a new model for libraries that exists to illuminate and create connections between people, materials, and institutions in the city of Chicago. Participants will learn about new trends and features in social reading and cataloging, social library catalogs and integrated library systems, and crowdsourcing platforms. The catalog builds a social network, and the social network in turn builds the catalog. We love the read/write internet. It’s time to create the read/write library, where everyone has a voice in the collections, catalog, programming, and mission. This model is extensible to more conventional libraries through a multitude of tools and approaches that are already widely used.

Additional information and registration are available at http://www.ala.org/lita/learning/online/socialcatalog

Once again I bring you a gCal of the LITA-sponsored events at ALA Annual conference.

Also, I encourage you to go and check out the awesome ALA Annual Conference Scheduler and build your own custom calendar for the conference.

Please note that the LITA Happy Hour will be on Sunday 6/24/2012 from 5:30pm – 8:00pm (a change from our usual Friday evening, so I felt it should be highlighted)

Please join us in congratulating the newly elected LITA Board members:

•     Cindi Trainor, Vice-President/President-Elect
•     Cody Hanson, Rachel Vacek, Directors-at-Large

Additionally, the proposed changes to LITA Bylaws Section 1, Article IX, were adopted. This change requires the Nominating Committee to present the names of candidates to the Board of Directors at the Midwinter Meeting , instead of the Annual Conference, preceding an election.

LITA members elected as ALA Councilors-at-Large include:  Aaron Dobbs, Mario M. Gonzalez, Joan S. Weeks, Karen G. Schneider, Eric D. Suess, and Courtney Louise Young

The LITA Board is meeting online on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 11:00 am CDT.

Anyone may join the meeting by clicking the following link 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting:
https://wfu.webex.com/wfu/j.php?ED=151748557&UID=1241898872&PW=NZTU5NzQzYTMw&RT=MiM3

The meeting number is 640 602 152. You will be provided a few options for audio connectivity. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: LITA.

Lauren Pressley, LITA Board director-at-large, is hosting this meeting. If you have any technical questions, please contact Lauren at pressllm (at) wfu.edu. The meeting agenda and documents will be posted in the LITA Board Connect Community.

If you have any questions, recommendations, or wish to discuss any of this, please leave a comment.

New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks.

New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks.