Archive for August, 2005

Internet Access at LITA Forum

August 30th, 2005 by Michelle Boule

For those wanting to be connected during the LITA Forum in San Jose, I have the scoop on internet access. According to the Marriott employee I spoke to, internet is available two ways. You can
1. Get high speed internet in your hotel room for $9.95 a day or
2. You can get wireless internet, available in [...]

LITA Forum and the Art Connection

August 29th, 2005 by Rick Roche

There is an art opportunity in San Jose.

NISO OpenURL and Metasearch Workshop

August 25th, 2005 by Andrew Pace

While it might seem self-serving, I cannot help but further promote an important NISO workshop that his coming up next month.
http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/OpenURL-05-wkshp.html
This 3-day event will update librarians, middleware vendors, and content providers (which includes libraries, folks!) about OpenURL and Metasearch, and their innovative uses in libraries.
Day 1 is devoted to OpenURL. [...]

San Jose job interviews

August 19th, 2005 by Genny

Going to San Jose for LITA Forum? San Jose Public Library happens to be seeking some Senior Librarians. Applications are due by next Wednesday, August 24. They expect to be able to arrange interviews for the week when you’re in San Jose for LITA Forum.

Institutional Repositories

August 11th, 2005 by Genny

(From LITA-L): The PowerPoint slides and resource list from the “Policies and Practices of Institutional Repositories” program at Annual 2005 are available on the Emerging Tech. Interest Group site.

technical skills of librarianship

August 7th, 2005 by Eric Lease Morgan

This short essay outlines five technology skills necessary for systems work in libraries