LITA BlogShow me the librarian that doesn’t have repetitive questions that receive repetitive answers and I’ll show you oceanfront property in West Las Vegas. If, on the other hand you are a librarian that would like to have a video recording of the steps you have repeated over and over, then video tutorials are a route [...]
(note: the preconference material referred to the software as CUIPID 3, but a new version has since been completed)
CUIPID (pronounced “cupid”) is the University of Rochester’s Catalog User Interface Platform for Iterative Development. Built by their Digital Initiatives Unit, it serves as an experimental base for library catalog enhancements.
David Lindahl and Jeff Suszczynski were [...]
Show me the librarian that doesn’t have repetitive questions that receive repetitive answers and I’ll show you oceanfront property in West Las Vegas. If, on the other hand you are a librarian that would like to have a video recording of the steps you have repeated over and over, then video tutorials are a route [...]
Speakers:
Chieko Maene, Map Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Library
John Shuler, Government Documents Department Head, University of Illinois at Chicago Library
Chieko Maene began the session with an overview of Web services, particularly the concepts of reusability, information sharing, and service orientation. She focused on the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and its standards for Web [...]
OMG, the cameras are out and it’s Halloweeen weekend and the wait-staff are in costume here at the Flying Saucer. Here’s the stream… and so much for the “live” part…
Carrie Lowe gave an overview of OITPs charge and what’s going on, on the policy froint in Washington.
About OITP
Things not talking about (pretty quiet on these fronts at the moment?)
Digitization project
CALEA
Telecommunications Act
E-government
Talked about
Research report
New project: Connectivity study
New project: State library E-rate training
Research Report: Public Libraries and the Internet 2006
Key findings
Public library connectivity is a valuable [...]
Tim Daniels and Doug Goans from Georgia State University presented this talk.
I had never heard the term ‘cyberinfrastructure’ before this presentation, and am still not sure I entirely grasp the basics. But here’s what I picked up:
Cyberinfrastructure is really a mindset or an overall vision at an institution. It takes a more global [...]
Ed Salazar, Web/Reference Librarian at Northcentral University in Prescott Arizona, covered some concerns which led to implementation of how they do it at NCU. Some of the reasons are few (3) librarians and a burgeoning student population, making face-to-face instruction a challenge.
Easy to understand guides, and quizzes to test and/or explain concepts, are [...]
Vendor Endeca is at Forum this year in case you’re thinking about doing the same thing to your OPAC that Emily Lynema and Andrew Pace described in this presentation.
Andrew Pace, head of IT at the North Carolina State University libraries, explained that Endeca enabled them to implement faceted search on their catalog.
The context:
Roy Tennant’s [...]
If you are interested in learning about LITABlog or blogs in general, or have a blog and want to find other wackos like you, or would just like to know what the heck these blog things are: the LITA Forum Blogger Soiree is for you!
What: 2006 LITAForum Blogger Soiree
Where: The Flying Saucer, downtown Nashville
When: we [...]