Archive for September, 2007

Five Minute Madness at the LITA Forum

September 30th, 2007 by jreiswig

Are you working on a cool new project that you didn’t even know about when the Call for Papers came out? Would you like an opportunity to share your work with colleagues in an informal setting?
If you’ve read the LITA Forum schedule, you may have noticed the Saturday morning Session titled: 5 Minute Madness. [...]

Informal Discussion: e-Resources Management at LITA Forum

September 27th, 2007 by zoe

ER&L (Electronic Resources & Libraries) and LITA ERM IG are hosting an informal discussion during the LITA Forum about the state of e-resource management.

The meeting will be Saturday, October 6th from 8-9am in the Molly Brown Room. Grab some breakfast and come in for a discussion.

Join us as we continue our discussions (started at ER&L, [...]

The “original” MyLibrary

September 24th, 2007 by Eric Lease Morgan

In the news recently has been talk about Google’s “my library”, well, don’t hesitate to visit the “original” MyLibrary, now hosted at http://mylibrary.library.nd.edu.
The home page is complete with bunch’s o’ documentation, sample scripts, descriptive text outlining what MyLibrary is (and is not), mailing list administratativia, links to sample applications and production-level applications, etc. The whole [...]

Official Call for Volunteer Bloggers at Forum 07

September 17th, 2007 by Jonathan Blackburn

LITA members will soon be celebrating “Ten Years of the National Forum” in beautiful Denver, Colorado. The LITA Blog will, of course, again be there to report on what is happening — sharing as much of the fun and learning it can with those who cannot attend this year.
But, as always, we [...]

Introduction: LITA Legislation & Regulation News

September 17th, 2007 by Susan Jacobson

The LITA Legislation and Regulation Committee is charged with keeping LITA members informed about legislative and regulatory issues in telecommunications and information technology that impact our libraries. The LITA Blog is the vehicle we have chosen to accomplish this.
The Legislation and Regulation category will not duplicate the ALA Washington Office District Dispatch, but will [...]

Share Your Technology Conference Experience with LITA

September 4th, 2007 by Michelle Boule

LITA wants to create a new kind of technology conference within ALA. I am chairing the committee charged with the task of coming up with a new “big” idea about technology conferences. We want the conference to be useful and we want it to reflect what you may find lacking in current ALA and non-ALA [...]