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The meeting of the Electronic Resource Management IG at ALA Midwinter is set for the following day/time/place: Friday, January 11th 7:30-9:00pm Courtyard Downtown, Salon II 21 N. Juniper St. (this is a conference hotel) http://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/floor-plans/phldc-courtyard-philadelphia-downtown/ Our agenda is set, though we welcome any additional announcements or topics for discussion: – Discussion of the work being [...]

Library webmasters, usability teams, and administrators will want this authoritative reference on usability. In Making Library Web Sites Usable, a LITA guide to be published by Neal Schuman on February 11, 2008, authors Tom Lehman and Terry Nikkel show library webmasters, usability teams, and library administrators how to turn confusing, unappealing Web sites into the [...]

Help shape the future of LITA’s website! LITA is looking for an energetic, creative and experienced Web Manager. The LITA Web Manager is responsible for the content and services available on the LITA website. The Web Manager makes policy recommendations to the Board on issues such as page appearance, standards and technologies used on the [...]

I’ve been informed that another ISO Committee Draft has been issued for ballot: ISO/DIS 8459, Information and documentation – Bibliographic data element directory. Here’s the summary: “This International Standard specifies and describes data elements required in the interchange of data between bibliographic systems. It describes, in the form of a directory, data elements used to [...]

Due Date for proposals: December 15, 2007 The 2008 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 11th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio from October 16-19, 2008 Theme Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library The [...]

I’d like to invite LITA members (and those who want to be LITA members!) to the LITA Town Meeting on Monday, January 14, 2008, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am in room 103A of the Philadelphia Convention Center. This year’s Town Meeting will focus on “Communicating and Marketing the Strength of LITA.” LITA’s new Emerging [...]

Part of my brief as LITA Standards Coordinator is to encourage LITA members to participate in the process of standards development, and unfortunately it’s still a real challenge to keep abreast of what’s happening. ALA is a voting member of NISO (the National Information Standards Organization) and has an appointed liaison to manage their voting [...]