LITA BlogLITACamp is a place to discuss and explore the latest in library technology topics and speculate on what might be to come. Our theme, “The Everywhere Library: Creating, Communicating, Integrating” and our award winning keynote speakers, John Blyberg and Joan Frye Williams are perfect for the wide range of unconference possible presentations and discussions about [...]
Busy Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting representative to NISO, still in flood mode, has sent out another batch of standards reviews. To keep from passing this flood in its entirety onto the LITA Blog, I will again provide brief notes for each, indicating deadlines, where to get the standard for review, and any other critical information [...]
There’s lots going on in standards, and Cindy Hepfer, our ALA Voting representative to NISO, is working hard to keep up (with the rest of us puffing hard in her wake). The next few standards posts are going to be more compact than usual, so I can get the word out before inundation hits. These [...]
This post relates to ANSI/NISO Z39.50, but is specifically about Z39.89-2003, the US National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications. The earlier post about Z39.50-2003 concerned the original standard, also up for review ballot. The profile standard can be downloaded from: http://www.niso.org/standards/z39-89-2003/. Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO notes: “In accordance with NISO’s Operating [...]
There is still time to register for one of these LITA preconferences – held on Friday, July 10, 2009 in Chicago. A Thousand Words: Taking Better Photos for Telling Stories in Your Library If you want to learn how to capture library events more effectively and artistically, don’t miss this hands-on workshop in Chicago this [...]
ALA Connect is a single virtual location in which members can collaborate and work on LITA committee and interest group projects. ALA Connect (connect.ala.org) has launched its first phase of operation, in which every ALA group will have the ability to utilize the following tools: • Posts (like blog posts) • Online docs (collaborative, wiki-like [...]