Archive for April, 2009

LITACamp, the unconference, May 7-8 in Dublin, Ohio

April 28th, 2009 by Melissa Prentice

LITACamp 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 [...]

Second Big Wave of Standards Reviews

April 26th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

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 [...]

Big Wave of Standards Reviews

April 26th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

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. [...]

US National Z39.50 Profile (Z39.89-2003)

April 14th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

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 Procedures, [...]

Don’t Miss LITA Preconferences at ALA Annual

April 7th, 2009 by Melissa Prentice

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 July. You [...]

ALA Connect now available

April 7th, 2009 by Melissa Prentice

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 pages or [...]