Archive for February, 2010

National Forum Proposal Deadline Extended

February 19th, 2010 by Melissa Prentice

Did the LITA National Forum 2010 proposal deadline sneak up on you? You now have an extra week to get that proposal in; the deadline for proposals has been extended to March 1, 2010. View the complete call for proposals for more info.
New this year: submit a proposal for full 70 minute sessions [...]

2010 National Forum proposal deadline approaching

February 17th, 2010 by Melissa Prentice

The 2010 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions for the 13th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Downtown hotel in Atlanta, Georgia from September 30 -October 3, 2010. The theme is “The Cloud and the Crowd;” submit proposals by February 19, 2010 online at:
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2010/
The 2010 Forum Planning [...]

LITA Election: 2010 Slate of Candidates

February 10th, 2010 by Melissa Prentice

Check out the slate of candidates for the 2010 LITA election. Positions up for election include Vice President/President-Elect, Councilor, and two Directors-at-large. Polls open March 18 and close April 23. Voting instructions will be delivered to the email address listed in your ALA member record; to update your email address log in to your member [...]

Recordkeeping Standards

February 1st, 2010 by Diane Hillmann

Cindy Hepfer, hardworking ALA Voting Representative to NISO has forwarded to us a group of announcements related to ISO/DIS 16175, Information and documentation–Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments. This is a Fast track ballot, used to create an ISO standard from an existing standard, in this case the International Council on [...]