LITA BlogThe Forum explores leading-edge technologies and their applications in all types of libraries while providing the networking benefits of a small conference. The 2010 LITA National Forum, “The Cloud and The Crowd,” will be held September 30 – October 3 at the Downtown Hilton in Atlanta. Keynote Sessions include Amy Bruckman of the Georgia Institute [...]
Library Journal has just released a review of The Tech Set, co-published by Neal-Schuman and LITA. The Tech Set consists of ten practical guides to today’s hottest new technologies for information professionals: 1. Next Gen Library Catalogs by Marshall Breeding 2. Mobile Technology and Libraries by Jason Griffey 3. Microblogging and Lifestreaming in Libraries by [...]
A new regional institute: “Writing for the Web,” presented by Brenda Reeb of the University of Rochester, is now available. This full-day workshop presents best practices for writing for the web within the context of academic and public library websites. The format is lecture style, followed by critique sessions that examine how successful sites implement [...]
Colleen Cuddy, interim director, New York University Health Sciences Libraries, NYU School of Medicine, is the newly elected vice-president/president-elect of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Her term, and that of newly elected LITA councilor and board members, began after the June 2010 ALA Annual Conference [...]
Behind the interfaces of the digital libraries and institutional repositories we see today are carefully-planned and proactive processes that ensure that the end user can easily find what s/he needs. With digital libraries and repositories becoming increasingly popular, it is important to know what strategies work well. As a current MLIS student at the University [...]
LITA presented a panel at ALA’s 2010 Conference that posed the question, What is your library doing about emerging technologies? Bohyun Kim, the Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University, moderated the discussion with the aid of slides that posed questions for four groups of panelists. GROUP 1: Elisabeth Leonard, Associate Dean for Library Services, [...]
Hi! I’m Andromeda Yelton, and I’ll be your conference blogger today, covering the LITA awards reception and President’s program. LITA Awards Reception Full disclosure: I’m one of the awardees, and utterly starstruck by the others. The event opened with mingling and one of the best food spreads I saw at a program at Annual (cheese, [...]
OPENING Gregg Sylvis, Chair for the LITA Top Trends Committee kicked off the session. Six panelists were each to address current trends, imminent trends and long term trends (3-5 years out). John Blyberg, Darien Library (CT), Assistant Director for Innovation and User Experience Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President OCLC Research and Chief Strategist, OCLC Jason Griffey, [...]
MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions ALA Annual Conference 2010 Sunday, June 28, 2010 10:30 to noon Intro, Jenn Riley: Metadata Librarian, Indiana U. Digital Library Program MODS 3.4 schema released June 2010. MODS/MADS editorial committee considering overall direction for MODS 4.0. mods 3.4 has support for RDA descriptions better handling of subject [...]