LITA BlogNew vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Applications Developer, The New York Public Library, New York, NY Head, Information Technology [...]
In an effort to reach out to the library technology community and provide better services, LITA (the Library and Information Technology Association) is interested in how LITA members and non-members perceive the association. Please take just a few short minutes out of your day to let us know what’s on your mind.
The Tech Set has been named the winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. The Tech Set was created and edited by Ellyssa Kroski and co-published by LITA and Neal-Schuman. The Tech Set includes ten printed books, ten wikis, and ten podcasts by the following authors: Marshall [...]
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week: Reference Librarian, Hazard Community & Technical College, Hazard , KY Visit the LITA [...]
A LITA Member Update (periodic messages sent to all LITA members) from Executive Director, Mary Taylor was sent out today. The update includes information about the following: Election Open Movers & Shakers Announced ITAL March Issue and ITALica Available Tech Set named 2011 Best Book in Library Literature Webcourse on Mashups and APIs Annual Conference [...]
Check out the slate of candidates for the 2011 LITA election. Positions up for election include Vice President/President-Elect and three Directors-at-large. Polls open March 16 and close April 22. Voting instructions can found through the ALA Governance Office.
John Wilkin has been named the winner of the 2011 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. Emerald Group Publishing Limited co-sponsors the award. Mr. Wilkin serves as the associate university librarian for Library Information Technology and Technical and Access Services in Ann Arbor, Mich. and is the executive director [...]
Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs will be held April 18-22, 2011 and presented by Karen Coombs of the OCLC Developer Network and Jason Clark of Montana State University Libraries. Live, synchronous lectures will be presented each day from 10:00 am – 12 noon CDT. This five-day course will help participants learn how to [...]
LITA is pleased to announce the 2011 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, Daniel J. Cohen. Dr. Cohen is an associate professor of history and art history at George Mason University and the director of the Center for History and New Media. The committee chose Dr. Cohen [...]
There is still time to save $25 on your Annual Conference Registration – the Early Bird Deadline is Friday, March 4. Why not put that savings toward one of LITA’s three preconference offerings? All LITA Preconferences are full-day workshops held on Friday, June 24 9:00 am-4:30 pm: Getting Started with Drupal Speakers: Nina McHale, University [...]