LITA BlogNot an agenda post this time, link & minor synthesis instead. WAC reviewed some Challenged Content Guidelines for discussion and possible adoption by Divisions History: This is a response to a challenge to program write-up of a Program in 2003 Lots of cool stuff being done by ITTS, see the Agenda for the updates. We [...]
Saturday June 23, 2007 9:00 – 10:00 am Washington Convention Center 209 Important Resources for Committee Chairs LITA Staff LITA Table at Conferences LITA Committees web pages Committee lists and membership Reports submission form All meetings are open (except awards or personnel matters Please submit in timely manner (within a week or two of conference, [...]
Saturday June 23, 2007 8:00 – 9:00 am Washington Convention Center 209 1. Introductions all around President Bonnie Postelwaithe Vice President Mark Beatty (I was stuck on a long bus and missed these 1st three) Executive Director Mary Taylor LITA experiences 5% growth this year Mostly student members, we need to help our new mebers [...]
ALA Open Space Technology Conference within the Conference Washington Convention Center room 101 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday and Sunday Do you find the most useful and energizing “session” is the ad hoc discussion in the hallway or during a break? Do you yearn to expand on those conversations with colleagues who share your [...]
The ALA Web Advisory Committee would like to broaden their input-gathering process, so I’m posting it here. The link to the wireframes and survey has been added to the WebPlanning wiki, at http://wikis.ala.org/webplanning/index.php/Web_Planning Please have a look at the mockups UserWorks created for ALA as a result of the usability assessment and subsequent exercises they [...]
Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:00 – 4:00pm Washington Convention Center, Room 147 A/B I’m liveblogging this session over on my blog, so far I’ve heard: Mark Lloyd, Center for American Progress Mark was speaking about the necessity of urban library support for the rural libraries provisions in this year’s Farm Bill. Please say to your [...]
are belong to you. The official list of all things LITA can be found on the LITA website. We are a busy group, as the time-slot conflicts demonstrate. What is it with the 1:30pm to 3:30pm slot on Saturday (10 overlaps) and the 10:30 to Noon slot on Sunday (9 overlaps)?! I guess we like [...]
Welcome & Comments Legislative/Regulatory Update * Outcomes of 109th Congress — “Not too much” harm done? * “Predictions” for 110th Congress — Universal Service reform (E-Rate) — Network Neutrality — Spectrum Allocation/Ownership — DOPA (again) * State Issues — S-DOPA (State-level DOPA look-alikes) — Idaho is already facing an S-DOPA *Other news — E-Rate is [...]
Introductions *Mary Taylor introduced our new staff liaison, Melissa Prentice * David Altenhof, Kyle Felker, Howard Sherman, Aaron Dobbs, Janet Arth, Nick Baker, Melissa Prentice, Sue Peacock, Bonnie Postlethwaite IG & Comm Chair meeting discussion — David Altenhof & Aaron Dobbs * Recognise duplication & triplication of effort in reporting (an archival copy, blog, and [...]
Introductions Bylaws and Organization – Margaret Kelly) Program Planning Committee – Rachel Cheng * PPC Liaison list handout (file will be linked when I get a copy) * PPC will make new guidelines for IG chairs with minimum program information and drop-dead deadline * PPC will refer other Divisional requests to IG chairs for co-sponsorship [...]