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Annette Smith - 2007 LITA Forum Travel Grant Winner

August 29th, 2008 by chill

Ms. Annette Smith from Barbados, West Indies, was the winner of the 2007 LITA-IRC Travel Grant to the 2007 LITA Forum. Ms. Smith is the Director of the National Library Service, Bridgetown, Barbados, WI. In her candidate’s report, she gives her impressions of the 2007 LITA Forum in Denver, Colorado.
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2007 LITA Forum
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Travel Grant: 2008 LITA Forum

November 11th, 2007 by chill

Grant Available to Attend Library Information Technology Association
National Forum October 2008 USA
Sponsor: Mrs. Grace Hope Hill in Memory of Professor Errol Gaston Hill
Conference Theme:
Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library
October 16-19, 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, announces a grant to support and [...]

LITA International Relations Committee Meeting

June 28th, 2007 by chill

LITA-IRC Meeting, Monday, June 25, 2007
10:30am -12pm
Renaissance Hotel - Room 17
The focus of LITA’s International Relations Committee meeting was on the selection of the International Visitor Travel Grant candidate to the 2007 LITA Forum, arrangement for the grant recipient’s visit to the United States, report of the 2006 Travel Grant winner and preparation for the [...]

LITA Happy Hour: Stout Ale Chili and More…

June 24th, 2007 by chill

A great crowd met on Saturday night at the Capital City Brewing Company for LITA’s Happy Hour. This was the place to be…to catch up with colleagues, sample the wide selection of cool ales and a bit of the hot cuisine!
Those popular, glowing blue LITA necklaces, handed out by Mary Taylor, LITA Executive Director, [...]

International Vistor to the 2006 LITA Forum

March 9th, 2007 by chill

From October 26 -29, 2006, a fairly large group of librarians and information technology professionals from various institutions across the United States descended upon Nashville Tennessee to attend the LITA Forum. The 2006 Forum had as its theme ‘Web Services as Library Services.
I was fortunate to be there as I had been selected [...]

Travel Grant: 2007 LITA Forum

March 7th, 2007 by chill

Announcement: Grant Available to Attend Library Information Technology Association National Forum October 2007 USA
Sponsor: Mrs. Grace Hope Hill, in Memory of Professor Errol Gaston Hill
Conference Theme:

Technology with Altitude: 10 Years of the LITA National Forum
October 4-7, 2007, Denver Marriott City Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

Details:
The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the [...]

Connecting View..at 6 Arms Brew Pub

January 22nd, 2007 by chill

LITA’s Happy Hour at 6 Arms on 300 E. Pike Friday night was great! About 35 members showed up to network and discuss LITA activities and meetings here in Seattle. The brew pub is a cozy place with a wide selection of frothy, bubbly and hot stuff. And the place was hopping!
In [...]