LITA BlogThis is still a while off but I thought I’d put out an initial request before the holidays officially begin. It’s a request for ideas and suggestions for the meeting of the LITA Drupal4Lib Interest Group at ALA in Chicago.
LAST JUNE/JULY IN ANAHEIM
This year, we had a pretty nice BoF with librarians discussing Drupal [...]
We got a great crowd of around 20 people for our Drupal ‘Birds of a Feather’. The above is a shot of everybody in the BIGWIG Bloggers’ room — just before we got kicked out by some group from YALSA (bums, we’ll get even)!
(We then proceeded to the next available empty room and had [...]
Boy, that was a packed program! I thought yesterday’s “Top Technology Trends” was packed. Today there were even more people. (see photos…)
Participants
What everyone came to see was the panel discussion featuring Google’s Adam Smith along with representatives from the five libraries that have agreed to let Google digitize their books. In [...]
I’ll have my write-up of the program a bit later but for the moment, have a look at these shots:
Just so you don’t think my life revolves completely around pizza, ribs and polish sausage, I thought I’d mention a few things that have caught my eye and where I think we’re headed:
CMS for the Rest of Us
Sure CMS has been touted before but it always came with fine print that read, “some assembly required”. [...]
If at some point you start getting hungry during your stay in our fair city, I highly recommend that you concentrate on the three principle food groups making up the traditional Chicago Diet: Deep Dish Pizza, Ribs and Polish Sausage. Though at first glance, this may not seem like the healthiest combination, just [...]
So much is happening in Chicago during ALA that you’d think it was a conspiracy to befuddle the out-of-towners. Do not despair! In my role as social butterfly, I have taken it upon myself (and the LITA Blog authorities have given me access!) to try and help you make sense of this embarrassment [...]
