LITA BlogYou are invited to the LITA Distance Learning Interest Group discussion!
Saturday, January 12, 10:30-12:00pm, Courtyard Downtown, Salon III
#3 on the map (PDF).
The LITA Distance Learning Interest Group will meet at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia to discuss current issues in distance learning and some of the exciting things the interest group has planned. [...]
The DLIG has had a few challenges leading up to our meeting this time. First, we weren’t assigned a room. Then, we were assigned a room, but it was too late to be printed in the program. Today, when we found it, someone else was meeting there and we were listed on [...]
Today, I attended my first LITA Town Meeting. It was great, and I hope to attend many more. I liked that it was a good blend of meeting other LITA members, learning about our users, and brainstorming about the future.
The Town Meeting started with a breakfast and introduction to the LITA leadership. [...]
Cathy De Rosa, OCLC
John Horrigan PhD, Pew Internet & American Life Project
Cathy De Rosa, OCLC
She started by asking, “What do we see going on with our users?”
Users start their search on the internet. It is dominant. 84 % start there.
Only 1% start on a library website
Nothing’s changed!
In 1947-1950 there was a public library [...]
Sunday, January 22, 8am-10am, Marriott Rivercenter, Conference Room 3/4
(This runs a bit long, so it’s been broken into two parts: the business meeting dealing with the TTT events and the Top Technology Trends discussion.)
With a little bit of time left after the business meeting, the discussion moved to the juicer topic: Top Technology Trends. [...]
Sunday, January 22, 8am-10am, Marriott Rivercenter, Conference Room 3/4
(This runs a bit long, so it’s been broken into two parts: the business meeting dealing with the TTT events and the Top Technology Trends discussion.)
The agenda for the Top Tech Trends meeting this midwinter was “more of a traditional business meeting than a discussion of [...]