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Praise for LITA Blog

September 20th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

LITA Blog got a bit of a mention in the American Libraries September issue. In Joseph Janes’ Internet Librarian column, on page 70, we are praised for doing a “stand-up job of reportage.” The reporting could not happen without a large number of volunteers who give their time to write thoughtful posts on sessions and [...]

BIGWIG Meeting Notes from Annual 06

June 28th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

Over half the group has laptops upon the lap. It is quite amusing. These are just notes from our business meeting, so they are very informal.
BIGWIG is the blogging, interactive media, wiki, and social software interest group of LITA. We have our program Monday at 10:30, Next Stop Blogging. (added later: which went grrreeeat!)
Agenda
Consider program [...]

LITA President’s Program: We Are Here. Where Are Our Users?

June 28th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

We Are Here. Where Are Our Users?
Cathy De Rosa
OCLC
VP, Marketing and Library Services
John Horrigan
Pew Internet & American Life Project
[My comments are in brackets. I might have to change batteries halfway through the program. Just a warning.]
Where are the connections and disconnections between us and our users?
Cathy goes first:
It is easy to miss the things [...]

The Annual Top 10 Trends Extravaganza

June 25th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

Top 10 Tech Trends
[This is always a great session. This year, the format was a little different and allowed for more time and discussion between the panel members and the audience. I liked the new set up, but I wished the panel members would have gotten a couple more minutes each. They were limited to [...]

BIGWIG Meeting Moved

June 7th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

The BIGWIG IG meeting, for all those interested in blogs, wikis, and other social networking tools has a new place and time.
We will now be meeting in room 274 (the LITA Bloggers’ room) of the Morial Convention Center at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. All are welcome. We hope to see you there.

Now Accepting Volunteers for Annual in New Orleans

June 1st, 2006 by Michelle Boule

Be a part of the fun and blog for LITA. We have a tentative schedule up here, but feel free to volunteer for things not currently appearing on the list. If you volunteer for something not on the list, please let me know when the event is occurring.
We are looking for someone to give [...]

Town Hall Flip Chart Photos

January 26th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

The photos of the flip charts are now available on LITA Blog’s Flickr page under the tag TownHall. I tried to explain them as best I could, but feel free to add comments on the page if you remember something I have forgotten.

OCLC Symposium - Part 4

January 24th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

I really saved the very best for last.
Antony Brewerton from Oxford Brookes University Library, UK
(not only does he have a delightful accent, but he has a great sense of humor and keeps the audience laughing)
We need to change the perspective of libraries and reach people from different backgrounds at a local level.
Antony spends a lot [...]

OCLC Symposium - Part 3

January 24th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

Patricia Martin - Marketing
Libraries: Defending the Brand
Libraries are in the best of times. Disruptive competition drives innovation.
Behold the rise of the second renaissance generation – the RenGen. They live in a knowledge economy. There is a formal delivery system for the knowledge of culture and there is also an informal system that is growing [...]

OCLC Symposium - Part 2

January 24th, 2006 by Michelle Boule

Jennifer Rice is the owner of a marketing company and she focuses on the 6 major consumer trends that effect everyone. A brand is reputation, an idea formed in the minds of your constituents. What you say is marketing and what you do, reputation, is brand
What can you do that people desire that is deliverable [...]