LITA Congratulates Lauren Pressley- the New Emerging Leaders Program Participant. The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Board is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Lauren Pressley to the ALA Emerging Leaders Program. Lauren is currently the Instructional Design Librarian at Wake Forest University and co-chair of the LITA Distance Learning Interest Group. In addition, Lauren serves on the ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship and the ACRL WSS Instruction Committee. The ALA Emerging Leaders Program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in problem-solving workgroups; network with peers; gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. Each participant is expected to provide two years of service to ALA or one of its units. The LITA Board wishes to ensure that its’ Emerging Leader has a meaningful leadership experience within LITA, therefore Lauren will…
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LITA Seeks Web Manager
Job Description and application process In cooperation with the LITA Board, LITA staff, and the Web Coordinating Committee and interest group chairs, the Web Manager is responsible for the content and services available on the LITA website. The Web Manager makes policy recommendations to the Board on issues such as page appearance, standards and technologies used on the site, and the use of outside contractors; LITA staff is responsible for routine site maintenance and works with the Web Manager and ALA ITTS staff to implement changes. Responsibilities: -Coordinate the LITA web site working with appropriate LITA Committee and Interest Group coordinators, LITA Web Editors, the Board and LITA and ALA ITTS Office staff. -Determine the content, form, and design of the site, which provides “the face of LITA†to both its members and the public in consultation with the LITA Board. -Work with the LITA Office and ALA ITTS to…
LITA Workshops at 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting
LITA is offering our User Centered Design Regional Institute prior to ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia on Thursday and Friday, January 10-11, 2008. Day 1: Design Process; Day 2: Usability Learn about design process for managing digital projects in libraries and usability theory and methodology. This workshop covers two days, and can be attended for either day, or both days. Day One focuses on design process. Staff skills and responsibilities, artifacts of the design process, and communication channels are addressed. Web technologies and standards are included as a framework. Day Two focuses on usability theory and methodology. Practice with usability technique and methods, information on additional types of test methods, and administrative issues are addressed. Presenter: Brenda Reeb, University of Rochester Libraries Both Days: LITA member: $310; ALA member: $520; Nonmember: $720. One Day: LITA member: $180; ALA member: $285; Nonmember: $385. You do not have to attend the Midwinter Meeting…
2008 LITA Awards and Scholarships
Please consider submitting nominations for the following 2008 awards: -Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology is sponsored by OCLC and LITA. The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2007. For full details, please see the press release: http://www.lita.org/ala/lita/newandnoteworthy/2007_Kilgour_Award_nominations_sought_.cfm -LITA/Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award is sponsored by Thomson Gale and LITA. The deadline for nominations is December 1, 2007. For full details, see the press release: http://www.lita.org/ala/lita/newandnoteworthy/brett_butler_nominations2007.cfm -LITA/Library Hi Tech Award is sponsored by Emerald Press, publishers of Library Hi Tech. The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2007. Full details are available in the press release: http://www.lita.org/ala/lita/newandnoteworthy/LibHighTech2008.cfm -Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award is sponsored by ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, and LITA. This award recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) by academic librarians that have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research. For more details see the press release:…