Date: Saturday, June 24 Time: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Place: Morial Convention Center 388-390 Be it resolved that the future of search will occur without library influence. Will libraries continue their vital role in the evolution of search, or will we be left in the dust by Google and their ilk? You won’t want to miss this provocative debate on the future of library influence on search technology. Come and be a part of this Ultimate Debate, sponsored by the LITA Internet Resources Interest Group. Moderator: Roy Tennant. The debaters: Stephen Abram and Joe Janes. The debate will be guided by several questions, including: Will search services offered by large commercial companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! replace the need for libraries? Should libraries cooperate with commercial companies by giving them our metadata and/or content (Open WorldCat, Google Scholar, Google Book Search, etc.)? What qualities would Google Scholar, Microsoft…
Category: 2006
BIGWIG Meeting Moved
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
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 us some local color, so if you know New Orleans and want to share, we have a venue for you! No experience required for bloggers, though we would love to see some of our experienced volunteers back again. If you would like to volunteer, please email Michelle Boule, and I will answer your questions, put you on the official schedule, or bring about world peace. You choose.