LITA BlogBehind the interfaces of the digital libraries and institutional repositories we see today are carefully-planned and proactive processes that ensure that the end user can easily find what s/he needs. With digital libraries and repositories becoming increasingly popular, it is important to know what strategies work well. As a current MLIS student at the University [...]
LITA presented a panel at ALA’s 2010 Conference that posed the question, What is your library doing about emerging technologies? Bohyun Kim, the Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University, moderated the discussion with the aid of slides that posed questions for four groups of panelists. GROUP 1: Elisabeth Leonard, Associate Dean for Library Services, [...]
Hi! I’m Andromeda Yelton, and I’ll be your conference blogger today, covering the LITA awards reception and President’s program. LITA Awards Reception Full disclosure: I’m one of the awardees, and utterly starstruck by the others. The event opened with mingling and one of the best food spreads I saw at a program at Annual (cheese, [...]
OPENING Gregg Sylvis, Chair for the LITA Top Trends Committee kicked off the session. Six panelists were each to address current trends, imminent trends and long term trends (3-5 years out). John Blyberg, Darien Library (CT), Assistant Director for Innovation and User Experience Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President OCLC Research and Chief Strategist, OCLC Jason Griffey, [...]
MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions ALA Annual Conference 2010 Sunday, June 28, 2010 10:30 to noon Intro, Jenn Riley: Metadata Librarian, Indiana U. Digital Library Program MODS 3.4 schema released June 2010. MODS/MADS editorial committee considering overall direction for MODS 4.0. mods 3.4 has support for RDA descriptions better handling of subject [...]
Who says that librarians can’t let their hair down and have some fun? The LITA happy hour on Friday at the Mixx Bar was a great example to the contrary. The bar area was filled with people networking, chatting, and generally having a good time. I wasn’t sure what to expect since I had never [...]
Join us Sunday, June 27, 2010 for the Top Technology Trends panel. The session will be live-blogged by TTT committee members; the live blog will also capture any messages posted to twitter with the hashtag #ttt10. LITA Top Tech Trends 2010 Watch the video
Emerging ALA Leaders Team O has complied a list of LITA-related tags for ease of following LITA programs. Head on over to the ALA Annual wiki and check it out
LITA Blog is looking for volunteers to blog about conference sessions and speakers, areas of interest, and general conference atmosphere. Below you’ll find a preliminary list of programs. These are the priority coverage areas, but LITA welcomes and encourages blogging on other programs and events as well. Please feel free to volunteer to cover items [...]
Burning Man, Libraries, and the 21st Century: The Intersection of the Individual and Society Saturday, June 26 | 1:30-3:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 143 B/C Imagine living in a city where censorship does not exist. Where your First Amendment rights and liberties are not only tolerated but encouraged and celebrated? That culture is created [...]