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Want to know what’s happening with LITA in Dallas? Here’s a quick gCal with the dates, times, and locations.

By now you’re probably wondering where that fabulous BIGWIG LITA gCalendar is and why it is not already embedded on LITAblog. That’s a fair question. In my opinion, the gCal has been surpassed by the new Conference Scheduler. Have you taken a look at the LITA Conference Schedule in ALA Connect? I know the display [...]

It’s time for the 4th Annual BIGWIG Showcase at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC, Monday, June 28, 2010 from 10:30am to Noon.  Location: TBD The BIGWIG Showcase, (formerly  the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase), is a great event, but for it to be successful, we need your help!  In the interests of staying as [...]

For your ease in planning to attend all the meetings and discussions LITA is sponsoring, BIGWIG is happy to provide a gCal for your convenience. Remember, if you do not live in the Eastern Time Zone, Boston is in the Eastern Time Zone and the calendar entries in this gCal are set in Eastern Time. [...]

Once again, the BIGWIG Google Calendar with all LITA events is populated. This makes it easy to remix, subscribe to via RSS, or via iCal. See you in Chicago!

Following in the steps of the BIGWIG Google Calendar for LITA’s Midwinter activities, here’s a Google Map of the Midwinter places, populated by BIGWIG and friends. Thanks, as always, to Cindi for getting the maps for ALA Conferences started. View Larger Map

For those that haven’t seen it, BIGWIG has, for the last few ALA conferences, provided a Google Calendar with all of the LITA events on it. This makes it easy to remix, subscribe to via RSS, or via iCal. Just click on the day, and you’ll see a list of the LITA events happening in [...]

Just so that everyone is aware: the LITA Blogger’s room, open to anyone who needs a quick ‘net connection, can be found at: Hilton convention center, Carmel Room. The Carmel room is up 2 escalators from the lobby. See you there!

This is not an organized LITA endeavor, but as a proof-of-concept for BIGWIG, I am going to be streaming as much as I can from ALA Annual 2008. The service I’m using for this is called Ustream, and the live channel can be found here: http://www.ustream.tv/griffey Because of the vagaries of internet access at the [...]

For all of the LITA members visiting Anaheim with us in a couple of weeks that haven’t planned your days yet, BIGWIG has put together a Google Calendar with all of the LITA events listed. Why did we bother? Well, for those of us that use Google Cal, it makes planning your LITA stuff as [...]