LITA BlogUnfortunately for Committee Chairs, the meeting room posted in the schedule was filled with another group. The Chairs met in the hall of the Marriot and discussed issues such as getting new committee members onto the committee electronic discussion lists and getting new chairs onto the ComChairs list. The nagging problem of meeting [...]
The IG and Committee Chairs meeting is held at each conference in order to discuss issues that Chairs have, and also to provide time and space for all the LITA leadership to interact face to face. Pres.
President Mark Beatty encouraged all Chairs to report out about what we’re doing. He asked all Chairs to [...]
Membership Development discussed the Research and Assessment Committee workshop and implications for forthcoming activities.
The membership has increased slightly and is slowly reaching former pre-dues-increase levels. The student category is the fastest growing category. The Committee had a brief discussion of “what next?” in terms of target groups and mention public libraries and technologists [...]
The LITA Public Libraries Technology Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 13, from 10:30 am to noon in the South Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel. Kimberly Bolan and Robert Cullin, authors of Technology Made Simple: An Improvement Guide for Small and Medium Libraries, will join the group to talk about their guide and [...]
You are invited to the LITA Distance Learning Interest Group discussion!
Saturday, January 12, 10:30-12:00pm, Courtyard Downtown, Salon III
#3 on the map (PDF).
The LITA Distance Learning Interest Group will meet at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia to discuss current issues in distance learning and some of the exciting things the interest group has planned. [...]
The meeting of the Electronic Resource Management IG at ALA Midwinter is set for the following day/time/place:
Friday, January 11th 7:30-9:00pm
Courtyard Downtown, Salon II
21 N. Juniper St. (this is a conference hotel)
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/floor-plans/phldc-courtyard-philadelphia-downtown/
Our agenda is set, though we welcome any additional announcements or topics for discussion:
– Discussion of the work being done on the Cost of [...]
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, [...]
ER&L (Electronic Resources & Libraries) and LITA ERM IG are hosting an informal discussion during the LITA Forum about the state of e-resource management.
The meeting will be Saturday, October 6th from 8-9am in the Molly Brown Room. Grab some breakfast and come in for a discussion.
Join us as we continue our discussions (started at ER&L, [...]
The LITA Legislation and Regulation Committee is charged with keeping LITA members informed about legislative and regulatory issues in telecommunications and information technology that impact our libraries. The LITA Blog is the vehicle we have chosen to accomplish this.
The Legislation and Regulation category will not duplicate the ALA Washington Office District Dispatch, but will [...]
At the Annual 2007 American Library Association conference in Washington in June, the LITA Standards Interest Group sponsored a program entitled “Using Metadata Standards in Digital Libraries: implementing METS, MODS, PREMIS and MIX”. This session explored how libraries are using emerging standards to manage and provide navigation for digital library objects and featured the following:
Rebecca [...]