LITA BlogJanuary 13, 2008 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Apologies for the delayed posting] Introductions and Announcements The meeting was called to order by Michelle Robertson – Chair. We went around the room and introduced ourselves. We had representatives from the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System, Drexel University, Boise State University, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the [...]
The Education Committee met on Sunday, January 13, 2008 with 12 members and guests present. This was the first meeting since the merger of the old Education Committee and the Regional Institutes Committee created the new Education Committee. The By-Laws and Organization Committee sent Helen Gbala to the meeting to discuss the charge of the [...]
The IG meeting on Friday night attracted an impressive group of information professionals, with standing room available only. Zoe Stewart-Marshall, an ERMIG Chair and Clara Ruttenberg, an ERMIG Vice Chair started the meeting with Electronic Resources IG mission statement and goals http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litamembership/litaigs/erm/index.cfm Zoe announced that Vice Chair position, responsible for organizing managed discussions, will be [...]
The JPEG2000 in Archives and Libraries Interest Group met on Saturday afternoon. 11 people attended the meeting. In the information sharing part of the meeting, there was discussion of the benefits, drawbacks, and considerations of “visually lossless” versus “digitally lossless”. In particular, one of the attendees talked about how the Internet Archive had chosen to [...]
Unfortunately 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 no-shows was [...]
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 who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]