LITA BlogColleen Cuddy, interim director, New York University Health Sciences Libraries, NYU School of Medicine, is the newly elected vice-president/president-elect of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Her term, and that of newly elected LITA councilor and board members, began after the June 2010 ALA Annual [...]
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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, Head of Library Information [...]
Complete video is now available for this year’s Top Tech Trends panel. Watch now!
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
I am pleased to share the new LITA Strategic Plan with you. The LITA Strategic Plan was created using feedback gathered from the R2 Market Survey, the joint LITA Board Meeting with the Committee and Interest Group chairs in 2008, the LITA Town Meetings in 2009 and 2010 and the LITA Board Meeting in 2010. Over [...]
We have a great line-up this year for the BIGWIG Showcase at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC! Monday, June 28, from 10:30am to Noon.
One week before the conference, check the Showcase page for links to author bios and to actually view the presentations prior to the Showcase! Presenters won’t be giving their presentation [...]
As part of our strategic initiatives, LITA believes it needs to be an active participant in the creation and adoption of standards that align with the library technology community. We want LITA and its members to serve on the committees, groups, and task forces that develop the standards so we can help shape standards in [...]
The 4th Annual BIGWIG Showcase takes place at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC on June 28, 2010 from 10:30am to Noon. Location: TBD
There are some great topics in the running, but we need your help to pick the top ones. VOTE today!
You can also suggest a topic that’s not on the [...]
Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO, has passed on to us information about two upcoming ballots. Both of these have deadlines coming up very quickly.
1. Liaison ballot for ISO/FDIS 29383, Terminology policies — Development and implementation.
“This International Standard provides policy makers in governments, administration, non-profit and commercial organizations with guidelines and a [...]
LITA is pleased to announce the results of the 2010 Election.
Colleen Cuddy has been elected as 2010 LITA President-Elect; Jason Griffey and Cindi Trainor have been elected to serve 3 year terms as LITA Directors-at-large; Adriene Lim has been elected as Councilor.
In addition, the following LITA members have been elected to ALA Council: Michael [...]