LITA BlogCindi Trainor, in a fit of Twitter-induced brilliance, started putting together a Google Map for ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim. Included thus far are hotels and restaurants, but people are still adding to it, so it’s value should increase as we get closer and closer to the conference. Take a look!
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The ALA Task Force on Electronic Membership Participation (TFOEMP) has been charged with evaluating ALA policy as it relates to members’ ability to engage with and interact with the work of the association through committees and other working groups. A survey of members’ practice and attitudes toward serving on Association committees, task forces, and interests [...]
Vice-President/President-Elect: Michelle Frisque
Directors-at-Large (Serving 3-year terms): Mona Couts; Colleen Cuddy; Lorre Smith
New ALA Councilors who are LITA Members: Aaron Dobbs; Ling Hwey Jeng; Wei Jeng-Chu; Carla J. Stoffle; Julie Su
More information about the winners is available at the LITA Web site.
Hello all! Due to a reasonably severe security issue regarding Wordpress, we had to rush an upgrade to version 2.5. For those that login to post, you’ll notice that the interface is a bit different, but the functionality is still all there. There is a lot of information on the web regarding this new version [...]
As an effort towards transparency, here’s the latest on the LITABlog updates: we’re done! Over the course of the last few hours, I just finished the last touches on the backend upgrades to LITABlog. These included: ensuring we are at the latest Wordpress release (currently 2.3.3), making sure that all of our plugins are [...]
Just a note: over the next several days, we will be working behind the scenes to upgrade LITAblog in a few ways, primarily updating software and such on the backend. Our loyal readers shouldn’t notice anything out of the ordinary, but if you do, please email me and let me know:
griffey AT gmail.com
I will endeavor [...]
The recently formed LITA Assessment and Research Committee hosted a session on Friday morning about establishing a research strategy for LITA. Approximately 20 people from the Assessment and Research Committee, the Membership Committee, Committee and Interest Groups Chairs, LITA Emerging Leaders and the LITA Board participated in the session. Robin Wedewer, from Tecker Consulting, facilitated [...]
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 [...]
These are my notes from the Dialogue on Government Information meeting way back on December ~18th (sorry for the oversight)
Summary:
While several participants had differing views on why we all assembled, good discussion happened. ALA has mostly good processes for moving issues to and through Council for offical comment, which can break when stressed by the [...]
IG Chairs that were represented at the meeting:
Bylaws
Authority & Control
BIGWIG
Distance Learning
Imagineering
Open Source Systems
Internet Resources
Remember to renew your Interest Group.
Everyone should have gotten an email about the renewal … if you are the chair, you need to be so listed on the website. Check the ComChair list.
Many groups are up for renewal and should really contact [...]