LITA BlogLITA is pleased to announce that Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) will become an open-access, electronic-only publication, beginning with the March 2012 issue (volume 31, issue 1). This change will help ensure the long-term viability of the journal by making it more accessible, more current, more relevant, and more environmentally friendly. ITAL will continue to [...]
The LITA Program Planning Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2012 Annual American Library Association Conference. We’re looking for full day pre-conferences, and half day and two hour conference presentations on use of, new ideas for, and technology trends in libraries. Think about the technology success or failure you’re recently had, or the topic [...]
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Dean, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro , TN Visit [...]
LITA will be live streaming the biggest programs of the conference to your desktop. You can view the streams embedded here on the LITA blog, or visit our ustream channel. This year’s stream includes Top Tech Trends, the President’s Program, and the Ultimate Debate.
Please join us in congratulating the newly elected LITA Board members: Zoe Stewart-Marshall, Vice-President/President-Elect Lauren Pressley, David Lee King, and John Blyberg, Directors-at-Large LITA members elected as ALA Councilors-at-Large include: Diane Chen, Jenny Emanuel, Mary Anne Hodel, David Hurley, Julius Jefferson, Wei Jeng-Chu, Em Claire Knowles, Charles Kratz, Mike Martin, Bobbi Newman, Andrew Pace, Mary [...]
In an effort to reach out to the library technology community and provide better services, LITA (the Library and Information Technology Association) is interested in how LITA members and non-members perceive the association. Please take just a few short minutes out of your day to let us know what’s on your mind.
The Tech Set has been named the winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. The Tech Set was created and edited by Ellyssa Kroski and co-published by LITA and Neal-Schuman. The Tech Set includes ten printed books, ten wikis, and ten podcasts by the following authors: Marshall [...]
Check out the slate of candidates for the 2011 LITA election. Positions up for election include Vice President/President-Elect and three Directors-at-large. Polls open March 16 and close April 22. Voting instructions can found through the ALA Governance Office.
LITA is pleased to announce the 2011 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, Daniel J. Cohen. Dr. Cohen is an associate professor of history and art history at George Mason University and the director of the Center for History and New Media. The committee chose Dr. Cohen [...]