LITA BlogAs 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 [...]
In Denver, I presented a 5 minute topic regarding the book a colleague of mine and I are writing a book entitled “Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide”. We are surveying both library practitioners and the federated search vendors to get a complete picture of what the profession is looking for and what the current / [...]
Next Generation Catalog IG at Midwinter: Three Next Generation Catalog Projects
The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 13, from 4:00 to 6:00pm in the Hilton Garden Inn (conveniently located just outside the convention center), in Salon A/B.
We will have presentations and discussion about three locally developed and/or open source catalog [...]
Library webmasters, usability teams, and administrators will want this authoritative reference on usability.
In Making Library Web Sites Usable, a LITA guide to be published by Neal Schuman on February 11, 2008, authors Tom Lehman and Terry Nikkel show library webmasters, usability teams, and library administrators how to turn confusing, unappealing Web sites into the kind [...]
Help shape the future of LITA’s website! LITA is looking for an energetic, creative and experienced Web Manager. The LITA Web Manager is responsible for the content and services available on the LITA website. The Web Manager makes policy recommendations to the Board on issues such as page appearance, standards and technologies used on [...]