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 the last 5 months the LITA Executive Committee has taken the resultant feedback and created this plan. The LITA Board of Directors approved the plan earlier this month. Here is how the LITA Board would like to proceed. 1. The LITA Strategic Plan has been posted to ALA Connect http://connect.ala.org/node/105818. Members are encouraged to review the new LITA Strategic Plan and post your feedback to ALA Connect by Friday, June 25th. 2. The last 45-60 minutes of the Saturday LITA Board Meeting will be devoted to the LITA Strategic Plan. The Strategic Planning session of the…
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Don't Miss the BIGWIG Showcase!
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 at ALA, but rather you’ll have an opportunity to get an overview and engage in small group conversation with presenters and other attendees. Topics: Libraries MUST Have A New Electronic Content Access and Distribution Infrastructure (Michael Porter) User Research on a Shoestring (Erin White and Susan Teague-Rector) Information Overload & Personal Information Management (Bohyun Kim) iPad and Tablet computers (David Lee King) Teaching with Twitter (Ellen Filgo) Qrcodes & Mobile Knowledge Networks (Bonnie Rosalen and Kelly Sattler)
LITA Standards Task Force Created
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 library technology realm. This will be an expansion of LITA’s current standards initiatives which includes the work of the Standards Interest Group and the Standard’s Coordinator. Charge: To explore and recommend strategies and initiatives LITA can implement to become more active in the creation and adoption of new technology related standards that align with the library community. Propose an organizational structure that will support and sustain LITA’s increased involvement in the standards arena both within ALA and beyond. To summarize the task force needs to determine: which standard organizations LITA should participate in examples…
Vote for BIGWIG Showcase Topics
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 list. It can be anything related to libraries and emerging technology, from social media to discovery platforms to open-source tools to using tech tools in new or innovative ways. Use your imagination! Also, if you are interested in presenting on a topic yourself, please indicate that in the comments and you will be contacted with details following the voting. Don’t forget to VOTE by Friday, May 14, 2010.
New Liaison Ballots, comments needed quickly!
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 methodology for the development and implementation of a comprehensive policy or strategy concerning the planning and management of terminology. This International Standard is designed for policy makers working in different environments, from language planning to for-profit companies.” Deadline for comments to Cindy is May 18, 2010 . 2. ISO/NP 14641-1 , Electronic archiving – Specifications concerning the design and the operation of an information system for electronic information preservation. This is a short turn-around ballot to provide comments for a liaison new work item proposal. Deadline for comments to Cindy is May 11, 2010. “This…
LITA Election Results
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 Porter, Lauren Pressley, and Patrick Sweeney. Visit the LITA web site for more information.
Top Tech Trends at PLA National Conference
LITA is headed to the 2010 PLA National Conference in Portland, OR for a Top Tech Trends panel focused on public libraries. Panelists include David Lee King, Michael Porter, Monique Sendze, and Kate Sheehan. LITA’s Top Tech Trends session will also be part of PLA’s Virtual Conference, consisting of live programming chosen from among the highest rated in PLA’s session preference survey. The Virtual Conference will feature panel discussions, author interviews, interactive workshops, and chats with colleagues, all from the comfort of your computer. Check out the LITA web site for information on LITA Happy Hour and Exhibit Booth hours at PLA. Visit the PLA Conference site for more information and registration.
Kilgour Award recipient named
LITA is pleased to announce Dr. John Willinsky as the 2010 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. The award, which is jointly sponsored by OCLC, is given for research relevant to the development of information technologies, especially work which shows promise of having a positive and substantive impact on any aspect(s) of the publication, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, or the processes by which information and data is manipulated and managed. The awardee receives $2,000, a citation and an expenses paid trip to the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC where the award will be presented on June 27th. Dr. John Willinsky is Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University and founder of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The Award committee chose Dr. Willinsky from a strong field of nominated leaders in the field. The Public Knowledge Project (http://pkp.sfu.ca/) is…
Ex Libris student writing award deadline extended
The deadline for submission of manuscripts for the LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award has been extended to March 24, 2010. The award for the best unpublished manuscript submitted by a student or students enrolled in an ALA-accredited graduate program consists of $1,000, a certificate and publication in LITA’s refereed journal, Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). The purpose of the award is to recognize superior student writing and to enhance the professional development of students. The manuscript can be written on any aspect of libraries and information technology. Examples include digital libraries, metadata, authorization and authentication, electronic journals and electronic publishing, telecommunications, distributed systems and networks, computer security, intellectual property rights, technical standards, desktop applications, online catalogs and bibliographic systems, universal access to technology, library consortia and others. At the time the unpublished manuscript is submitted, the applicant(s) must be enrolled in an ALA-accredited program in library and information studies at…
National Forum Proposal Deadline Extended
Did the LITA National Forum 2010 proposal deadline sneak up on you? You now have an extra week to get that proposal in; the deadline for proposals has been extended to March 1, 2010. View the complete call for proposals for more info. New this year: submit a proposal for full 70 minute sessions OR “half” session slots as well as posters and preconferences. The Committee is looking forward to reading your ideas on “The Cloud and the Crowd.”