Archive for the 'Top Technology Trends' Category

LITA Top Tech Trends ALA 2010

July 2nd, 2010 by Mike Diaz

OPENING
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 [...]

Top Tech Trends LiveBlog

June 27th, 2010 by ctrainor

Join us Sunday, June 27, 2010 for the Top Technology Trends panel. The session will be live-blogged by TTT committee members; the live blog will also capture any messages posted to twitter with the hashtag #ttt10.
LITA Top Tech Trends 2010
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Top Tech Trends at PLA National Conference

March 9th, 2010 by Melissa Prentice

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 [...]

Live coverage of the Top Tech Trends MW 2010 Discussion

January 13th, 2010 by ctrainor

Update: did you listen, watch, read or attend? Give us your feedback!
1/24/10 update – Alas, we did not manage to capture the audio, as we had intended, but you can read an abridged summary of the conversation and see all the links shared during the session thanks to one of our committee members. The [...]

LITA Top Tech Trends at Midwinter in Boston

January 5th, 2010 by ctrainor

It’s that time again, folks; the semi-annual Top Technology Trends conversation is upon us. This year’s midwinter has us enjoying the history and chill of Boston, but like the last midwinter Top Tech discussion in Denver, you can participate from the warmth of your living room or from wherever you may be, a week [...]

Marshall’s Top Tech Trends for ALA Annual, Summer 2009

July 12th, 2009 by Marshall Breeding

These trends are also posted on Library Technology Guides.
Discovery Interfaces Expand Scope
The genre of Discovery Interfaces has been an ongoing trend for the last few years. These interfaces aim to replace the traditional, stodgy OPAC with a modern interface, delivering library content through an interface more consistent with what patrons experience elsewhere on the Web. [...]

LiveBlog for Top Tech Trends 2009

July 12th, 2009 by ctrainor

Live Streaming by Ustream.TV
Join us in person at the Intercontinental Grand Ballroom, Sunday afternoon at 1:30, or remotely via CoverItLive below.
Top Tech Trends, ALA 2009
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Top Tech Trends for ALA Annual, Summer 2009

July 6th, 2009 by Eric Lease Morgan

This is a list of Top Tech Trends for the ALA Annual Meeting, Summer 2009.
Green computing
The amount of computing that gets done on our planet has a measurable carbon footprint, and many of us, myself included, do not know exactly how much heat our computers put off and how much energy they consume. With the [...]

Top Tech Trends – Midwinter 2009 Audio edition

January 30th, 2009 by jgriffey

This time around for Top Tech Trends we were able to stream the video, but we weren’t ignoring the audio either! Here’s just an MP3 of the session, edited a tiny bit for length and able to be loaded on to your favorite portable audio player.
I apologize in advance for too much keypress noise on [...]

 
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LJ gives kudos to Top Tech

January 28th, 2009 by Maurice York

LJ gives commentary and congratulations to Top Tech Trends for its innovative live broadcasting of this Midwinter’s conversation with LITA trendsters, and sees a model for future ALA events and conferences.