LITA BlogThis year at ALA will be my first appearance as part of the LITA Top Tech Trends panel. Since I was asked to be part of TTT 2 months ago, I’ve been thinking a lot about the possible trends I want to talk about. Many possible trend topics have gone through my head. However, I [...]
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Leading off the afternoon will be the Top Technology Trends discussion. This program features our ongoing roundtable discussion about trends and advances in library technology by a panel of LITA technology experts. The panelists will describe changes and advances in technology that they see having [...]
Listed here are “sum” trends I see Library Land. They are presented in no particular order:
1. Gaming and Second Life - I hear a lot of noise about gaming, Second Life, and libraries. Hmmm…
I consider librarianship to be about a number of processes surrounding data, information, and knowledge, specifically: 1) collection, 2) organization, 3) [...]
Hi folks! I’m one of the Top Technology Trends newbies. I am the Distance Learning Librarian at Norwich University in Vermont and I usually blog at Information Wants to be Free. Unfortunately, I’m set to speak at another session that is at the exact same time as the Technology Trends panel, but I thought I’d [...]
While this might be old news for some, I’m thrilled to welcome the following new experts to the Top Technology Trends’ panel:
John Blyberg
Karen Coombs
Meredith Farkas
Jeremy Frumkin
They join continuing panelists:
Marshall Breeding
Sarah Houghton-Jan
Clifford Lynch
Eric Lease Morgan
Andrew Pace
Karen G. Schneider
Roy Tennant
This information will be updated on the LITA web site soon.
John Blyberg:
John Blyberg is the Head of [...]
You should really listen to the podcasts. There are things I won’t be able to do in words. Like give you the experience of Karen Schneider singing her recruiting song. Or summarize Clifford Lynch (can anyone do that?).
So, for the time-pressed, here is a summary of the Top Tech Trends discussion at ALA Midwinter, in [...]
The last of the 2007 Top Tech Trends podcasts. Again, thanks to Maurice York for all the recording!
The free-for-all portion of the TTT show. Enjoy…one more part to go!
When: Monday Jan. 22, 2007
The scene: Around 60-70 people attended this IG on the final day of the ‘07 Midwinter conference. It was standing room only, which of course meant that several sat on the floor. The discussion was wide-ranging, with Joe Ford, of Joseph Ford & Associates, presiding as incoming chair.
The primary role of [...]
Tech Trends, Midwinter 2007
One area that was greatly discussed during the two hour exchange was the ILS. Trendsters discussed open source, convergence of vendors and the fact that these are no longer boot strapped companies but ones that private investors think have value.
The top technology trend that are and will continue to have a great [...]
