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		<title>LITA Forum Student Registration Rate Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LITA is offering a special student registration rate to the 2010 LITA National Forum to a limited number of graduate students enrolled in ALA accredited programs.   The Forum will be held September 30 &#8211; October 3, 2010 at the Hilton City Downtown, Atlanta, GA.  To learn more about the Forum, visit www.lita.org/forum
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/08/lita-forum-student-registration-rate-available/</link>
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		<title>Registration deadline approaching for 2010 LITA National Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The early bird registration deadline is approaching for the 2010 LITA National Forum, “The Cloud &#38; the Crowd,” to be held Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 at the Hilton Downtown in Atlanta, Ga. Now is your opportunity to realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. Prior to Aug. 15, the registration rates are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/08/registration-deadline-approaching-for-2010-lita-national-forum/</link>
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		<title>Patrick Mullin, former LITA President, to retire from UNC in August</title>
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Chapel Hill &#8211; Patrick Mullin, interim associate university librarian for collections and services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will retire July 30, after a professional career spanning 37 years.
Mullin joined the library staff in 1987 as systems librarian. He subsequently headed the Systems Department before becoming an associate university librarian with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/08/patrick-mullin-former-lita-president-to-retire-from-unc-in-august/</link>
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		<title>Registration now open for 2010 LITA National Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Forum explores leading-edge technologies and their applications in all types of libraries while providing the networking benefits of a small conference. The 2010 LITA National Forum, &#8220;The Cloud and The Crowd,&#8221; will be held September 30 &#8211; October 3 at the Downtown Hilton in Atlanta. 
Keynote Sessions include Amy Bruckman of the Georgia Institute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/registration-now-open-for-2010-lita-national-forum/</link>
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		<title>Library Journal Reviews LITA &#8220;Tech Set&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Library Journal has just released a review of  The Tech Set, co-published by Neal-Schuman and LITA. The Tech Set consists of ten practical guides to today’s hottest new technologies for information professionals:

1. Next Gen Library Catalogs by Marshall Breeding
2. Mobile Technology and Libraries by Jason Griffey
3. Microblogging and Lifestreaming in Libraries by Robin Hastings
4. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/library-journal-reviews-lita-tech-set/</link>
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		<title>LITA offering regional institute: Writing for the Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new regional institute: “Writing for the Web,” presented by Brenda Reeb of the University of Rochester, is now available.
This full-day workshop presents best practices for writing for the web within the context of academic and public library websites.  The format is lecture style, followed by critique sessions that examine how successful sites implement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/lita-offering-regional-institute-writing-for-the-web/</link>
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		<title>Newly-elected LITA officers begin terms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colleen Cuddy, interim director, New York University Health Sciences Libraries, NYU School of Medicine, is the newly elected vice-president/president-elect of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).  Her term, and that of newly elected LITA councilor and board members, began after the June 2010 ALA Annual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/newly-elected-lita-officers-begin-terms/</link>
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		<title>LITA Session: Developing a Sustainable Digital Workflow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Behind the interfaces of the digital libraries and institutional repositories we see today are carefully-planned and proactive processes that ensure that the end user can easily find what s/he needs. With digital libraries and repositories becoming increasingly popular, it is important to know what strategies work well.
As a current MLIS student at the University of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/lita-session-developing-a-sustainable-digital-workflow/</link>
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		<title>What is your Library doing about Emerging Technologies?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LITA presented a panel at ALA&#8217;s 2010 Conference that posed the question, What is your library doing about emerging technologies?
Bohyun Kim, the Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University, moderated the discussion with the aid of slides that posed questions for four groups of panelists.
GROUP 1:

Elisabeth Leonard, Associate Dean for Library Services, Western  Carolina [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/what-is-your-library-doing-about-emerging-technologies/</link>
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		<title>ALA10: LITA Awards Reception and President&#8217;s Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi!  I&#8217;m Andromeda Yelton, and I&#8217;ll be your conference blogger today, covering the LITA awards reception and President&#8217;s program.
LITA Awards Reception
Full disclosure: I&#8217;m one of the awardees, and utterly starstruck by the others.
The event opened with mingling and one of the best food spreads I saw at a program at Annual (cheese, fruit, cake); [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/ala10-lita-awards-reception-and-presidents-program/</link>
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		<title>LITA Top Tech Trends ALA 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/lita-top-tech-trends-ala-2010/</link>
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		<title>MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions
ALA Annual Conference 2010
Sunday, June 28, 2010 10:30 to noon
Intro, Jenn Riley: Metadata Librarian, Indiana U. Digital Library Program
MODS 3.4 schema released June 2010. MODS/MADS editorial committee considering overall direction for MODS 4.0. mods 3.4 has

support for RDA descriptions
better handling of subject vocabularies (specify vocabulary at relevant subject [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/07/mods-and-mads-current-implementations-and-future-directions/</link>
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		<title>Having fun at ALA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who says that librarians can’t let their hair down and have some fun? The LITA happy hour on Friday at the Mixx Bar was a great example to the contrary. The bar area was filled with people networking, chatting, and generally having a good time.
I wasn’t sure what to expect since I had never been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/having-fun-at-ala/</link>
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		<title>Video: Top Tech Trends, Washington DC, Annual 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Complete video is now available for this year's Top Tech Trends panel. Watch now!]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/video-top-tech-trends-washington-dc-annual-2010/</link>
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		<title>Top Tech Trends LiveBlog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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
Watch the video
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/top-tech-trends-liveblog-2/</link>
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		<title>LITA hashtags</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emerging ALA Leaders Team O has complied a list of LITA-related tags for ease of following LITA programs. Head on over to the ALA Annual wiki and check it out
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/lita-hashtags/</link>
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		<title>Blog Schedule: ALA Annual 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LITA Blog is looking for volunteers to blog about conference sessions and speakers, areas of interest, and general conference atmosphere.
Below you’ll find a preliminary list of programs. These are the priority coverage areas, but LITA welcomes and encourages blogging on other programs and events as well. Please feel free to volunteer to cover items not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/blog-schedule-ala-annual-2010/</link>
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		<title>Proposals for ALA Annual 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While it may seem insane, it is time once again to start thinking of presentation and program topics for next year, the 2011 Annual Conference, in New Orleans, LA, June 23–29, 2011. Think about it this way: see something or hear about something cool at Annual 2010 in DC? Make it better, faster, stronger for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/proposals-for-ala-annual-2011/</link>
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		<title>New LITA Strategic Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/new-lita-strategic-plan/</link>
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		<title>ISO Approval Ballots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This last “standards flood” posting includes two ISO approval ballots, sequentially numbered but (it seems) to be used in tandem.
1. ISO/DIS 30300, Information and documentation&#8211;Management system for records&#8211;Fundamentals and vocabulary.
“This International Standard establishes the objectives for using a Management System for Records (MSR), provides principles for an MSR, describes a process approach and specifies roles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/iso-approval-ballots/</link>
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		<title>New ISO Work Items</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More catch up on standards announcements follow.  Please note the separate deadlines for comments to Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO.
1. TC46/SC9 New Work Item Proposal Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies – Part 2: Interoperability with other vocabularies. 
“This ballot is to approve a new work item for Part 2 of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/new-iso-work-items/</link>
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		<title>ISCI and Language Resources Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m a bit behind on these announcements, so expect a small flood while I catch up prior to Annual. As usual in these times I’ll group what I can.
1. ISO/DIS 27730, Information and documentation &#8212; International standard collection identifier (ISCI) 
&#8220;This International Standard establishes the specifications for the International Standard Collection Identifier (ISCI) as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/isci-and-language-resources-management/</link>
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		<title>Burning Man, Libraries, and the 21st Century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Burning Man, Libraries, and the 21st Century: The Intersection of the Individual and Society

Saturday, June 26 &#124; 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Room 143 B/C
Imagine living in a city where censorship does not exist. Where your First Amendment rights and liberties are not only tolerated but encouraged and celebrated? That culture is created and that society [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/burning-man-libraries-and-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss the BIGWIG Showcase!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t be giving their presentation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/dont-miss-the-bigwig-showcase/</link>
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		<title>LITA Standards Task Force Created</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/06/lita-standards-task-force-created/</link>
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		<title>ISO Systematic Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our vigilant ALA representative to NISO, Cindy Hepfer, has forwarded to us a number of announcements of systematic reviews from ISO:
1.  Systematic Review: ISO 9230:2007, Determination of price  indexes for print and electronic media purchased by libraries.   
“This International Standard specifies a method for the determination of price indexes relating to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/iso-systematic-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Call for Annual 2010 Bloggers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attending the ALA 2010 Annual Conference in DC this June? Be a part of the fun and blog for LITA! We need volunteers to blog about sessions, speakers, and general conference atmosphere.
We would like coverage for as many of the sessions as possible. Visit the BIGWIG LITA Events calendar and pick one (or more) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/call-for-annual-2010-bloggers/</link>
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		<title>Vote for BIGWIG Showcase Topics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s not on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/vote-for-bigwig-showcase-topics/</link>
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		<title>LITA events at ALA Annual 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of BIGWIG, as usual, here is a calendar of LITA events at ALA Annual

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		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/lita-events-at-ala-annual-2010/</link>
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		<title>LITA Preconferences Available at ALA Annual</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is still time to register for one of three LITA workshops, held Friday, June 25 in DC. Plus, you can take advantage of ALA Advanced Registration rates through May 14. Register Now!
Migrating to open source library systems
Speakers: Terry Reese, Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services, Oregon State University; David Lindahl, Web Initiatives Manager, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/lita-preconferences-available-at-ala-annual/</link>
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		<title>Looking for topics and presenters for the BIGWIG Showcase at ALA Annual</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for the 4th Annual BIGWIG Showcase at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC, Monday, June 28, 2010 from 10:30am to Noon.  Location: TBD
The BIGWIG Showcase, (formerly  the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase), is a great event, but for it to be successful, we need your help!  In the interests of staying as &#8220;current&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/looking-for-topics-and-presenters-for-the-bigwig-showcase-at-ala-annual/</link>
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		<title>New Liaison Ballots, comments needed quickly!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/05/new-liaison-ballots-comments-needed-quickly/</link>
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		<title>LITA Election Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/04/lita-election-results-2/</link>
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		<title>Classification systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s Voting Representative to forwarded to us a new ballot: ISO/CD 22274, Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content: Internationalization and concept-related aspects of classification systems. 
“This standard provides generic advice on how to create content of classification systems and how to express that content in multilingual environments. It primarily specifies the factors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/04/classification-systems/</link>
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		<title>Quick Responses Needed on Two Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, our ALA Voting Representative to NISO, has forward to us two requests with a quick turnaround needed—this Friday, Mar. 19, to be specific.
The first issue concerns a proposed change in scope for ISO TC46/SC11/WG11 &#8211; Risk identification and management for records.
The committee resolved to make this change at its meeting in October 2009 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/03/quick-responses-needed-on-two-issues/</link>
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		<title>Top Tech Trends at PLA National Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Top Tech Trends session will also be part of PLA&#8217;s Virtual Conference, consisting of live programming chosen from among the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/03/top-tech-trends-pla-national-conference/</link>
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		<title>Kilgour Award recipient named</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/03/kilgour-award-recipient-named/</link>
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		<title>Ex Libris student writing award deadline extended</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s refereed journal, Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/03/deadline-extended-ex-libris/</link>
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		<title>National Forum Proposal Deadline Extended</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/02/forum-deadline-extended/</link>
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		<title>2010 National Forum proposal deadline approaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions for the 13th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Downtown hotel in Atlanta, Georgia from September 30 -October 3, 2010. The theme is &#8220;The Cloud and the Crowd;&#8221; submit proposals by February 19, 2010 online at:
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lita2010/
The 2010 Forum Planning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/02/national-forum-proposal/</link>
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		<title>LITA Election: 2010 Slate of Candidates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the slate of candidates for the 2010 LITA election. Positions up for election include Vice President/President-Elect, Councilor, and two Directors-at-large. Polls open March 18 and close April 23. Voting instructions will be delivered to the email address listed in your ALA member record; to update your email address log in to your member [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/02/lita-2010-candidates/</link>
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		<title>Recordkeeping Standards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, hardworking ALA Voting Representative to NISO has forwarded to us a group of announcements related to ISO/DIS 16175, Information and documentation&#8211;Principles and functional requirements for records in electronic office environments. This is a Fast track ballot, used to create an ISO standard from an existing standard, in this case the International Council on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/02/recordkeeping-standards/</link>
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		<title>LITA Town Meeting 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LITA President reviewed a market survey, comments from the joint LITA Board Meeting with the Committee and Interest Group chairs in 2008, the LITA Town Meeting in 2009 and the LITA Board Meeting in 2010 and identified all of the possible ideas that LITA could explore as potential strategies for the next LITA Strategic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/01/lita-town-meeting-2010/</link>
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		<title>Live coverage of the Top Tech Trends MW 2010 Discussion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: did you listen, watch, read or attend?  Give us your feedback!
1/24/10 update &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/01/alamwttt/</link>
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		<title>LITA Top Tech Trends at Midwinter in Boston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time again, folks; the semi-annual Top Technology Trends conversation is upon us.  This year&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2010/01/lita-top-tech-trends-at-midwinter-in-boston/</link>
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		<title>Last Standards Announcements of 2009?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some end-of-year announcements by Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO, give us some potential ideas for what to do over the long holidays, should all that free time make us antsy.  
1. ISO/FDIS 690, Information and documentation &#8212; Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources, ballot for final draft standard.
“This International [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/12/last-standards-announcements-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>LITA Happy Hour MW2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Midwinter Happy Hour is set for Friday 15 January 2010 from 5-7 at the Capiz Bar in the Reinassaince Waterfront Hotel.

Capiz Bar
Inspired by the waterfront, the décor is awash with vibrant hues of blue and gold. At the bar enjoy a perfectly mixed martini, a freshly muddled mojito, classic drinks, local beers and wines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/12/lita-happy-hour-mw2010/</link>
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		<title>Standards Wave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NISO has released a number of announcements about standards of particular interest to librarians, which have been forwarded to us by Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO.  In order to avoid a lot of repetition of instructions, I will include them all in this post, with enough information to pique your interest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/12/standards-wave/</link>
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		<title>Country Codes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New announcements from Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO are coming along quickly, and these are, for the most part, of more general interest to libraries.  The first of these is ISO 3166-1:2006, Country codes.
“This part of ISO 3166 establishes codes that represent the current names of countries, dependencies, and other areas of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/12/country-codes/</link>
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		<title>Paper Standards to Ballot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second group of standards announcements passed to us by busy Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO, concern standards for paper for permanence and archival uses. 
1. Systematic Review, IS0 9706:1994, Paper for documents &#8211; Requirements for permanence.
“The purpose of this International Standard is to provide a means of specifying and identifying paper that, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/12/paper-standards-to-ballot/</link>
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		<title>LITA offering two workshops in Boston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LITA is offering two full-day educational workshops on Friday, January 15, 2010 in Boston, MA.
Karen Coombs is presenting Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs: del.icio.us subject guides, Flickr library displays, YouTube library orientation; with mashups and APIs, it&#8217;s easier to bring pieces of the web together with library data. Learn what an API is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/12/lita-offering-two-workshops-in-boston/</link>
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		<title>Standard character sets and transliterations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s Voting Representative to NISO, has been busy pushing NISO standards announcements our way.  I will be combining the announcements to save your time and LITABlog space. Instructions for requesting the relevant documents from Cindy appears at the end of this message.
The first group of announcements has to do with special character [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/11/standard-character-sets-and-transliterations/</link>
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		<title>LITA Calendar for ALA Midwinter 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For your ease in planning to attend all the meetings and discussions LITA is sponsoring, BIGWIG is happy to provide a gCal for your convenience. Remember,  if you do not live in the Eastern Time Zone, Boston is in the Eastern Time Zone and the calendar entries in this gCal are set in Eastern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/11/lita-calendar-for-ala-midwinter-2010/</link>
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		<title>Two Upcoming ISO Ballots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s Voting Representative to NISO, has notified us of two new items coming up for ballot early in the New Year.
The first is for ISO/DIS 27729, International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI).  The ISNI “… specifies the International Standard name identifier (ISNI) for the identification of public identities of parties; that is, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/11/two-upcoming-iso-ballots/</link>
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		<title>David Weinberger video &#8211; LITA Forum 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, after long last (crunching HD video really turned out to take some time on my Macbook), here is the video of David Weinberger&#8217;s keynote from LITA Forum 2009!
Enjoy the small version here, or, if you really want to see the HD, grab the large version here (warning: file is just over a gig in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/11/david-weinberger-video-lita-forum-2009/</link>
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		<title>DOI Standard up for ballot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO, has brought to our attention an upcoming ballot for ISO/DIS 26324 (Digital Object Identifier System).
The announcement states: 
&#8220;This International Standard specifies the syntax, description and resolution functional components of the digital object identifier (DOI®) system, and the general principles for the creation, registration and administration of DOI names. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/11/doi-standard-up-for-ballot/</link>
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		<title>Joan Lippincott Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here&#8217;s the first of the three Keynote videos from LITA Forum 2009. It&#8217;s not perfect, as we tried several different strategies throughout filming the various keynotes&#8230;try and frame the speaker and the screen wasn&#8217;t great, so in later videos we just concentrated on the speaker.
In any case, I hope you enjoy! The embed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/10/joan-lippincott-video/</link>
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		<title>Forum 2009 Keynote audio &#8211; Liz Lawley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And last in the audio keynote podcast series:
Liz Lawley
Keep an eye on these pages for video, coming as quickly as my little mac will render it.
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/10/forum-2009-keynote-audio-liz-lawley/</link>
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		<title>Forum 2009 Keynote audio &#8211; David Weinberger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second in the cavalcade of audio keynote podcasts from LITA Forum 2009:
David Weinberger
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/10/forum-2009-keynote-audio-david-weinberger/</link>
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		<title>Forum 2009 Keynote audio &#8211; Joan Lippincott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the first of the audio Keynote podcasts from LITA Forum 2009!
Joan Lippincott
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/10/forum-2009-keynote-audio-joan-lippincott/</link>
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		<title>LITA Forum 2009 Media explosion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introducing the Keynote Media Series from LITA Forum 2009! First up we&#8217;ll have the audio from the Keynote presentations by Joan Lippincott, David Weinberger, and Liz Lawley, followed up in the next week or so with video of those same keynotes! Some people prefer audio, some video, so we&#8217;re gonna give you the best of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/10/lita-forum-2009-media-explosion/</link>
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		<title>LITA Forum 2009 &#8211; Presentations for Download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all those not lucky enough to attend LITA Forum 2009: Open and Mobile, check out some of the:
30+ presentations that have been posted online at ALA Connect.
Update: Link above corrected &#8211; was missing one number at the end, oops!
Not to mention: Liz Lawley&#8217;s Keynote address on Slideshare!
Let&#8217;s keep the discussion going!
As you can see, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/10/lita-forum-2009-presentations-for-download/</link>
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		<title>Persistent Identifiers&#8211;New standard up for ballot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new announcement has come from Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO.  This one is in regards to ISO/DIS 24619, Persistent identification and access in language technology applications.
From the announcement:
“The scope of this International Standard is to present requirements when including resolvable persistent identifiers (PID) with references to and citations of language resources [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/09/persistent-identifiers-new-standard-up-for-ballot/</link>
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		<title>National Forum Housing Deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing deadline is around the corner! Be sure to reserve your housing by September 15 to receive the discounted rate.
There&#8217;s still time to register for the National Forum, October 1-4 in Salt Lake City! Don&#8217;t miss out on:

Keynote speakers: Joan Lippincott, David Weinberger, and Liz Lawley.
Preconferences: The Future of Mobile, presented by Jason Griffey and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/09/national-forum-housing-deadline/</link>
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		<title>Additional Announcements from NISO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have two new announcements from Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO.  These too also have fairly short deadlines (though not as short as the last group, thankfully).
1. ISO/FDIS 16245, Boxes, file covers and other enclosures, made from cellulosic materials, for storage. This ballot is for the final draft standard, described thusly:
“This International [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/09/additional-announcements-from-niso/</link>
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		<title>New ISO Working Group needs expertise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO has passed on to us information on the establishment of a new working group, ISO/TC 46/SC 8/WG 9 &#8220;Statistics and quality issues for web archiving,&#8221; for which ISO is looking for participants.
Call for experts document available from:
http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/tc46sc8interest/download.php/2772/N274_Information_on_the_establishment_of_a_new.pdf
Original project description and justification available from:
http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/tc46ballots/members/standards/new160/manage/modify_document.php 
Cindy notes: &#8220;If anyone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/09/new-iso-working-group-needs-expertise/</link>
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		<title>Standards announcements&#8211;short deadlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following are a group of fairly short (or very short) deadline announcements from
Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s Voting Representative to NISO. The fault for the delay in getting these out is mine, not hers!
1. New Work Item: ISO/WD 32000-2, Document management &#8212; Portable document format: Part 2: PDF 2.0. This is a liaison ballot from TC171/SC2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/09/standards-announcements-short-deadlines/</link>
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		<title>Early Registration Deadline Approaching for 2009 LITA National Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now is your opportunity to realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. Prior to August 31, the registration rates are $50 lower. Register Now
The LITA National Forum, held October 1-4 in Salt Lake City, is a great educational opportunity for those involved in new and leading edge technologies in the library and information technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/08/early-registration-deadline-approaching-for-2009-lita-national-forum/</link>
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		<title>Lightning Talks at LITA Forum 2009: Fast Talkers With Great Ideas Wanted!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Along with sparkling keynotes and terrific programs, LITA Forum 2009, October 1-4 in Salt Lake City, offers two sessions of nine five-minute lightning talks (at previous Forums, called Five Minute Madness) on Friday, Oct. 2 at 4:20 and again on Sat. Oct. 3 at 10:50 am.
Lightning talks are snappy presentations that are great fun for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/08/lightning-talks-at-lita-forum-2009-fast-talkers-with-great-ideas-wanted/</link>
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		<title>New LITA officers elected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen Starr, Assistant Administrator for Development Services at the Nevada State Library &#38; Archives, is the new vice-president/president-elect of LITA.  Her term, and that of newly elected LITA board members, begins after the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Ill., a few weeks ago.  
Starr has served as a member of the LITA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/08/new-lita-officers-elected/</link>
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		<title>A Plethora of Standards News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our ALA Voting Representative to NISO, Cindy Hepfer, has passed on a number of notices to LITA members, and in order to bring them quickly to your attention, I’m going to be briefer than usual.   The first group is for upcoming ISO ballots:
1. Systematic Review ISO 21127:2006, a ballot for the published standard, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/08/a-plethora-of-standards-news/</link>
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		<title>Early bird rates extended for 2009 LITA National Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The early bird registration deadline has been extended for the 2009 LITA National Forum, October 1-4, 2009 in Salt Lake City. Now is your opportunity to realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. Registration rates are $50 lower through August 31 &#8211; Register Now
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/08/early-bird-rates-extended-for-2009-lita-national-forum/</link>
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		<title>Save $50 &#8211; Register Now for 2009 LITA National Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The early bird registration deadline is approaching for the 2009 LITA National Forum, October 1-4 in Salt Lake City. Now is your opportunity to realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. Prior to Aug. 15, the registration rates are $50 lower &#8211; Register Now.
Keynote Sessions Feature Dynamic Speakers:
On Friday Joan Lippincott of Coalition for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/08/save-50-register-now-for-2009-lita-national-forum/</link>
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		<title>ALA Emerging Leader Program DEADLINE EXTENDED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALA Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast track [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/ala-emerging-leader-program-deadline-extended/</link>
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		<title>Casting a Wide Net: Using Screencasts to Reach and Teach Library Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speakers: Stephanie Rosenblatt, Eric Frierson, Carmen Kazakoff ,Mick Jacobsen
Moderated by: Anne Houston
Date time place: Saturday July 11, 2009 from 10:30am – 12:00pm at McCormick Place South, S105 a-d
Sponsor: Reference User Services Association, Machine Assisted Reference Section   (RUSA MARS)

The first speaker was Stephanie Rosenblatt Education Librarian, California State University, Fullerton.

once she had created her screencast (i.e. video) tutorials [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/casting-a-wide-net-using-screencasts-to-reach-and-teach-library-users/</link>
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		<title>BIGWIG Social Software Showcase 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Social Software Showcase, presented by LITA&#8217;s BIGWIG, is a chance to learn about several different areas of software in a quick, efficient way.  The way it works is that the content for the showcase is voted on beforehand, and presentations are created for that content.  The presentations are made available online on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/bigwig-social-software-showcase-2009/</link>
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		<title>Ultimate Debate 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry this is a little late, but there was some cleaning to be done on the blog before I could get it up. 
This is the audio capture from the Ultimate Debate 2009, from ALA Annual in Chicago. Great discussion, good questions, and an awesome program put on by IRSIG this year (and, frankly, every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/ultimate-debate-2009/</link>
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		<title>Identifying libraries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our ever-alert ALA Representative to NISO, Cindy Hepfer, has informed us that ISO/FDIS 15511, International Standard identifier for libraries and related organizations (ISIL) is now available for ballot.
From the ballot text;
“An ISIL identifies an organization, i.e. a library, an archive, a museum or a related organization, or one of its subordinate units, which is responsible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/identifying-libraries/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This ALA 2009 session started with Carole D. Fiore, the moderator, showing the efficacy of Summer Reading programs. Most telling was slide #8:

SRPs play a vital role in communities, providing literacy achievement while school is not in session. It is not surprising, then, that 95.2% of public libraries have some form of Summer Reading.
You can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/summer-reading-online/</link>
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		<title>Has Library 2.0 Fulfilled its Promise?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title of conference program: The Ultimate Debate: Has Library 2.0 Fulfilled its Promise?
Speakers: Meredith Farkas, Cindi Trainor, David Lee King, Michael Porter; moderated by Roy Tennant.
Monday July 13, 2009; 1:30 &#8211; 3 pm;  McCormick Place West, W-181
Sponsor: Internet Resources and Services Interest Group (IRSIG)
This program was presented as a debate, with  Roy posing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/has-library-2-0-fulfilled-its-promise/</link>
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		<title>ALA Session &#8211; Resuscitating the Catalog: Next-Generation Strategies for Keeping the Catalog Relevant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This session was sponsored by ALCTS Collection Management and Development Section (CMDS), RUSA : RSS Catalog Use Committee and LITA Next Gen Catalog Interest Group.
Program Description: In today&#8217;s complex information environment, users have come to expect evaluative information and interactive capabilities when searching for information resources. A panel of experts will address various aspects of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/ala-session-resuscitating-the-catalog-next-generation-strategies-for-keeping-the-catalog-relevant/</link>
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		<title>Content Management Systems in Libraries: Opportunities and Lessons Learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Blackburn, Eli Neiburger, Karen Coombs (absent due to illness)
Jonathan Blackburn was formerly employed as the &#8220;web guy&#8221; at Florida State University (FSU). He currently is the Product Analyst at OCLC. Blackburn explained why a content management system (CMS) would be useful to create library websites: They&#8217;re good for collaboration and efficiency, though they can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/content-management-systems-in-libraries-opportunities-and-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<title>In Defense of SciFi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The session &#8220;Science Fiction and Fantasy: Uncovering the modern world of information through metaphor and imagination&#8221; sponsored by Tor and Baen publishers featured Robert Charles Wilson, Ken Scholls, Margaret Weiss, John Brown and Eric Flint.Â  All the authors expressed varying degrees of confusion regarding the topic of discussion, but their talks yielded surprisingly similar insights.
Robert [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/in-defense-of-scifi/</link>
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		<title>Open Library Environment Project (OLE) ALA session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended this session on Saturday morning.  For those not familiar with OLE it is a project to build an open ILS using service oriented architecture and business modelling.  The presenters were Robert H. McDonald (Indiana Univ.), Carlen Ruschoff (Univ. of Maryland), Beth Forrest-Warner (Univ. of Kansas), and John Little (Duke Univ.).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/open-library-environment-project-ole-ala-session/</link>
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		<title>Science Fiction and Fantasy: Uncovering the Modern World of Information, Society, and Technology through Metaphor and Imagination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This 20th anniversary meeting of the "Imaginary Interest Group" was a well-run affair featuring free books, entertaining stories, and good-humored pandering towards librarians.]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/science-fiction-and-fantasy-uncovering-the-modern-world-of-information-society-and-technology-through-metaphor-and-imagination/</link>
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		<title>Marshall&#8217;s Top Tech Trends for ALA Annual, Summer 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/marshalls-top-tech-trends-for-ala-annual-summer-2009/</link>
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		<title>LiveBlog for Top Tech Trends 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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
Pop-out
RSS
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/liveblog-for-top-tech-trends-2009/</link>
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		<title>Net Neutrality and Its Implications for Libraries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LITA Technology and Access Committee Program
MCP W-184
Gregory A. Jackson, University of Chicago; Carrie Lowe,Â OITP for ALA; Clifford Lynch, Director of the CNIÂ Â 
Clifford Lynch tells Cool History. Thinks Net Neutrality is a relatively new phrase, says it happened within last 10 years&#8211;but is an old idea. Monopolies, natural or otherwise.
Once upon a time, there was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/net-neutrality-and-its-implications-for-libraries/</link>
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		<title>The Open Library Environment Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McCormick Place West, W-196a
Building an ILS for Service Oriented Architecture Structure
Beth Forrest-Warner, University of Kansas; Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University; John Little, Duke University; Carlen Ruschoff, University of Maryland.
Really, this has as much of a positive implication for public and special libraries as it does for academics, especially as regards financial and HR management integration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/the-open-library-environment-project/</link>
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		<title>Digital Library Hardware Showcase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McCormick Place West, W-180 Digital Library Technology Interest Group

Truly, I vote this the presentation most likely to make libraries say, "Hey, I think I will outsource my scanning to Clemson University". Loving care is evident in the selection, installation, and use of their equipment.

Put on by the Digital Library Technology Interest Group]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/</link>
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		<title>Creating Library Web Services: Mashaps and APIs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title of the Preconference: Creating Library Web Services: Mashaps and APIs
Presenter: Karen Coombs
The pre-conference session began shortly after 9AM.
Ms. Karen Coombs introduced herself and refreshed participants memory about what â€œweb services are?â€ and why we need Mashaps and APIs, and what we can do with them and how they work. She presented sample.
â€œAn application-programming interface [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/creating-library-web-services-mashaps-and-apis/</link>
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		<title>Live, in your browser! Top Tech Trends 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are unable to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago later this week (or if you&#8217;re just in the next room), please join the Top Tech Trends 2009 panel on the LITA blog via CoverItLive.  Sign up for a reminder below.
We want to know what you want to know!  Please vote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/live-in-your-browser-top-tech-trends-2009/</link>
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		<title>Top Tech Trends Topic Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Top Technology Trends committee is gearing up for the discussion at annual, and weâ€™d like your help in picking the topics. What issues would you like to hear the trendsters discuss? Please take a moment and cast your vote!
http://poll.fm/11sb2
This yearâ€™s discussion will be held Sunday, July 12, 1:30 â€“ 3:00 p.m. in the Grand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/top-tech-trends-topic-poll/</link>
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		<title>Top Tech Trends for ALA Annual, Summer 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/top-tech-trends-for-ala-annual-summer-2009/</link>
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		<title>LITACamp Wrap-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A big huge thanks to everyone involved in the first ever
	LITACamp
	May 7-8, 2009
	Colombus, Ohio
The terrific Keynote/daily kick off speakers:
	Joan Frye Williams
	John Blyberg
The sponsors:
	BCR
	OCLC
The LITA Camp Task Force
	Mark Beatty
	David Ward
	Jennifer Ward
	Michelle Frisque
	Zoe Marshall
	Peter Murray
	Maurice York
	Eric Childress
	Holly Tomren
	Lisa Thomas
and in particular the 50+ attendees.
The conference wiki is the source to check at:
	http://litacamp.pbworks.com/
Experience is showing that attendees interest, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/07/litacamp-wrap-up/</link>
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		<title>LITA Happy Hour at ala2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of us, like me, who missed it in the LITA Update last week:
Friday, July 10, 2009
LITA Happy Hour
5:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm, Potterâ€™s Lounge, Palmer House
Please join the LITA Membership Development Committee and members from around the country for networking, good cheer, and great fun! Expect lively conversation and excellent drinks. Cash bar.
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		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/06/lita-happy-hour-at-ala2009/</link>
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		<title>LITA Highlights for Annual 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annual Conference Highlights for Those Attending
All programs and meetings details
LITA BIGWIG gCal
Friday Evening with LITA
Friday, July 10, 2009
LITA 101: Open House
4:00 pm &#8211; 5:30 pm, Water Tower Place in the Palmer House Hotel
LITA Open House is a great opportunity for current and prospective members to talk with Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) leaders and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/06/lita-highlights-for-annual-2009/</link>
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		<title>Announcing the LITA Online Programming Task Force</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
LITA needs a system or process to gather, post, and share LITA sponsored programs presented at conferences and events online.
 
Charge:
To explore and recommend a systematic approach to gather and post LITA programs presented at events such as ALA Annual Conference, LITA National Forum, LITA Camp, etc.

Identify the types of programs that are presented and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/06/announcing-the-lita-online-programming-task-force/</link>
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		<title>Call for Proposals: ALA Annual 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, the LITA Program Planning Committee, in an effort to modernize the workflow for planning programs for ALA Annual, has moved the process entirely online! The following is the form that you can fill out if you are interested in proposing a program via LITA for ALA Annual 2010, June 24-30th in Washington, DC:
http://tinyurl.com/LITAPrograms2010
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/06/call-for-proposals-ala-annual-2010/</link>
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		<title>Terminology work: principles and methods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Hepfer, erstwhile ALA Voting representative to NISO, has forwarded to us for our attention a new ISO ballot: â€œISO/FDIS, Terminology work: Principles and methods.â€
The text of this ballot says in part:
â€œThis is the third edition of the Standard that establishes the basic principles and methods for preparing and compiling terminologies both inside and outside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://litablog.org/2009/06/terminology-work-principles-and-methods/</link>
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