http://litablog.org Library and Information Technology Association Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cindy Hepfer, hardworking ALA Voting Representative to NISO has forwarded to us a group of announcements related to ISO/DIS 16175, Information and documentation--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 ... http://litablog.org/2010/02/recordkeeping-standards/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2010/01/lita-town-meeting-2010/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2010/01/alamwttt/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2010/01/lita-top-tech-trends-at-midwinter-in-boston/ 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 -- Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources, ballot ... http://litablog.org/2009/12/last-standards-announcements-of-2009/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/12/lita-happy-hour-mw2010/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/12/standards-wave/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/12/country-codes/ 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 - Requirements for permanence. “The purpose of this International Standard is to provide a means of ... http://litablog.org/2009/12/paper-standards-to-ballot/ 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's easier to bring pieces of the web together with library data. ... http://litablog.org/2009/12/lita-offering-two-workshops-in-boston/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/11/standard-character-sets-and-transliterations/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/11/lita-calendar-for-ala-midwinter-2010/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/11/two-upcoming-iso-ballots/ Finally, after long last (crunching HD video really turned out to take some time on my Macbook), here is the video of David Weinberger'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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/11/david-weinberger-video-lita-forum-2009/ 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: "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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/11/doi-standard-up-for-ballot/ As promised, here's the first of the three Keynote videos from LITA Forum 2009. It's not perfect, as we tried several different strategies throughout filming the various keynotes...try and frame the speaker and the screen wasn't great, so in later videos we just concentrated on the speaker. In any case, I ... http://litablog.org/2009/10/joan-lippincott-video/ 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. http://litablog.org/2009/10/forum-2009-keynote-audio-liz-lawley/ The second in the cavalcade of audio keynote podcasts from LITA Forum 2009: David Weinberger http://litablog.org/2009/10/forum-2009-keynote-audio-david-weinberger/ Here's the first of the audio Keynote podcasts from LITA Forum 2009! Joan Lippincott http://litablog.org/2009/10/forum-2009-keynote-audio-joan-lippincott/ Introducing the Keynote Media Series from LITA Forum 2009! First up we'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're gonna ... http://litablog.org/2009/10/lita-forum-2009-media-explosion/ 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 - was missing one number at the end, oops! Not to mention: Liz Lawley's Keynote address on Slideshare! Let's keep the ... http://litablog.org/2009/10/lita-forum-2009-presentations-for-download/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/09/persistent-identifiers-new-standard-up-for-ballot/ Housing deadline is around the corner! Be sure to reserve your housing by September 15 to receive the discounted rate. There's still time to register for the National Forum, October 1-4 in Salt Lake City! Don't miss out on: Keynote speakers: Joan Lippincott, David Weinberger, and Liz Lawley. Preconferences: The Future of Mobile, ... http://litablog.org/2009/09/national-forum-housing-deadline/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/09/additional-announcements-from-niso/ 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 "Statistics and quality issues for web archiving," 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/09/new-iso-working-group-needs-expertise/ 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 -- Portable document format: Part 2: PDF 2.0. This ... http://litablog.org/2009/09/standards-announcements-short-deadlines/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/08/early-registration-deadline-approaching-for-2009-lita-national-forum/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/08/lightning-talks-at-lita-forum-2009-fast-talkers-with-great-ideas-wanted/ Karen Starr, Assistant Administrator for Development Services at the Nevada State Library & 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/08/new-lita-officers-elected/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/08/a-plethora-of-standards-news/ 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 - Register Now http://litablog.org/2009/08/early-bird-rates-extended-for-2009-lita-national-forum/ 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 - Register Now. Keynote Sessions Feature Dynamic Speakers: On Friday ... http://litablog.org/2009/08/save-50-register-now-for-2009-lita-national-forum/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/ala-emerging-leader-program-deadline-extended/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/casting-a-wide-net-using-screencasts-to-reach-and-teach-library-users/ The Social Software Showcase, presented by LITA'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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/bigwig-social-software-showcase-2009/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/ultimate-debate-2009/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/identifying-libraries/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/summer-reading-online/ 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 - 3 pm; McCormick Place West, W-181 Sponsor: Internet Resources and Services Interest Group (IRSIG) This program was presented as a ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/has-library-2-0-fulfilled-its-promise/ 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's complex information environment, users have come to expect evaluative information and interactive capabilities when searching for information resources. A panel of experts ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/ala-session-resuscitating-the-catalog-next-generation-strategies-for-keeping-the-catalog-relevant/ Jonathan Blackburn, Eli Neiburger, Karen Coombs (absent due to illness) [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Jonathan Blackburn"][/caption] Jonathan Blackburn was formerly employed as the "web guy" 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/content-management-systems-in-libraries-opportunities-and-lessons-learned/ The session "Science Fiction and Fantasy: Uncovering the modern world of information through metaphor and imagination" sponsored by Tor and Baen publishers featured Robert Charles Wilson, Ken Scholls, Margaret Weiss, John Brown and Eric Flint.  All the authors expressed varying degrees of confusion regarding the topic of discussion, but their ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/in-defense-of-scifi/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/open-library-environment-project-ole-ala-session/ Science Fiction and Fantasy: Uncovering the Modern World of Information, Society, and Technology through Metaphor and Imagination Saturday, 7/11/09 This 20th anniversary meeting of the Imagineering Interest Group was a well-run affair featuring free books, entertaining stories, and good-humored pandering towards librarians. The packed house thoroughly enjoyed themselves listening to TOR authors ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/science-fiction-and-fantasy-uncovering-the-modern-world-of-information-society-and-technology-through-metaphor-and-imagination/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/marshalls-top-tech-trends-for-ala-annual-summer-2009/ 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 http://litablog.org/2009/07/liveblog-for-top-tech-trends-2009/ LITA Technology and Access Committee Program MCP W-184 Gregory A. Jackson, University of Chicago; Carrie Lowe, OITP for ALA; Clifford Lynch, Director of the CNI   Clifford Lynch tells Cool History. Thinks Net Neutrality is a relatively new phrase, says it happened within last 10 years--but is an old idea. Monopolies, natural or otherwise. Once upon ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/net-neutrality-and-its-implications-for-libraries/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/the-open-library-environment-project/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/ 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 “web services are?” and why we need Mashaps and APIs, and what we can do with them and how they work. ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/creating-library-web-services-mashaps-and-apis/ If you are unable to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago later this week (or if you'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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/live-in-your-browser-top-tech-trends-2009/ The Top Technology Trends committee is gearing up for the discussion at annual, and we’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 year’s discussion will be held Sunday, July 12, 1:30 – ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/top-tech-trends-topic-poll/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/top-tech-trends-for-ala-annual-summer-2009/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/07/litacamp-wrap-up/ 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 - 8:00 pm, Potter’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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/06/lita-happy-hour-at-ala2009/ 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 - 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/06/lita-highlights-for-annual-2009/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/06/announcing-the-lita-online-programming-task-force/ 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, ... http://litablog.org/2009/06/call-for-proposals-ala-annual-2010/ Cindy Hepfer, erstwhile ALA Voting representative to NISO, has forwarded to us for our attention a new ISO ballot: “ISO/FDIS, Terminology work: Principles and methods.” The text of this ballot says in part: “This is the third edition of the Standard that establishes the basic principles and methods for preparing and compiling ... http://litablog.org/2009/06/terminology-work-principles-and-methods/ Once again, the BIGWIG Google Calendar with all LITA events is populated. This makes it easy to remix, subscribe to via RSS, or via iCal. See you in Chicago! http://litablog.org/2009/05/lita-events-at-annual-2009-calendar/ Attending the ALA 2009 Annual Conference in Chicago this July? 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, so see the current Blog Schedule and ... http://litablog.org/2009/05/call-for-bloggers-at-annual-2009/ There is still time to register for a LITA workshop - held Friday, July 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Chicago A Thousand Words: Taking Better Photos for Telling Stories in Your Library Presented by: Helene Blowers, Michael Porter, and Cindi Trainor If you want to learn how to capture library ... http://litablog.org/2009/05/lita-workshops-in-chicago/ It's coming soon ... May 7 & 8 John Blyberg Joan Frye Williams Star Trek (2009) You set the agenda and control the conference Register on site OCLC campus Dublin, OH Get all the information at the LITACamp Wiki “The Everywhere Library: Creating, Communicating, Integrating” and our award winning keynote speakers, John Blyberg and Joan Frye Williams are ... http://litablog.org/2009/05/lita-camp-last-chance/ LITA is pleased to announce the results of the 2009 Election. Karen J. Starr has been elected as 2009 LITA President-Elect; Aaron Dobbs and Maurice York have been elected to serve 3 year terms as LITA Directors-at-large. Visit the LITA web site for more information. http://litablog.org/2009/05/lita-election-results/ LITACamp is a place to discuss and explore the latest in library technology topics and speculate on what might be to come. Our theme, "The Everywhere Library: Creating, Communicating, Integrating" and our award winning keynote speakers, John Blyberg and Joan Frye Williams are perfect for the wide range of ... http://litablog.org/2009/04/litacamp-the-unconference-may-7-8-in-dublin-ohio/ Busy Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting representative to NISO, still in flood mode, has sent out another batch of standards reviews. To keep from passing this flood in its entirety onto the LITA Blog, I will again provide brief notes for each, indicating deadlines, where to get the standard for ... http://litablog.org/2009/04/second-big-wave-of-standards-reviews/ There’s lots going on in standards, and Cindy Hepfer, our ALA Voting representative to NISO, is working hard to keep up (with the rest of us puffing hard in her wake). The next few standards posts are going to be more compact than usual, so I can get the ... http://litablog.org/2009/04/big-wave-of-standards-reviews/ This post relates to ANSI/NISO Z39.50, but is specifically about Z39.89-2003, the US National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications. The earlier post about Z39.50-2003 concerned the original standard, also up for review ballot. The profile standard can be downloaded from: http://www.niso.org/standards/z39-89-2003/. Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO notes: “In ... http://litablog.org/2009/04/us-national-z3950-profile-z3989-2003/ There is still time to register for one of these LITA preconferences - held on Friday, July 10, 2009 in Chicago. A Thousand Words: Taking Better Photos for Telling Stories in Your Library If you want to learn how to capture library events more effectively and artistically, don't miss this hands-on workshop ... http://litablog.org/2009/04/dont-miss-lita-preconferences-at-ala-annual/ ALA Connect is a single virtual location in which members can collaborate and work on LITA committee and interest group projects. ALA Connect (connect.ala.org) has launched its first phase of operation, in which every ALA group will have the ability to utilize the following tools: • Posts (like blog posts) • Online ... http://litablog.org/2009/04/ala-connect-now-available/ Ever-vigilant Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO, has forwarded an additional three items to us from NISO. The first is a proposed new work Item on Single Sign-On (SSO) Authentication. From the explanation provided by NISO: “This year NISO has launched a new Chair's Initiative--a project of the chair ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/sso-information-retrieval-terminology-policies/ Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s busy voting representative to NISO, has forwarded to us some additional information on upcoming voting pools. The first one, designated Group 5, invites ALA to join a number of NISO voting pools for three standards due for review. The first two standards listed are the responsibility ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/more-voting-pools-to-dive-into/ DATE: 1/24/2009 GROUP: Assessment and Research Committee CHAIRS: Diane Bisom, Bonnie Postlethwaite REPORTER: Bonnie Postlethwaite CONFERENCE: Midwinter MEETING: Committee meeting ATTENDEES: 12 CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Discussion Items & Actions: Approved minutes from prior meeting. Mary Taylor presented data files on LITA membership (available on Committee's Google docs site).  Available data points cover various parameters, such as membership in other divisions; ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/assessment-research-committee-midwinter-2009-meeting-report/ Polls are open for ALA and LITA elections. Visit http://www.alavote.org/2009 to cast your ballot. Visit the LITA web site for more info on candidates running for LITA office. Polls close April 29. http://litablog.org/2009/03/cast-your-vote-for-lita-leadership/ LITA has volunteered to assist in the implementation of the Electronic Participation Task Force report in any way that is deemed appropriate.  Mary Ghikas, ALA Senior Associate Executive Director, has posed the question, if ALA provides Internet connectivity in hotels as well as the convention center for Annual Conferences and ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/lita-electronic-participation-implementation-task-force/ DATE: 1/25/2009 GROUP: Technology and Access Committee CHAIR: David Nutty REPORTER: David Nutty CONFERENCE: Midwinter MEETING: Committee meeting ATTENDEES: 9 CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Planning for a program at ALA Annual Chicago has been the main focus of the committee prior to and at the Midwinter Meeting in Denver.  The committee has focused the topic to Net Neutrality.  The ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/technology-access-committee-midwinter-2009-meeting-report/ DATE: 1/24/2009 GROUP: Education Committee CHAIRS: David Ward, Mandy Havert REPORTER: David Ward CONFERENCE: Midwinter ATTENDEES: 12 CURRENT ACTIVITIES: LITA Education combined with Regional Institutes in the past year.  We spent from Annual 08 - Midwinter 09 reviewing our charge and creating organizational documents to track and help guide the newly combined committee's role. Part of this ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/education-committee-midwinter-2009-meeting-report/ DATE: 1/23/2009 GROUP: LITA/Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award CHAIR: Martin Halbert REPORTER: Martin Halbert CONFERENCE: Midwinter ATTENDEES: 5 CURRENT ACTIVITIES: The LITA Brett Butler Award Committee met on Saturday, January 24, 2009, at 1:30 PM in the Colorado Convention Center room 712.  Several members were absent because of budget cuts in travel at their institutions.  Attending were: ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/brett-butler-entrepreneurship-award-committee-midwinter-2009-meeting-report/ This year the Forum 2009 Planning Committee is trying something new. We are asking the community of LITA members and potential Forum attendees to give the Committee feedback on which proposals they would be most interested in seeing presented as concurrent sessions at Forum. The Committee will add this ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/take-the-forum-2009-concurrent-session-feedback-survey/ Have you ever been “speed-geeking?” Been struck by “lightning-talks”? Join your colleagues and keynoters Joan Frye Williams and John Blyberg at the first-ever, LITACamp, “The Everywhere Library: Creating, Communicating, Integrating,” May 7-8 in Dublin, Ohio. Participants determine the topic and format of the sessions on-site, sign up for ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/litacamp/ LITA is offering some great preconferences this year. Both are full-day workshops held on Friday, July 10, 2009 in Chicago. Though they are held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conference, you do NOT need to attend Annual to register for them. Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs del.icio.us subject ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/lita-preconferences-annual/ LITA currently does not have a single system to gather, evaluate and approve program proposals that are submitted and share the information among the relevant committees. The LITA Program Planning Committee, LITA Education Committee, LITA National Forum 2009 Committee and LITA Camp are all using various systems to review and ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/announcing-the-lita-ppstf/ Another announcement by Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting representative to NISO (and recent recipient of the Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award!) has arrived. This announcement builds on earlier efforts to establish voting pools for standards requiring reaffirmation, forwarded by the NISO Content and Collection Management Topic Committee. This group has ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/building-niso-voting-pools-continued/ Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting representative to NISO, sends us a new ballot announcement to start our week. This one is ISO/CD 13028, Implementation guidelines for digitisation of records. The text supplied with this ballot explains: “This is the first ballot on a new standard, ISO/CD 13028, Information and documentation -- Implementation ... http://litablog.org/2009/03/guidelines-for-digitization-of-records/ The 2009 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions for the 12th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 1-4, 2009. Keynoters David Weinberger, author of 'Everything is Miscellaneous' and Joan Lippincott, ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/deadline-lita-forum-proposals/ Cindy Hepfer, ALA Representative to NISO, has brought to our attention a clutch of announcements on new ISO activities. The first two of these involve (1) an ISO Committee Draft of a TC46/SC11 New work item: Management system for records - Fundamentals and vocabulary and (2) : Information and documentation ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/management-system-for-records/ The last of the ISO activities forwarded to us by the busy Cindy Hepfer, ALA Representative to NISO, is an ISO Committee Draft of an International Standard issued for ballot: ISO/DIS 26162, Design, implementation and maintenance of terminology management systems. NISO has forwarded the following about this draft standard: “This is a ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/terminology-management-systems/ There will be some downtime on LITABlog this afternoon while we update and attempt to bring under control the ongoing spam issues. We'll try and keep the downtime to an absolutely minimum. http://litablog.org/2009/02/spam-update/ LITABlog has been the subject of an ongoing Spam attack over the last 24 hours or so. Some posts have been taken offline until we can clean them, and we're working on the underlying issue. If there is going to be any actual downtime for the blog, we'll notify everyone ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/spam-cleanup/ Last in the group of recent notifications from Cindy Hepfer, long-suffering ALA Voting representative to NISO, is for “ISO 23081-1, Metadata for records-- Part 1: Principles.” From the ballot itself: “This is a systematic review ballot of the published standard, ISO 23081-1, Information and documentation: Records management processes --Metadata for records --Part ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/1284/ Our second notice from Cindy Hepfer, erstwhile ALA Voting representative to NISO, concerns an issue close to many ALA hearts: RFID. There are three ballots on RFID coming down the pike. Each is a separate ballot but are described together in this message for conciseness. First: “ISO/DIS 28560-1, RFID ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/rfid-balloting-last-chance-for-change/ Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s ever vigilant voting representative to NISO has sent us a new clutch of standards information. The first one is “ISO/FDIS 8459, Classification of bibliographic data elements for use in data interchange” Quoting from the information that comes with the ballot: "First edition of the standard that merges and ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/data-interchange-standards-take-note/ I'm posting an abbreviated report here because, from the look of it, the committee report form (which should show up on LITA-L) automagically combines all those carefully-prepared paragraphs into one big ugly paragraph. Ah, the wonders of automation... Anyway: We had five people at the single 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting session--two ... http://litablog.org/2009/02/lita-publications-committee/ 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 ... http://litablog.org/2009/01/top-tech-trends-midwinter-2009-audio-edition/ We will be posting our full minutes on the LITA Wiki in a bit. Mandy Havert and I wanted to share a brief summary of the Education committee's work at Midwinter. Important stuff first - we are pursuing speakers for educational programming opportunities (i.e Regional Institutes, ALA Programs, Preconferences, and ... http://litablog.org/2009/01/lita-education-committee-midwinter-2009-report/ I want to thank everyone who participated in this years LITA Town Hall meeting and remind you that you can continue to participate on Twitter. I will continue to follow #litath09, the tag assigned to the Town Meeting, so if you want to add to the conversation please do. I’m ... http://litablog.org/2009/01/lita-town-meeting-update/ In its usual coverage of highlights from the ALA Midwinter conference, Library Journal's Academic Newswire shares a little love for Sunday morning's Top Tech Trends discussion. In a two-part article, Josh Hadro covers highlights from the conversation and the successful use of online social technologies to bring a participative broadcast ... http://litablog.org/2009/01/lj-gives-kudos-to-top-tech/ DATE: 1/25/2009 GROUP: Web Coordinating Committee CHAIR: Jean Rainwater REPORTER: Jean Rainwater CONFERENCE: Midwinter MEETING: Committee meeting ATTENDEES: 8 CURRENT ACTIVITIES: At the Midwinter meeting the WCC discussed the need for clarification and coordination of web communication. Meeting reports and minutes are frequently posted to a combination of LITA website, wiki, and blog. The WCC recommends ... http://litablog.org/2009/01/web-coordinating-committee-midwinter-2009-meeting-report/ Join us virtually at the LITA Town Hall Meeting. If you're in Denver, we're in Korbel 2C. LITA Town Hall Meeting MW 2009 Pop Out http://litablog.org/2009/01/liveblog-of-lita-town-hall-meeting-midwinter-09/ Because the connectivity was so good this year for Top Tech Trends at ALA Midwinter 2009, we were able to use Ustream to live stream the video. That also means that it's archived by Ustream, and embeddable....so here it is! The entire Top Tech video, to watch at your leisure! We'll ... http://litablog.org/2009/01/top-tech-trends-midwinter-2009-video/