The LITA Board invites you to join this meeting online on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 3:15 – 4:00 pm EST. Join the meeting by clicking the following link: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r5ox8uqzi5w/ View the meeting agenda: http://connect.ala.org/node/200509 Please note: the meeting begins with a closed Executive Session. The Board anticipates opening the meeting to all at approximately 3:15 pm EST. If you have any questions, recommendations, or wish to discuss any of this, please leave a comment or contact the LITA office, lita (at) ala.org.
LITA Forum Call for Proposals: Reminder
Due date for proposals: February 25, 2013 The 2013 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality pre-conferences, concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 16th annual LITA National Forum to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, November 7-10, 2013. The 2013 theme is Creation, Collaboration, Community The Forum Committee welcomes pre-conferences, presentations, and interactive programs related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Proposals should relate to the themes of creation, empowering library users, collaboration, cooperation, and building or engaging communities. Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. The Forum Committee is especially interested in presentations highlighting projects that involve the creation of library spaces, the maker movement, and innovative solutions to pragmatic problems. It…
LITA Candidate Interviews
Ever wanted to know more about the candidates running for the offices that represent you in ALA matters? Well, here’s your chance. I’m Steve Thomas, host of Circulating Ideas, and I am going to be interviewing (nearly) everyone on the ballot for LITA positions and a fair number of other ALA positions. I’d like the input of LITA members, to find out what you want to know, what issues you think need to be addressed by your elected officials. If you’d like to have your question considered for inclusion in the interviews, please visit here and you can up- or down-vote other questions while you’re there. While you’re in a question-asking mood, you can also visit here to ask questions of the ALA Presidential candidates. Thanks for helping to make LITA a better-informed division! (Also, if you’re running for office, want to be on the show and haven’t yet spoken…
Jobs in Technologies: February 13
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12 noon Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Assistant Professor- Science Librarian-pos#8657 , Atkins Library- UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Records and Library Services Manager, Barr Engineering Co, Minneapolis. MN Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State Brandywine Campus, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries Philadelphia, PA Systems Administrator, State University Libraries, Manhattan, KS Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
So, what’s the deal with committees, anyway?
Good question, and I’m glad you asked. I need your help with that. LITA has 20 committees to which members must be appointed annually by the Vice-President. We also send representatives to twenty other committees, groups, task forces and organizations. Some terms are multi-year; some committee members can be reappointed; some chairs come from the pool of members already on the committee; some representatives serve in that capacity by virtue of their position on a committee. Some committees do a lot of work between conferences in virtual meetings, and some don’t. Some committees submit program proposals for Midwinter and Annual conference, and some don’t. TL;DR? It’s complicated, and I need about 100 people to fill spots that are opening up. I’m going to attack it one committee at a time, so watch this space for a call to action and more information about the committee of the week (roughly). Have…
Tell us what you envision for LITA
Were you unable to attend LITA’s Town Meeting at Midwinter 2013 in Seattle? We would still like to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and give the LITA leadership your thoughts on what works in LITA and what you’d like to see LITA become. Not a LITA member? No worries, we want to hear from you, too! Thank you from your friendly, neighborhood VP. 🙂
Jobs in Technologies: Februrary 6
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12 noon Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listing. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Information Sciences and Business Liaison Librarian, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, PA Project Manager, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC Research and Instruction Librarian, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
LITA Board Meeting, Part 2 – ALA Midwinter 2013
The livestream of the LITA Board Meeting Part 2 from ALA Midwinter 2013 in Seattle is embedded below. Once the meeting wraps up, the recording will be swapped into it’s place. Free live streaming by Ustream
Join us during the Town Meeting, from wherever you are
Hi, everyone! This year’s Town Meeting will be Monday, January 28, from 8:30 – 10:00 PDT, in room 302 of the Convention Center. We will be streaming audio, and we welcome your participation via IRC and a Google Doc. Here are the details: LITA’s Ustream channel Because of the wifi challenges, the Town Meeting is a bit broken up on the recordings. The recording is in three parts, but almost the entire thing is available. 🙂 The challenges of streaming and recording at conferences seemingly never end. Thanks for your patience and interest. Part the First Video streaming by Ustream Part the Next Video streaming by Ustream Part the Last Video streaming by Ustream Live video from your iPhone using Ustream IRC: #litatm (instructions below) Google Doc Please tag your tweets with #litatm Please note the chat will be logged for future reference and projected in the room for the…
LITA Top Tech Trends – ALA Midwinter 2013
Below will be the live stream for the LITA Top Tech Trends panel at ALA Midwinter 2013 in Seattle, WA! We’ll be live at 10:30am Pacific Time, and after the show will embed the recording here as well. Enjoy! Topic: If Data resides in a Cloud environment, is it still mine? Panelists: Roy Tennant, Bess Sadler, Todd Carpenter, Carl Grant (moderator), John Law, Mackenzie Smith, Julie Speer Tweet questions to us with hashtag #alamwttt Part One, just a few minutes of recording before the wifi went crazy. Video streaming by Ustream We missed 8 or so minutes of conversation, then got it running again for Part Two. Video streaming by Ustream