Hey everyone, At yesterday’s meeting, the Board spent time crafting a new vision statement for LITA. We would LOVE your feedback on this before we finalize it on Monday afternoon, in the form of comments below, tweets, photos, whatever! If you’re in Anaheim this weekend, buttonhole one of your Board members in the hallway–look for our light blue “LITA Board of Directors” badge ribbons. We want to hear from you! If you provide feedback online, please tag with #litavision so we can keep track. “LITA builds a community of professionals, thinkers, doers and makers who foster innovation and leadership in library technology.” Ready, set, go!
LITA Board Stream @ #ala12
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June issue of Information Technology and Libraries now available
The June issue of Information Technology and Libraries, available at: http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/issue/current Issue contents are listed below. To receive automatic notifications of future issues, please subscribe to ITAL here: https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/notification/subscribeMailList. Suggestions and feedback are always welcome: please send to Bob Gerrity, ITAL Editor, at gerrityr (at) gmail.com. Information Technology and Libraries Volume 31, Number 2 (June 2012) CONTENTS Editorials Colleen Cuddy President’s Message: Year in Review–Open Everything http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/2230 Mark Cyzyk Editorial Board Thoughts: Doesn’t Work http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/2161 Articles Tudor Groza, AAstrand Grimnes, Siegfried Handschuh Reference Information Extraction and Processing Using Conditional Random Fields http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/2163 Fostering both the creation and the linking of data with the scope of supporting the growth of the Linked Data Web requires us to improve the acquisition and extraction mechanisms of the underlying semantic metadata. This is particularly important for the scientific publishing domain, where currently most of the datasets are being created in an author-driven, manual…
Jobs in Library Technology: June 13
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 12:00 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 Director of Digital Initiatives and Technology Strategy, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Library Applications Developer, Drexel University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA Product Manager for Web Initiatives, ion, The New York Public Library, New York, NY Senior Systems Administrator, New York University, New York City, NY Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
LITA Happy Hour for ALA 2012
The LITA Happy Hour for Annual 2012 will be Sunday from 5:30 to 8pm, at the Disney Grand Californian Hotel’s Hearthstone Lounge. It’s also in the official planner so you can add it to your busy busy schedule. See you there! UPDATE: Emerald’s Library Hi-Tech is celebrating 30 years and they will be joining us at Happy Hour and generously sponsoring some refreshments! The first 50 people to ask at their booth (1772) in the Exhibits will get a voucher for a free drink and slice of cake.
Jobs in Library Technology: June 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 Systems Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Jobs in Library Technology: May 30
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. 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 Library Director, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, IL Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Jobs in Library Technology: May 23
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. 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 Electronic Services Librarian, Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, WA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Jobs in Library Technology: May 16
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. 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 Associate University Librarian for Learning and Engagement ,Oregon State University Libraries & Press Corvallis, OR Business Liaison Librarian, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, PA Senior Library Systems Analyst, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Don’t Miss the Top Tech Trends Panel in Anaheim!
We have a great panel this year for Top Tech Trends at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim! The panelists will describe changes and advances in technology that they see having an impact on the library world, and suggest what libraries might do to take advantage of these trends. Presentation of LITA Awards and Scholarships will take place prior to the Top Tech Trends program. When: Sunday, June 24, 2012 – 1:30pm – 3:30pm Where: Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom A The panelists: Stephen Abram, Gale Cengage Learning Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Library Clifford Lynch, CNI Nina McHale, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado