2011

Proposals for ALA Annual 2011

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 2011! As with last year, the Program Planning Committee is taking all proposals electronically through the form below. Deadline? July 31st, 2010. Get your proposals in when you get back from ALA 2010! Loading…

2010

New LITA Strategic Plan

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 the last 5 months the LITA Executive Committee has taken the resultant feedback and created this plan. The LITA Board of Directors approved the plan earlier this month. Here is how the LITA Board would like to proceed. 1. The LITA Strategic Plan has been posted to ALA Connect http://connect.ala.org/node/105818. Members are encouraged to review the new LITA Strategic Plan and post your feedback to ALA Connect by Friday, June 25th. 2. The last 45-60 minutes of the Saturday LITA Board Meeting will be devoted to the LITA Strategic Plan. The Strategic Planning session of the…

Standards Watch

ISO Approval Ballots

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–Management system for records–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 for top management. It also defines terms and definitions applicable to the ISO 30300 series of International Standards.” 2. ISO/DIS 30301, Information and documentation — Management system for records — Requirements “This Standard specifies requirements for a Management Systems for Records (MSR) to support an organization in the achievement of its mandate, mission, strategy and goals through the development and implementation of a records policy and objectives and the measurement and monitoring of performance.” If these standards receive 100% approval from the international voting members of the ISO committee TC46/SC11, they can go…

Standards Watch

New ISO Work Items

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 ISO 25964, which will deal with thesauri and other types of vocabulary that are commonly used for information retrieval. Part 1 of ISO 25964 is a merger and revision of two existing ISO standards — ISO 2788, Documentation — Guidelines for the establishment and development of monolingual thesauri, and ISO 5964, Documentation — Guidelines for the establishment and development of multilingual thesauri. The whole of Part 2 will cover new ground not previously covered in any international standard. A working draft of Part 2 is included with the proposal. It is proposed that the same…

Standards Watch

ISCI and Language Resources Management

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 — International standard collection identifier (ISCI) “This International Standard establishes the specifications for the International Standard Collection Identifier (ISCI) as a unique international identification system for each collection, fond and (archival) series, and part(s) of collections, fonds and series. This International Standard establishes the specifications for the structure of an identifier and promotes the use of the identifier with regard to identifying systems that already exist. It also gives a list of recommended metadata elements that describe a collection. If this standard receives 100% approval from the international voting members of the ISO committee TC46/SC9, it can go directly to publication. This level of a draft standard is usually the last stage at which substantive…

2010

Burning Man, Libraries, and the 21st Century

Burning Man, Libraries, and the 21st Century: The Intersection of the Individual and Society Saturday, June 26 | 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 exists in physical form for one week every August in Black Rock Desert, Nevada in the community known as Burning Man. The Intellectual Freedom Round Table is delighted that Larry Harvey, Executive Director of the Burning Man Project, will join Lauren Christos, Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table, in a lively conversation on how intellectual freedom informs the Burning Man experience and our 21st century society. IFRT envisions that our program will challenge and expand the boundaries of currently held intellectual freedom beliefs. Through the social experiment that is Burning Man,…

General information

Don't Miss the BIGWIG Showcase!

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’t be giving their presentation at ALA, but rather you’ll have an opportunity to get an overview and engage in small group conversation with presenters and other attendees. Topics: Libraries MUST Have A New Electronic Content Access and Distribution Infrastructure  (Michael Porter) User Research on a Shoestring (Erin White and Susan Teague-Rector) Information Overload & Personal Information Management (Bohyun Kim) iPad and Tablet computers (David Lee King) Teaching with Twitter (Ellen Filgo) Qrcodes & Mobile Knowledge Networks (Bonnie Rosalen and Kelly Sattler)

General information

LITA Standards Task Force Created

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 the library technology realm. This will be an expansion of LITA’s current standards initiatives which includes the work of the Standards Interest Group and the Standard’s Coordinator. Charge: To explore and recommend strategies and initiatives LITA can implement to become more active in the creation and adoption of new technology related standards that align with the library community. Propose an organizational structure that will support and sustain LITA’s increased involvement in the standards arena both within ALA and beyond. To summarize the task force needs to determine: which standard organizations LITA should participate in examples…

Standards Watch

ISO Systematic Reviews

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 the prices of print and electronic media acquired by libraries. It is not meant for calculating a price index of the national media production. The media included are restricted to books, serials and databases. This second edition has been expanded to cover electronic as well as printed books and serials, and electronic databases.” 2. Systematic Review: ISO 15706-2:2007, International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN)–Part 2: Version identifier “This part of ISO 15706 establishes a voluntary system for the identification of versions of audiovisual works and other content derived from or closely related to an audiovisual work. It is based…

2010

Call for Annual 2010 Bloggers

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 join the LITA Blogging Community. Interested? Sign up using this form and you’ll be added to the schedule. No experience is required to blog, though we would love to see some of our experienced volunteers back again. If you have any questions, email Cindi Trainor using Facebook or at cindiann at g mail dot com.