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’s not on the list. It can be anything related to libraries and emerging technology, from social media to discovery platforms to open-source tools to using tech tools in new or innovative ways. Use your imagination! Also, if you are interested in presenting on a topic yourself, please indicate that in the comments and you will be contacted with details following the voting. Don’t forget to VOTE by Friday, May 14, 2010.
LITA events at ALA Annual 2010
On behalf of BIGWIG, as usual, here is a calendar of LITA events at ALA Annual
LITA Preconferences Available at ALA Annual
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, University of Rochester; Brenda Chawner, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington A number of libraries have successfully migrated to open source ILSs and digital repository systems such as Duraspace, Evergreen, and Koha. But how did they get from point A to point B? During the pre-conference, members of the LITA Open Source Software Interest Group and invited speakers will share practical tips and tricks for performing migrations and managing the migration process. Open Source CMS Playroom Speakers: Karen A. Coombs, Product Manager for Developer Network, OCLC; Amanda Hollister, Web Applications Specialist, LISHost Open…
Looking for topics and presenters for the BIGWIG Showcase at ALA Annual
It’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 “current” and relevant as possible, we would like you to propose topics for this year’s Showcase. You can do that here: http://www.yourbigwig.com/node/add/topic Once done posting a topic, you can view and vote on your favorite topics here: http://www.yourbigwig.com/topics/2010 A topic can be anything related to libraries and emerging technology, from social media to discovery platforms to open-source tools to using tech tools in new or innovative ways. Use your imagination! Also, if you are interested in presenting on this topic yourself, please put your name down and you will be contacted with details following the…
New Liaison Ballots, comments needed quickly!
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 methodology for the development and implementation of a comprehensive policy or strategy concerning the planning and management of terminology. This International Standard is designed for policy makers working in different environments, from language planning to for-profit companies.” Deadline for comments to Cindy is May 18, 2010 . 2. ISO/NP 14641-1 , Electronic archiving – Specifications concerning the design and the operation of an information system for electronic information preservation. This is a short turn-around ballot to provide comments for a liaison new work item proposal. Deadline for comments to Cindy is May 11, 2010. “This…
LITA Election Results
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 Porter, Lauren Pressley, and Patrick Sweeney. Visit the LITA web site for more information.
Classification systems
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 that need to be considered when creating and populating a classification system that will be used in diverse linguistic environments. These factors include the specification of principles for incorporating internationalization aspects into classification systems, and maintaining and using those aspects for the structuring of activities, products, services, agents, and other entities of a company or organization.” Cindy is looking for feedback from ALA members on the topic of whether ALA believes that NISO should approve or disapprove the standard. Any ALA member who wishes to see a copy of the draft standard for the purpose…
Quick Responses Needed on Two Issues
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 – Risk identification and management for records. The committee resolved to make this change at its meeting in October 2009 in Orlando, Florida because the project, ISO 13069 (N874) did not address the specific needs of the recordkeeping industry. The new scope, and the new standards proposed, fit better with the Management Systems for Records series of standards. The earlier draft for this project was using the DRAMBORA repository audit method as the basis for the standard. ISO received a number of comments that the working draft was too repository-oriented and not records-oriented. This is one of the issues that the committee is trying to address in re-working the scope and starting fresh….
Top Tech Trends at PLA National Conference
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’s Top Tech Trends session will also be part of PLA’s Virtual Conference, consisting of live programming chosen from among the highest rated in PLA’s session preference survey. The Virtual Conference will feature panel discussions, author interviews, interactive workshops, and chats with colleagues, all from the comfort of your computer. Check out the LITA web site for information on LITA Happy Hour and Exhibit Booth hours at PLA. Visit the PLA Conference site for more information and registration.
Kilgour Award recipient named
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 substantive impact on any aspect(s) of the publication, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, or the processes by which information and data is manipulated and managed. The awardee receives $2,000, a citation and an expenses paid trip to the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC where the award will be presented on June 27th. Dr. John Willinsky is Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University and founder of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The Award committee chose Dr. Willinsky from a strong field of nominated leaders in the field. The Public Knowledge Project (http://pkp.sfu.ca/) is…