*Reminder* CALL FOR PROPOSALS The 2009 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and poster 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. This year we have switched over to online submissions so it’s quick and easy (see the URL below). Also, we’ve extended the deadline for submitting proposals to February 20, 2009! Theme: Open and Mobile The Forum Committee is interested in presentations that highlight specific technology implementations; just over-the-horizon technologies that are almost ready for implementation; or information technology research. We are interested in all types of libraries: public, government, school, academic, special, and corporate. Proposals on any aspect of library and information technology are welcome. Some possible ideas for proposals might include: * Handheld Technologies: PDAs, Smartphones, Tablet PCS * E-learning: Effective e-learning and…
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LITA IG plans at Midwinter 2009
Seven of the 17 LITA Interest Groups responded to repeated requests for their plans at the 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting. You’ll find those plans here, on the LITA Wiki. One of the other ten IGs has since noted that it’s not meeting at all during Midwinter. That leaves nine unaccounted for–nine IGs for which one of the following must be true: The IG doesn’t actually exist, or has no chair, or the chair never reported an email address to LITA. The chair won’t deal with email or lists because, you know, they’re so 20th century. The (repeated) request to provide a one-paragraph email response required an unconscionable amount of effort and was ignored. The IG has no plans. The IG has no interest in attracting new members. Which of those is true for each of the nine remaining non-responding IGs? Your guess is as good as mine. NOTE: Don’t send…