This year the Forum 2009 Planning Committee is trying something new. We are asking the community of LITA members and potential Forum attendees to give the Committee feedback on which proposals they would be most interested in seeing presented as concurrent sessions at Forum. The Committee will add this information to other factors in determining which proposals to accept and to assist in the scheduling of sessions. We sincerely appreciate your input and your time. http://yourbigwig.com/proposals/forum09 The survey will be open until Sunday, March 22nd for your input. Survey Tips: * You are not required to login to participate. * Please rate the proposals from 1 star (least interesting) to 5 stars (most interesting). There are 65 sessions total. You can rank all or only some. * The order in which the proposals display is randomized on an individual session basis, so the order will differ if you return more…
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NGCIG Meeting: Interoperability of Next Generation Catalogs and Users
The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 25, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in Colorado Convention Center Room 110 We will have presentations and discussion about two examples of recent next generation catalog endeavors. Beth Jefferson (Founder of Bibliocommons) will share real world examples and implications of “Transforming online library catalogs from searchable inventory systems into engaging social discovery environmentsâ€. John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania Libraries and chair of the Digital Library Federation’s ILS-DI Task Group will “Outline the DLF ILS-DI recommendations, describe some of the activities inspired by or related to the recommendations, and discuss what fruit they can bearâ€. The demand for new ways for users to discover relevant library resources has grown tremendously in the past few years. Application development and deployment has been limited, however, by the need to interoperate with any of a variety of integrated library systems. In…
Call for Proposals for LITA National Forum 2009
*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…
Electronic Resources Management IG Meeting in Anaheim
Please join us at the Electronic Resources Management Interest Group (ALCTS/LITA) meeting otherwise known as the “Friday Night Meeting”. When: Friday, June 27th 6:30-8:00pm Where: Anaheim Convention Center Room 203 A Agenda: 1. IG Business (5 Minutes) 2. SUSHI- Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Open Forum – Adam Chandler and friends. Adam will be presenting the results of a SUSHI survey he is conducting of COUNTER members and then using that as a lead-off for a discussion about what the challenges and opportunities related to SUSHI implementation are. (30 minutes) http://www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi 3. CORE-Cost of Resources Exchange update – Ted Koppel and/or Jeff Aipperspach (15-20 minutes) http://www.niso.org/workrooms/core 4. KBART-Knowledge Base and Related Tools Working Group – Nettie Lagace (15-20 minutes) http://www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart 5. Update report on the ONIX family (Licensing Terms, Books and Serials) – Brian Green (5-10 minutes) http://www.editeur.org/onix_licensing.html 6. NISO Update – Todd Carpenter (10-15 minutes) http://www.niso.org We look…
NGCIG Meeting at Annual: Next Steps in Next Generation Catalogs
The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group will meet on Monday, June 30, 10:30 a.m. – Noon. Anaheim Convention Center, 213 C We will have presentations and discussion about two examples of recent next generation catalog endeavors. Karen Schneider (Evangelist for Equinox’s Evergreen support) will share what she does as an Evangelist by giving some real world, grounded information on how “Running a Free and Open Source Software ILS does Not Equate to a Tightrope Act with No Net”. Sara Davidson and Amy Kautzman (Members of UC/OCLC Pilot Implementation Team) will present “Launching a Next-Generation Consortial Catalog”. What can you produce when you bring together 10 University of California campuses, the California Digital Library (CDL), an existing union catalog, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), multiple task groups and the efforts of numerous individuals? In our case, the result is the Next-Generation Melvyl pilot which draws together content from UC’s existing…
Electronic Resources IG meeting at Midwinter
The meeting of the Electronic Resource Management IG at ALA Midwinter is set for the following day/time/place: Friday, January 11th 7:30-9:00pm Courtyard Downtown, Salon II 21 N. Juniper St. (this is a conference hotel) http://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/floor-plans/phldc-courtyard-philadelphia-downtown/ Our agenda is set, though we welcome any additional announcements or topics for discussion: — Discussion of the work being done on the Cost of Resource Exchange (CORE). The group working this standard has submitted the proposal to NISO and are waiting to hear back if it has been approved for further work under NISO sanction. Feedback on the draft is very welcome. — Ed Riding and Jeff Aipperspach A brief draft description: “The purpose of this specification is to facilitate the exchange of cost and related financial information by an Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS) from an Integrated Library System (ILS) Acquisitions module. The population of ERMS financial data from the ILS Acquisitions system…
Informal Discussion: e-Resources Management at LITA Forum
ER&L (Electronic Resources & Libraries) and LITA ERM IG are hosting an informal discussion during the LITA Forum about the state of e-resource management. The meeting will be Saturday, October 6th from 8-9am in the Molly Brown Room. Grab some breakfast and come in for a discussion. Join us as we continue our discussions (started at ER&L, ACRL and NASIG) on the future of e-resources management. We’ve been exploring ideas of how to create a community, a collaborative work space, an understanding, and a vocabulary about how we need to manage and make accessible our electronic content. These conversations spurred this blog and ideas for other collaborative spaces, like the projects wiki. Bonnie Tijerina will touch on some of the highlights of the discussions held so far and possible future projects. This is very informal, allowing for time to talk about what’s happening in your libraries and your ideas for…
Next Generation Catalog IG Meeting at Annual
The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group (NGCIG) will hold its inaugural meeting at the ALA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, on Saturday, June 23, from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Madison Hotel Montpelier Salon I. We will have a managed discussion featuring presentations on three libraries’ approaches to next generation catalogs: Don Barlow, Westerville Public Library, will discuss their work with Innovative’s Encore product Dale Poulter, Vanderbilt University, will discuss their work with Ex Libris’ Primo Steve Shadle, University of Washington, will discuss their implementation of OCLC’s WorldCat Local LITA IG meetings are open to all ALA attendees (and for non-attendees, we already have a couple of bloggers lined up). Since this is a discussion and not a formal program, we’re relying on you to show up with questions and input. — Thomas Dowling Chair, LITA NGCIG
Forum early-bird registration deadline extended
The early registration deadline for the 2006 National Forum in Nashville has been extended to *September 1*. Additional information describing the concurrent sessions and poster sessions, as well as the conference schedule, has been added to the Forum website: http://www.lita.org/forum06 Don’t miss this opportunity to network with fellow LITA-ites while taking in some informative sessions on facetted searching, updates on standards, blogs, wikis, podcasts, digital repositories, multimedia tutorials and more.
Update on the 2006 LITA Forum
Your 2006 LITA Forum Planning Committee and the LITA Office have been hard at work preparing for this year’s Forum which will be held in Nashville, TN from October 26-29. The Forum website has been updated with links to the online registration form and hotel registration in the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel. Register now to save $50 off the regular registration rate; this offer ends on August 15th! A special room rate of $109/night for single or double occupancy is available at the conference hotel using the reservation link from the Forum website: http://www.lita.org/forum06. More information on the concurrent sessions and the schedule will go up on the Forum website as we get closer to the dates of the Forum, so please check the website for updates. Content this year includes: Two full day preconferences to provide opportunities for hand-on experiences and in-depth discussions: Open Source Software Installfest Developing Best…