Panel of Inventors & Librarians Working Together for a More Creative Tomorrow A LITA Preconference at 2015 ALA Annual Register online for the ALA Annual Conference and add a LITA Preconference Friday, June 26, 2015, 8:30am – 4:00pm Check out this welcoming Video from Mitch Altman, co-founder of the Noisebridge Hacker space. Computers have changed our lives, but what do we really know about them? Library/information centers can provide answers. Via this hackerspace hosted innovative and experiential session, attendees will learn practical skills such as soldering and learning the basics of Arduino programing and being able to create and adapt programs for their own needs. A panel of Silicon Valley insiders and librarians will share how their institutions programs on programming contribute to analytical thinking. This experiential session is for anyone, with or without experience, who is curious about the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) / Do-It-Together (DIT) movement, and how it can…
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LITA Lightning Rounds at 2015 ALA Annual
Will you be at the American Library Association Conference in San Francisco this June? Do you have a great new technology idea that you’d like to share informally with colleagues? How about a story related to a clever tech project that you just pulled off at your institution, successfully, or less-than-successfully? The LITA Program Planning Committee (PPC) is now accepting proposals for a round of Lightning Talks to be given at ALA. To submit your idea please fill out this form: http://goo.gl/4NbBY2 The lightning rounds will be Saturday June 27, 10:30 – 11:30 All presenters will be given 5 minutes to speak. Proposals are due Monday, May 4 at midnight. Questions? Please contact PPC chair, Debra Shapiro, dsshapiro@wisc.edu Thanks!
Let’s Hack a Collaborative Library Website!
A LITA Preconference at 2015 ALA Annual Register online for the ALA Annual Conference and add a LITA Preconference Friday, June 26, 2015, 8:30am – 4:00pm In this hackathon attendees will learn to use the Bootstrap front-end framework and the Git version control system to create, modify and share code for a new library website. Expect a friendly atmosphere and a creative hands-on experience that will introduce you to web literacy for the 21st century librarian. The morning will consist of in-depth introductions to the tools, while the afternoon will see participants split into working groups to build a single collaborative library website. What is Bootstrap Bootstrap is an open-source, responsive designed, and front-end web framework that can be used to create complete website redesigns to rapid prototyping. It is useful for many library web applications, such as customizing LibGuides (version 2) or creating responsive sites. This workshop will give attendees…
Creating Better Tutorials Through User-Centered Instructional Design
A LITA Preconference at 2015 ALA Annual Register online for the ALA Annual Conference and add a LITA Preconference Friday, June 26, 2015, 8:30am – 4:00pm Have you wanted to involve users as you design interactive e-learning, but aren’t sure where to start? In this unique, hands-on workshop, you will learn the core and emerging principles of instructional and user experience design and apply what you have learned to design, develop, and test a tutorial you create. The three dynamic and experienced workshop facilitators will cover topics including design thinking, user-centered pedagogy, user interface prototyping, and intercept usability testing while providing hands-on practice in each area. Check out these 3 tutorials examples: Popular vs. Scholarly Sources Academic Search Complete Locating Manuscripts in Special Collections Presenters: Yvonne Mery, Instructional Design Librarian, University of Arizona Yvonne co-authored the book, Online by Design: the Essentials of Creating Information Literacy Courses. She has co-authored…
LITA President’s Program with Lou Rosenfeld
The Library User Experience Crossroads: a dialogue with Lou Rosenfeld Join us in San Francisco during the ALA Annual Conference at the LITA Awards Presentation & LITA President’s Program, when LITA President Rachel Vacek welcomes Lou Rosenfeld to present on the latest cutting edge issues of concern to technology librarians. Sunday, June 28, 2015, 3:00 – 4:00pm Location to be announced on the ALA Schedule soon You’ve heard a lot about—and maybe even tried to do something—about user experience. And naturally, you have questions. Do librarians have an edge when it comes to UX, or are we behind UX’s other feeder disciplines? Why is UX research so important for libraries? Can libraries even afford to provide good experiences these days? Lou Rosenfeld sits squarely at the intersection of UX and librarianship (and hopes not to get run over). He is a former librarian who many consider one of the “fathers…