Category: 2018

Don’t miss this exciting, and affordable, networking and learning opportunity at the upcoming 2018 ALA Annual conference in New Orleans, LA. LITA/PLA AvramCamp 2018 Friday June 22, 2018, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Morial Convention Center 230 Are you interested in connecting with female-identifying technology professionals who want to make positive change in their lives and professions? Join others in the field to discuss the challenges, joy, and lessons learned at AvramCamp, an AdaCamp-inspired event and named in honor of library innovator Henriette D. Avram. This one-day LITA/PLA preconference allows female-identifying individuals, employed in various technological industries, an opportunity to connect with others in the field and to collectively examine barriers to success. Find out more about AdaCamp and the Ada Initiative. Registration is $25 for both ALA and non-ALA members. Lunch and break refreshments are included in the ticket price. Our workshop space is ADA accessible. Please contact lita@ala.org regarding…

Join Carson Block for an afternoon addressing the technological beast in your library. Managing Library Technology Friday, June 22, 2018, Noon – 4:00 pm Presenter: Carson Block, Library Technology Consultant, Library Land Tech Register for ALA Annual and Discover Ticketed Events Do you want to get a better handle on taming that beast? The preconference is based on Carson Block’s ALA-APA CPLA Class “Management of Technology” and features ideas and practices from his new book Managing Library Technology: A LITA Guide. Field tested for years, this session and the accompanying book offers a solid approach to understanding and managing the things that remain constant in an ever-changing world. This preconference is designed in a workshop format and is highly interactive with many opportunities throughout to practice with peers the concepts Carson teaches. Each participant will receive a copy of the book. Carson Block has been a library technologist for 20…

Save the date for this exciting, popular and affordable LITA/PLA preconference at the upcoming ALA Annual conference in New Orleans, LA. AvramCamp 2018 Friday June 22, 2018, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Check the conference scheduler for locations when posted Want to connect with female-identifying technology professionals who want to make change in their lives and professions for the better? Join others in the field to discuss the challenges, joy, and lessons learned at AvramCamp, LITA’s AdaCamp-inspired event. This one-day LITA preconference will allow female-identifying individuals employed in various technological industries an opportunity to connect with others in the field and to collectively examine barriers to success. This day will follow the unconference model, empowering attendees to determine event themes and topics. AvramCamp will start the day with an engaging overview of imposter syndrome, the feeling that you aren’t actually qualified for the work you are doing and will be…

Submit Your Preconference ideas for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference New Orleans, LA, June 21-26, 2018 LITA is now accepting innovative and creative preconference proposals for the 2018 Annual American Library Association Conference. We’re looking for either full day or half day sessions to take place on Friday, June 22, 2018. Preconferences should emphasize hands on and interactive experiences. The focus should be on technology in libraries, whether that’s use of, new ideas for, trends in, or interesting/innovative projects being explored – it’s all for you to propose. Programs should be of interest to all library/information agency types, that inspire technological change and adoption, or/and generally go above and beyond the everyday. Submission Deadline: November 6, 2017 Final Decisions: November 15, 2017 Proposals will be accepted via our online form Submissions are open to anyone, regardless of ALA membership status. We welcome proposals from anyone who feels they have something to offer regarding library technology. We…

The program submission deadline has been extended to: Tuesday September 5, 2017 Submit Your Program ideas for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference  New Orleans LA, June 21-26, 2018 The LITA Program Planning Committee (PPC) is now encouraging the submission of innovative and creative proposals for the 2018 Annual American Library Association Conference. We’re looking for 60 minute conference presentations. The focus should be on technology in libraries, whether that’s use of, new ideas for, trends in, or interesting/innovative projects being explored – it’s all for you to propose. Programs should be of interest to all library/information agency types, that inspire technological change and adoption, or/and generally go above and beyond the everyday. Submission Deadline: September 5, 2017 Final Decisions: September 29, 2017 Schedule of Sessions Announced: November 8, 2017 For the first time, proposals will be accepted via one submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees and Offices. This link to…

Submit Your Program ideas for the 2018 ALA Annual Conference  New Orleans LA, June 21-26, 2018 The LITA Program Planning Committee (PPC) is now encouraging the submission of innovative and creative proposals for the 2018 Annual American Library Association Conference. We’re looking for 60 minute conference presentations. The focus should be on technology in libraries, whether that’s use of, new ideas for, trends in, or interesting/innovative projects being explored – it’s all for you to propose. Programs should be of interest to all library/information agency types, that inspire technological change and adoption, or/and generally go above and beyond the everyday. Submission Deadline: August 25, 2017 Final Decisions: September 29, 2017 Schedule of Sessions Announced: November 8, 2017 For the first time, proposals will be accepted via one submission site for all ALA Divisions, RoundTables, Committees and Offices. This link to the submission site will redirect to the ALA log-in page….