For those blogging at Midwinter a blogging table and 4 chairs will be set up in the ALA office area in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Additionally, free wireless internet service will be available in the Pennsylvania Convention Center in meeting rooms and corridors, (but not the exhibit hall) for use of ALA attendees during the ALA Midwinter Meeting.
Category: 2008
BIGWIG Business Meeting at Midwinter
The business meeting for BIGWIG (Blogs, Interactive Groupware, Wiki Interest Group) will take place on Sunday 1/13/2008 from 10:30 am to noon in Room 307B of the Philadelphia Conference Center. We currently have the following agenda items for the meeting. 1. Questions for LITA election podcasts 2. BIGWIG and Transparency 3. Conference podcasting: Guidelines, Procedures, Plans for Annual. 4. Social Software Showcase topic brainstorming For further information about the Interest Group contact Karen A. Coombs or Jason Griffey
Public Libraries Technology Interest Group
The LITA Public Libraries Technology Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 13, from 10:30 am to noon in the South Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel. Kimberly Bolan and Robert Cullin, authors of Technology Made Simple: An Improvement Guide for Small and Medium Libraries, will join the group to talk about their guide and answer questions. In addition, Larra Clark, project manager of ALA’s Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study, will discuss current findings and how administrators can use them as well as future directions of the study. Please join us! I know it’s a busy time… Sunday… but we’re very excited about our special guests.
Standards IG at Midwinter
The Standards Interest Group will meet at Midwinter at its usual time: Saturday, January 12th, 4-6 pm at the MARRIOT, Salon A The agenda includes two topics: 1) A Standards Update by NISO Managing Director Todd Carpenter 2) Beyond the IP address: Shibboleth and electronic resources by Holly Eggleston, Assistant Department Head, Acquisitions, University of California – San Diego For further information about the IG, contact: Éva Bolkovac Chair, Standards IG eva.bolkovac@yale.edu
RFID on Your Mind?
If it is, and you’ll be in Philadelphia for Midwinter, make sure this session is on your calendar: RFID Interest Group will meet on: Saturday, January 12th, 1:30-3:30 pm at the MARRIOT, Salon B 1) RFID Tag Quality and Emerging Standards by leading RFID Scientists Paul Sevcik and Roger Larson “Is one RFID tag the same as another RFID tag? Absolutely not! And standard, accepted accelerated aging testing proves this. Some tags will fail over time – how does this impact your system? What are the emerging RFID tag standards, why are they important, and what will they provide for your library? What can systems provide to allow for changing standards? Come learn about the latest about RFID tag quality and emerging RFID standards.†2) RFID Standards Update by NISO RFID Standards Working Group Chair Vinod Chachra “What standard is NISO going to recommend in the U.S? Will it be…
Distance Learning IG at Midwinter
You are invited to the LITA Distance Learning Interest Group discussion! Saturday, January 12, 10:30-12:00pm, Courtyard Downtown, Salon III #3 on the map (PDF). The LITA Distance Learning Interest Group will meet at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia to discuss current issues in distance learning and some of the exciting things the interest group has planned. Here are a few of the things we’d like to discuss: Our program, If we don’t call it distance learning, does it exist?, for Annual 2008. A possible LITA webinar on distance learning issues. A possible online course. Uses for our blog at http://dlig.wordpress.com/ . General issues in distance learning such as integrating library resources with course management systems. Are there other topics you’d like to discuss? Please feel free to leave them in the comments or email Karen Wetzel or Lauren Pressley and we’ll add them to our list. All are…
Next Generation Catalog IG at Midwinter
Next Generation Catalog IG at Midwinter: Three Next Generation Catalog Projects The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 13, from 4:00 to 6:00pm in the Hilton Garden Inn (conveniently located just outside the convention center), in Salon A/B. We will have presentations and discussion about three locally developed and/or open source catalog projects. Ross Shanley-Roberts of Miami University will discuss their SolrPac project; Bess Sadler of the University of Virginia will discuss their Project Blacklight; and Chris Barr and Andrew Nagy of Villanova will discuss their VuFind project. A brief business IG business meeting will follow the discussion.
Official Call for Volunteer LITA Bloggers at Midwinter ’08
Do you plan to attend ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia? Â We need your help! Â Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger. Â The LITA Blog will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who cannot attend this year. If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email tiffany.lmb.smith@gmail.com and indicate what sessions you would like to cover. Â The blog schedule for Midwinter (http://litablog.org/blog-schedule-ala-midwinter-2008/) has been posted and will be updated as we receive volunteers. We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Â Thanks very much in advance!
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…
LITA Town Meeting
I’d like to invite LITA members (and those who want to be LITA members!) to the LITA Town Meeting on Monday, January 14, 2008, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am in room 103A of the Philadelphia Convention Center. This year’s Town Meeting will focus on “Communicating and Marketing the Strength of LITA.” LITA’s new Emerging Leader, Lauren Pressley, will help lead a discussion of the strategies and technologies used to communicate to the LITA membership and to market membership success to the division, ALA, and the greater library community. LITA’s Programs and Marketing Specialist, Melissa Prentice, will also be on hand to participate. Please use the blog (preferably with comments here) to submit your input prior to the conference. Coverage and follow-up discussion after the conference will also be posted here. The perspective of members unable to attend conferences is critical to the success of valuable marketing and communication for…