2012

LITA Top Technology Trends at ALA Midwinter in Dallas

The LITA Top Technology Trends panel discussion at ALA Midwinter in Dallas took place on Sunday, January 22, 2012. This year’s panel of technology experts was a combination of veteran and new faces: Stephen Abram, Gale Cengage Learning , Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University Library , Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC , Nina McHale, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado and Sue Polanka, Wright State University Libraries Each trendster came prepared to discuss two technology trends of their choice. During Round One, the issues presented were: frictionless access – smartphone technology that provides unfettered access to services without user interaction (Stephen Abram) advent of “enterprise IT staff” for libraries – bringing in professional programmers rather than librarians who like programming (Nina McHale) impending demise of the ILS (Marshall Breeding) trend toward self-service (Sue Polanka) rise of personal institutional curation services (Lorcan Demsey) Round Two topics were: on-demand tipping point– libraries offering a hybrid model to…

2012

Town Meeting Monday! Please join us online or in Dallas

To all LITA Members – current, past and future and Friends of LITA: You are invited to virtually join the LITA members present in Dallas for the LITA Town Meeting – Monday 1/23 from 8-10am CST.  Instructions and links for how to participate virtually will be posted to the LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) approximate 30 minutes before the session starts. We will be using UStream (audio only) and ALA Connect Chat to facilitate virtual participation.  We will stream the audio for the outbound channel – so virtual participants can hear the general introduction and overview and then break out into three streams – one on each topic – so that the discussion in the room can be heard.  Remote participants can log in to ALA Connect (http://connect.ala.org/) chat to send questions and comments to a discussion moderator who will share those with the participants in the room. No account is required…

2012

LITA President-Elect Zoe Stewart-Marshall hosts the LITA Town Meeting

WHEN: Monday, January 23, 8:00 am – 10:00 am, Dallas Convention Center, D220 Meet your fellow LITA members, and participate in a conversation about how LITA responds to and involves its membership in the larger information, association, community-building, and technology-related landscape. LITA, like most of the library community, faces many challenges that strike at the heart of what it means to be a member of LITA and ALA. Meet members of the LITA Board and provide input regarding: the value that participation in professional associations in general and LITA in particular provide; how LITA can provide support for developing leadership skills in emerging technology leaders; where and how should LITA provide support for development of technology skills and other questions that are brought forward by the membership. We welcome and encourage the open participation of all LITA members, and potential LITA members, in this meeting with the goal of strengthening…

2012

LITA Top Tech Trends at Midwinter in Dallas

WHEN: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 10:30am – 12:30pm central time WHERE: Dallas Convention Center Room A201/202 Twitter #alamwttt We have a great slate of panelists for the Midwinter 2012 session: Stephen Abram, Gale Cengage Learning Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University Library Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Nina McHale, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado Sue Polanka, Wright State University Libraries Join us for a fun and casual discussion regarding technology trends to watch from some of today’s foremost experts.