The December issue of Information Technology and Libraries is available at: http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/issue/current Issue contents are listed below. To receive automatic notifications of future issues, please subscribe to ITAL here: https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/notification/subscribeMailList. Please note the the first volume of the Journal of Library Automation (JOLA), first published in 1968, is also now available online. JOLA was the predecessor to Information Technology and Libraries. Additional volumes will be published shortly. Suggestions and feedback are always welcome: please send to Bob Gerrity, ITAL Editor, at gerrityr (at) gmail.com. Information Technology and Libraries Volume 31, Number 4 (December 2012) CONTENTS Editorials Bob Gerrity Editor’s Comments http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/3012 Ed Tallent Editorial Board Thoughts: Technology and Mission: Reflections of a First-Year Library Director http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/3001 Articles David Ward, Jim Hahn, Kirsten Feist Autocomplete as a Research Tool: A Study on Providing Search Suggestions http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/view/1930 As the library website and on its online searching tools…
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Jump-starting a career as a digital librarian
The skills of digital librarianship are more crucial than ever, and these same skills are in high demand outside the field, from tech startups undertaking digitization projects to digital humanities centers bringing together professors, computer scientists and information technologists. “Jump-Start Your Career As a Digital Librarian: A LITA Guide,” published by ALA Neal-Schuman, helps readers map out a career in this fast-growing field. Editor Jane Monson gathers a full range of perspectives in this clear, concise overview of the core concepts and competencies of digital librarianship. Twenty-one experienced practitioners from a variety of settings offer realistic views of today’s job market, typical project dynamics and employer expectations. New graduates just starting out as well as seasoned professionals transitioning from other areas will benefit from this book’s valuable coverage of topics such as: Activities and roles of the digital librarian, including management of digital projects and collaboration; Developing and using transferable skills; Becoming familiar with…
LITA Publications Committee
I’m posting an abbreviated report here because, from the look of it, the committee report form (which should show up on LITA-L) automagically combines all those carefully-prepared paragraphs into one big ugly paragraph. Ah, the wonders of automation… Anyway: We had five people at the single 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting session–two committee members (Judy Jeng and Juan Carlos Rodriguez), Board liaison Mark Beatty, ITAL editor Marc Truitt, LITA Executive Director Mary Taylor and me. Given the extent of his advance comments, I’d consider committee member Paul Bracke to be a “virtual attendee.” Topics: ITAL: The December issue is out, enough articles are on hand for the March and June issues, and probably enough for September. New submissions continue to arrive–and, as is typical of a high-value journal, fewer than half of the submissions are accepted. The ITALica blog hasn’t had a lot of activity to date, but it also doesn’t…