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We are back on Twitter Friday for #LITAchat

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020| Chrishelle Thomas

The fourth in this series of #LITAchats will start on Friday, June 12 from 12-1 Central Standard Time on Twitter. We will be asking you to chat with us about self-care. What are you doing to take care of yourselves during this time? How do you unplug without feeling guilty? We hope you’ll join us for #LITAchat and chat about self-care techniques and figuring out how to better take care of ourselves during these tough times. We’re looking forward to hearing from you! Join LITA on Twitter Catch up on the last #LITAchat

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We are back on Twitter tomorrow for #LITAchat

May 21, 2020| Chrishelle Thomas

Are you ready for the next Twitter #LITAchat? Join the discussion on Friday, May 22, from 12-1pm Central Time. We will be asking you to tell us about challenges with working from home. Are there things you can’t do and wish you could? Are there issues with your home setup in general? Anne Pepitone will lead the discussion. We invite you to join us tomorrow to share your experiences and chat with your colleagues. Follow LITA on Twitter Catch up on the last #LITAchat We’re looking forward to hearing from you! -The LITA Membership Development Committee

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April 4/24 Twitter #LITAchat

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020| Chrishelle Thomas

A lot has changed since we had our last Twitter #LITAchat, Core passed and then COVID 19 happened. We are all navigating new territory in our jobs and life overall. So we wanted to bring you a weekly set of LITAChats discussing our shared experiences during these strange times. The first in this series of LITAchats will start on Friday, April 24 from 12-1pm Central Standard Time. We will be asking you to show us your Zoom Virtual Backgrounds! We know that Zoom conferencing has been popular among many workplaces so we thought what would be better than showcasing some of the creative backgrounds everyone has been using. If you don’t have a background no worries, you can share about the best backgrounds you have seen from colleagues. Don’t know how to turn on Zoom Virtual Backgrounds? We will cover that too! We hope you’ll join us on Twitter for…

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Interview with LITA Twitter chat panelist Thomas San Filippo

May 29, 2019May 21, 2019| Janet Crum

The LITA Twitter chat on May 31 (1pm Eastern/12pm Central) will feature two projects and four panelists. In this post, we feature panelist Thomas San Filippo (@WallaceLibrary) from Wheaton College, who will participate along with his colleagues, Kate Boylan, and Mark LeBlanc. They will talk about their project to expand the use of JSTOR Forum on their campus. We recently interviewed Thomas about their project. Q. Tell us a little about your role at your institution. What are you responsible for? I’m the Systems and Educational Technology Liaison at the Wallace Library. I work with students, faculty and staff to facilitate and enhance the use of technology in pedagogy and scholarship, and I develop, support and maintain systems for search, discovery, and delivery of library services and resources. That’s a long way of saying that I’m responsible for configuring the library’s catalog and discovery layer, Wheaton’s digital repository, JSTOR Forum,…

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Interview with LITA Twitter chat panelist Adam Olsen

May 23, 2019May 21, 2019| Janet Crum

The LITA Twitter chat on May 31 (1pm Eastern/12pm Central) will feature two projects and four panelists. In this post, we interview panelist Adam Olsen (@theloraxster) from Western Carolina University. Western Carolina University recently launched a media wall that displays study room availability, events in the building, and the library’s social media feeds. They are planning on adding a number of additional features in the future. We recently interviewed Adam about this project. Q. Tell us a little about your role at your institution. What are you responsible for? I’m the web development and user experience librarian at WCU Hunter Library. I handle the administration of most of our web-based applications, as well as do user experience studies, particularly regarding web sites. Q. Describe your project, its purpose, and its goals. The project was to create a “media wall.” This is four screens that can display content in different ways….

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#LITAchat – Digital Collection and Media Wall Projects!

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019| Chrishelle Thomas

Join us Friday, May 31, 12:00-1:00pm Central, on Twitter to hear about, discuss, ask questions on several technology-related projects happening in the field. This month we‘ll cover another digital collection project, and a library setting up a “media wall” that displays study room availability, events in the building, as well as social media feeds. Our panel will include: Thomas San Filippo, Kate Boylan, and Mark LeBlanc of Wheaton College, @WallaceLibrary Adam Olsen, Western Carolina University, @theloraxster To participate, launch your favorite Twitter app or web browser, search for the #LITAchat hashtag, and select “Latest” to participate and ask questions. Be sure to include the hashtag #litachat. View more information, as well as past LITAchats. Questions or Comments? For all other questions or comments related to LITA events, contact us at (312) 280-4268 or lita@ala.org

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Interview with LITA chat panelists Plamen Miltenoff and Mark Gill

March 27, 2019March 26, 2019| Janet Crum

The LITA Twitter chat on March 29 (1pm Eastern/12pm Central) will feature two projects and three panelists. In this post, we interview panelist Plamen Miltenoff, MLIS Professor at St. Cloud University. Plamen and colleague Mark Gill, VizLab Director at St. Cloud University, created an augmented reality prototype for library orientation, and Plamen interviewed librarians from several universities about their approach to XR in academic libraries. Both will participate in the chat using the @SCSUtechinstruc Twitter handle and will talk about their projects and low-end approaches to using XR in libraries. We recently interviewed Miltenoff about these projects. Q. Tell us a little about your role at your institution. What are you responsible for? SCSU is a midsize university; ~15K students with about 800 faculty. Our student are mostly first-generation students. Mark is the Director of the Viz Lab, and he deals with faculty and students around the campus. I am Informedia Specialist with…

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Interview with LITA chat panelist Ilana Kingsley

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019| Janet Crum

The LITA Twitter chat on March 29 (1pm Eastern/12pm Central) will feature two projects and three panelists. In this post, we interview panelist Ilana Kingsley (@IlanaKingsley), who just finished a two-year NEH-funded project to create an Islandora repository of material from the Rasmuson Library’s Alaska & Polar Regions Collections & Archives. Q. Tell us a little about your role at your institution. What are you responsible for? I’m an Associate Professor of Library Science and the Web Librarian for University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library. I’m responsible for web development (e.g., testing/trying new web applications) and for maintaining several Drupal-based web sites for the library (e.g., library.uaf.edu and jukebox.uaf.edu). I also serve as administrator of our LibGuides, WordPress blogs, and for some of our electronic databases. Besides web work, I teach A LOT. I teach a required 1-credit Library Information & Research class (LS101) and when I have time I…

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#LITAchat – Digital Archive and Extended Reality Projects!

March 15, 2019March 26, 2019| Chrishelle Thomas

Join us Friday, March 29, 12:00-1:00pm Central, on Twitter to hear about, discuss, ask questions on several technology-related projects happening in the field. This month we ‘ll cover a grant-funded digital archives project and eXtended Reality (XR) work! Our panel will include: Ilana Kingsley, @IlanaKingsley, Associate Professor of Library Science and the Web Librarian for Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Plamen Miltenoff, @SCSUtechinstruc, MLIS Professor, and Mark Gill, VizLab Director, at St. Cloud University To participate, launch your favorite Twitter app or web browser, search for the #LITAchat hashtag, and select “Latest” to participate and ask questions. Be sure to include the hashtag #litachat. View more information, as well as past LITAchats. For all other questions or comments related to LITA events, contact us at (312) 280-4268 or lita@ala.org

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#LITAchat – More Fun New Library Tech Projects!

January 18, 2019| Chrishelle Thomas

Join us Friday, January 25, 12:00-1:00pm CDT, on Twitter to hear about, discuss, ask questions on several technology-related projects happening in the field. This month we ‘ll cover another digital collection project, and a novel project utilizing a Raspberry Pi for barcode duplication! Our panel will include: Chris Day, @ChrisDayDigLib, Digital Services Librarian at the School of t he Art Institute of Chicago’s Flaxman Library. Mark Sandford, @LibGeekMS, Systems Librarian at Colgate University. To participate, launch your favorite Twitter app or web browser, search for the #LITAchat hashtag, and select “Latest” to participate and ask questions. Be sure to include the hashtag #litachat. View more information, as well as past LITAchats. For all other questions or comments related to LITA events, contact us at (312) 280-4268 or lita@ala.org