We have a great panel this year for Top Tech Trends Panel at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans! The panelists will describe changes and advances in technology that they see having an impact on the library world, and suggest what libraries might do to take advantage of these trends. When: Sunday, June 26, 2011 – 1:30pm – 3:30pm Where: Convention Center, Auditorium A The illustrious panelists: Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Clifford Lynch, CNI Nina McHale, Univ of Colorado, Denver Monique Sendze, Douglas Country (CO) Libraries Jennifer Wright, Free Library of Philadelphia
Jobs in Library Information Technology: May 11
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Assistant Middle & Upper School Librarian, The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA Front-End Web Developer/Designer, NYPL Labs, The New York Public Library, New York, NY Knowledge Manager, Oxford Industries Inc., Atlanta, GA Sale Representative, Mid-Atlantic States, Backstage Library Works, Bethlehem, PA Social Science and Reference Librarian, Governors State University, University Park, IL Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Jobs in Library Information Technology: May 6
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Director of Information Technology, City of Charlottesville, VA, Charlottesville, VA Information Literacy and Instructional Technology Librarian, Oakland University, Rocheste, MI Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Registration is now open for the 2011 LITA National Forum
Registration is now open for the 2011 LITA National Forum to be held September 29-October 2 in St. Louis, MO. Just a few reasons why this year’s National Forum is not to be missed: Dynamic keynote speakers, John Blyberg, Karen Coyle, and Barbara McGlamery. Two full-day preconferences: Learning to leverage Cloud-based IT resources and serverconfiguration software to better manage IT, presented by Erik Mitchell and Technology Impact by Design: Using Goal-Based Assessments to Achieve and Document Success, presented by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. You can attend a preconference only OR include a preconference with your Forum registration. Many networking opportunities, including the informal Friday evening reception and Saturday evening networking dinners to get to know LITA leaders, Forum speakers, and peers. In addition, up to twelve sponsors will be on hand to discuss their latest products and services during the Sponsor Showcase. Visit www.lita.org/forum for registration and more info.
Still time to register for LITA Preconferences in NOLA
All LITA Preconferences are full-day workshops held on Friday, June 24 9:00 am-4:30 pm: Getting Started with Drupal Speakers: Nina McHale, University of Colorado Denver; Rachel Vacek, University of Houston This preconference session will provide a thorough introduction to the Drupal content management system. Librarian Drupalers Rachel Vacek and Nina McHale will guide attendees as they create Drupal sites in a sandbox environment, covering the basics of content creation, themes, modules, and user management. Previous web experience helpful, but not required. Concludes with demonstrations of innovative Drupal sites, including library sites, library intranets, and an electronic journal. User Experience Design for Websites Speaker: Sarah Houghton-Jan, San Jose Public Library Learn how and why to create positive user experiences in your interactive digital spaces. Work with experts in library web design and user experience design to learn some tips, tricks, and best practices that you can implement immediately. Discover best practices…
LITA Election Results
Please join us in congratulating the newly elected LITA Board members: Zoe Stewart-Marshall, Vice-President/President-Elect Lauren Pressley, David Lee King, and John Blyberg, Directors-at-Large LITA members elected as ALA Councilors-at-Large include: Diane Chen, Jenny Emanuel, Mary Anne Hodel, David Hurley, Julius Jefferson, Wei Jeng-Chu, Em Claire Knowles, Charles Kratz, Mike Martin, Bobbi Newman, Andrew Pace, Mary Pagliero Popp, and Holly Tomren.
Jobs in Library Information Technology: April 27
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New This Week Head of Technical Services, Harvard University Library, Cambridge, MA Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
Job in Library and Information Technology: April 20
New vacancy listings are posted weekly on Wednesday at approximately 11:00 a.m. Central Time. They appear under New This Week and under the appropriate regional listings. Postings remain on the LITA Job Site for a minimum of four weeks. New this Week Assistant Middle and Upper School Librarian, The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA Director of Library Services, City of Rowlett, Rowlett, TX Emerging Technologies Librarian, Arizona Health Sciences Library , Tucson, AZ Visit the LITA Job Site for more available jobs and for information on submitting a job posting.
LITA Educational Offering in New Orleans
LITA is pleased to offer 3 full-day workshops as part of the ALA Annual Conference, held on Friday, June 24 9:00 am-4:30 pm. Please note – you do not need to be registered for the ALA Annual Conference to participate in a workshop. Getting Started with Drupal Speakers: Nina McHale, University of Colorado Denver; Rachel Vacek, University of Houston This preconference session will provide a thorough introduction to the Drupal content management system. Librarian Drupalers Rachel Vacek and Nina McHale will guide attendees as they create Drupal sites in a sandbox environment, covering the basics of content creation, themes, modules, and user management. Previous web experience helpful, but not required. Concludes with demonstrations of innovative Drupal sites, including library sites, library intranets, and an electronic journal. User Experience Design for Websites Speaker: Sarah Houghton-Jan, San Jose Public Library Learn how and why to create positive user experiences in your interactive…
LITA Satisfaction Survey
Technology for libraries is changing at a rapid pace and LITA serves to keep its members current on these changes and trends. LITA invites you to help us measure how well we are doing as an association. It is vitally important for us to know how LITA is meeting your needs and expectations. Please share a few minutes of your time to help us learn what we are doing right and how we can improve. Click here to take the survey through SurveyMonkey. The survey will run through May 3 and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary and all responses are confidential. Thank you for taking this opportunity to assist us in better serving you!