Each month, the LITA bloggers will share selected library tech links, resources, and ideas that resonated with us. Enjoy – and don’t hesitate to tell us what piqued your interest recently in the comments section! Brianna M. Here are some of the things that caught my eye this month, mostly related to digital scholarship. Yasmeen Shorish unpacked data-related roles in the library. Thomas Padilla gave practical ideas for undertaking text analysis projects. I’m intrigued by the NCSU Libraries Social Media Archiving Toolkit. DH + Lib shared a cool CFP from the Journal of Open Humanities Data. I enjoyed CRL‘s webinar on text mining tools in the social sciences and humanities. John K. Jason Griffey gives us an overview of Carbon 3D who uses ‘stereolithography’ technology in 3D printing I’m a sucker for to-do lists and Bullet Journaling might be the ultimate to-do list! David Lee King has a round-up of…
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Let’s Hack a Collaborative Library Website!
A LITA Preconference at 2015 ALA Annual Register online for the ALA Annual Conference and add a LITA Preconference Friday, June 26, 2015, 8:30am – 4:00pm In this hackathon attendees will learn to use the Bootstrap front-end framework and the Git version control system to create, modify and share code for a new library website. Expect a friendly atmosphere and a creative hands-on experience that will introduce you to web literacy for the 21st century librarian. The morning will consist of in-depth introductions to the tools, while the afternoon will see participants split into working groups to build a single collaborative library website. What is Bootstrap Bootstrap is an open-source, responsive designed, and front-end web framework that can be used to create complete website redesigns to rapid prototyping. It is useful for many library web applications, such as customizing LibGuides (version 2) or creating responsive sites. This workshop will give attendees…