I’m thrilled to announced that there is a Transliteracy Interest Group within the Library & Information Technology Association( LITA) division of the American Library Association (ALA). I think Tom said it best in his announcement: I often joke that I get more accomplished at conferences at the bar after the sessions are over than I do during the conference. Well, here is a rather clear result that began as a conversation over drinks I was in Boston for Midwinter and on the last day of the conference met some people including the fabulous Lisa Carlucci and Tom Ipri for drinks. Libraries and Transliteracy wasn’t even a blog then but Tom and I knew we wanted to promote the concept. Thanks to a suggestion and encouragement by Lisa we began working on the Interest Group. I was a little leery of putting it within LITA as people often think Transliteracy is just about technology and I was concerned this would only further confusion. But I think LITA is the best home for the group. We will continue to blog at Libraries and Transliteracy (keep your eyes open for some new authors!). We will be using ALA Connect for official Interest Group business, you do not need
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Its Privacy Week!
Its the first ever National Privacy Week The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom has established Choose Privacy Week, May 2-8, to help libraries work with their communities around these complicated but vital issues. Privacy has long been a cornerstone of library services in America and a freedom that librarians defend every day. Choose Privacy Week invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives individuals the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy. Choose Privacy Week Video from 20K Films on Vimeo. Resources: Choose Privacy Week Resource Guide includes school library lesson plans. Civic Engagement Materials: Tools for libraries to moderate community discussions on privacy. Promotional Materials: Purchase posters, bookmarks, buttons, and resource guide One-page Privacy Handout Word Search: Free downloadable PDF word search, focusing on “Computers and Privacy.” Programming Ideas Web Banners and Graphics Position Paper and Press Material Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for
My Notes from LITA Top Tech Trends at ALA MidWinter
The panel consisted of David Walker, Amanda Etches-Johnson, Joe Murphy, Lauren Pressley, Jason Griffey and was moderated by Greg Silvis David Watson discovery systems to get the rss for a specific journal you need to visit the specific site or vendor, different silos for information, need to wait for vendors to create mobile system bring data together in aggregated system have one local for info if everything is all together in one place, books article etc does that really help students? are libraries giving up too much control to the cloud? Panel response Griffey – expected to see collapse of these databases and vendors fighting each other Etches – federated searching was a disaster, is discovery system better? David – system helps level playing field Amanda – user experience buzz word for 2009 People can’t agree on what it means, user experience design is about designing everything buildings etc, but interest for her (us) is web Visual design coupled with interactive design, how does that make our users feel? We aren’t ready to make our users feel we need to keep talking about user interface and usability Mobile interfaces are necessarily stripped down because they have to be Mobile browsing
CLENERT changes its name to LearnRT and gets a new site, what next?
Well, I’ll be blogging for them for starters! Along with the recent name change from CLENE to Learn the decision was made to move to a new site and add more bloggers. I’m thrilled to be included in the number and working with: Peter Bromberg Maurice Coleman Betha Gutsche Marianne Lenox Bobbi Newman Lori Reed Paul Signorelli Jay Turner Stephanie Zimmerman The new blog/website, ALA Learning, will feature training and learning news, information, best practices and thoughtful discussion. About the Learn Round Table: LearnRT, formerly CLENERT, is the Learning Round Table of the American Library Association. LearnRT promotes quality continuing education for all library personnel. We help you NETWORK with other CE providers for the exchange of ideas, concerns and solutions. LearnRT serves as your SOURCE for CE assistance, publications, materials, training and activities. LearnRT is your ADVOCATE for quality library CE at both the local and national levels. More information on the LearnRT LearnRT membership is only $20 on top of your regular ALA membership and includes a FREE membership to the American Management Association. More information on LearnRT membership Questions? Please contact: info@alalearning.org. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit
ALA 2009 wrap up
I survived my first ALA! It was intense and exhilorating and tiring, but worth every minute of it. When I return from conferences there are always a lot of thoughts rolling around and it takes me about a week to solidify everything. But here are the things that really stuck with me and what I’m thinking about. Expect to see at least some of these as full blog posts when I’ve got my thoughts in line. You may not have signed up for this job but it’s the job you have deal with it admins and managers let your staff go, the worse that could happen is that you have a failed project you learn something from these technologies are not a magic wand, you shouldn’t just have a blog to have a blog, you need to do what your community needs, have a plan a strategy, don’t just jump in without knowing where you’re going how long have we had computers? Why do you still have staff who are intimidated by computers, why did you hire them? Why are they still working there? we don’t have any problem doing what we’ve always done, but if we don’t do anything
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