Orientation to LITA for the American Library Association meeting 2013.

1. LITA 101
ALA Annual 2013
Friday, June 28, 3-4pm
McCormick Place CC, Room S401 B-C

2. Library Information
Technology Association
What are YOU passionate about?

3. LITA’s Vision
As the center of expertise about information
technology, the Library and Information
Technology Association (LITA) leads in
exploring and enabling new technologies to
empower libraries.
LITA members use the promise of
technology to deliver dynamic library
collections and services.

4. What Does LITA do?

5. Programming
 LITA National Forum
 November 7-10, 2013
in Louisville, KY
 Programs at ALA
Annual Conference
 Top Tech Trends
 President’s Program
 Many more!

6. Programs at Annual 2013

7. IG Programs at Annual 2013

8. Education
 Continuing Education activities
 Online classes
 Regional Institutes
 Pre-conferences
 Webinars

9. Advocacy
LITA advocates for and participates in the
adoption of
legislation, policies, technologies and
standards that promote equitable access
to information and technology.

10. Publishing
 Books
 Published through
ALA Editions
 Journal
 ITAL (Information
Technology & Libraries)
 In 2012, ITAL moved to
an open-access, e-platform

11. Awards
 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for
Research in Library and Information
Technology
 LITA / Ex Libris Student Writing Award
 LITA / Library Hi Tech Award for
Outstanding Communication for
Continuing Education in Library and
Information Science

12. Scholarships
 LITA / Christian Larew Memorial
Scholarship in Library and Information
Technology
 LITA / OCLC Minority Scholarship in
Library and Information Technology
 LITA / LSSI Minority Scholarship in
Library and Information Technology

13. LITA Job Site

14. Networking!
 LITA-L mailing list
 Website, blog, social
media
 Committees
 Interest Groups
 Social activities at ALA
Annual and Midwinter

15. How can YOU get involved?

17. Committees
 Assessment and Research Committee
 Bylaws and Organization Committee
 Education Committee
 Frederick G. Kilgour Award Committee
 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee
 Interest Group Chair Committee
 International Relations Committee
 LITA / Ex Libris Student Writing Award Committee
 LITA / Hi Tech Award Committee
 LITA / OCLC and LITA / LSSI Minority Scholarships Committee
 LITA / Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship Committee

18. Committees
 Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information (MARBI) Committee
 Membership Development Committee
 National Forum Planning Committee
 Nominating Committee
 Program Planning Committee
 Publications Committee
 ITAL Editorial Board
 Technology and Access Committee
 Top Technology Trends Committee
 Web Coordinating Committee

20. Interest Groups
 Accessibility
 Authority Control (LITA / ALCTS)
 Cloud Computing and Virtualization
 Distance Learning
 Drupal4Lib
 Electronic Resources Management (LITA / ALCTS)
 Emerging Technologies
 Game Making
 Heads of Library Technology
 Imagineering

21. Interest Groups
 Instructional Technology
 Internet Resources and Services
 Library Code Year (LITA / ALCTS)
 Library Consortia Automated Systems
 Linked Library Data (LITA / ALCTS)
 MARC Formats Transition (LITA / ALCTS)
 Mobile Computing
 Next Generation Catalog
 Open Source Systems

22. Interest Groups
 Public Library Technology
 Search Engine Optimization
 Standards
 Technology and Industry
 Transliteracy

24. Want to Start an Interest Group?

25. LITA Happy Hour
Sunday June 30th
5:30-8:00 pm
Fado Irish Pub, upstairs
100 W Grand Ave

26. Discuss!
Get involved!
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