LITA 101ALA Annual 2013

Friday, June 28, 3-4pmMcCormick Place CC, Room S401 B-C

Library Information Technology Association

What are YOU passionate about?

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.

What Does LITA do?

Programming LITA National Forum

November 7-10, 2013 in Louisville, KY

Programs at ALA Annual Conference

Top Tech Trends

President’s Program

Many more!

Programs at Annual 2013

IG Programs at Annual 2013

Education Continuing Education activities

Online classes

Regional Institutes

Pre-conferences

Webinars

Advocacy

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

Publishing Books

Published through ALA Editions

Journal

ITAL (Information Technology & Libraries)

In 2012, ITAL moved to an open-access, e-platform

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

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

LITA Job Site

Networking!

LITA-L mailing list

Website, blog, socialmedia

Committees

Interest Groups

Social activities at ALA Annual and Midwinter

How can YOU get involved?

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

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 

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

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

Interest Groups Public Library Technology

Search Engine Optimization

Standards

Technology and Industry

Transliteracy

Want to Start an Interest Group?

LITA Happy HourSunday June 30th

5:30-8:00 pmFado Irish Pub, upstairs

100 W Grand Ave

Discuss!

Get involved!

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