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Rachel Ivy Clarke, Sayward Schoonmaker receive ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
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CHICAGO—Rachel Ivy Clarke and Sayward Schoonmaker are the recipients of the 2020 Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award for their article “ Metadata for diversity: Identification and implications of...
Learn the latest in Library UX with this LITA webinar
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The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) will present " How to Talk About Library UX – Redux," on Wednesday, March 11, at 12:00 - 1:00 pm CT. The last time we did this webinar was in 2016 – and a lot’s changed. The goal then was to help...
Maggie Dull selected as winner of the 2020 Esther J. Piercy Award
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Maggie Dull, head of Metadata Strategies at River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester, as the recipient of the 2020 Esther J. Piercy Award. The award will be...
LLAMA Webinar explores staff succession planning, recruitment, and on-boarding
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LLAMA Webinar explores staff succession planning, recruitment, and on-boarding Employee transitions in libraries can be challenging for individuals and organizations to navigate. Periods of employee turnover often lead to confusion about staff roles and...
Jennifer Hain Teper awarded 2020 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award
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CHICAGO—Jennifer Hain Teper is the recipient of the 2020 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award. This award is given annually by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services...
Collaboration between the University of Toronto Libraries and the French Institute of Pondicherry Tamil Studies Programme receives the 2020 ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected From Private Treasures to Global Public Access: Enabling Global Access to a Private Gift Donation through Collaboration between the University of Toronto Libraries...
Paromita Biswas receives 2020 CRS First Step Award
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Paromita Biswas, Continuing Resources Metadata Librarian at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as the recipient of the 2020 First Step Award—a Wiley...
Katrina Belton awarded Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant
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CHICAGO—Katrina Belton, Preservation Specialist, University of Washington Libraries in Seattle, Wash., will receive the Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant for 2020 at the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference & Exhibition...
Linked data for the perplexed librarian
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CHICAGO — Linked data is already happening right now, evident in projects from Big Tech and the Wikimedia Foundation as well as the web pages of library service platforms. The goal of exposing cultural institutions’ records to the web is as important as...
LITA announces the 2020 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists
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The LITA Committee Recognizing Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction presents the 2020 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists. The lists are composed of notable children’s and young adult science fiction...
Emily Drabinski, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich to deliver keynotes at the Exchange Virtual Forum
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) have announced that Emily Drabinski and Rebekkah Smith...
LLAMA webinar explores message dissemination during a crisis
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CHICAGO — Libraries are public places open to all. Unfortunately, in today’s society this means library leaders and their communications and marketing teams need to be prepared to react to violence and other disruptive events in libraries in order to...
Announcing Kira Litvin as LITA eLearning Coordinator
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The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Kira Litvin will be the new LITA eLearning Coordinator. Litvin has been the Continuing Education Coordinator at the Colorado School for Public Health for the past six months. She...
Paige Walker named a 2020 LITA Emerging Leader
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The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Paige Walker has been selected as a 2020 LITA Emerging Leader. Walker works as the Digital Collections & Preservation Librarian at Boston College, where she is chair the Born...
Kelsey Flynn named a 2020 LITA Emerging Leader
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The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Kelsey Flynn has been selected as a 2020 LITA Emerging Leader. Flynn works in the Adult Services departments at two public libraries in the southwest suburbs of Chicago: the...
Announcing Jessica Gilbert Redman as LITA Blog Editor
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The Library and Information Technology Association is proud to announce that Jessica Gilbert Redman will be the new editor of the LITA Blog. Redman has been the web services librarian at the University of North Dakota for the past three years. She...
Author, cultural critic Roxane Gay to serve as 2020 Preservation Week® Honorary Chair
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CHICAGO — Bestselling author, educator and cultural critic Roxane Gay is teaming up with the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), to share her years of experience as a...
Zoë McLaughlin named 2020 ALCTS Emerging Leader
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CHICAGO—Zoë McLaughlin, South and Southeast Asian Studies Librarian at the Michigan State University Libraries, has been selected as the ALCTS-sponsored Emerging Leader for 2019-2020. Each year, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services...
LIS Students: Apply for the 2020 Larew Scholarship for Tuition Help
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The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and Baker & Taylor are accepting applications for the LITA/Christian (Chris) Larew Memorial Scholarship for those who plan to follow a career in library and information technology, demonstrate...
LLAMA presents Innovation Incubator Webinar Series
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Every library leader and manager knows that continually solving problems the same way will usually have the same results. If you want better results, you will need a new approach, and that will require innovation. The Library Leadership and Management...