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Plan to spend Sunday afternoon with LITA in Anaheim
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CHICAGO — Join LITA on June 24 in Anaheim, Calif. for a Sunday afternoon of great programming, networking and camaraderie, starting at 1:30 p. m. with Top Technology Trends & LITA Award Presentation (Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom A), LITA’s ongoing...
Preservation Administrators Interest Group hosts IMLS Preservation Fellows
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CHICAGO — The Preservation Administrators Interest Group (PAIG) hosts a program on the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Fellowships in Preservation Administration from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 23 in the Hyatt...
Registration now open for 2012 LITA National Forum
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CHICAGO —Registration is available for the 2012 LITA National Forum, "New World of Data: Discover. Connect. Remix.," to be held Oct. 4-7, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown in Columbus, Ohio. Register for "New World of Data: Discover. Connect. Remix."...
Jones, Carrillo, Hsue winners of 2012 LITA scholarships
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CHICAGO —The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the 91´«Ã½, has announced the winners of annual scholarships it sponsors jointly with three organizations: Baker & Taylor, LSSI and OCLC, Inc. These...
LITA scholarships in library and information science
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CHICAGO —The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the 91´«Ã½, is accepting applications for three scholarships: LITA/Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship (sponsored by Baker & Taylor) LITA/LSSI...
Heather Krasna to speak at LLAMA President’s Program during 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference
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CHICAGO —Heather Krasna, career expert and author, will present “ Leading at all Levels: Taking Charge of Your Career Growth While Mentoring Others” at the 2012 LLAMA President’s Program during the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The program will...
The newest TECH SET® offers 10 guides to today's best library technologies
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CHICAGO—Winner of the 2011 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, The TECH SET®#1-10 was praised by Library Journal as an essential reference “for anyone charged with determining or implementing the next generation of...
ALCTS presents RDA at Annual
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CHICAGO—RDA (Resource Description and Access), the new cataloging standard, will be implemented in the U.S. national libraries in March 2013. There has been much written and discussed about RDA and the implementation by libraries across the U.S. and...
LLAMA webinar helps you develop a free online management system
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CHICAGO —Library managers at all levels are discovering that the ever-expanding world of social media can be their most effective tool for communication, supervision and project management. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)...
New Web education offering from LITA
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CHICAGO — The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) is making available a new webinar, “Social Networking the Catalog: Community Based Approaches to Building Catalogs and Collections,” presented by Margaret Heller (Dominican University)...
Genevieve Owens voted ALCTS president-elect
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CHICAGO — Genevieve Owens, assistant director of the Williamsburg (Va.) Regional Library, is the newly elected president-elect of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). Owens will become president-elect at the 91´«Ã½ Annual...
ALCTS presents two outstanding virtual preconferences in June
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CHICAGO — Two virtual preconferences presented by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services take place in June prior to the 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Anaheim,Calif. “ Local Collections, Collective Context: Managing Print Collections in...
Mary Beth Weber appointed new LRTS editor
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CHICAGO — The Board of Directors of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has approved the appointment of Mary Beth Weber as the new editor of Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS). Ms. Weber’s term will begin July 1...
91´«Ã½ and IIDA announce winners of the 2012 Library Interior Design Competition
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CHICAGO — The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the Buildings and Equipment Section of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) have selected the winners of the 2012...
PR Xchange 'Best of Show' winners announced
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CHICAGO — The LLAMA Public Relations and Marketing Section (PRMS) PR Xchange Committee announced today the results of this year’s “Best of Show” competition for library publicity materials. Several hundred entries in print and electronic formats were...
Catherine R. Friedman president-elect of the Library Leadership and Management Association
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CHICAGO —The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) announced today that Catherine R. Friedman has been elected as president-elect. She is associate university librarian for user services, University of California- San Diego Libraries...
RDA and authority work subject of ALCTS preconference
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CHICAGO — “A Change in Authority: Authority Work in the RDA Environment” is the topic for the upcoming preconference sponsored by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) at this year’s 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif...
Winners of the 2012 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award
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CHICAGO — Eight libraries were selected for the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations. The John Cotton Dana (JCD) honor has been awarded continuously since 1946 and...
Library Resources & Technical Services journal now available in print and online
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CHICAGO — ALCTS has launched eLRTS ( alcts.metapress.com), the new website and electronic archive for Library Resources & Technical Services ( LRTS), the journal of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). Benefits of the new...