I am interested in LITA, and I like the way ALA takes a stand on some
important issues, even if they can be unrealistic about others. It's
something to think about. Of course I just paid my MLA dues last month and
I'll have ASIST dues coming up before long, so I'm not necessarily looking
for
It's funny; I work in medical libraries, although I've been considering
attempting a move to regular academic libraries for a while now. In the
Medical Library Association we don't really have a LITA. We may have some
kind of technology interest group in there somewhere, but I find tech
interest
As an aside, is the Code4Lib facebook group still active? I've had an
active membership request in with them for some time . . .
Best regards,
*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
Head of Library Computing and Information Systems
Assistant Professor, Graduate College
Department of Health Sciences Library
*OPF Digital Preservation Community Survey*
If you have not yet had a chance to participate in the OPF Digital
Preservation Community survey, it will be open until the 23 January 2015.
The survey aims to build an open account of the current digital
preservation landscape for the community.
Both
I've been less active recently (kids will do that to you) but SLA has had some
weirdness about this, too. There is an IT division that usually attracts the
web masters, programmers, and technical services types... BUT SLA has a lot of
solo librarians who end up doing a bit of everything (they
Resource Delivery Librarian
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
The Resource Delivery Librarian provides leadership in
planning, developing and managing resource delivery services. The incumbent
reports to the Head of Access and Discovery and will help chart the library's
long-range plans
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote:
Based on previous experience, I doubt this truly captures whether someone
thinks of themselves as a librarian. I've always found those categories
Thanks for sharing this article! It's so refreshing to see that some people
have put in writing what the reality of the MLS degrees is. That means we are
not in denial.
I could never understand why an application from a person with a master in
computer science cannot be accepted for the
***Please excuse cross-posting***
The ALCTS/LITA Linked Library Data Interest Group is hosting three
presentations during its meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Chicago.
The meeting will be held on Sunday, February 1, from 8:30-10:00, in McCormick
Place West (MCP), room W192b.
Nancy
I just came across this wiki [http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/Home],
and wondered if it was new. I've been following and assisting (in small
ways) with COPTR and DigiPres Commons but didn't know about this resource.
PS: Did OPF recently re-brand? I thought they were the Open Planets
On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote:
Based on previous experience, I doubt this truly captures whether someone
thinks of themselves as a librarian. I've always found those categories
arbitrary (an MLS does not a librarian make) and sometimes divisive.
An MLS
General Dynamics IT has an opening for a Senior Java / Metadata Developer in
Bay St. Louis, MS.
General Dynamics IT
Bay St. Louis
**General Dynamics IT has an opening for a Senior Java / Metadata Developer in
Bay St. Louis, MS**.
_Position requires an Active Secret Security clearance.
Yes, the OPF recently rebranded to be the Open Preservation Foundation.
(formerly the Open Planets Foundation).
Kari Smith
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The OPF-Labs is not new... it's not so obvious in the USA but the hackathons
that OPF has sponsored all have connections to the data on the OPF labs. One
recent hackathon, last year, in the USA was on UNC Chapel Hill on Digital
Forensics. The OPF labs is a great place to check for work that's
Thanks Kari!
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Kari R Smith smit...@mit.edu wrote:
The OPF-Labs is not new... it's not so obvious in the USA but the
hackathons that OPF has sponsored all have connections to the data on the
OPF labs. One recent hackathon, last year, in the USA was on UNC Chapel
I don't disagree with that, that's for sure. What it DOES suggest is that
the closest thing to tracking librarian vs not is likely how they
self-identify for dues purposes, which means that the data is probably not
so good.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote:
I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet,
centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once used to
be. —ELM
I haven't been in libraries long enough to know what LITA was like
As another tech person in a medical library, I will second this. It does pose
a bit of a dilemma, since I'm not interested in paying 2 sets of membership
dues either. IMO, there's a particular need for a web user experience group
within MLA - after all, every medical library has a website.
I'd be curious about something: how many LITA members are not librarians? I
work in a library as a web developer, which includes a medical library, but I
don’t have an MLS. So, question: is the Code4Lib list more open to technical
folks, but not necessarily librarians?
Lisa Haitz
University
I would agree with this. As an active Code4Libber and LITAer, I can attest that
much gets done by who steps up to do it, and that the daily work for say,
planning a Code4Lib conference and a LITA Forum (both of which I have helped to
do) is exactly the same. Same thing with other daily
Based on previous experience, I doubt this truly captures whether someone
thinks of themselves as a librarian. I've always found those categories
arbitrary (an MLS does not a librarian make) and sometimes divisive.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu
wrote:
There's a different dues schedule for librarians (-slash-certification
required-slash-managerial) and support staff, so along that dimension it
presumably gets tracked, at the very least.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote:
Honestly, I don't know if ALA
LITA certainly welcomes medical librarians (both in tech positions and
not)!
Abigail -- medical librarian
On 1/6/2015 11:05 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
I don't disagree with that, that's for sure. What it DOES suggest is that
the closest thing to tracking librarian vs not is likely how
Honestly, I don't know if ALA tracks whether people have an MLS/related
degree or if that's self-selected. I know folks who call themselves
librarians but who aren't degreed--those would be self-selected.
I'll see if we can find this out--I'm curious!
-Cindi (wearing my LITA hat)
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