Category: February

Maker Technology Interest Group – February 2019 Report

Recent Activities

First Activity
Since our last report we have held our meeting at ALA's Annual Conference in Washington DC. There we talked about Makerspace technology that participants were interested in learning about, programs that have worked for us using these technologies.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement

Second Activity
We held our elections for co-chair and secretary
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Organizational Stability and Sustainability

Third Activity
Since then our small committee has talked about the idea of holding the meetings at Makerspaces and ways to address the website.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement

Fourth Activity
We added new people to the Maker Tech listserv.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Changes to the website and the possibility of holding our meeting in Philadelphia at a Makerspace.

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
Information on whether or not we are allowed to hold our meeting outside of a conference room.

Submitted by Erik Carlson on 09/28/2019

LITA Committee Recognizing Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction – February 2019 Report


The group met 4-6 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
Discussed and decided on books that would make up the 2019 Notables Lists
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement

Second Activity
Added new members to the committee
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement

Third Activity
Voted on procedural and recordkeeping changes, created a publisher contact documents as well as others, moved everything over to the LITA Google Drive.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

Fourth Activity
Started meeting to discuss reading progress on books for inclusion in the 2020 Notables Lists
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement

Fifth Activity
Di Herald stepped down as chair, Dena Heilik stepped in.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
More discussions around the 2020 titles

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
More support and timeliness in adding new members to the committee. Since we're on a different cycle than the rest of the committees we need to have Jan/Feb intake process streamlined.

Submitted by Dena Heilik on 04/18/2019

Assessment and Research Committee – February 2019 Report


The group met 1 time this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
Conducted an analysis of LITA Forum attendee data, led by Vice Chair Laura Costello.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Same

Submitted by Kyle Denlinger on 04/15/2019

Appointments Committee – February 2019 Report


The group met 4-6 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
We've been working through making appointments for next year and progress has been fairly good. By my count we've done 48 appointments in addition to the promotions of current chairs to past chairs/vice-chairs to chairs. We've encountered some members whose circumstances have changed and can't participate, so we're doing some backfilling of previous appointments as well.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
More of the same! Trying to get everything squared away. It would probably be good to send some kind of mass email, if possible, telling people that they start in July and will hear from their chairs.

Submitted by Emily Morton-Owens on 04/11/2019

LITA Blog Subcommittee – February 2019 Report


The group met 0 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
We have started to partner with the LITA CAM committee to interview the authors featured as part of the LITA Chat series on Twitter.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement

Second Activity
We continue to work with authors to produce content in addition to the regular postings that Mark creates.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
We are going to work on featuring authors that create a LITA Guide in addition to the activities mentioned above.

Submitted by Cinthya Ippoliti on 04/02/2019

Education Committee – February 2019 Report


The group met 1 time this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
Mark has been working with each of the presenters to get their sessions up and running, and we are now starting to see the results coming in as each event is marketed and offered.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

Second Activity
I have begun to transition the work of the committee with the incoming chair, Steven Pryor.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

Third Activity
I am in the process of setting up new deadlines for the other work of the committee related to updating documentation and procedures.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Please see above.

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
N/A

Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s work.
N/A

Additional comments or concerns:
N/A

Submitted by Cinthya Ippoliti on 04/01/2019

Diversity and Inclusion Committee – February 2019 Report


The group met 2-3 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
We are currently organizing a LITA presentation panel for ALA Annual 2019. We have corresponded with and met the selected participants and are starting to investigate logistical issues.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Advocacy and Information Policy, Education and Professional Development

Second Activity
Creating standard language for opening LITA programming with land acknowledgements and standard of conduct. We thought this was important to focus on after the events at ALA Midwinter 2019.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Organizational Stability and Sustainability

Third Activity
We have determined the inactive members of the D & I group and have asked Emily Morton Owens for additional members.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Organizational Stability and Sustainability

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
We will continue to work on organizing the ALA Annual panel, including one more meeting with the panelists.

Submitted by Jharina Pascual on 04/01/2019

Drupal4Lib Interest Group – February 2019 Report

Recent Activities

First Activity
I'm just getting my feet on the ground being the new Drupal4Lib chair, so I don't have anything to report right now, except the group has been fairly quiet, but has voted (via email) to keep the IG going.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Discussion of migration to Drupal 8.

Is there anything LITA could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
N/A

Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatves, publications, resources, or other activties that could be developed based on your group’s work.
N/A

Additional comments or concerns:
Sorry this is a day late.

Submitted by Ilana Kingsley on 04/01/2019

Altmetrics and Digtial Analytics Interest Group – February 2019 Report

Recent Activities

First Activity
Meet to discuss next round of free webinars that promote topics on altmetrics and digital analytics. Held a webinar on the topic of almetrics implementation on October 9th featuring a guest speaker from the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. Discussed outcome and feedback related to that program.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

Second Activity
We have maintained contact with the Digital Library Federation, with whom we previously worked with on a session at ALA Annual 2018. We hope to be able to schedule a webinar that will share an update on the results of a previously discussed research project.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

Third Activity
Planning for a Spring call/webinar that will feature discussion related to digital analytics.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Mostly upcoming webinar planning and convening.

Submitted by Jennifer Chan and Tabatha Farney on 03/31/2019

Nominating Committee – February 2019 Report


The group met 2-3 times this quarter.

Recent Activities

First Activity
We submitted a slate for the 2019 elections in January. Goben presented this slate at the Midwinter Board Meeting, where it was accepted.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement

What will your group be working on for the next three months?
We will review documentation to be prepared to hand off to a new committee.

Submitted by Abigail Goben on 03/31/2019