The ALCTS Awards Ceremony took place at the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC, on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Kristin Martin, ALCTS President, presided. The reception that followed was sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
Continue readingThe Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) presented the session “Bringing Culture Back: Managing Unconscious Bias to Strengthen Your Corporate Culture” at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference. Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran of San Jose State University, School of Information, presented on cultural biases, how they impact the workplace, and how they can be managed.
Continue readingAround 100 people attended the program “Technology Project Management: Following Best Practices and Building Your Skill Set” on Saturday, June 22, at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference. The program was sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). The concept for the presentation came from Al Cornish, Director of Library Technology Services at University of Oregon, but he was unable to attend, so Janetta Waterhouse (director of technical services and library systems at the University of Albany) presented their work solo. Regular project management approaches are usually for much larger projects than a library might face, so this presentation aimed to translate it to a smaller, more library-friendly scale.
Continue readingThe Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) President’s program at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference featured Meredith Broussard, professor of journalism at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Institute. She was previously an editor for the Philadelphia Enquirer, Slate, and Harper’s Magazine. Her talk was based on her book, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.
Continue readingThe program “Diversity, Equity, and Justice Talks: In and Beyond the Library” took place at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference on Saturday, June 22. Sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Diversity and Inclusion Committee, the session featured three panelists: Christine Smith (collections services librarian at Concordia University), Monica Figueroa (music cataloging librarian at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and JJ Pionke (applied health sciences librarian at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
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