During October 2011

Inside ZSR

Leslie at NCLA 2011

It was really nice to be able to attend an NCLA conference again — one of my music conferences, as it happens, has been held at the same time for years. I attended a session on RDA, the new cataloging standard recently beta-tested by LC. Christee Pascale of NCSU gave a very helpful, concise reprise... more

Patron-Driven Acquisition: Radically Rethinking the Collection Part One (ALA TechSource Workshop)

On October 5th a group from ZSR participated in a webinar from ALA TechSource on Patron-Driven Acquisition, or as we call it at ZSR, Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA). While Rick Anderson didn’t cover the radical ideas proposed by David W. Lewis in the articles we read to prepare for the webinar, he did make the... more

LITA National Forum 2011: Susan’s Final Report

The Arch LITA National Forum is a three day event that is packed with choices of interesting concurrent sessions plus 3 separate keynote addresses. There is always the problem of picking the best session to attend, but the nice thing about Forum is that it is a more intimate conference (around 300 attendees) and all... more

The 2011 LITA National Forum Wrapup – Giz Womack

Sunday at LITA began with a 7am meeting of the 2011 and 2012 LITA Planning Committees to discuss this year’s event and make suggestions for next year’s event. I enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the conference planning process and I now realize how much work lies ahead for our 2012 LITA Forum Planning... more

LITA National Forum 2011: St. Louis, Giz’s Experience Thus Far

LITA National Forum 2011: St. Louis, Giz’s Experience Thus Far On Friday, September 30th, Susan and I left out for the Greensboro airport at 4:30am. After a short layover in Atlanta, where we were able to catch up on email and grab breakfast, we were off to the 2011 LITA National Forum. Last year was... more

LITA National Forum 2011: St. Louis

LITA National Forum is held annually in the fall. This year it is being held in St. Louis, MO. The theme is Rivers of Data, Currents of Change. Giz and I flew in yesterday morning for the 3 day conference. I became involved in it several years ago when I joined the Forum planning committee.... more