Welcome...

...to this shared space for members of the SLIS LITA Student Group. For those who don't speak Abbreviation, that's the UW Madison School of Library and Information Studies' student chapter of the Library and Information Technology Association.

Of Interest

Thanks to the many hands who helped make the 2009 Open Source Open House (OSOH) a success on November 4. An archive of some of the materials presented is available on the OSOH page.

As librarians we need to protect our computers from viruses.  All UW- Madison students can download a legitimate copy of Symantec antivirus for free from the UW DoIT Web site. You may also wish to consider signing up for free DoIT computer classes.

This Jing video shows how to obtain the Symantec Antivirus software and sign up for Doit computer classes

http://screencast.com/t/jx5DbgbviT9f 

Sometimes it seems like the field of library and information studies is awash in strange vocabulary and acronyms. Not sure what the terms FRBR, ligature, CSS, verso, or CIP mean? Don't let the terminology and acronyms confuse you. There is a helpful, free online dictionary of these and other LIS terms by Joan M. Reitz available at:

http://lu.com/odlis/

2009 - 2010 Activities

• Tuesday, September 8: BootCamp - learn some basic computer skills that most librarians will need, 12 - 1 p.m.
• Even Fridays, beers & bytes on the Union Terrace or the Rathskeller if the weather is bad, 4:30 p.m. 
  • September 4
  • September 18
  • October 2
  • October 16
  • October 30
  • November 6
  • November 20
  • December 4
  • December 18
• Although we had originally planned to host a basic Basic HTML workshop on Tuesday, September 22, we are canceling it. Instead, Sheilah Harrington, one of the librarians in the SLIS library, is going to be presenting two sessions on basic HTML coding.  One on Tuesday, September 22 from 9- 10:00, and another on Tuesday, September 29 from 1:15- 2:15.
• Wednesday, November 4: Open Source Open House: learn about open source library- related software
• Suggestions for alternate meetings and program times are being taken on the Scheduling page.

2008-2009 Activities

• 10-01-2008: Activity Planning Meeting
• 09-10-2008: Meeting

• 10-20-2008: Open Source Open House
  • Andy, Jen, Laura and William
  • Cat Lab, Noon-1pm
  • Linux, consumer software, library/info management software
• 01-29-2009: Maintain Your Computer presentation
  • Jen, Laura and William
  • Defragging, backups, browser configuration, etc.
• 03-30-2009: Installing Koha Open Source Software on the LITA PC
  • Andy
• 04-13-2009: South Central Library System and Koha
  • Andy: brief overview of Open Source and Koha
  • Lauren Blough, SCLS's Automation Project Manager: How SCLS chose Koha

2007-2008 Activities

Recent Activities

• 04-23-2008 Speaker Series: Eric Larson - BibApp
• 04-13-2008 Technology Incubator: Installing Linux
• 04-01-2008 Speaker Series: Steve Meyer - From SLIS Student to Library Hacker
• 03-26-2008 Speaker Series: Dorothea Salo - Behind the Scenes of Open Access
• 01-31-2008 Meeting
• 11-15-2007 Open Source Open House
• 10-10-2007 Activity Overview Meeting: we discussed the 2007-2008 Activity Plan
• 10-02-2007 The core activities group met with Steve Paling to brainstorm the Open Source Open House.
• 09-11-2007 Kickoff: Notes
• 09-11-2007 Kickoff: Agenda
• 08-22-2007: Pre-Orientation Brainstorming

Resources

• Facebook -- the SLIS LITA Facebook group.
• People and Places