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American Library Association: 2005 Midwinter Meeting Highlights

Colby Riggs (Project Coordinator in the Systems Department at the University of California, Irvine and co‐editor of LHTN. (cmriggs@lib.uci.edu))
Yan Han (Systems Librarian at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. (hany@u.library.arizona.edu))
Julia Gelfand (Applied Sciences Librarian at the University of California, Irvine and co‐editor of LHTN (cmriggs@lib.uci.edu).)

Library Hi Tech News

ISSN: 0741-9058

Article publication date: 1 March 2005

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Abstract

Purpose

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Aims to provide highlights from the American Library Association (ALA) 2005 Midwinter meeting.

Design/methodology/approach

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Provides a brief report of the meeting held in Boston, MA. in January 2005.

Findings

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Outlines how the Public Library Association (PLA) debuted blogging at this meeting and provides a summary of the ever popular ALA Technology Showcase – the highlights of which included shared networks, library data mining and audio archives. Concludes with highlights from various Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) meetings and discussions and a detailed report on the Standards Interest Group.

Originality/value

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A report of interest to library and information management professionals.

Keywords

Citation

Riggs, C., Han, Y. and Gelfand, J. (2005), "American Library Association: 2005 Midwinter Meeting Highlights", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 4-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050510601542

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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