Welcome to SLIS LITA!
We're a group of IT-interested library school students at UW-Madison with a wide range of technical aptitudes and curiosities. We host lectures and workshops, we meet up to work on class projects, and we've occasionally been known engage in some geeky frivolity.
Fall 2011 Kickoff & Announcements
Social at the Rathskellar Fri 9/23, 5:00pm
Join us for a social gathering at the Memorial Union Rathskellar on Fri, September 23 at 5:00 PM. Get to know other IT-interested library students, enjoy some beverages, and help to plan our activities for the upcoming academic year.
Tech Class Homework Sessions
LITA will be hosting informal weekly homework sessions where students taking IT-related courses can meet up to work on assignments. Let us know when you'd be most interested in attending by filling out the Doodle poll at the link below.
http://www.doodle.com/ibf4mwhhisrtsvnz
Tech Workshops
LITA also plans to host a workshop or 2 this year - possible topics in include basic hardware, simple repairs and upgrades, basic security, configuring open source workstations, and HTML/CSS. Let us know which topics you're interested in by filling out the Doodle poll at the link below.
http://www.doodle.com/p8p3r6uk6knarakf
ALA, WLA and LITA professional org membership - all at one low price!
Pad your resume and reap other fabulous benefits by joining ALA, WLA and the national LITA organization all at once, for a total of $60. Use the WLA/ALA student membership form on the website below, and make sure to select the LITA under 'Divisional Dues' on the back side of the form. Don't forget to add the LITA dues to your total!
http://wla.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44
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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 inclimate/cold, 4:30 p.m.
- February 12, 2010
- February 26
- March 12
- March 26
- no meeting on April 2 - Spring break!!
- April 16
- April 30
- 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.
- Wednesday, January 27, 2010, noon-1 pm: Maintain Your Computer presentation. Learn about computer security, backup strategies, and ways to keep your computer running more smoothly.
- February 26: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and Amazon Kindle
- April 30: Prezi software
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
- 04-13-2009: South Central Library System and Koha
2007-2008 Activities
Recent Activities
Resources
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