LITA Preconferences at ALA Annual Conference in Chicago

[Rob Carlson]

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LITA will host three preconferences to the ALA Annual Conference in
Chicago this summer.  All three will be held on Friday, June 24, 2005. 
They are:

 
Implementing and Integrating Shibboleth
Friday, June 24, 8:00 am - 05:00 pm 

Shibboleth, a project of Internet2/MACE, is developing architectures,
policy structures, practical technologies, and an open source
implementation to support inter-institutional sharing of web resources
subject to access controls, and to allow inter-operation within the
higher education community. This preconference will provide guidance for
implementation and integration of Shibboleth into information resource
management infrastructures. E-resource providers Dynix, Ex Libris,
JSTOR/ArtStor, OCLC, and ProQuest will also explain how their services
integrate with Shibboleth. 

Speakers:  Keith Hazelton, Internet2/U of Wisconsin-Madison; Peter
Murray, OhioLink; Mike Neuman, Georgetown University; Chris Zagar,
Useful Utilities/EZProxy; Deborah Ludwig, University of Kansas 


Introduction to Web Services
Friday, June 24, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

Introduction to Web Services: Making Applications Play Well Together?
Do you think web services means providing access through the Internet?
It could, but web services is also a set of technical standards that
provides a framework for interoperability. Software application
developers, including those in the library space, use web services to
define how applications can communicate with each other. In many
meetings vendors are talking about implementing a new function or
application using web services. Find out what this means and how it
might impact the choices available to your library in the future. This
program will introduce participants to the standards behind web
services, how they have been used by libraries and their vendors, and
look at how a specific library has used web services to integrate
disparate systems.

Speakers:  Sara Randall, Endeavor Information Systems; Diane
Vizine-Geotz, OCLC; Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame; Andrew
Pace, North Carolina State University; Carl Grant,  VTLS; Jermey
Frumkin, Oregon State University 


Developing a Culture of Assessment in Library Information Technology
Services
Friday, June 24, 8:00 am - 12:30 pm 

Just as libraries must demonstrate the impact of their services and
outcomes on their parent institution or community, information
technology services within the library must be able to do the same. A
critical component in making this happen is to adopt a model of
continuous services assessment that uses user-centered decision making
in order to gather relevant requirements data and information. In 2002
the Information Technology Division of the Northwestern University
Library began adopting a continuous assessment model for decision-making
and service provisioning. Learn what the forces were that caused us to
adopt a culture of assessment, what a culture of assessment is, how our
goals and work changed, and how this has led to the adoption of a new
method of thinking and supporting services within the Library, and what
you can do to get started with this methodology.

Speaker:  H. Frank Cervone, Northwestern University 


Registration fees for Web Services and Culture of Assessment (half-day)
are:  LITA/ALA Members, $150.00; ALA Members, $210.00; Non-members,
$260.00; Student/Retired Members, $150.00
 
Registration fees for Shibboleth (full-day) are:  LITA/ALA Members,
$195.00; ALA Members, $255.00; Non-members, $305.00; Student/Retired
Members, $195.00 
Online registration is available at
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2005a/registration.htm

 
You do not need to register for Annual Conference to register for these
workshops.
 
Rob Carlson
LITA Deputy Executive Director