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LITA Events at the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting

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LITA Midwinter Workshops: Friday, January 15, 2010, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs

Speaker: Karen Coombs, University of Houston

del.icio.us subject guides, Flickr library displays, YouTube library orientation; with mashups and APIs, it's easier to bring pieces of the web together with library data. Learn what an API is and what it does, the components of web services, how to build a mashup, how to work with PHP, and how to create web services for your library. Participants should be comfortable with HTML markup and have an interest in learning about web scripting and programming and are encouraged to bring a laptop for hands-on participation.

Writing for the Web

Speaker: Brenda Reeb, University of Rochester

Learn how to present text and words on a webpage in ways that enhance findability and readability of webpage content. You have the opportunity to receive feedback on your own writing during the workshop and critique web copy on sites selected by the presenter.

Leave the workshop with quick-fixes you can apply to your site immediately as well as strategies for tackling long range projects that will enhance the quality of your library website.

Registration:

LITA member: $220
ALA member: $315
Nonmember: $495

Registration Opens September 1, 2009: visit the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting page.

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LITA Happy Hour

Friday, January 15, 2010

Location TBD

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Please join the LITA Membership Development Committee and members from around the country for networking, good cheer, and great fun! Expect lively conversation and excellent drinks. Cash Bar

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LITA President-Elect Karen Starr hosts the LITA Town Meeting

Monday, January 18, 2010

8:00 am - 10:00 am

Meet your fellow LITA members, and participate in a conversation about  what role LITA plays in the larger information, association, community-building, and technology- related landscape.