Top Technology Trends by Topic

Current trends, podcasts, and trendster commentary for conferences from 2007 to the present be found on the LITA blog .

The links below are an archive of trends from 1999-2006.

• Authentication [ Midwinter 1999]
• Automating Reference [ Annual 2000]
• Biometrics [ Annual 2004]
• Blogging [ Annual 2003] | Midwinter 2005]
• Broadband [ Midwinter 2002 | Midwinter 2005]
• Convenience [ Midwinter 2001]
• Convergence [ Midwinter 2000]
• Co-opting Existing Technologies [ Midwinter 1999]
• Copyright [ Annual 2001] | [ Midwinter 2004]
• Customization [ Midwinter 1999] [ Annual 2000]
• Cyber Infrastructure [ Annual 2003]
• Digital Rights Management [ Midwinter 2004 | Midwinter 2005]
• E-Books [ Midwinter 2001] | Midwinter 2005]
• EResource Management[ Annual 2004]
• Evaluation [ Midwinter 1999]
• Folksonomy [ Midwinter 2005]
• Game Technology [ Annual 2002]
• Google [ Midwinter 2005]
• Handhelds [ Annual 2003]
• Hiring Good Systems Personnel [ Annual 2001]
• Home Scholars [ Midwinter 1999]
• Human Factors [ Midwinter 1999]
• Infrared [ Annual 2002]
• Integrated Online Library Systems [ Annual 2002] | [ Midwinter 2004] | Midwinter 2005]
• Internet Use in Libraries [ Midwinter 2000]
• Institutional Repositories [ Annual 2004]
• JPEG 2000 [ Annual 2004]
• Library Catalogs [ Midwinter 2001]
• Library/Librarian Role [ Midwinter 2000]
• MARC and XML [ Annual 2000] | [ Annual 2003] | [ Midwinter 2004]
• Metadata Harvesting [ Annual 2001]
• Metasearching / New Search Interfaces [ Midwinter 2002] | [ Annual 2002] | [ Midwinter 2004]
• National Boundaries on the Web [ Midwinter 2001]
• Open Access [ Annual 2004]
• Open Source Software [ Annual 2000] | [ Midwinter 2003]
• Open URL [ Annual 2002]
• Partnerships [ Midwinter 2000]
• PDAs/Portability of Data [ Midwinter 2003]
• Personal Search Software [ Annual 2004]
• Policies and Technology [ Midwinter 2004]
• Preservation of New Media Formats [ Annual 1999]
• Privacy -- [ Annual 1999] see also Customization
• Reading Habits (Scanning vs. Reading) [ Midwinter 2003]
• Reference, Automating -- see Automating Reference
• RFID [ Midwinter 2004]
• RSS [ Annual 2004]
• Search Engines [ Annual 1999]
• Security [ Midwinter 2002] | (USA Patriot Act) [ Midwinter 2003] | [ Annual 2003] | [ Midwinter 2004]
• Self-Publishing (Amateur Fiction) [ Midwinter 2002]
• Semantic Web [ Annual 2001]
• Shop Floor Management [ Midwinter 2001]
• Spam Filters [ Annual 2003]
• Storage and Organization of Mass Data [ Midwinter 2002] | [ Midwinter 2003] | Midwinter 2005]
• Submerging Technology [ Midwinter 1999]
• Trust Management [ Annual 2000]
• Usability -- see Web Usability
• User Centered Design [ Annual 2002] | [ Midwinter 2004]
• XML and MARC [ Annual 2000] | [ Annual 2003] | [ Midwinter 2004]
• Web Services [ Midwinter 2003] | [ Annual 2004] | [ Annual 2000]
• Wireless [ Annual 2001] | [ Midwinter 2003] | Annual 2001] | [ Midwinter 2005]