LITA National Forum 2009 (Library & Information Technology Association) Committee

LITA Forum 2009 Exchange and Commons

Welcome to the content sharing place for the 2009 LITA National Forum.

Presenters: You'll be able to upload your presentation materials for the attendees to see and grab.  Please name your files with the first two words of your proposal title.  This will allow the files to sort alphabetically and will match them up with the session descriptions which are available on the Forum website. http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/forum2009/concurrent.cfm

Attendees: You'll be able to grab content to follow along, makes notes and mashup.

Video and audio recordings of the keynote speakers will be available following Forum.

Ways to network (socially, even!) during conference:

Mobile access:

LITA and sponsor Boopsie bring you LITA 2009 Mobile...the fastest, easiest way to access Forum Schedules, Keynote Speakers, sponsors and other important information about the LITA National Forum directly from your Smart Phone.  (Access to a data network is required on your phone so be sure you have an unlimited data plan).   From your BlackBerry, G1, Palm, Windows Mobile or other phone, go to http://lita.boopsie.com from your mobile browser.  Dowloading is easy and quick.  Also, keep an eye out here to be informed when the Apple App Store version is approved for your iPhone or iPod touch.  In the meantime you still can access the information from your iPhone as a regular mobile website. 9/30 Update: Apple approved the "LITA 2009" application (in 3 days!) and it is now available in the iTunes App Store from your iPhone.  Search for "LITA 2009" or "Boopsie".

Google calendar:

http://bit.ly/1pG4uQ

Pictures, Twitter and Facebook:

Find pictures from the conference and other LITA events on Flickr through the PIX4LITA Flickr group. You can also join the group and add your own.

Post and follow conference tweets by using the hashtag #litaforum or follow the official National Forum twitter feed at ALA_LITA

Join the event on Facebook to network with other attendees and get up-to-the-minute updates.

Tours

Our local arrangements committee has put together some really good information on interesting and conveniently located tours in Salt Lake City for Friday morning.

Tour information is available on the Forum wiki.

This is a pilot and we welcome feedback!!!  Forum Planning Committee members will be wearing eye-catching buttons.  So grab one and give us your feedback, or start a discussion here or send feedback to lita@ala.org