{"id":83,"date":"2011-01-09T10:34:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T14:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galencharlton.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2011-01-09T10:34:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T14:34:54","slug":"pronounceable-acronyms-or-why-you-should-come-to-the-lita-open-source-systems-interest-group-meeting-at-ala-midwinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galencharlton.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/pronounceable-acronyms-or-why-you-should-come-to-the-lita-open-source-systems-interest-group-meeting-at-ala-midwinter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronounceable acronyms, or why you should come to the LITA Open Source Systems Interest Group meeting at ALA Midwinter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just realized something — I’ve never heard anybody refer to the LITA OSS IG as the “awww-zig”. Probably just as well.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s my pitch for the meeting, which is today, 9 January 2011, at the San Diego Convention Center in room 31C. By design, the IGs in LITA are perhaps the wildest and wooliest part of ALA, being forums for like-minded librarians and library techies to discuss and work on cool toys and share ideas for the benefit of their libraries. The OSS IG is no exception; one of the best parts of our meetings is going around the table and having everybody present discuss what they’ve been up to with F\/OSS. Think of it as Code4Lib where ties and jackets are allowed!<\/em><\/p>\n

There is also a business meeting, which co-chair Daniel Lovins and I will keep as short as possible, but fortunately, there’s little in the way of administrivia to talk about. The main agenda item for the business meeting: what does the OSS IG group want to do next? To toss some ideas out:<\/p>\n