American Library Association: 2005 Midwinter Meeting Highlights

Abstract

Purpose

Aims to provide highlights from the American Library Association (ALA) 2005 Midwinter meeting.

Design/methodology/approach

Provides a brief report of the meeting held in Boston, MA. in January 2005.

Findings

Outlines how the Public Library Association (PLA) debuted blogging at this meeting and provides a summary of the ever popular ALA Technology Showcase – the highlights of which included shared networks, library data mining and audio archives. Concludes with highlights from various Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) meetings and discussions and a detailed report on the Standards Interest Group.

Originality/value

A report of interest to library and information management professionals.

Citation

Riggs, C., Han, Y. and Gelfand, J. (2005), "American Library Association: 2005 Midwinter Meeting Highlights", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 4-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050510601542