Welcome to the  LiTTech Show! The show that highlights innovations and progress in Library Media Technology. And we are:

Adrienne Matteson

and I’m your host....
Emily Thompson

And our very special guest this week is Kristin Fontichiaro, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information <<KF gives brief bio>>>

Welcomes and introduction:
What’s the big thing that happened this week?  Newsishness? Hurricane? Library news?

There was a truck fire next to Emily’s apartment last night

MSNBC finally talks about SOPA: http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/15/10162422-sunday-jan-15-first-hour

UofM SOE 4T Virtual Conference 2012 (May 19-22): Registration and call for presentation proposals now open http://4tvirtualcon.soe.umich.edu/

School librarian petition: http://wh.gov/Wgd (Sign by February 4)

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Item #1: Organizing a crowdsourced book

Information Literacy in the Wild: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/115254
School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Next to Come: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96705

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Item #2: Publishing your book

http://www.smashwords.com/
Kristel Wieneke @SpecialKlib

Item #3: Why any of this matters? Why do a crowdsourced book in the first place? :)

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Final Segment:

What are we reading?

Emily: Haflings by Heather Burch: Not the best book, but a good read-alike for Twilight fans.
Also like Twilight: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Addie: Found and Sent, books 1 and 2 of The Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix: awesome time travel/suspense. There are 2 more in print and 3 titles on the way. I know what I’m reading for the rest of the week.


Kristin: Detroit: A Biography by Scott Martelle, coming from Chicago Review Press.
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Looking ahead:

Library advocacy

That will do it for this week on the LiTTech Show.  
Emily Thompson emiathom@gmail.com @librarianofdoom librarianofdoom.com
Adrienne Matteson queenaddie@gmail.com @queenaddie
Kristin Fontichiaro @activelearning

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