Cross-posted; apologies for duplication. ********************************************* Hello friends, The December 2010 issue of /Information Technology and Libraries/ (ITAL), LITA's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, is online and accessible to all LITA members. Issues older than six months are open to all. ITAL's main page is at <http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/ital/italinformation.cfm>. ITALica <http://ital-ica.blogspot.com/>, the weblog discussion area for ITAL, has been updated with information about the latest issue. ITALica features supplementary materials not included with the regular print and electronic versions of /Information Technology and Libraries/, such as "letters to the editor", updates to articles, and other materials we can't work into the journal. One of the most important features of ITALica is a forum for readers' conversations with our authors, wherein authors host and monitor discussion for a period of time after publication of their articles, so that you then have a chance to interact with them. ITALica offers you the opportunity to discuss with the following ITAL authors their papers in the latest issue: "Generating Collaborative Systems for Digital Libraries: a Model-Driven Approach" / Alessio Malizia, Paolo Bottoni, and S. Levialdi "The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband" / Marijke Visser and Mary Alice Ball "An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies" / José R. Hilera, Carmen Pagés, J. Javier Martínez, J. Antonio Gutiérrez, and Luis de-Marcos "Bridging the Gap: Self-Directed Staff Technology Training" / Kayla L. Quinney, Sara D. Smith, and Quinn Galbraith "Next-Generation Library Catalogs and the Problem of Slow Response Time" / Margaret Brown-Sica, Jeffrey Beall, and Nina McHale No membership is required to view or participate in ITALica. We hope to see you there! -- Andy Boze Web site Manager, ITAL, for the Editorial Board