Cross-posted; apologies for duplication. - mt
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Hello friends,

ITALica, the new weblog discussion area for _Information Technology and
Libraries_ (ITAL), LITA's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, is now out in
its second issue (http://ital-ica.blogspot.com/).  ITALica features
“letters to the editor”, updates to articles, supplementary materials we
can't work into the journal,... you-name-it.  One of the most important
features of ITALica is a forum for reader conversations with our
authors, wherein authors host and monitor discussion for a period of
time after publication of their articles, so that you can have a chance
to interact with them.

ITALica is currently a pilot project.  Our current issue includes
content submitted by authors appearing in the September (vol. 27, no. 3)
issue of ITAL:

- Mark Cyzyk, "Virtues and Values in Digital Library Architecture"

- Erik Lease Morgan, "MyLibrary:  A Digital Library Framework and Toolkit"

- Mireia Ribera Turro, "Are PDF Documents Accessible?"

- James Feher and Tyler Sondag, "Administering an Open-Source Wireless
Network"

- Robert N. Bland and Mark A. Stoffan, "Returning Classification to the
Catalog"

Several of these authors have already posted to the current ITALica.

LITA members can access the full texts of the above-listed articles
online, at the ITAL website
(http://www.lita.org/ala/lita/litapublications/ital/italinformation.cfm),
from where you can also then find a link to the ITALica discussion.  You
can also access ITALica directly (no membership in LITA required) at
(http://ital-ica.blogspot.com/).

We hope to see many of you online at ITALica for the latest in our
ongoing series of very stimulating discussions!

cheers,

- mt (Editor, ITAL, for the Editorial Board)

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