Cross-posted; apologies for duplication.
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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