Top Technology Trends Committee

Technology and library users: LITA experts identify trends to watch

The Top Technology Trends committee hosts discussions from a panel of LITA technology "experts" at each ALA Midwinter and Annual meeting. The "Trends" covered in the discussions generally cover anything technology related that our panel thinks may have an impact on libraries. Trends range from new technologies being used in libraries or the marketplace, to social trends in technology use, to new uses and applications for existing technologies, and more. Top Tech Trends is composed of a group of speakers (our technology "Experts"), who participate in the discussions, and a separate group of committee members. Committee members help set up and manage the discussions, and also write up bibliographies for this website on the trends discussed at each meeting.

Current trends, podcasts, and trendster commentary for conferences from 2007 on can be found on the LITA blog. The pages below are an archive of trends from 1999-2006.

Speaker/Panelist Release Form

Top Technology Trends Committee Members

Related Files

• Midwinter Meeting Report, Boston 2005
• Midwinter Meeting Report, San Antonio 2006
• Annual Meeting Report, New Orleans, 2006
• Midwinter Meeting Report, Seattle 2007
• Annual Meeting Report, Anaheim 2008