New Scope for IT Communications Section

In August 2006, the IT board voted to revised the scope of the IT communications section in order to update and better encompass the evolving technologies that apply to information transmission and delivery.  The new description is:

The IT Communications Section is concerned with the use of technologies and media for information transmission and delivery. The section's mission is to help members share knowledge and best practices for the effective use of these technologies in the provision of information services.

Although this is by no means a comprehensive list, areas currently of interest to the communications section include: Internet, Web 2.0, wireless, broadcast, RSS, podcasts, VOIP, RFID, text messaging, mobile phones, MP3 players DVD, portals, and web servers. In parallel, the IT Blogging Section addresses the use of social communications tools and technologies including blogs, Wikis and social networking-- as exmplified by this IT Division Blog.

We are looking for IT members who might be interesting in taking over a chair of this section under this revitalized scope. This is a great way to get more involved with IT. And, it could provide a reason (and some travel funding) to participate in the SLA leadership meeting in January or the annual conference in June 2007!

If you are are interested in these technologies and would like connect with others and help plan programming related to them, please contact me at Libby.Trudell@thomson.com.

Libby Trudell, IT Communications Section Chair 2005-2006

Comments

[VALENCIO PEREIRA]

i would like to join it

[clw]

Hi Valencio, if you would like to join the Section (and I hope you still do):

- if you are already a member of the Information Technology Division, call, write or email SLA Member Services (+1-703-647-4938; SLA, PO Box 75338, Baltimore, MD 21275; or membership@sla.org)and ask them to add you to the Blogging Section of the Division. Have your SLA member number on-hand. Easy!

- Not a member of SLA-IT? You have to become a member of the Division in order to join a Section. You can wait until your renew your membership and add us to your selection, but, why wait? Contact SLA Member Services by phone (+1- 202-939-3671 – different number!), they will take your credit card details to add you to the Division and Section immediately. Alternatively, you can mail a check with a request to add the division/section to your membership (SLA, PO Box 75338, Baltimore, MD 21275).

- not a member of SLA? Visit http://www.sla.org/content/membership/joinsla/index.cfm or contact membership@sla.org. You will then be able to select IT as your division and join all the IT's Sections you want.