Welcome

Welcome you to the Library IT blog.  Technology is an important component in the way the University of Illinois Library provides access to collections, services, and a staff of experts across many subjects and functions.  The Library’s Gateway Web site is visited over 100 million times a year by users world-wide.  We all know that technologies in libraries change on a daily basis.  The technologies that support our Library’s services comprise over 50 distinct systems and services, supported here in the Library, or externally.  Staff across the Library work directly with Library IT to make sure these systems meet our collective needs.   Our goal is to provide  Library staff and users (both in-person and virtual) with the most effective technologies possible to enable forward-reaching service, research, and education programs.

This blog opens up a channel for the Library to share information about local projects and services, campus IT activities, and technology news in the broader library and technology community.  It won’t take the place of the Library IT Help Desk web site, the OTRS ticket system, or the frequent posts Library IT makes to the LIBNEWS-L listserv.  Through the blog we seek to keep Library staff and users up-to-date on Library technology activities, about new products and services, and existing systems and services.  I invite you to tune in and to share your perspectives and ideas.