Jason Griffey, 2010 Candidate for LITA Director-at-Large

STATEMENT: I have attempted over the last 5 years to assist LITA in whatever manner I can to provide better services to its members. As a member of the LITA Board, my entire focus will be to find ways in which LITA as an organization can provide wanted and needed services to its membership. I will endeavor to make all decisions as transparent as possible, and to represent the membership to the Board in a direct and unflinching manner.

Degrees and Certifications: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Masters of Library Science, 2004; Morehead State University, Bachelors in Philosophy, 1995.

Current Position: Head of Library Information Technology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2008-present.

Previous Positions: Head of Library Information Technology, University of TN at Chattanooga, 2007-Present.

ALA Activities: LITA: Member, LITA Forum Committee, 2008-Present; LITA: Administrator and Moderator, LITABlog, 2005-Present; LITA: Chair, Program Planning Committee, 2008-10; LITA: Co-Chair, BIGWIG, 2007-09.

Publications: Author, Mobile Technology and Libraries (Neal Schuman & LITA), 2010; Co-Author, Library Blogging (Linworth Publishing), 2008.

Honors, Awards, Prizes, Medals, Citations: Library Journal Mover & Shaker, 2009; Joseph & Mary Jackson Award, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2009.

Accomplishments: In addition to those listed previously, I'm particularly proud of my ongoing online writing for ALA TechSource, as well as my new blog for American Libraries entitled Perpetual Beta. For a full sense of my publishing and accomplishments, my complete CV is available on my website at http://www.jasongriffey.net. Also there you will find my various online endeavors.