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Neat stuff at Networking Uncommons from Midwinter 2013 that will return for Annual! :D

Level up! Change the fate of someone in the storytelling wall. Jot down ideas for the idea exchange! Write and doodle on the graffiti wall!

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Look for Librarians at C2E2 this year, too! Hello, Tumblrarians of Chicago & the surrounding areas! Are you going to C2E2 this weekend? ZOMG! So are we!!! (Maybe we’ll think of it as a dress rehearsal for #ala2013?) ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and Office for Library Advocacy will be at the show spreading the word about how wonderful libraries and librarians are, and your humble Tumblog MC will be manning the booth. To be sure, we’ll also have some stuff going on especially for our wonderful Library Superheroes – YOU! Stop by the booth! Remember to stop by Booth # 1332 and pick up some swag and say hi to some ALA staffers (this is your chance to see us in costume :-P). We’ll have buttons, bookmarks, information about ALA, our campaigns and initiatives, the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, and more. Professional Day Programs Into the Wild: The Adult Reading Round Table Tackles Comics Friday, April 26 - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm; Location: W474 Speakers: Rachel Hoover, Adult Services Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Library ; Melissa Stoeger, Readers’ Services Librarian, Deerfield Public Library; Karen Toonen, Adult Services Librarian, Naperville Public Library Moderator: Toby Greenwalt, Virtual Services Coordinator, Skokie Public Library Description: The Adult Reading Round Table is an organization of readers’ advisory and collection development librarians from all across Chicagoland. For their annual genre study this year, they chose to examine graphic novels - a format many in the group had never spent time with before. Come hear about the genre study and learn new strategies for supporting graphic novels library-wide. The Silver Age of Comics in Libraries: Programming, Best Practices, And More Friday, April 26 - 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm; Location: W474 Speakers: Andrew McBride , Kristin LaLonde , Lisa Rabey Description: The shelves are just the beginning when you’re dealing with comics in libraries. From cosplay to author events and from art exhibitions to software demonstrations, there’s a whole world of programming opportunities geared toward pop-culture Fans. Librarians Lisa Rabey (academic library), Kristin LaLonde (public library) and Andrew McBride (special library) will present on the type of comics and graphic novels they collect, why they collect for their libraries, how their library collections differ and how they use programming to expand their audiences. Epic Librarian Photo-Op! Friday, April 26 – 2pm sharp! Location: Booth #1332

If you’re a librarian, library worker or library supporter attending C2E2, please join us at 2:00 pm on Friday (4/26) for this year’s EPIC LIBRARIAN PHOTO – C2E2. We’ll be meeting at the American Library Association’s booth, #1332. This is your chance not only to be in what we hope is the LARGEST ORGANIZED GROUP PHOTO AT C2E2, but also to meet other librarians in the area! Not to mention help us carry on a tradition of make the pic even bigger than the Epic Librarian photo from NY Comic Con! Swag for Sale We’ll have posters and t-shirts on-hand for sale. Proceeds are going to the Freedom to Read Foundation and Office for Intellectual Freedom and ALA. Stop by to shop, or better yet, bring your friends by to shop. We may even have some special deals! Request a Quest! At the ALA booth (#1332) you’ll be able to request a quest that will take you throughout the exhibit hall into the wild wilderness of parts unknown to meet new people, learn new things, and maybe do a little dance. Those brave and stalwart souls that complete their question successfully will be rewarded! Look for our Roaming Little Free Library!

You may be familiar with the notion of little free libraries that have been springing up across the globe. These small boxes of books encourage passers-by to browse and take a book and leave a book if they can. How could we possibly improve on this idea? By adding a librarian, of course! Our Roaming Little Free Library will be staffed by a real-life librarian who can check out or collect books, answer reference questions, and provide some readers advisory. *whew* It’s going to be a whirlwind show! We look forward to seeing you there!

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Reblogging as a reminder! If you're at C2E2 this weekend, stop by the booth and say hello!

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Submit your ideas on improving librarianship and basic humanity here! To reward you for your hard work, here are some dancing cats:

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