lib*interactive

@lib-interactive

Formerly sxswLAM, lib*interactive is a group of passionate library pros who have attended, presented and actively recruited their colleagues to join them at Austin’s annual SXSW Interactive Festival. Whether you're a veteran, attending for the first time or just want to connect with other thought-leaders in the library industry, join the conversation and help us spread the word about how libraries are not the same old shhh. Learn more at http://www.lib-interactive.com/

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thelifeguardlibrarian

So I just caught up on Colbert from last night (#cancelcolbert is another convo) and I’m listening to him and Biz Stone talk about Stone’s new Jelly App which Stone created as a new approach asking questions and getting answers (he even said something along the lines of ‘in the past 15 years no one has changed the way we answer questions) and LIBRARIANS HAD ZERO TO DO WITH ANY OF IT.

THIS is where we need to plug in. We aren’t losing by bad stereotypes we’re losing by being unseen.

lib-interactive

PREACH! C'mon, y'all, let's join this conversation already!

Another year, another Neil. Thank you Neil Young for your support of libraries!! #sxswlam (major props to @CarsonBlock for taking this pic!)

#sxsw2014

Rachel Robinson (@ItsRachelEmma), a reporter with the Wall Street Journal and current Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard University, shares how the librarians that she knew at an early age impacted her love and learning and her career path.

#sxsw2014

Zachary Barker (@ZJBarker) of Opportunity Machine based in Lafayette, Lousiana, explains how he partners with his local library to host Business 101 classes for start-ups and entrepreneurs. Such a perfect example of how libraries can be start-up incubators!

#sxsw2014

Rosario Dawson, shares her love for libraries with California librarians Ann Awakuni (@AnnAwakuni) and Yemila Alvaraz (@Yemila) after Dawson's panel, Star Power: Innovative Ways to Engage Millennials.

#sxsw2014

A conversation between Edward Snowden and the ACLU, simulcast and watching at the #IdeaDrop house. Issues important for libraries: explaining encryption to our users, finding tools that enable us to browse/search with robust privacy settings, recognizing/explaining that some of our favorite free services (Google, Facebook, Yahoo) may be collecting and storing our data.

#sessions #2014 #asksnowden

Some of the Library Machines by the folks of the Labrary and the Library Test Kitchen!

Interactive Session Assistant brunch at the #IdeaDrop house, sponsored by EveryLibrary! Mmm... mimosas!

cynth

Our first library advocacy & tattoos pre-SXSW! #sxswlam

atxlibs

Library tattooed food truck proprietor + beerbrarian = first successful library advocacy interaction of SXSWi!

Thanks to all who came out tonight! See you at the IdeaDrop house: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/erlplus/ideadrop2014

everylibrary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Libraries & Librarians as Major Players in Tech at SXSWi Library Technology Leaders Travel to SXSWi to Showcase Trends hosted by Innovative AUSTIN (February 5, 2014) Representatives from the library industry’s leading organizations and associations are…Read more ›

Librarians are at the center of the business development matrix in this country. We’re helping to show off several at SXSW this week who are doing great things for starters, entrepreneurs, hackers, and creators. Libraries are relevant. EveryLibrary is telling that story in new places. Voters vote for who they know and trust. We’re reacquainting the biz dev community with us.

#sxswlam

Neil Gaiman displaying the awesome library temporary tattoos from #sxswLAM after the premiere of The Punk Singer, a great documentary about Kathleen Hanna that used material from the Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU. Yay libraries!