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Fun and library love planned for the booth at Chicago’s C2E2 Comic Con

Posted: Apr. 12, 2012.

If you’re in Chicago this weekend the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and Office for Library Advocacy (with the help of the Graphic Novels in Libraries Member Interest Group) will be at the C2E2 Comic Book Convention spreading the word about how wonderful libraries and librarians are.

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Library Superheroes, Assemble! Librarians are invited to C2E2 2012!

Posted: Mar. 21, 2012.

The American Library Association will be presenting and exhibiting at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), April 13–15, 2012, in the North Building at McCormick Place in Chicago. C2E2 is a convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, manga, anime and video games for fans and professionals alike.

Rowdy Librarians at SXSWi: The Wrap Up

Posted: Mar. 21, 2012.

Last week, I had the opportunity to blog SXSW Interactive for the ALA. For my final post, I sought out the impressions of others who participated in the conference. Some of these contributors had badges and some did not, but all offered fascinating insights. I’ve included their thoughts below.

Rowdy Librarians at SxSWi - Day Four

Posted: Mar. 13, 2012.

Librarians at SxSWi ride the Snake Bike (photo by Lisa Waite Bunker)

Apparently I’m not that rowdy.

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Rowdy Librarians at SXSWi - Day Three

Posted: Mar. 12, 2012.

Day 3. Scraggly beard. Sleep deprivation. Possible hallucinatory sighting of Willem Dafoe at a Google event…

Wait—that was real.

Rowdy Librarians at SXSWi - Day Two

Posted: Mar. 11, 2012.

Whoa. Saturday is typically the most frenetic day at Interactive, as dealmakers recover from the previous night’s parties and rally for a second day of negotiations and networking.

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Rowdy Librarians at SxSW1 - Day One

Posted: Mar. 10, 2012.

The first 24 hours of SXSWi were a steady buildup of energy in a constant downpour of punishing wind and rain. Late Thursday night, I drove through South Austin to pick up indomitable #sxswLAM organizer Andrea Davis and her photographer-friend Mona Brooks. Both were carrying an unrealistic amount of Zebra-decorated paraphernalia, which they hustled into my car as I stared on with a decidedly puzzled look (more on this later).

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The beginning of a LITA Interest Group: Code Year Interest Group

Posted: Jan. 27, 2012.

In this video, Members Andromeda Yelton and Shana McDanold talk about how the Code Year discussion progressed and about the Interest Group they are forming through LITA - they were able to collect all of the signatures needed that afternoon.

Monday’s Top 15 (Who are we kidding with 10?) #alamw12 Tweets

Posted: Jan. 24, 2012.

While we’re wrapping things up here in Dallas for #alamw12, that certainly doesn’t mean there was a shortage of activity tweeting around.

Sunday’s Top 10 (but really 15) Tweets

Posted: Jan. 23, 2012.

It was another jam-packed day here in Dallas and Twitter was abuzz with libraryland tweets. ALA Council, planning for a Code Year interest group for LITA, discussions about RDA, RUSA’s Notables lists were announced, LITA’s Top Tech Trends, and some profound ideas expressed from both attendees and speakers.

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