Join US! Librarians & Libraries Lovers Descend on SXSW Interactive
Every year, thousands of people from the tech, non-profit, marketing, and business sectors descend upon Austin, Texas for South By Southwest Interactive. Itâs a diverse crowd of enthusiastic, forward thinking individuals that are there to learn and connect with one another.
This year, as in years past, librarians, archivists, and museum professionals will be jumping into this conference to spread the library love and learn outside of our institutional silos.
Have a badge or a daypass? Scroll to the bottom for for activity happening at booth #1036!
Donât have a badge? No problem! Librarians from across the country have organized a number of provocative, interactive, and educational events.
Want to connect ahead of time to learn how to be involved? Come to the Austin Texas Librarians Social Club Meet-up on Wed. March 5th!
SXSW Interactive Library-Related Organizations & Activities:
Electronic Resources and Libraries (E&RL) IdeaDrop HouseÂ
Features: Salon style discussions with other attendees; intimate discussions and interviews with SXSW Interactive Speakers, including Austin Public Library Staff members.
Why you should attend: Interested in meeting other like-minded LAMs (librarians, archivists, or museums professionals)? This is the touch-down space just for us where we can brainstorm and think big with some big thinkers in the LAM world.
Where & When: 1706 Garden St, Austin, TX 78702, Fri. 3/7 - Mon. 3/10, between 9am and 6pm each day
Austin Public Library & GeekTheLibrary.orgÂ
Features: Whatever you geek, the public library supports you. Join Geek the Library in spreading awareness about the value of libraries and the critical funding issues they face.
Why you should attend: If youâre near the O Henry House / LABRARY by the Convention Center, stop by to get an âI geek Libraries/[fill-in-the-blank]â profile pic ready for instant social use! The photos will be uploaded instantly to APLâs Facebook page, where participants can then grab them to use throughout the festival and beyond.
Where & When: Â O. Henry Museum, 411 E. 5th Street, Thurs 3/6 through Tues 3/11, between 11 AM and 1 PM each day.
Features: Â Early morning breakfasts at the IdeaDrop house and meet-ups at Mugshots on 7th Street. Â
Why you should attend: Learn about national library advocacy, join the effort, or just share a beverage with a colleague in a laid back space slightly off the SXSWi beaten path.
Where & When: Â IdeaDrop House breakfasts (see above for address) and Mugshots on Friday and Monday.
sxswLAM Advocacy and OutreachÂ
Features: An umbrella group getting the word out about many of these exciting events, sxswLAM also participates in highly interactive experiences with SXSW Â attendees to share their library love. Weâll be giving away coozies and library tattoos in exchange for actionable proclamations from attendees about getting involved at their local library.Â
Why you should attend: Demonstrate to the masses how librarians subvert expectation. Also, duh, coozies and tattoos!
When & Where: Outreach demos at the Mugshots meet-up (3/7) and the EveryLibrary breakfast on 3/8 happening at various times. Check the sxswLAM.org site.
Library Test Kitchen / LabraryÂ
Features: See how a Harvard Graduate School of Design course proposes and prototypes real world possibilities to contribute to the library conversation. They care about libraries and they see libraries as a place for possibilities for people from all different walks of life and professional backgrounds. Co-sponsored by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation.
Why you should attend: Go for the machines and stay for programming; Austin Kleon speaks on Saturday, March 8th!
When & Where: O. Henry Museum, 411 E. 5th Street, March 5-12, 2014, from  9-5 p.m.
Urban Librarians Unite and the Volunteer Library Brigade
Features: ULU facilitates dialog between libraries and library workers, encourages new developments in library science, and advocates for libraries and librarians in urban areas.
Why you should attend: Be a member of the Volunteer Library Brigade and show people the work of the librarian in unusual ways and unusual places! Get a sweet Info-Medic arm band!
Why you should attend: 10am - 2pm, Sat. 3/8 and Sun 3/9, look for the VLB Around the convention center where we will be doing mobile reference. Email us at [email protected] or call/txt to 941.445.7114 to get exact locations on the day (or sign up in advance)
Have a badge or a daypass? Awesome!
Check out booth #1036  where several of the nationâs largest and most influential library organizations will be in SXSWi exhibits hall to engage attendees, panelists, policy-makers, startups, and venture capitalists about the ongoing importance and relevance of libraries and librarians to the tech industry.
The exhibit hall booth is made possible by Innovative Interfaces and will include the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference, EveryLibrary, the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), sxswLAM, Urban Libraries Council (ULC), and Urban Librarians Unite (ULU).
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