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The Biggest Thing to Happen to Library Advocacy EVAR!!
Unless you’ve been under a rock the last month or so, you’ve heard about EveryLibrary. This is probably one of the most exciting developments in library advocacy since Andy Woodworth got the Old Spice guy to talk about libraries. EveryLibrary … Continue reading
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Tagged #makeithappen, advocacy, advocate, ala, american library association, branding, democrate, election, elections, every library, everylibrary, initiative, john chrastka, liberal, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, PAC, patrick sweeney, pcsweeney, pcsweeney.com, politics, president, presidential, republican, super pac, tea party
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Libraries are So Important Some People Will Risk Death…
You know, I don’t really know anything about the whole Cuban Librarians thing that’s been happening. I’ve caught bits and pieces of it from people who have strong opinions about it and learned only a little bit. That’s probably why … Continue reading
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Tagged cuba, cuban, cuban librarian, cuban libraries, free libraries, freedom, guerrilla library, librarian, librarians, librarianship, library, oppression, pcsweeney
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R-Squared, InfoPeople and Eureka = Awesome Inspiration
My video about R-Squared for Info People and Eureka! So many great connections with so many amazing people and that is really what made it all so inspirational.
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Tagged #makeithappen, #partyhard, #rsq12, Conference, eureka, infopeople, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, pcsweeney, video, youtube
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Bay Area Librarians are Partying Like Whoa!
One of the things I’ve been really excited to see is the growth of so many socializing opportunities in the Bay Area for librarians. Most of these gathering are organized on Facebook or some other social media but occasionally they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged #alatt, #makeithappen, #partyhard, bay area, california, California Library Association, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, MIH, networking, north bay, pcsweeney, san francisco, south bay, unconference
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All the Videos from R-Squared
While at the amazing R-Squared Conference in Telluride Colorado I took a whole bunch of videos of people telling me about their experiences. Here they are! This is my bonus video where I caught Chris in the Bathroom.
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Tagged #makeithappen, #rsq12, Conference, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, pcsweeney, r-squared, rsquared
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LOL Second Lifebrarians. Chill.
Ok, there were a whole bunch of people who rallied on my last Second Life post. (which was actually my second Second Life post). They brought some points that I didn’t address in my first or second post but Roy … Continue reading
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Tagged librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, library 2.0, online, pcsweeney, second life, SL
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Seriously? Are We Still Using Second Life?!
<rant> A recent post on an article hipped me to the fact that some library organizations might still be active in Second Life!! I couldn’t believe it. But maybe I’m just totally wrong on this one so I’m open to … Continue reading
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Tagged branding, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, library 2.0, marketing, pcsweeney, second life, technology
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Afterwork Library Meetup at the Yacht Club
These meetups are weekly events so feel free to come out every Thursday! I promise to only invite folks every other week from now on since I got marked as spam for these invites. If you don’t want to be … Continue reading
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Tagged #makeithappen, #partyhard, advocacy, California Library Association, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, marketing, meetup
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I Was Going to Write a Post About Self-Esteem
But then I thought I should just post this video instead.
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Tagged #makeithappen, #partyhard, happy, how-to, librarians, libraries, library, library 2.0, pc sweeney, pcsweeney, self-esteem
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