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Have authors in your library for #MaykerMondays!
Hey librarians! Do you want some authors to come take part in your MaykerMonday events? We have a partnership with Togather to get authors interested in maker spaces into your libraries. Take a look at the details below and contact … Continue reading
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Tagged #maykermonday, ala, american library association, author, DIY, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, library boingboing, librarylab, lit, literature, maker, maker spaces, makermonday, may, pcsweeney, togather
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33 and Sorting It Out
So, I’m about to turn 33 and I decided that for this birthday, I wanted to start making some changes as a kind of present to myself. Some of them are big, some are pretty small. Why did I pick … Continue reading
Announcing the winner of Round Two of the Great Librarian Write-out.
With much delay, we are very excited to announce the winner of the second annual Great Librarian Write-out. We had many fine entries this year and our team took longer than expected to make a decision. But no worries, we’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged #makeithappen, advocacy, Anne Marie Madziak, great librarian write-out, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, library 2.0
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Introducing Library #MAYkerMondays.
Recently a lot of libraries have been developing ideas and spaces around the maker movement and the maker culture. We have seen a giant leap in libraries as spaces for makers to make and for the Do It Yourself (DIY) … Continue reading
We Can’t Help But Librarianing Challenge for #ALAM13
I was sitting in a car once with a bunch of great librarian when Toby Greenwalt said, in response to a conversation about librarians that “We can’t help but librarianing.” Well, I just thought about that because right now, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged #alamw13, #makeithappen, advocacy, ala midwinter, american library association, Conference, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, marketing
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My Blog Post of Awesome Things for #alamw13
Its not long before we’re all at ALA Midwinter and Making it Happen and Partying Hard. As usual, I have a long list of meetings to attend all day, every day. I won’t bore you with all the details of … Continue reading
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Tagged #alamw13, #alatt, #makeithappen, #partyhard, ala, ala midwinter, american library association, Conference, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, pcsweeney, presentation
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What to do at the California Library Association Conference!
The California Library Association conference is coming up in just a few days and this year it looks like there’s going to be some great stuff happening there. If you’re not from California or you don’t know about the conference, … Continue reading
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Tagged #cla2012, California Library Association, Conference, librarian, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library, pcsweeney, presentation
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Social Media Roundup of Internet Librarian
So you didn’t go to Internet Librarian? That’s Ok. The best thing about internet Librarian is that everyone is so… Internety. All of the awesome stuff that happened throughout the conference was digitally shared via all kinds of avenues. Instead … Continue reading
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Tagged #il2012, #internetlibrarian, Conference, Internet Librarian, librarian, librarians, libraries, library, pcsweeney, presentation
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Speed Technology Dating Slides at Internet Librarian
These are the slides from our presentation at Internet Librarian 2012. Toby Greenwalt, Jeremy Snell, and Patrick Sweeney compiled a list of 30 new kinds of technology that can be easily and cheaply implemented in your library. Speed Technology Dating … Continue reading
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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