Events matching tag "libraries"
Friday, March 7
Let's deconstruct & design actionable ideas about why Libraries, Archives, and Museums within the SXSW conversation is important -- beyond rubbing shoulders with meme-enablers and tool creators. You'll leave with new par…
Intermediate
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Rebecca Stavick
Sunday, March 9
The future of libraries is here for the making. Library Machines is the time and space to get folks together to imagine, design and market new Library Machines. What’s a Library Machine? They follow a little formula, …
Intermediate
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Jeff Goldenson, Sidsel Bech-Petersen
Serendipity happens when we stumble upon an unknown book or album tucked away on the shelves... and it thrills us. In this session, we will use the online music community What.CD as a model for thinking about how to mea…
Intermediate
Presenters
Paul Vinelli
Libraries as the epicenter of innovation, technology and economic recovery? You bet your assets they are! By finding creative ways to bring together techies, entrepreneurs, makers, and sometimes even angel investors, tod…
Intermediate
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Janie Hermann, Venu Moola
Urban Librarians Unite has been able to have a wide ranging and financially huge impact despite having barely any resources. These knife in the teeth librarians have applied social media and tech to traditional activist …
Intermediate
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Christian Zabriskie, Lauren Comito
Monday, March 10
Reducing Social Isolation of LGBT Seniors and Youth Through Technology, Centers and Libraries From homeless LGBT youth to LGBT seniors who have been rejected by their families, this panel will explore the range of issue…
Intermediate
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Dr Imani Woody, Jama Shelton, John Chrastka, Robert Espinoza