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SXSWi + Library Folks

Going to South by South West interactive (SXSWi) in a couple of weeks? Are you a librarian or work in a library or just think library people are cool?

Let’s meet up! We’re currently working on finding a time and place to get together… for now, join the SxSW Library Workers facebook group.

Meet me at SXSW

Podcast: The Future of the Book: Dead or Alive?

The podcast of last spring’s SXSW panel “The Future of the Book: Dead or Alive?” is now available online.

How will information survive? Will digital archiving keep our information and memories intact, or will we lose more bits than we save? What do books mean in the digital age? Will old time publishing survive? Who are the real bookmakers today? What does it mean today that anyone can be their own publisher?

Moderator: Peter Merholz President/Co-Founder, Adaptive Path
Brewster Kahle Internet Archive
Terri Ducay Vice President Design, Cheskin
Eileen Gittins CEO, Blurb
Peter Merholz President/Co-Founder, Adaptive Path

Why Do We Need Libraries Anyway?

The SXSW (south by south west) Interactive Panel Picker was made live today. I’ve always loved that SXSW sessions are chosen by voting. There are some interesting ones to choose from and one particular one caught my eye:

Why Do We Need Libraries Anyway?

I’m definitely going to give this one 5 stars. Since it’s been proposed by Danielle Cunniff Plumer of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, I can image the answer will be “Lots of reasons!”