userslib.com » conferences http://userslib.com Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 SXSWi + Library Folks http://userslib.com/2008/02/25/sxswi-library-folks/ http://userslib.com/2008/02/25/sxswi-library-folks/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:22:45 +0000 Suzanne http://userslib.com/2008/02/25/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

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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

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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!”

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