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Archive: March 2013 (2 Posts)

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Hacking, Making and Library-ating: A Week in the Trenches at SXSW 2013

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

South by Southwest is a marathon. Actually, it’s more like trying to sprint your way through a hot and dusty marathon populated with approximately 60,000 badge-wearing attendees across the Interactive, Film and Music conferences and numerous others in town to bask in the vibrations. In other words, it’s crazy, amazing and discombobulating all at the …

Posted in: Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Personal Archiving, Videos and Podcasts

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Why South By Southwest is Important for Libraries, Archives and Museums

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

Digital information professionals are converging on Austin, TX this week for the 26th annual South By Southwest conference and libraries, archives and museums will be there in force. Why is it important that LAMs have a strong presence at SXSW? Once you siphon off the (often overwhelming) branding and marketing noise, the value of SXSW …

Posted in: Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration