Check out our Facebook event for the specifics: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123177467761772

We’ll be discussing licensing issues, physical readers, user experience, and lending models. All you need to bring is yourself and your urge to share information, questions, and ideas on this ever changing topic. Please make sure to register so we can get a good idea of who will be coming and please, spread the word!

You can view the rest of the photos on our Facebook page. We were able to collect 250 books for such a great cause and we couldn’t have done it without you! So again, thank you!

Also make sure you save the date of our next event! We are holding eBook round table discussions on the afternoon of Saturday, June 4th. Specific details to come shortly and a registration form/Facebook event will follow!

-The Deskset Crew

Come join us again for our one year anniversary! We will be taking book donations for the incarcerated teens at the Kane County Juvenile Justice Center. This is a great cause and last year we were able to raise hundreds of books! Let’s do it again! Here is a breakdown:

Where:

The Grafton Pub and Grill         (Western stop, Brown Line and there is also ample street parking and a paid lot across the street)
4530 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL

When: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 2:00pm-5:00pm

What to bring: as many YA books as your tote bag can handle!

Who is invited: Library workers, students, book lovers, friends, family! If you are interested in our mission, then you are invited!

We’ll also be raffling off a gift certificate to Unabridged Bookstore!

Please make sure you RSVP if you plan on attending.

If you are interested in helping out or you just have questions, shoot us an email at:

chicagodeskset@gmail.com

Also check out our website: http://chicagodeskset.com/

We look forward to seeing everyone!

– The Deskset Crew

All the support throughout the year has been overwhelming and we look forward to hosting many events to come. So please, keep your calendars open for 2011 because we are hoping to soon give you several months worth of Deskset events. If you celebrate it, Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays to all and have a truly wonderful (and safe!) New Year.

With lots of literary cheer,

The Chicago Deskset

I had a fabulous time at the Go Green at Your Illinois Library event yesterday.

The event was the result of a collaborative effort between the Illinois Library Association and The Center for Cultural Understanding and Change.

The program focused on developing tools and strategies to increase environmental awareness and minimize human impact on the planet. One of the most enlightening perspectives that the Field Museum team shared was the ability of Public Libraries to access cultural diversity as a community asset. They presented sociological and anthropological techniques, games, spoken word performance and music as ways to get your community involved in going green.

Check out this recording of a performance from the workshop:

What Does Green Mean?

We here at Chicago Deskset believe in “civic librarianship”. Information is an inherently social creation derived from its origins in language and the written record. We are constantly looking for new ways to engage our communities on a day to day basis. This workshop did a beautiful job of sharing tools that will help us move the dialog forward. Keep an eye on Go Green @ Your Illinois Library!

Posted on behalf of The Deskset Crew,

by Adam Girard

When is the last time you hung out at the arcade? Come to Chicago Deskset’s game night at Dave & Buster’s. This is very low key — just games, beer and some time to hang out with your fellow Desksetters. Think of it as networking…with some DDR thrown in the mix.

We will meet up Friday, November 5th, after we have all finished work for the week. We can meet up out front at 7:30PM. If you show up late, no problem! Just wander around until you find Adam battling Tony at Star Wars Pod Racing

You can RSVP to the Facebook event and tell your friends! All are invited.

Hope to see you there!

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Are you free Wednesday evening? Come hang out with other librarians and the Chicago Deskset at Elephant & Castle at 160 E Huron Avenue from 8PM to 11PM. When you see the red British phone booth you know that you have arrived. Come out and talk about civic librarianship over a pint, or lend your taste buds to the catalogers. We intend on cataloging each of the 16 draft imports. Our professional commitment is so great that it drips off our chins.

Please RSVP on the Facebook event page.

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This mention was featured on Chicagoist.

Date: July 10, 2010 3-5pm.

Location: Goose Island Brewpub, 800 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL

We are supporting 826 Chicago. 826CHI is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

Please bring $5 (or more!) to donate to the charity. You can make personal checks out to “826CHI” or bring cash! We have a private room (Siebel Hall) with our own cash bar and food can be ordered from the menu!

Also if you have emailed us about volunteering for a committee we will try to get the groups together at some point during the event. And as always, we will have some sort of raffle in exchange for your donations to 826 Chicago.

So come have fun, drink local beer and raise funds for a great local charity! We hope to see you there!

To RSVP please use the Facebook page

On behalf of the Chicago Deskset, Anthony Molaro