Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Library Geek Wants to Know What You Are Passionate About!
















Love your library? Get your geek on by going to this site to take in the message, enjoy the visuals, show your support, and check out the resources!

GeektheLibrary.Org wants you to know that:

(from their About page)

"It's All About You. Turn your passions into support.

No matter who you are, there are things you are passionate about—things you geek. Maybe you geek engineering or hip hop. Maybe you are passionate about composting, schooners or vampires. Or maybe you just geek the weather.

Whatever you geek, serious or fun, the public library supports you.

The Geek the Library project is a community-based public awareness campaign aimed at spreading the word about the vital and growing role of your public library, and to raise awareness about the critical funding issues many U.S. public libraries face.

The Goal

The campaign hopes to inspire a conversation about our incredible public libraries and their urgent need for increased support. We hope you tell people what you geek, how the public library supports you and your community, and that everyone in your community benefits from the services your local library provides.

The Rule

The campaign will not support or oppose any candidate for public office, nor attempt to influence legislation.

The Sponsors

The campaign is sponsored by OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative that has provided services to help libraries deliver more to their users for four decades. Supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, OCLC partnered with Chicago-based marketing communications agency Leo Burnett USA to create the campaign."

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