Bookswapping Librarians

We had a great time last night at The Desk Set‘s book swap / bar night at Pacific Standard. We managed to unload about 15 books and brought back a few choice titles, including two Isabelle Allende books, two Nicholson Baker titles, and a 1999 NY Neighborhood guide to ethnic eating.

We also learned about Books Behind Bars, an organization which gives books to prisoners–all the books which weren’t taken at the end of the night were donated to them.

Thanks desk-setters, well done.

*REMINDER* non-profit workers unionize tonight!

Don’t let that micromanaging Director push you around any longer!

*Tonight*
Nonprofit Happy Hour
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 6pm – 8pm

Revival Bar, near Union Square

We know it’s not easy times for nonprofit organizations right now.
And that means it is not easy times for those of us who work for nonprofits.

Come find out about starting a UNION at your workplace.
Strategize with nonprofit workers about how they are using their UNION to address job security, layoffs, hiring freezes, transparency, and workload issues that are affecting all of us right now.

For more information about unionizing at CWA 1180, visit http://www.cwa1180.org/organize/nonprofit.shtml

After the shushing’s done

The librarian is drinking again. Cute post from the Desk Set’s much improved website, Where DO Librarians and Archivists Hang Out? We know and like most of these local haunts, and look forward to the book swap on March 30th at nearby Pacific Standard.

Get drunk, inside.

PTP (Yeah You Know Me)

Quick heads up ’bout a phun lil’ phundraiser / bar night coming up, for the Progressive Technology Project. This slides more into the netroots arena, but still, information technology nerdlingers such as ourselves are into it. Anyways here are the deets:

March 9th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm!
Huckleberry Bar, 588 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 – It’s close to the Lorimer stop on the L train.
Who is PTP?: A nonprofit that works with community organizers around the country providing the tools and training that move the movement for progressive social change. http://www.progressivetech.org

Please consider a donation to PTP in an amount that’s right for you. If you can’t make a contribution this time, please come anyway and meet the PTP folks!

RSVP to kwame [at] progressivetech.org or on facebook http://tinyurl.com/d2wf4a