Yesterday, I attended the first get-together for Chicago Deskset. It was primarily a social event and at this point there wasn’t really a lot of information about what the group hopes to achieve other than make connections between librarians and friends of libraries to work together in support of libraries in the Chicago area. However, it was a really fun event, everyone seemed nice and easy to talk to, and there was a lot of excitement and energy in the room, which is really important for this sort of grassroots advocacy group. The link is to the Deskset’s recap of the event. They’ve been sending out information about events and news via Facebook, but group cofounder Adam Girard said they’re planning to shift to an email list for future communications. The next event is set for Sunday, May 23; I plan to be there and I hope you will too.