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Idea Drop 2016 has ended

Idea Drop is 4 day, free program &  meeting space for the library, archives, museums folks + friends. 
Join backyard conversation + lend an idea or skill to a hackfest + meet with Knight Foundation during office hours!  
Enjoy good company at 1706 Garden St in Austin or online at libraryideas.org

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Austin Convention Center Room 15
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Why School Libraries Matter in The Information A...




 
 
Austin Convention Center Ballroom EFG Hilton Austin Downtown Salon D
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No More Yoda Heads: 3D Printing... 2:30pm - 3:00pm

Hacking Education Through Libraries 2:00pm - 3:00pm




 
 
Austin Convention Center Room 18D Hilton Austin Downtown - Salon E
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SXSW EDU Library and Museum Professionals Meet Up 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Leveling the Maker Playing Field: A National Plan 11:00am - 12:00pm




 
 
Container Bar Hilton Austin Downtown Salon C
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KNC: Libraries Happy Hour 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Mobile Archives: Preserving Community Memories 9:30am - 10:30am

Innovations in Libraries 11:00am - 12:00pm




 
 
Austin Convention Center - Room 6AB Hilton Austin Downtown - Salon E JW Marriott - Salon 3/4 JW Marriott - Salon 5 JW Marriott - Salon 6 JW Marriott - Salon C Library Idea Drop House Mugshots Palmer Events Center - Room 4/5
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Is Your Biological Data Safe? 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Prison Tech Boom: Social Outcomes and Entrepreneurs 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Copyright and Creators: 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Internet of Things: Just Someone Else's Computer? 5:00pm - 6:00pm

The End of Average 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Hustler to Entrepreneur: Tech and Disconnected Youth 3:30pm - 4:30pm

IdeaDrop Opens! 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Knight Foundation Office Hours 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Welcome to 2016 Library IdeaDrop... 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Cultural Heritage Hacking 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Viewing Party of President Obama's SXSW Keynote 2:30pm - 3:15pm

Knight News Challenge - An Inter... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Jason Griffey @ #IdeaDrop 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Locals + Friends Happy Hour 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Casual Mugshots Meet up 6:00pm - 8:00pm

How to Create Makerspaces in Your Community 12:30pm - 1:30pm




 
 
Austin Convention Center - Room 10AB Library Idea Drop House Westin Austin Downtown, Paramount 1
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How the Internet of Things Can S... 10:00am - 10:30am

Breakfast Meet up sponsored by the Knight Foundation 9:00am - 11:00am

Knight Foundation Office Hours 9:00am - 4:00pm

What's Happening Today @ #IdeaDr... 11:00am - 11:30am

Open Ebooks Initiative 11:30am - 12:00pm

Hackfest - Hacking Open Data 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Biased Algorithms and the Future... 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Prison Tech Boom: Social Outcome... 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Digital Content and the Legality... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Copyright and Creators: 2026 @ #... 2:30pm - 3:00pm

Building the Galleries of the Fu... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Tech and Disconnected Youth @ #I... 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Virtual Reality: From Empathy to... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Build the Crowdsourcing Community of Your Dreams 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Give It Away to Get Rich: Open Cultural Heritage 3:30pm - 4:30pm




 
 
Austin Convention Center - Room 8ABC JW Marriott - Room 303/304 JW Marriott - Salon 8 JW Marriott - Salon D Library Idea Drop House Palmer Events Center Room 4-5
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Design for Smarter Public Spaces 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Citizen Science: Sensors and the Environment 3:30pm - 4:30pm

GO REBOOT YOURSELF: Get a Grip on Your Tech 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Designing the Internet of Things for Privacy 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Social Activism: How to Ignite a... 10:30am - 11:00am

Designing Smart Public Spaces @... 11:00am - 11:30am

How the Internet of Things Can S... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Designing the Internet of Things... 1:00pm - 1:30pm

A Chat with Cory Doctorow 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Get Messy in the Library: Art, Making and Tinkering @ #IdeaDrop 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Get Messy in the Library: Art, Making and Tinkering 12:30pm - 1:30pm




 
 
JW Marriott JW Marriott - Room 211/212 JW Marriott - Room 303/304 JW Marriott - Salon 5 Library Idea Drop House Mugshots
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Librarian Meetup 9:30am - 10:30am

Let's Make Open Data Awesome Meet Up 9:30am - 10:30am

Cryptography and the Fight for Free Speech 11:00am - 12:00pm

Disability Inclusion for Better Business 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Zombie SOPA: A New Threat to the Open Internet 11:00am - 12:00pm

Let's Make Open Data Awesome @ #IdeaDrop 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Mugshots Librarian After-hours at SXSW 14 5:30pm -
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Austin Convention Center - Room 6AB Austin Convention Center - Room 8ABC JW Marriott - Salon 5 Library Idea Drop House
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Taking it to the Streets: Digital Gets Physical 11:00am - 12:00pm

Can We Save the Open Web? 9:30am - 10:30am

Digital Content and the Legality of Web Scraping 9:30am - 10:30am

IdeaDrop Closes! 1:00pm - 1:30pm