It's Halloween today, and we already have 29 photos of people in
costumes illustrating what they GEEK! If you haven't come to have your
photo taken yet, there's still time! Visit the Library in costume by
8:30 PM tonight in order to participate.
Voting begins
tomorrow, November 1st and runs through Sunday, November 6th. Be sure
to vote for your top 3 costumes in the staff category and public
category! GEEK ON! Oh, and Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Geek Halloween!
Do you love dressing up in costumes as much as I do? It must be the children's librarian in me, but I do love to dress up and I don't get the chance to much anymore ... except when I do a Harry Potter program and at Halloween. Well, guess what's right around the corner? HALLOWEEN!
If you've visited our Library around Halloween the last 5 years or so, you've probably seen some of our staff dressed in various Halloween costumes while they're at work. It's something that our Staff Appreciation Committee has sponsored as a contest with 3 top prizes the last 5 years and we've had some very creative and fun costumes through these contests. Since we're in the middle of our Geek the Library campaign, our Staff Appreciation Committee decided that we should GEEK the costume contest this year and ask staff to dress as something that they geek, something they love and are passionate about. Then, we thought it would be a great idea to include all our visitors in the Geek Halloween Costume Contest ... and award prizes to both staff and visitors.
Here's what you need to do to participate:
** Dress as what you GEEK.
** Come to the Library and visit the reference desk on the 1st or 2nd floor in Youth or Teen/Adult Services.
** Fill out an information card about yourself and ask that your photo be taken.
** Come in and vote for your favorite 3 costumes in each category from Tuesday,
November 1st through Sunday, November 6th.
There will be 3 winners among staff and 3 winners among public participants. Winners will be announced and contacted on Monday, November 7th.
Top prize for each contest (staff and public) is a $25 Zionsville Chamber of Commerce gift certificate, good at many businesses throughout Zionsville; 2nd and 3rd places are $15 and $10 ZCC gift certificates, all of which are provided through the generosity of a grant received by the Staff Appreciation Committee from the Library Foundation.
So, get creative! Think about what you geek! Look for fun ways to dress as what you geek! You're not limited to just one costume because we all geek more than one thing, so get creative!Good luck! I've already got my thinking cap on and am putting together my costumes!
Welcome to the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library's Geek the Library Blog!
Have you heard the geek buzz? Did you see our dancing librarians and other staff in the Fall Festival parade in September? Did you visit our "Geek the Library" booth at the Fall Festival in Lions Park? Have you received a Geek sticker, tattoo or ink pen? If not, come visit us at the Library! Join us as we Geek the Library!
We're turning the noun "geek" into a verb:
geekVERB
1. To love, to enjoy, to celebrate, to have an intense passion for.
2. To express interest in.
3. To possess a large amount of knowledge in.
4. To promote.
No matter who you are, there are things you are passionate about—things you geek. Maybe you geek cooking or flamenco dancing. Maybe you are passionate about gardening, helicopters or genealogy. Or maybe you just geek the weather.
Whatever you geek, serious or fun, your 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.
Over the next 8 months, through activities and programs at the Library and through this blog, follow our Library's Geek the Library campaign as we work to inspire conversations about our Public Library and our need for the support of those we serve in our community. We hope you tell us what you geek, how our Public Library supports you and our community, and that everyone in our community benefits from the services our Library provides.
Get your geek on!
Have you heard the geek buzz? Did you see our dancing librarians and other staff in the Fall Festival parade in September? Did you visit our "Geek the Library" booth at the Fall Festival in Lions Park? Have you received a Geek sticker, tattoo or ink pen? If not, come visit us at the Library! Join us as we Geek the Library!
We're turning the noun "geek" into a verb:
geekVERB
1. To love, to enjoy, to celebrate, to have an intense passion for.
2. To express interest in.
3. To possess a large amount of knowledge in.
4. To promote.
No matter who you are, there are things you are passionate about—things you geek. Maybe you geek cooking or flamenco dancing. Maybe you are passionate about gardening, helicopters or genealogy. Or maybe you just geek the weather.
Whatever you geek, serious or fun, your 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.
Over the next 8 months, through activities and programs at the Library and through this blog, follow our Library's Geek the Library campaign as we work to inspire conversations about our Public Library and our need for the support of those we serve in our community. We hope you tell us what you geek, how our Public Library supports you and our community, and that everyone in our community benefits from the services our Library provides.
Get your geek on!
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