Instagram meetups, or InstaMeets, are fun gatherings that vary in duration, location, and imagination. Since Instagram launched, InstaMeets have been held all over the world, the idea is to bring people together \u2026and post photos of the event on Instagram. You don’t have to be on Instagram, everyone is welcome! Look for sign-up sheets at Registration, or RSVP using our online form<\/a>.<\/p>\n #InstaMeetUI begins at the University of Iowa Library<\/a>, Room 3052, but attendees are invited to meet in front of the Library building a few minutes before 10 AM. You’ll get a sticker with the conference IG hashtag (#RBMS17IG) and a name tag. Introduce yourself by letting people know what your Instagram handle is!<\/p>\n What follows is the really fun part: led by experts from the division, we’ll tour the University of Iowa\u2019s fabulous Special Collections, taking photos along the way. Then, we\u2019ll wrap things up with a little shop talk\u2014best practices of IG, personal tips and tricks from the InstaExperts, and more\u2014before we head back to home base (the Hotel Vetro), to capture more moments from the ABAA Booksellers’ Showcase<\/a>!<\/p>\n Also: our friends (and RBMS session sponsor) @IGLibraries<\/a> will post InstaMeet highlights on Friday, June 23. Check their feed to see what made the cut!<\/p>\n Yes! The first 40 attendees at #InstaMeetUI will receive complimentary swag bags with free stuff from participating institutions, including the American Antiquarian Society, New York Public Library, IGLibraries, University of Miami Special Collections, and University of Iowa Special Collections, among others!<\/p>\n In addition, our friends at UI have also created a scavenger hunt (#RBMSInstaHunt), to commemorate this event, with a grand prize awarded to one randomly selected individual who photographs\u2014and posts\u2014all 17 items on their list. The prize is top secret for now, but everyone is encouraged to participate: scavenger hunt sheets will be available at Registration.<\/p>\n I’m so glad you asked! Jason W. Dean (@suspeccoll<\/a>), Lauren Hewes (@AmericanAntiquarian<\/a>), Jay Sylvestre (@um_spec_coll<\/a>) and I are also part of a seminar, Put a Hashtag on It: #LibrariesOfInstagram<\/a>, on Wednesday. The seminar is different, and will focus on institutional Instagram, experiences, branding, student contributions, “challenges”, and feature a hands-on portion, as well as a Q&A moderated by Agnieszka Czeblakow (@utsaspeccoll<\/a>).<\/p>\n We have a special hashtag for the event: #InstaMeetUI, which we advise participants to use in posts on IG and Twitter, in addition to conference hashtag #RBMS17, of course.<\/p>\n All told, the tags are:<\/p>\n Hope to see you there! It’ll be fun.<\/p>\n –Diane Dias De Fazio, On behalf of my co-organizers and our host institution, The University of Iowa Special Collections Library, it is with pleasure that I invite you all to #InstaMeetUI, happening on Thursday, June 22nd during RBMS. Come to photograph amazing collections, connect with other Instagrammers, and celebrate this wonderfully creative community! Here’s the scoop: What’s an InstaMeet?… <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/conference.rbms.info\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/StoriesWeTellIG-500x550.jpg\")
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