OCLC's "Geek the Library" campaign launches.(NEWSDESK)(Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)(Brief article)

Last year, an OCLC report, "From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America," suggested that a major advocacy campaign targeted at certain segments of the voting public could drive new sponsorship. Now OCLC has launched "Geek the Library" (geekthelibrary.org), a campaign aimed to raise awareness of the value of public libraries.

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The pilot program is being tested in both the Greater Savannah, GA, and …