You know there are times when people need a good slap to break them out of their routines, now that approach might not work everywhere, but it did it's job. As Freddie Mercury so rightly said, sometimes you just have to break free. regards jhs
John H. Streepy Media Services Supervisor Library-Media Circulation James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 (509) 963-2861 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media "Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. All part of being a librarian" -- James Turner "Rex Libris" Transitus profusum est nocens! >>> elizabeth mcmahon <elizmcma...@yahoo.com> 6/4/2010 3:25 PM >>> I sincerely hope this doesn’t offend anyone, but back in 1992/3, I was very involved in the UB student ALA chapter and was a rep in the University Grad Students Union for my department. I was a natural programmer it turned out. I had a blast inviting speakers and arranging library tours, etal. My most famous, and still remembered, program, was with the legendary Sandy Berman (http://www.sanfordberman.org/), talking about his impassioned battles with LC’s cataloguing department, to make classifications more user-friendly. The name of that progam? “For Fucking, See Librarian.” I advertised the hell out of it. The bulk of those who comprised the sold-out “show” never even knew UB had a Library School!!!!! (I handed out a feedback survey.) I had great, supportive and caring professors * with slightly bent senses of humor. What a terrific memory!!! Elizabeth --- On Fri, 6/4/10, CROWLEY, CHRISTINE <ccrowl...@alamo.edu> wrote: From: CROWLEY, CHRISTINE <ccrowl...@alamo.edu> Subject: Re: [Videolib] library goes GAGA To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 5:34 PM I was at the Univ of Iowa when they were granted accreditation by ALA. It was an exciting time and we all (33 in my class) felt like pioneers. For their visit, we created a slide-tape production about a field trip we voluntarily took to Chicago over spring break that year, visiting various libraries, including some reading and study centers in the public housing projects. I believe Peggy Sullivan helped host us as she was friends with one of our professors. We selected music for the show, including "Our house is very very fine house, with two cats in the yard..." backing up images of library lions. It was a project embraced by all of us, including the faculty. They used it to show off for a few years. We were accredited and never looked back. I think we promoted ourselves as professional but with a good sense of humor and did not take ourselves too seriously. I still try to do that. Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 voice 210.486.4504 fax NEW NAME AND email--ccrowl...@alamo.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=email--ccrowl...@alamo.edu ) -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu ) [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu )] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ) Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 4:24 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=video...@lists.berkeley.edu ) Subject: Re: [Videolib] library goes GAGA Seems to me when I was in library school (sometime in bibliographic mezozoic) we had better things (or at least too many things)to do with our limited time and resources. Then again, I see that two of the number one Billboard songs during my early tenure in Lib School were Tony Orlando and Dawn's He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) and Barry Manilow's Mandy...maybe there simply wasn't enough material to work with (http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=1975 ( http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=1975 )) gary Wait...maybe we coulda worked with KC and the Sunshine Band's That's The Way (I Like It) > Goofballs? I know many of the library school students who appear in this > video contribute much to the UW Libraries. They answer reference > questions, process collections, and--perhaps most importantly--infuse the > Libraries with enthusiasm and new ideas. GaGa's not in my playlist, but > creativity is always on my radar. > > And probably no one knows better than they do that the "woods are > burning." Many students are graduating with mounds of debt and at time > when professional jobs are scarce. I'd rather see them channel what must > be some anxiety about the future into a catalog-centric GaGa parody than > sometime curmudgeonly. > > John Vallier > __________________ > Head, Distributed Media > UW Libraries Media Center > vall...@uw.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vall...@uw.edu ) 206-616-1210 > http://lib.washington.edu/media > http://faculty.washington.edu/vallier > >> ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ) >> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:08 PM >> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=video...@lists.berkeley.edu ) >> Subject: Re: [Videolib] library goes GAGA >> >> I wish I hadn't... The woods are burning and these goofballs are >> producing GaGa parodies?...I dunno. Hope this wasn't done on company >> time. >> >> Gary H. (who's feeling even more curmudgeonly than usual this morning) >> > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ( http://us.mc509.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
