just discovered

Tomes and Talismans - "Post-apocalyptic library science educational show from the mid-eighties. Learn all about the Dewey decimal system, card catalogues, and microfiche! And the fate of the Earth, of course."


Or view the whole series.


Also, here's info on 13 different online word processing apps.

shoulda been a librarian

another youtube video

This video was made for the Skokie Public Library staff in-service day, showing how its director has "integrated Web 2.0 technology into her life."

#21 = YouTube

I like YouTube. The guys who thought up this site were geniuses, in my book. I frequently use YouTube, both as a viewer and as a creator. As a viewer, there are lots of interested videos you can find there. Friends and family send me links, or I'll see a link or embedded video on a blog I read pretty much on a daily basis. Sometimes I'll go there specifically looking for a video -- when you remember some cartoon you saw as a child that you want to see again or you're trying to tell somebody about a music video that starred Christopher Walken, and it's just easier to find the video and show it to them than try to explain it. I also have a YouTube account, and I've used it to share short video clips of my son with our family and friends. We have family who live all over the country, who we're not able to visit often, and many of them have been really pleased to be able to watch our son's growth and development. (I'm not going to link to it here, but if you want to see them, let me know and I'll email you the URL.)

As you saw on the 24Things post I made about YouTube, there are lots of library-related videos to be found. Here's one of my favorites. It was made for a video contest. I like it because library + zombies = awesome.



Here's a few other choice videos:

• I'm a Librarian; I'm an IT Professional - a spoof of the Mac vs. PC commercials (which I love).
  
• How to Make a Zine (using 1 sheet of paper)
• I also love the Chad Vader video series.

So, in short: Yay for YouTube! I can see lots of potential ways libraries could use YouTube. We need a good digital video camera first, tho.