Surfing the book (video)

Ok, here is your cool book related video for the week... enjoy.
Much Better Now from Salon Alpin on Vimeo.

Vintage computer ads

These are great. Enjoy my geeky/techy friends....
more here

80s Library video -- the literal version

Everybody KNOWS that librarians don't really shush you anymore... and hey, this is the LITERAL version (original is head over heels).

"I've got a stack of books to return, I wish they were better"... heh, haven't we all been there?

♥ tears for fears, though.

Rappin' at the library (a video) friday fun...

ok, so he shows a LC (Library of Congress) call number when he mentions looking for a Dewey Decimal call number. Still, someone rapping about a library! LOL word.... ☮ out.

Phantom of the library (video)

my coworkers did an awesome job on this video...

Cataloging remix/mashitup

Okay, so some of you will see this elsewhere, but here is Cataloging's entry into the "silly" video for the staff appreciation week.




and where the bits come from (previous years...) First one is one of my movies; the others are not, but permish to share.

Old spice guy parody (library humor)

heh, love viral video.

Old spice guy's take on libraries

Well, if you don't watch TV or haven't heard about this ad campaign, this will not make much sense probably.
Anyhow, I just wish he included other media besides books; libraries are so much more than books -- we are magazines & journals (both print and electronic with fulltext articles), websites & databases, photographs, digital images (photographs, scanned images of maps, postcards, and other things), maps, government publications, music (sheet music as well as music for listening) , video (even digital), and even electronic books (and that is just what I think of off of the top of my head....)

Still, kind of cool that libraries got mentioned in this viral video campaign...

Flip flop friday

Generally, I try to strike a balance between a "professional" and "office casual" work wardrobe. I do throw in the occasional suit when the situation warrants it. However, considering I work "behind the scenes", I'm not sure anyone would care (or even noticed) if I showed up in my pajamas and bunny slippers (mmmm.... maybe the bunny slippers because they do have ears -- lol) Casual fridays don't really exist, because it is generally "office casual" around here most days (and given the nature of the work we do -- sitting most of the day at a computer or working with old moldy books (sadly, yes, we do have some books in that condition) suits are neither practical nor very comfortable). As much as I ♥ my flipflops, I really do not wear them to work (usually).

However, cribbing on the idea of photo friday (and the plethora of flipflops I have), I present flip flop friday. Here are the shoes I am wearing today, which have shells sewn on them (and my toes are 'fairy teal' in case you are wondering).

..and if you are wondering how many pairs of flipflops (or flipflop-like shoes) I own -- a little fewer than 100 these days.