The Librarian Song

There have been a few clever YouTube videos lately. This one was floating around a few listservs recently. Overall this doesn't strike a cord with me nearly as much as the MySpace one does, but one particular line did...

...but the one thing [librarians] all know how to say is,
"You know boys, there is an easier way."

I wish we could get that into people's heads... all we want to do is to help, and we know how to help people use their time more efficiently. We can help people avoid some frustration... that's all we're trying to do at the reference desk and instruction desk, and if people would just take advantage of the help and pay attention, we can make their lives so much easier!

MySpace Song

I have done a bit of work in the past two years on social networking. The first program I did was the dangers of social networking in regards to the law and getting a job. Two weeks ago I did a program on using social networking technologies in a positive way to help you get a job (though only one person showed up voluntarily, but that's another issue). Today in the ALA Direct weekly newsletter, there was a link to this YouTube video for a song about MySpace that is really great... reminding people of the dangers of leaving it up for your children to find! Expand the "About this video" part to read the lyrics.