Okay, so I thought screencasts could produce the same results as YouTube. Guess I jumped ahead a bit in my excitement. So....the can-do DeMille moment would have to occur via this fab vehicle. I loved the Harper College Library bit and of course had to show my staff. If you want to see another fun bit on YouTube, not library related, watch this http://youtube.com/results?search_query=food+court+musical&search_type=. I think we could easily perform Dewey 021 the Musical.
My only criticism about YouTube is that it's like eating potato chips. You can't view just one. Usually I visit it for comic relief but did find it helpful when I was looking for an old environmental commercial from my childhood which I linked to an on-line environmental forum I'm moderating.
YouTube can help enlighten the world about librarians by dispelling the myth of the pursed lips, pince-nez and moth eaten cardigans and show that we truly do have quirky, off-beat senses of humor. (Of course this doesn't mean I'm ready to give my cardigan to Goodwill just yet!)
Libraries must continuously reinvent if we hope to stay current and in demand. YouTube provides infinite possibilities for exposure, enlightenment and hilarity.
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Have you seen the other one that the Food Court Musical group did with the frozen people in Grand Central Station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90hK8oIeY0g
That would be fun to do in a library, too, just to get people's reactions!
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