Just for Fun

[Anna F. Shallenberger]

We can't be all business all the time, and need a little stress relief.   Taking into account everyone's sense of humor & good taste vary... Consider this a forum to post [and we will moderate this] intriguing  or palate cleansing links.  I've included a couple of examples as guides...

 

 

A prescient look from 1957 & “Desk Set” – What’s not to love about Hepburn & Tracy
Pros & cons of online searching…  LIBRARIANS ROCK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiDgkGRCBq0  ALSO  pro automation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBT1oHGSeFc
Irony of lady librarian as financial guru vs 1957 [pre-Mad Men] roles – take a look at this, particularly after about the 2 ½ minute mark – we’ve always contributed intellectual capital .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBT1oHGSeFc

 

 

Did You Know Video Series / Shift Happens:
My Initial Glimpse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q & original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q   ALSO Social Media 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4gt62uAasE  -- Many interesting niche spinoffs since …

 

 

Rube Goldberg Music Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w   ALSO http://syynlabs.com/projects/applied-physics/rube-goldberg-machines  & BEHIND SCENES / MAP http://www.okgo.net/this-too-shall-pass-rube-goldberg-machine

 

Don’t love the common tag line for this, but have always cracked up at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S68Rl-N1Gg  Jump up to about the 5 minute mark for the meat of it… His expression when the prank’s revealed is classic!

 

 

Quotes about libraries & librarians [and reading]
http://centeredlibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/02/quotes-about-librarie...
http://www.laughinglibrarian.com/sigknow.htm
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/librarians 
http://www.consultpivotal.com/quotes_lib.htm

 

 

Could you do as well – I couldn’t :-)
Lilly, world map master http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43yCiKlbCo

 

 

Database of Movies about Librarians:
http://filmlibrarian.info/index.html  or http://home.earthlink.net/~movielibrarians