Goofballs? I know many of the library school students who appear in this video contribute much to the UW Libraries. They answer reference questions, process collections, and--perhaps most importantly--infuse the Libraries with enthusiasm and new ideas. GaGa's not in my playlist, but creativity is always on my radar.
And probably no one knows better than they do that the "woods are burning." Many students are graduating with mounds of debt and at time when professional jobs are scarce. I'd rather see them channel what must be some anxiety about the future into a catalog-centric GaGa parody than sometime curmudgeonly. John Vallier __________________ Head, Distributed Media UW Libraries Media Center vall...@uw.edu 206-616-1210 http://lib.washington.edu/media http://faculty.washington.edu/vallier > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:08 PM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] library goes GAGA > > I wish I hadn't... The woods are burning and these goofballs are > producing GaGa parodies?...I dunno. Hope this wasn't done on company > time. > > Gary H. (who's feeling even more curmudgeonly than usual this morning) > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
