The Most Interesting Librarian in the World
Posted by admin in Kindle Sunday, 30 January 2011 03:52 16 Comments
The Most Interesting Man in the World has finally met his match! This video was created by a group or Library and Information Science grad students at the iSchool of Syracuse University. It just proves how awesome being a librarian really is.
@EarlyLAPunk I agree with you about librarians (expressive, creative, and brilliant). It is, however, tiresome to see them continue to ape pop culture rather than making something original. I’d like to see a librarian come up with something actually new that goes viral, a la Dewey the Library Cat (I know that’s a real story, but it was still beautiful).
@hmcnally Wrong! Librarians are expressive creative and brilliant. These are not attempts to appear cool. Anything in their dress appear hipsterish? Sure Libraryman is an obvious lowpoint in all of this but still… @thisguysvideos
FULL OF WIN
Totally got the vibe of the commercials and libraries!
@waiting4more There are more videos like this than you realize. LIbrarians in the past 5 years have made many attempts to appear cool with ham-handed imitations of Internet memes. Google “Old Spice LIbrarian” for maybe the best one of its kind; but sorry, @thisguysvideos has a definite point. Videos like this backfire, especially when students see them.
Loved it!!
Cute!
Stay informed, my friends.
Hilarious video! I have been a librarian for almost 30 years and this one does my heart well! Thanks!
@thisguysvideos: You might not be a moron in real life– I don’t know– but you comment like one. This is great. Lighten up!
As a librarian, I found this wonderfully hilarious. Thank you for sharing.
@thisguysvideos Well, I’m flattered that an assignment we spent 2 days working on has gotten enough exposure to merit a taste of the infamously typical “Youtube Comments”. We are well aware of the need to bust the Bun-and-Shawl Stereotype, and I doubt 3 minutes of tongue-in-cheek humor is going to wreck that. I think there’s room enough on youtube for all of us (commercial parodiers and lip-synchers alike) to be a little embarrassing, unoriginal, and unfunny in our own ways. All in good fun!
Because it can be done in a way that is funny (see BYU Library video) & in a way that is not (see Librarians do Gaga) & I think this particular video trends towards the way that is not funny.
@thisguysvideos “Once again”? Exactly how many videos are promoting libraries in ways that are embarrassing to you? I’m no librarian, but I thought this was fantastic.
Once again, this is an unoriginal, unfunny video designed to promote libraries which is only funny to a select few library staff while the rest of us are forced to suffer the embarrassment of stuff like this. It’s a 21st century version of an grumpy old woman with a bun & a shawl who habitually shushes everyone.
Brilliant! The next in line (after Study like a scholar, scholar) of library promotional videos destined to go viral. Librarians rule the world!
This was done as a “rapid response” in Syracuse University iSchool’s IST 511, Introduction to the Library and Information Profession.