Comments on: Librarians do Gaga http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800259 Chuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800259 <em>>We don't allow links to hate sites, even if your intent isn't malicious.</em> Hmm. I guess I perceive them as more wacky. Although I suppose there are risks in constantly telling impressionable people that the world's a demon-haunted place. Maybe I only find it funny because I'm not insane ... well, actually, I am, but ... >We don’t allow links to hate sites, even if your intent isn’t malicious.

Hmm. I guess I perceive them as more wacky. Although I suppose there are risks in constantly telling impressionable people that the world’s a demon-haunted place. Maybe I only find it funny because I’m not insane … well, actually, I am, but …

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800021 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800021 Spent my time at the Suzzalo & Odegaard libraries off of Red Square. This song stinks, however. I once saw a guy playing acoustic guitar on the steps to the Suzzalo library in 1987. He was alone but didn't stay that way for long. He was ripping it up in a major way and when I walked up to him I saw that he was none other than Carlos Santana. I later learned that Señor Santana had a habit of giving impromptu performances in cities he was scheduled to appear. Not saying that Lady Gaga is untalented, it's just that this song seems to point to a profound lack of song writing sensibilities. Spent my time at the Suzzalo & Odegaard libraries off of Red Square. This song stinks, however.

I once saw a guy playing acoustic guitar on the steps to the Suzzalo library in 1987. He was alone but didn’t stay that way for long. He was ripping it up in a major way and when I walked up to him I saw that he was none other than Carlos Santana. I later learned that Señor Santana had a habit of giving impromptu performances in cities he was scheduled to appear. Not saying that Lady Gaga is untalented, it’s just that this song seems to point to a profound lack of song writing sensibilities.

]]> By: Mim http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800025 Mim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800025 Oh the antelopes! The antelopes! Oh the antelopes! The antelopes!

]]> By: Mim http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800026 Mim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800026 College? This is grad school! :P College? This is grad school! :P

]]> By: sfazzios http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800027 sfazzios Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800027 If anyone is curious about the antelope reference, it actually refers to the work of Suzanne Briet. She famously asked the question, 'What constitutes a document?', and whether an antelope is a document. She argued that an antelope is a document if it's in a zoo, but not if it's in the wild. The antelope-document has become an in-joke among librarians and other information science folks. If anyone is curious about the antelope reference, it actually refers to the work of Suzanne Briet. She famously asked the question, ‘What constitutes a document?’, and whether an antelope is a document. She argued that an antelope is a document if it’s in a zoo, but not if it’s in the wild.

The antelope-document has become an in-joke among librarians and other information science folks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800283 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800283 Holy Hot Librarians, Batman! Being a Physicist, I cannot express myself strongly enough how librarians are awesome, and how my work would be almost impossible without them. Holy Hot Librarians, Batman!

Being a Physicist, I cannot express myself strongly enough how librarians are awesome, and how my work would be almost impossible without them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800285 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800285 A bunch of us in the program have taken/are taking classes with her (on reader's advisory, of course) so I'm sure Sarah just went up and asked her. A bunch of us in the program have taken/are taking classes with her (on reader’s advisory, of course) so I’m sure Sarah just went up and asked her.

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800039 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800039 "boolean limits pare things down to just what fits" ROFLMAO “boolean limits pare things down to just what fits” ROFLMAO

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800046 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800046 I'm pretty amazed also, slitybrilig, about the Codex Seraphinianus. For those of you out of the loop, the Codex Seraphinianus is an ultra-rare book that is probably one of the oddest and most singular published in the 20th century. It is an atlas/encyclopedia of sorts about an imaginary, surreal world. It is written in its own language and uses its own base 21 numbering system. It is completely and wholly strange, and any happy mutant worth his or her salt needs to know about it. Here's the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus I’m pretty amazed also, slitybrilig, about the Codex Seraphinianus.

For those of you out of the loop, the Codex Seraphinianus is an ultra-rare book that is probably one of the oddest and most singular published in the 20th century. It is an atlas/encyclopedia of sorts about an imaginary, surreal world. It is written in its own language and uses its own base 21 numbering system. It is completely and wholly strange, and any happy mutant worth his or her salt needs to know about it.

Here’s the wikipedia entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

]]> By: Slorrin http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800052 Slorrin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800052 I left an anonymous comment about the CODEX SERAFINIANUS (sp?) and they never moderated it. nowi look like a 2nd man man. I left an anonymous comment about the CODEX SERAFINIANUS (sp?) and they never moderated it. nowi look like a 2nd man man.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800060 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800060 We don't allow links to hate sites, even if your intent isn't malicious. We don’t allow links to hate sites, even if your intent isn’t malicious.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800061 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800061 Passing this on to my librarian-colleagues here in Finland :D @bklynchris +1 (btw. respect for using recaptcha for spam-moderation. It's one of the wickedest tools around) Passing this on to my librarian-colleagues here in Finland :D

@bklynchris +1

(btw. respect for using recaptcha for spam-moderation. It’s one of the wickedest tools around)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800320 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800320 "This is my information detector... it goes ding when there's stuff" I sense Doctor Who fans among those librarians! This was great! “This is my information detector… it goes ding when there’s stuff” I sense Doctor Who fans among those librarians! This was great!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800066 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800066 Can't use my... Catalogue? I know you HAVE Thesauruses, Ladies! I know you have rhyming Dictionaries! Did you ever consider... DATABASE? Can’t use my… Catalogue?

I know you HAVE Thesauruses, Ladies! I know you have rhyming Dictionaries!

Did you ever consider… DATABASE?

]]> By: Glindie http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800080 Glindie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800080 So, the Codex Seraphinianus is a "poor" man's Voynich manuscript? Cool. Anon #30..."d-d-d-database" would be *really* awkward, imo. Thus "c-c-c-catalogue". So, the Codex Seraphinianus is a “poor” man’s Voynich manuscript? Cool.

Anon #30…”d-d-d-database” would be *really* awkward, imo. Thus “c-c-c-catalogue”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800087 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800087 Librarians and Doctor Who references FTW! Excellent! Librarians and Doctor Who references FTW! Excellent!

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800090 Marilyn Terrell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800090 At National Geographic, our librarians take mud baths in volcanoes in Colombia: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/03/colombia.html At National Geographic, our librarians take mud baths in volcanoes in Colombia: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/03/colombia.html

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800101 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800101 Yeah, but "catalogue" is more associated with librarians than "database" in the popular imagination. Yeah, but “catalogue” is more associated with librarians than “database” in the popular imagination.

]]> By: Jaan http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800361 Jaan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800361 I'm so glad human civilization has progressed to the point where librarians are genuinely desirable. I’m so glad human civilization has progressed to the point where librarians are genuinely desirable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800117 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800117 @Anon#30: Listen carefully to the lyrics: "Can use my, can use my,you can use my catalog (don't forget the databases!)" @Anon#30:
Listen carefully to the lyrics: “Can use my, can use my,you can use my catalog (don’t forget the databases!)”

]]> By: saintlaurent http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800132 saintlaurent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800132 Thanks for posting this video. It really made my day. Thanks for posting this video. It really made my day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-799886 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-799886 flippin' sweet dog! flippin’ sweet dog!

]]> By: klg19 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-802446 klg19 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-802446 She works at that library, that's how. She works at that library, that’s how.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-800143 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800143 They probably just asked her. She is adjunct faculty at the iSchool. Readers' Advisory of course! They probably just asked her. She is adjunct faculty at the iSchool. Readers’ Advisory of course!

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-799888 David Carroll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-799888 Of course librarians are seriously awesome! It's a fact. Ask any librarian. Here's another fact: Boys who <i>don't</i> make passes at girls who wear glasses are idiots. Of course librarians are seriously awesome! It’s a fact. Ask any librarian.

Here’s another fact: Boys who don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses are idiots.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-799889 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-799889 I'm lucky to be married to a librarian. This video is very nerdy in all the right ways. I’m lucky to be married to a librarian. This video is very nerdy in all the right ways.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-799891 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-799891 I used to be a librarian and it is true, we fucking rock. I used to be a librarian and it is true, we fucking rock.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-799905 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-799905 Nicely done. I've been re-writing lyrics for my class to perform a Phys Ed based song to this same tune, and that semi-rap part is especially difficult to scan. Nicely done.

I’ve been re-writing lyrics for my class to perform a Phys Ed based song to this same tune, and that semi-rap part is especially difficult to scan.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-802213 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-802213 Wonderful share in a fun way, I think I'll share this with faculty we train. Wonderful share in a fun way, I think I’ll share this with faculty we train.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html#comment-809126 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809126 That's just genius! I will be showing it at the next meeting of our Library Marketing group. I am also going to flag it up with CILIP and see if it gives them any ideas. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s just genius!

I will be showing it at the next meeting of our Library Marketing group. I am also going to flag it up with CILIP and see if it gives them any ideas.

Thank you so much for sharing it.

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