The OPAC sucks, the video
The Laughing Librarian has done it again, this time on YouTube. Please enjoy “The OPAC Sucks.”
Posted in access | Sunday, November 26th, 2006 | 4 Comments » Trackback
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The Laughing Librarian has done it again, this time on YouTube. Please enjoy “The OPAC Sucks.”

Hi. My name is Jessamyn West and I'll be your librarian today. I work in rural Vermont as a library technologist and am a community manager at MetaFilter.com. My personal blog is at jessamyn.com. This blog's twitter feed @librarian.net. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or comments.
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November 27th, 2006 at 5:25
Wow, that’s… something. :-D
November 28th, 2006 at 5:10
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November 30th, 2006 at 6:16
Please tell me the OPAC software that so troubles this group is NOT Sirsi’s Unicorn! My system just chose Sirsi as our new ILS – after a stressful selecting/bidding process.
The video is fun, though. Hats off to the filmmakers for putting their … uh … frustrations to creative use.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:06
I saw a few different ones in there–thought I saw Voyager as well. So I don’t think it’s aimed at just one OPAC software.