Comments on: A library defiled

By: Sarah Mae

Sarah Mae — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:42:13 +0000

Who still has card catalogs?

Many small, special libraries still have card catalogs. When I interned at the staff library in the Nat’l Aquarium in Baltimore, they still used a card catalog.

By: John Overholt

John Overholt — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:18:32 +0000

As a cataloger, I’m appalled by the singer’s utter disregard for the Library of Congress card filing rules. Yet there’s a certain part of me that just can’t stay mad at her…

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:52:28 +0000

This reminds me of my favorite scene in my favorite movie Party Girl. Mary (Parker Posey) is learning how to shelve and dances across a huge library table and then rolls around on a library cart. I wish my library was big enough to do this in. I also wish that my library cart would not fall to pieces if I did do it! The BEST library movie–EVER!

By: Jack Stephens

Jack Stephens — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:14:20 +0000

Funny, I posted that same link last week.

By: See Also… » Blog Archive » Library music video for “Every Time We Touch”

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:41:03 +0000

[...] > A library defiled” href=”http://www.librarian.net/stax/1937″>Jessamyn West and Sarah Houghton-Jan both point to the video for Cascada’s “Everytime We Touch” on YouTube which reverses the gender on the typical straightlaced-librarian-lets-her-hair-down cliché. At first I thought this was just kind of funny. [...]

By: srah

srah — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:57:08 +0000

There were loose card catalogue cards in one of tonight’s episodes of Beauty and the Geek, too. Who still has a card catalogue?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:09:25 +0000

I was wondering that same thing.

By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:34:55 +0000

Does anyone know what library this was filmed in?

By: Librarianguish

Librarianguish — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:52:34 +0000

Rowwwr, did you see that card catalog?!! Great video, and I actually liked the song already.

Next time management makes an annoying decision at work I’m going to start dancing on the circ desk and throwing hold slips around like confetti. Every library needs to break into song and dance now and then.

Thanks!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:53:28 +0000

I like these sorts of things, this is great. Although I think my favorite music video set in a library still has to be Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FUWRbixvI

By: Debi

Debi — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:05:09 +0000

I’ve never heard this song before today, but apparently it’s a big hit(?). It sounds like gay dance club music (nothing against gay dance club music). It just doesn’t do anything for me, even with the video set in a library.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:19:32 +0000

Did you notice the debate in the comments about whether or not the singer is “thick”? *rolls eyes*