Comments on: Old Spice, New Spice and Libraries

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:05:37 +0000

I really enjoy the video but I have no interest in him being a keynote speaker at ALA or anywhere else. He is funny and does a great job but I haven’t seen anything to indicate what the information and ideas he would share, so no I can’t say I would.

By: Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:18:52 +0000

Thank you for your awesome blog & post…and not minding me quoting & linking back to you! Would it be selfish & pushy to want that Old Spice guy to talk about school libraries? Zombie plans? But no….it’s over. It was good while it lasted…but really, would you want to listen to an hour of that at ALA? Just curious your thoughts on that.
Cheers!
~Gwyneth

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:53:42 +0000

I seriously love this video!

By: Margaret Conroy

Margaret Conroy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:43:08 +0000

I’m On A Cart! Could not love that more!

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:19:39 +0000

Randy – No one gets perfection on the first try, at least they are trying.

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:18:32 +0000

well it is hard to squeeze everything a library can do for you into 55 seconds and be smart and funny

By: Andromeda

Andromeda — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:38 +0000

@Jenny: if you check out the other videos you’ll see that they talk about a lot of library resources (reference & subject specialist librarians, databases, etc.). Admittedly, those videos have ~500 views and the Old Spice one is pushing 170,000…

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:59:53 +0000

.: I welcome this video with open arms. The Librarian Gaga video and Library 101 video are, well, awful, embarrassing and lame. This one is such a relief from the ones that look amateurish and make us as librarians look like frumpy nerds. More power to the BYU media team that made this. I hope we see more like them.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:06:21 +0000

The other videos this group produced are great. I love the interlibrary loan one that spoofs the UPS commercials, and Victory Lap makes me wish I had celebrated a little more when I finished a paper in college.
http://www.youtube.com/user/hbllproduction

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:30:44 +0000

I absolutely love the BYU parody, but the one thing about the library it neglects to mention is the fact that there are librarians there who can help you.