[Web4lib] a "television show" about public libraries

[Richard Wiggins]

Smile, someone close to me (my wife) also dreams of a TV show set in a
library. She thinks there's enough quirkiness among patrons, and I suppose
staff, to tell some stories.   Once when watching a crime movie with the bad
guy running through a library she said, as the chase entered the reference
section:

  Hit him with the DSM!!!

I think what inspires her notion of a library sitcom was the day she sat on
the reference desk and an undergrad came up and asked how to find
something.  Like many libraries, Michigan State's library has carefully laid
out color-coded tapes on the floor showing how to get to the right shelves.
Informed to follow a certain tape the student stared at it, looked up
puzzled, and said "But it ends here."

Judy told her "It also begins here."

Good luck with your venture, wherever it begins or ends.  Consider alternate
attire for your pitch video.

/rich




On 2/11/07, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>
> hi web4lib community -
>
>     here in the united states we've got many television dramas about
> police and
> hospitals, but nary a television drama about situations in a public
> library.
>
>     it's time we changed that. in this 8-minute youtube video i sketch out
> the
> structure for a possible public library drama.
>
>        http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ze8OEtuDV9c
>
>      in the spirit of the internet, this "television show" is open source.
> anyone may contribute plot lines to it. anyone can shoot videos of this
> show.
> this show will be distribute over the internet rather than on television
> (although i have no objections for it to appear on television, as well.)
>
>        as a next step, this show needs a wiki where interested persons can
> contribute plot lines to the show. if there is someone  who can assist
> with
> setting up such a wiki, that would be great.
>
>          i hope the above show might be one of many "television shows"
> about
> life in libraries. anyone who has worked in libraries knows that we have
> as many
> interesting stories as those folks over in police or hospitals. and the
> stories
> in libraries have many interesting dimensions for viewers to chew on.
>
>          librarians are rising up. we're taking over police and hospitals
> shows
> with arresting material, stat.
>
>           phil shapiro, public geek
>           takoma park maryland library
>
> --
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> http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com
> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>
> "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates
> "Learning happens through gentleness."
>
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