ACRL, Day Two, Part One

I spent the morning in a session on CoLAB(R). It turned out to be a training the trainer workshop for a process on developing collaborative relationships. The presenters were very dynamic and I came out of it with ideas on how I can bring this back to work. I could also see the percolating ideas among the other attendees. Even better, I was able to get a number of academic librarians interested in 5in5!

Today was the luncheon with John Waters as the guest speaker. No photography was allowed, but I hope to get a picture with him at the booksigning later. He is a *highly* irreverant speaker. I was greatly entertained, but not every one may be. A few of the things that I feel I can repeat:

- Librarians need to make books cool again.

- "It is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book."

- He thinks the Hairspray remake is really good, and he would be the harshest critic.

That's it for now!

New 5 in 5 video

I'm getting better at this. It didn't require as many takes to get this one as down as it was going to get.

Too cool!

Lissa and Carrie at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library have done their own riff on 5 in 5:

For those interested in 5 in 5

If you're interested in participating in 5 in 5, here are some directions:

1. Take a video of yourself talking about the books. With the way my
computer's set up, I just keep going until I get a good run and then I
cut out all the other "takes".
2. Edit it for length, and if you want add in titles and credits. I
use Windows Movie Maker (Start -> Accessories) because it's free on my
computer, and I'm assuming most other XP and Vista based ones. Be
sure to save it as a .wmv file by going through the "Finish movie"
step if you use WMM as the default file type isn't anything you can
really use except to edit.
3. Sign up for a YouTube account. Upload your video. Be sure to have
Javascript enabled.
4. Join the 5 in 5 group at http://www.youtube.com/group/5in5.
5. Add your video to the group.

***OH! For those who do videos for 5 in 5, please use 5in5 as one of your tags. Thanks!

I have too much time on my hands...

Okay, I really don't, but once an idea burrows deep into my psyche, I can't get rid of it until I act on it. The latest one hit me yesterday as I was brainstorming for classes to develop for the fall as part of my new job.

Readers' Advisory, meet YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/group/5in5

Anyone can join in, so please do. Let's start a video RA meme.