The 10 best librarians on screen

To celebrate National Libraries Day 2016, staff at the BFI Reuben Library nominate their top 10 librarians in film and television.

The Librarians - Trailer

featuring Indiana Jones ...

Dokmentarfilm: Gateway to the World

"The documentary film Gateway to the World takes place in Namibia’s capital city Windhoek, Katutura suburban area. In the film, two young library users are followed around the poor Greenwell Matongo area, where the local library functions as the people’s gateway to better life."

"The documentary is now available online and it's published with Creative commons Attribution Non-Commercial licence, so everyone can watch and share the video. Libraries, schools, etc. can even show it in their events. The documentary is available in HD format with english, swedish and finnish subtitles.

Length: 29 min
Language: english
Subtitles: english
Directed, written by Tuomas Lipponen
Camera operator: Panu Somerma
Editor: Petri Mäkitalo
Sound post production: Jukka Putkinen
Produced by: Kirjastokaista – Kirjastot.fi, 2013"

[via IFLA AVMS]

Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" reenacted with librarians

From the New York Public Library's Tumblr, a great remake of the video for the Beastie Boys' classic "Sabotage," featuring librarians on high-speed chases through the shelves.

Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing Direkter Link zum Film auf Vimeo.

Strike up the Band - Library (Judy Garland)

7:19, engl. [via blogthek via Stadtbibliothek Köln, letztere schreibt ausführlich über den Film]

Supercut: Neues Video mit Bibliotheksszenen

Daniel Weger weist im VÖBBlog auf ein gutes Video hin:5:24, engl.

"Die Green County Public Library hat auf ihrem Youtube-Kanal einen Videoclip ver­öf­fent­licht, in dem Bibliotheksszenen aus Filmen und TV-Serien zusam­men­ge­schnit­ten und zu einem neuen Ganzen kom­po­niert wur­den.Laut Beschreibung ent­hält der Clip Ausschnitte aus Seinfeld, Sesame Street, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Golden Girls, No Man of Her Own, The Shawshank Redemption, Philadelphia Story, Philadelphia, Harry and the Hendersons, Party Girl, Ghostbusters, Clean Shaven, Phineas and Ferb, The Music Man, Mr. Bean, Shadow of a Doubt, The Breakfast Club, Only Two Can Play, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Twisted Nerve, The Man Who Never Was, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, JAG, The FBI Story, On the Wings of Desire, Se7en, Harry Potter, With Honors, All the President’s Men und Strike Up the Band.Auf Youtube wird zusätz­lich zu jedem Stichwort auf die Bestände im eige­nen Online-Bibliothekskatalog verlinkt."

Library of Congress auf YouTube

Kanal der Library of Congress auf Youtube.

Aktuelles Beispiel: Moving images: Digitizing to the Future



engl., 2:25:33

This workshop covers the key concepts and technologies pertaining to moving image preservation and digitization in libraries, archives, and museums, including the typical elements in the preservation and digitization of moving images, how to assess their condition, and relevant technologies and best practices. An overview of the conservation research underway at the National Audio Visual Conservation Center will also be included.

Depardieu geht in die Bibliothek!

Ausschnitt aus dem "Labyrinth der Wörter". [via Die StadtBibliothek Köln bloggt]

fictional librarians & libraries

fictional librarians and libraries from all over Youtube - Ordner im Youtube-Kanal von librarymistress.

The Library

Trailer of the film "The Library" from openiris on Vimeo.

engl., 3:07. [via librarian.net]

Et voila: Here is the Trailer for the imaginary feature film "The Library". Due to the lack of good equipment in our University an office chair became our dolly, a cheap plastic tripod our steadycam and Soundbooth had to make up the crappy audio-gear.

Et Plagieringseventyr

UB Bergen, Film zum Plagiieren und Zitieren:



5:13, mit englischen Untertiteln und vielen Zitaten ;-).

... don't forget the databases!

Librarians go gaga / Students and faculty from the University of Washington's Information School get their groove on. Directed, edited, and produced by Sarah Wachter. Lyrics by Sarah Wachter.

4:23.