Chicago Librarians in Beastie Boys Music Video Re-Make

Here is a "must see" remake of a Beastie Boys music video. It is a kick to see music videos based in libraries, let alone roles played by librarians. The eNewsletter "I Love Libraries" alerted me to this really fun music video called "Sabotage" -- Enjoy!
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/chicago-librarian-remake-beastie-boys-sabotage-goes-viral

Joy of Books video

Kudos to Sean Ohlenkamp and his wife, who spent many nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973). Magical music was composed by Grayson Matthews (http://www.graysonmatthews.com/).  The "Joy to Books" is a joy to watch and hear.


Here is an earlier video, "Organizing the Bookcase".  This attempt whetted their appetite for the more elaborate video (above).

Page Turner Video

This fun YouTube Video was shared on Facebook by California teacher librarian Tom Kahn.  Here is information from YouTube about the production.


Music by The Jews Brothers Band - http://jewsbrothers.com
The track "Tchavolo Swing" is on iTunes: http://bit.ly/xqHW39

Joseph Herscher takes a sip of his coffee, pulling string thereby tipping paintings. Balls roll down paintings, lighting burner to boil water causing books to tip. Vase and computer get knocked off the table, releasing tape to open front page of newspaper.

Two Teachers and a Microphone -- Protests against LAUSD Pink Slips

Angry Teacher Rap about Getting Fired - two rap videos by Two Teachers and a Microphone productions.  What is happening in Los Angeles is happening across California.  It is a total meltdown.  Tons of teachers, including hundreds of Teacher Librarians and Library Assistants, are getting eliminated.  


What is wrong with this picture??? California needs to CREATE JOBS, INCREASE LITERACY, BUILD STRONG STUDENTS. 

Library Rap - 2007 music video

How did we miss this 2007 rap video?  Library Rap -- Don't mess with the tigers in the learning lair.

Reading in the USA - Music Video

Lyrics:
Two (Illinois) North Elementary School teachers rewrote the lyrics to the popular Miley Cyrus song "Party in the USA" for a school-wide video project aimed at encouraging reading. About 700 students took part in the entire process.

"Reading in the USA" by Mike Moylan and Jim Pomis

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
I made time to stop in the LMC 'cause I wanted to read a book.
Fiction and non-fiction all on hand, gee, which to give a look.
Every kind of genre is located right here; every author that I know is so near!
All these choices seem crazy! Look around -- there's so many!

I find a book that's "just right" for me. Head outside for some reading
I look around and then I noticed it; everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read

Chorus:
Got my book out; An author I like; the world just melts away
Reading alone, oh yeah
Laughing out loud, oh yeah

Got my book out; I'm reading for fun, laughing out loud again
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA

Verse 2:
Mystery rocks with Sammy Keyes; she finds the clues and solves the crime.
In fantasy like the Lightning Thief, Percy finds the bolt in time
So fun with picture books around me; The Web Files certainly is funny
Then there's Children of the Dust Bowl, where families play a big role.
Poetry and comedy, fairy and folk tales, so many genres to choose from.

I look around and then I noticed it; everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read
everybody's got a book to read

Chorus:
Got my book out; An author I like; the world just melts away
Reading alone, oh yeah
Laughing out loud, oh yeah

Got my book out; I'm reading for fun, laughing out loud again
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA
(long) Yeeaah-ah-a-a-a-ah, we're Reading in the USA

Feeling like this book is right, book is right
I could read it all tonight, all tonight.
I seem to lose all track of time, track of time
The author pulls me in and I feel alright!


Sung to the tune of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA."

Library Girl - Music Video

Here is a great music video, Library Girl.  Love the out-takes at the end.  Check it out:

Music is by Singer/songwriter Reina Del Cid, who sings about a bookish girl  who works as a library shelver at night and wonders about a guy she likes who is more into AC/DC than Puccini.

University Library Hip Hop Video - Robarts Mansion

University of Toronto's Library is the focus of "Robarts Mansion" (play off Thugz Mansion by Tupac)



Mezmerizing and fun.  Youtube lists the Lyrics and more:
Robarts Mansion as performed by GEAK;
a little music video about everyone's favorite spot at UofT.
Written by: Gadda Damballa, Eliot Kim and Karim Ennadouri.
Directed by: James Cambria and Jordan Kennington.

This song respectfully samples the wonderful song Thugz Mansion by Tupac. All rights are reserved, so by all means go and also checkout the original by the greatest that ever was and see where we got our inspiration!

Lyrics:

Shit, I'm tired of trying to study at home, and ending up on Facebook, watching TV or, falling asleep.
Us U of T students need a spot where we can study, a spot where we belong, thats just for us.
We ain't gotta get dressed up, just show up in jammies and not worry what people think.
Na mean?
Where do we go after hours? Ain't no spot for an over-caffeinated undergrad, thats why we go to Robarts Mansion.
Thats the only place where we can read in peace and you gotta be from U of T.
At Robarts Mansion.

A place for late night study times,
to buckle down so many exams in this life of mine
I cry at times, I once contemplated a doctor's note,
and woulda tried but when i held my side, he didn't believe that my hip had broke
No one knows my struggle, marks getting lower and lower,
not knowing its hard with Attention Deficit Disorder
Picture me inside the misery of ADD,
no one has ever witnessed shittier marks at U of T
Praying hard for better grades, try not to study late,
but me and my dawgs ain't have a choice but to procrastinate
We finally found a spot to kick it,
where we can drink red bull and no one bickers over trick shit
A spot where Asians smoke in peace,
and even though we g's we visualize a place where we can read in peace,
And in my mind, I
hope I don't get caffeine withdrawal
They got a spot for us all,
Red Bull and all,
At Robarts Mansion.

(Chorus)
Ain't no place I'd rather read,
Hiding from students and family
Sky-high thirteenth floor studying
In the sky (At Robarts Mansion)
Ain't no place I'd rather read,
Only place that's right for me
Peacock- shaped Mansion on Harbord street
At U of T(At Robarts Mansion)

Will I survive all the nights in the darkness, I don't think so
just read the same line five times, man I'm slow
I shed pen mark tears,
I can't sleep it's uncomfortable in here,
I see my peers fail midterms year after year
seen their GPAs just vanish,
Our so called majors change and change
please explain why they wont guide us
Is university a dirty game?
Will I be a victim of OSAP, making minimum wage?
My stomach's jealous cause these books only feed my head,
Subway sounds good but man I'm in debt
Is there a spot for me to go that costs less?
Man I think I found it, right outside SS
How could I resist thee,
free gravy and a large fries at the price of only 3.50$
I gotta get back inside, its getting chilly, plus its almost 10:50
Don't lock me out, of Robarts Mansion

(Chorus)*1

Dear mama I'm stressin' your baby boy is shook
I got an essay to print out and these people are on Facebook
Seen a movie at Media Commons last night,
it was alright, but the screen was too small,
and the headphones, were too tight
Then head down to second floor cause I'm hungry
take out money and get charged a fee,
cause I'm not with TD
Head over to Whokking On Wheels, tell the chef that he's my idol but I wish his speech, was subtitled
Maybe now you can tell, Robarts has flaws you may ignore;
Lights that turn on by themselves and no cells on some floors
But think of all the students that you knew that have passed
with flying colours cause in Robarts they found peace at last
Picture a place where they can study, unbothered
They call it Robarts, we just say 'heaven on Harbord'
So right before I cease to speak, all I'm askin'
remember these GEAK's save us some seats
at Robarts Mansion

(Chorus)*2

Snapshot Day - ANIMOTO PROMO

Once a year, libraries of all kinds take a "snapshot" of their library. This includes data points such as the number of visitors, books checked out, courses taught, photos of what was going on at the library on one day. Here is a mini-music video or animoto of Snapshot day at Granite Bay High School, posted by Julianna Hedstrom Teacher Librarian.

The snapshot captures lots of students on computers, in Julianna's classes on research techniques. Says the learning center is open for students before school, after school, and during lunch. Photos of wall signage (Research Lab) and promotions (Banned Books Week).  Check it out.

Baby Come Back (Spoof of GEICO Advertisement)

Nancy Dowd posted this fun library video, saying "This wonderful PSA was created by students from the Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark. It won first place in a PSA contest sponsored by the NJ State Library."  Well done!  Makes you smile, too!

Masters of Library Science Croquet Tournement

What a kick! Check out this video. It is a fun introduction to library staff, departments, and books. This could be a good example for an introductory library video contest for most any library.

"...dramatic play-by-play (5:17) of the 87th MLS croquet tournament at the New Hanover County Public Library in Wilmington, North Carolina, serves as a clever introduction to the library’s services and staff. Library Assistant Bratis Roseboro (right) comes out the winner against Director Harry Tuchmeyer, Library Associate James Hudson, Reference Librarian Susan Wood, and others. A Melville Dewey Production.

The Librarian Song

This Joe Uveges-When Freedom Calls concert video is from 2007, but it is worth listening to again. A high school librarian is considering showing this to students when they return to school in the fall. It is funny, yet gets the point across about what librarians do -- they show you how to find information so you can do it yourself from then on.

iSchool Librarians do Lady Gaga - YouTube Video

This video should have been sent to the ALA Library Advocacy web video contest! Love it. University of Washington's Information School graduate students and faculty perform a Lady Gaga song, with new lyrics. Directed, edited, and produced by Sarah Wachter. Lyrics by Sarah Wachter. Lyrics available here: http://www.athenasbanquet.net/2010/05/librarians-do-gaga

Sarah and her musical team have a big future ahead of them. Outstanding! Will they go on tour? It's hard to get the song and the images out of my head.

Applause for Public Librarians - PLA in Portland

Singer Natalie Merchant praised public librarians when she gave a surprise performance of her new CD of poems set to music, "Leave Your Sleep" at the Public Library Association conference in Portland, OR. Merchant said “I spent my entire childhood at the library” and pledged her devotion to libraries, especially at a time when "we’re all making budget cuts."

According to American Libraries Magazine Inside Scoop article by Leonard Kniffel, "she closed with a rousing version of her song “Kind and Generous,” dedicating it to librarians and dancing through the audience to express her gratitude: “You’ve been so kind and generous. I don’t know how you keep on giving. For your kindness, I’m in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration. For everything you’ve done, you know I’m bound, I’m bound to thank you for it,” she sang, to appreciative applause." Here is a 4-minute music video of Kind and Generous from YouTube:



A 10-minute performance is also on YouTube -- minus the circus. Very nice!

Gotta Keep Reading - A Music Video

A "tweet" from Joyce Valenza alerted me to this 12/11/09 music video from Ocoee Middle School (FL) on Teacher Tube. Apparently, the school hired a professional singer to write and sing lyrics related to reading and literacy to encourage kids to prepare and read for the FCAT test. The music video, "Keep Reading" includes full student participation. Music is based on song by The Black-Eyed Peas. It is awesome!



See also on Vimeo. What is also very cool is all the "response" videos by kids everywhere....posted to YouTube.

When the Scores Go Risin' Up @ Your Library

Explored the American Library Association's website and discovered a tune that would be appropriate for the California School Library Association's "Best Sellers" Campaign for Strong School Libraries. Research consistently shows that strong school libraries increase student academic performance, yet library programs are often whittled away year after year when school finances are in distress.

Check out the Lyrics to "When the Scores Go Risin' Up @ your library®. Written to the tune of "When the Saints Go Marching In," this was the song that the @ your library special committee sang during the kick off of the @ your library® Campaign for School Library Media Programs at the Taste of Kansas City event at the October 2003 AASL Conference. This would be fun for a school glee club or chorus to sing and capture on video!

Lyrics by Judi Moreillon, Library Media Specialist, Sabino High School, Tucson, AR.
[Well done, Judi!]

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Kids'll be learnin' @ your library®

When the scores go risin' up.

Oh, when the kids are readin' books

Oh, when the kids are readin' books

The librarians'll be there smilin'

When the kids are readin' books.

Oh, when the teachers are makin' plans

Oh, when the teachers are makin' plans

The librarians'll be willin' partners

When the teachers are makin' plans.

Oh, when the lessons are bein' taught

Oh, when the lessons are bein' taught

Librarians and teachers workin' together

When the lessons are bein' taught.

Oh, when the principals are makin' change

Oh, when the principals are makin' change

The librarians'll be leaders with 'em

When the principals are makin' change.

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Kids'll be learnin' @your library®

When the scores go risin' up.

Hi, My Name is Melville Dewey -- a Rap Music Video

Here's a way to drill the Dewey Decimal system into the brains of one and all. This rap music video goes on and on and on. This would be a great live performance by a teen team at the start of each year or for a talent show. Crazy!

Hi, my name is Melville Dewey.
Nice ta meet ya. How you doin?

If you need info, you know where to go.
Go to the Li-brar-y.

The Dewey Decimal Rap is one of Scooter Hayes' Scooter Stories. Scooter Hayes is a Story YELLER.

ANIMOTO for a CAUSE

ANIMOTO has announced it will provide its fancy, professional (fee-based) version to non-profits that have a special CAUSE to promote. Now organizations can use Animoto to promote their cause online by posting and sharing videos on websites, YouTube and social networks. Animoto for a Cause launches today with more than 20 partners including American Cancer Society, Save Darfur, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and Teach for America. Applications are being accepted. I've alerted my friends at CSLA, the local YMCA, and you!

Animoto is an outstanding, fun, and easy-to use tool for promoting libraries, literacy, and lots more! Check it out!

2009 Librareo contest - video contest by Gales

Gales has announced a new Librareo video contest. Grand Prize is $5,000. See details on or after April 12, 2009 -- National Library Week. The contest was started in 2007.

Gumdrops by The Smittens

Gumdrops - what a fun music video! "I really like you, my new librarian...."


Scenes were shot in the Lawrence Barnes Elementary School library, Burlington, Vermont. I spent many a summer in that lovely town. Lots of fond memories. My wonderful, fun-loving cousin eventually became an elementary school principal!