Friday, November 29, 2013

Case Study No. 1152: Mr. Davis

Fun At the Library
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Me and my friends are trying to annoy our librarian. We tried Talking unecessarily loudly on rosetta stone, applauding for no reason, singing happy birthday to random people, laughing, listening to music, dancing and having fun! None of these things worked! LOL! Comment and tell us what you think might have made him mad!(Nothing too extreme please!)
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["A Failed attempt to annoy the librarian" appears on screen, then the scene opens with four teenage girls sitting in their school library (wearing headphones and typing at the computer terminals), as one of them is filming with a handheld camera]
GIRL 1: Huh?
MR. DAVIS: [from off camera] Don't cover up your mouthpiece when you're talking.
GIRL 1: Oh!
[they all laugh loudly]
GIRL 1: I was putting it in place and talking at the same time!
GIRL 2: Wow, Savannah!
GIRL 3: Let's all give Savannah a big round of applause!
[they all clap loudly, as one starts snapping her fingers]
GIRL 1: Snap! I prefer snapping!
[they continue talking loudly, then cut to the girl with the camera taping the Spanish-language test on her computer terminal]
GIRL 4: Treinta y ocho! Cuarenta y cinco!
["Talking really loudly on rosetta stone ... " appears on screen]
GIRL 4: Cuarenta y siete! Cuarenta y cuatro! Cuarenta y nueve!
[she turns to the girl sitting next to her]
GIRL 4: [whispers] Come on ...
[she focuses the camera on her]
GIRL 4: Cuarenta y seis!
GIRL 2: I love this online game!
GIRL 1: Oh yeah, I got it right!
MR. DAVIS: [from off camera] Vannah ...
GIRL 1: What?
MR. DAVIS: [from off camera] I told you if you do that, you do it quietly.
GIRL 1: Oh!
MR. DAVIS: [from off camera] I shouldn't be hearing you ...
[the girl focuses the camera on the young male librarian at the back of the room (who is lifting a small dumbbell in his right hand)]
GIRL 4: Savannah!
GIRL 1: Did he say something? I can't hear him with my Spanish going on!
["She's actually listening to music!" appears on screen]
GIRL 4: Mister Davis is lifting weights!
GIRL 1: Oh, he is? He's such a muscle man!
[they all laugh loudly]
GIRL 1: Mister Davis, I'm so jealous that you can do that! That's like ... I wanna be able to do that!
MR. DAVIS: [from off camera] After a certain age, you lose muscle every single year ... like, three percent of your muscles. When you're old, you have to do this.
GIRL 1: I wish I could do that!
[the camera focuses back on her computer screen]
GIRL 4: Cuarenta y nueve! Cuarenta y ocho!
["Some Background music to occupy you ... " appears on screen, as Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart" plays over the footage, while the girls continue to talk loudly]
GIRL 4: Cuarenta y quatro!
GIRL 2: [singing] Happy birthday!
GIRL 4: Cuarenta y cinco!
[they continue talking, as "Don't worry ... almost done ... " appears on screen, then the other girl takes the camera and points it at her screen]
["Hey! Lil Guzzy! Give me back the camera!" appears on screen]
GIRL 4: [whispers] Turn it down!
[she takes it back, then the other girl hands her her headphones (playing Taio Cruz's "Dynamite")]
["Oh yeah ... listening to some music ... " appears on screen]
[she takes them back, then cut to another shot of her computer screen]
GIRL 4: Me ... Me habla espanol!

Credits
Vanna!
Lil Guzzie!
Zen Master!
Mr. D!
and behind the camera is ... Yoshi!

Case Study No. 1151: Sora (Wannabe Librarian)

Let's Play Kingdom Hearts Part 98: Sora Plays Librarian
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This is why people should not return books to the shelves... let the staff do it!
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[in Hollow Bastion, Sora is confronted by his rival for the Keyblade, Riku]
RIKU: Quit while you can ...
SORA: No. Not without Kairi.
[Riku transforms into his Ansem form]
RIKU: The darkness will destroy you.
SORA: You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart ... My heart will stay with my friends, it'll never die!
RIKU: Really? Well, we'll just see about that!
[Riku shoots a bolt of dark energy at Sora, but Goofy jumps in the way and deflects it with his shield]
GOOFY: Sora ain't gonna go anywhere!
RIKU: You'd betray your king?
GOOFY: Not on your life! But I'm not gonna betray Sora, either, 'cause he's become one of my best buddies after all we've been through together!
[he turns to Donald Duck (who is standing next to Riku)]
GOOFY: See ya later, Donald ... Could ya tell the king I'm really sorry?
DONALD: Hold on, Goofy! We'll tell him together!
[he runs over to Sora]
DONALD: Well, you know ... All for one and one for all.
GOOFY: I guess you're stuck with us, Sora.
SORA: Thanks a lot ... Donald, Goofy.
RIKU: How will you fight without a weapon?
SORA: I know now I don't need the Keyblade. I've got a better weapon ... My heart.
RIKU: Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?
SORA: Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone. It's grown with each new experience, and it's found a home with all the friends I've made. I've become a part of their heart, just as they've become a part of mine. And if they think of me now and then ... if they don't forget me ... then our hearts will be one!
[he takes out a wooden sword]
SORA: I don't need a weapon ... My friends are my power!
[he readies himself for battle, when the Keyblade in Riku's hand disappears]
RIKU: What?!
[Sora's wooden sword suddenly turns into the Keyblade, and they battle ... Riku is eventually defeated, so he runs off, when Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) enters the scene]
BEAST: So, your heart won this battle.
[Sora nods, then "Learned White Trinity." appears on screen]
[Sora and his party make their way to the library, and he checks one of the shelves]
NARRATOR: The books seem to be arranged alphabetically. This is the K shelf. There is a book missing.
[he walks over and picks a red book up off the floor]
NARRATOR: Obtained Khama vol. 8.
[he walks back to the bookshelf]
NARRATOR: This is the K shelf. Put Khama vol. 8 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and the shelf moves to reveal a secret passageway, so they climb the stairs and find a book on top of another bookshelf]
NARRATOR: Obtained Azal vol. 3.
[they walk over to another bookshelf (where a green book is shelved amongst a row of orange books), so Sora takes the mismatched book off the shelf]
NARRATOR: Obtained Mava vol. 6.
[he examines the shelf]
NARRATOR: This is the T shelf. There is a book missing.
[they go back down to the first level and inspect another shelf]
NARRATOR: This is the A shelf. Put Azal vol. 3 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and the shelf moves to reveal a secret passageway, so they run over and inspect another shelf]
NARRATOR: This is the S shelf. There is a book missing.
[they walk over to another bookshelf (where a blue book is shelved amongst a row of green books), so Sora takes the mismatched book off the shelf]
NARRATOR: Obtained Salegg vol. 6.
[he examines the shelf (which has another spot where a missing book should be)]
NARRATOR: This is the M shelf. Put Mava vol. 6 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and nothing happens (because there is still one missing book left to find), so they walk back to the other bookshelf]
NARRATOR: This is the S shelf. Put Salegg vol. 6 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and the shelf moves to reveal a secret passageway, so they climb the stairs and find a book on a desk]
NARRATOR: Obtained Theon vol. 6.
[they walk over to the nearby bookshelf]
NARRATOR: This is the T shelf. Put Theon vol. 6 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and the shelf moves to reveal a hidden button on the wall, so Sora presses it and the nearby door unlocks]
[they go back down to the first level and find a yellow book misplaced on one of the shelves]
NARRATOR: Obtained Nahara vol. 5.
[they climb the stairs and return to the bookshelf near the desk]
NARRATOR: This is the N shelf. Put Nahara vol. 5 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and the shelf moves to reveal a hidden bookshelf (where a green book is shelved amongst a row of purple books), so Sora takes the mismatched book off the shelf]
NARRATOR: Obtained Mava vol. 3.
[he examines the shelf]
NARRATOR: This is the H shelf. There is a book missing.
[they go back down to the first level and check the bookshelf with the missing green book]
NARRATOR: This is the M shelf. Put Mava vol. 3 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back]
NARRATOR: Something is not right.
[he pulls the book back off the shelf]
NARRATOR: Obtained Mava vol. 3.
[he takes the other green book off the shelf]
NARRATOR: Obtained Mava vol. 6.
[he puts vol. 3 in the first missing slot, then vol. 6 in the other missing slot, and the shelf moves to reveal a hidden room with a desk where the last purple book can be found]
NARRATOR: Obtained Hafet vol. 4.
[they climb the stairs and return to the last bookshelf]
NARRATOR: This is the H shelf. Put Hafet vol. 4 on the shelf.
[he puts the book back, and the shelf moves to reveal a secret passageway to the Lift Stop, which allows Sora and his party to explore other areas of the castle]

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From wikipedia.org:

Sora is the protagonist of Square Enix's best-selling "Kingdom Hearts" video game series. Introduced in the series' first game in 2002, Sora is a cheerful teenager who originates from Destiny Islands and has been best friends with Riku and Kairi since early childhood. When they plan to go on a journey to see other worlds, they are separated by creatures known as Heartless. Fighting them, Sora obtains a weapon called the Keyblade which makes Donald Duck and Goofy recruit him in their journey across various worlds to aid King Mickey while Sora searches for his friends who were sucked in by the darkness. In the meantime, the trio protect the worlds they visit from various villains.

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From gamefaqs.com:

"Kingdom Hearts" FAQ/Walkthrough
Written for PAL version, also recommended for NTSC and Int. versions
For the Playstation 2 gaming console

[...]

You will be standing on a platform, jump off it and run behind the rocks to find a chest containing Dalmatians 91, 92, and 93. Then return to the starting platform and make your way up until you reach a moving platform, which will take you to a larger platform. Seacrh this area for a bubble which you should use to get a Dispel-G. Then continue to make your way up the platforms. Once you reach the top, you will meet Riku, and watch the cut-scene that will dramatically change the story.

After the cut-scene ends, Beast will join your party, and you will be automatically equipped with the wooden sword. Donald and Goofy have left you and so you must rely on Beast to defeat the Heartless that appear. You can now turn back and glide to three chests containing a Megalixir, a Blizzaga Ring, and a Dispel-G. When you are ready, head for the castle behind the platform with the White Trinity Mark on the floor. There are three new types of Heartless that make their first appearance here. They are the Wizard, the Wyvern, and the Defender. Not much of a threat, but since you only have a wooden sword, it will be difficult to defeat them. Your best option is to flee.

When you reach the castle gates, head to your right and activate the crystal. Jump onto the elevator that appears. There are two chests containing a Mythril and a Tornado-G. Then apporoach the bubble that is closer to the ground to reach the waterway. Use the nearby Save Point and get Beast to break the wall down, by using the Call command. Enter the new room to find another bubble that you should use to reach another room. Head into the room to find a switch on the wall, release it. This should open a gate. Head for the gate that just opened and release the switch near the gate. Another gate should of opened, and again, you should head for the newly opened area, to find another switch that you must press. Then head for the newly opened area and press the switch on the ground. Then use the bubble to reach another area.

Press the switch in the area and then finally press the last switch. Doing this has opened the main door at the entrance gate. It's time to backtrack to the entrance gate. To get out, use the "switch" steps in reverse. When you have reached the gate, turn right and head for the door. Prepare yourself, as a boss awaits ...

Boss Battle
Riku (Ansem Form)

After the transformation, you just know that Riku is now just pure evil. Luckily, you get your party members back, and also, your keyblade. Riku now wields a new weapon, a "dark keyblade," which is like a negative projection of Sora's. This keyblade is extremely powerful and it can deal a lot of damage to you, so always have Aero casted onto you. He still has the same attacks as he did on Destiny Islands. These include the Drop Kick, Vortex and Jump. The attacking method is still the same, if you land a successful combo on him, he will counter-attack with the dro kick, doing major damage. Vortex is still the same as well as Jumping. He can still jump huge distances, so there is no point of running away as he can catch you in one jump. If you have Dodge Roll equipped, you should use this often to get behind him and unleash a combo or two. Or if you have Ars Arcanum, also you should use this often as it will damage him a lot.

Upon defeating Riku, your party will learn the final Trinity ability; the White Trinity Detect. If you have the time, you should break all of the pots that are in this room, as they contain HP Balls, and Hi-Potions. Although Hi-Potions are not that common to get. Head up the stairs and enter the door to the left. This will take you to the library. Get rady for another one of Hollow Bastion's puzzles! This time, your aim is to find and place books into their corresponding shelf to open up parts of the library, taking you to a door at the end of the path.

Pick up the red book on the floor on the left corner of the room. This is the Khama vol. 8. Place this book in the row of red books to your right. You have probably guessed it by now. You must place books in with the same colour shelf. Only an idiot wouldn't have figured it out. By placing the book into the shelf, you have opened up a passage leading to another area of the library. In this library, there are many pillars with holes that can be examined for items. A good example is the pillar is the pillar to your left. All you have to do is to keep on examining it until you get the chest. In this pillar, there is an Elixir. When heading up the stairs, examine the two pillars containing a Mythril and a Mega-Potion respectively. Save Point lies nearby pick up the Theon vol. 6 on the table, and activate the green trinity mark on the floor a few steps away for a Azal vol. 3. Return to the orange bookshelf, located near the pillar containing a Mega-Potion, and take the Mava vol. 6. Then place the Theon vol. 6 into the place where the Mava vol. 6 was. Activate the switch, unlocking a door. return to the save point and jump onto the first floor bookshelfs. Then head for the treasure chest which contians Dispel-G. Behind the Save Point is a section of bookshelfs that are sealed off in the first floor. Jump into it and take the blue Salegg vol. 6.

Place the Salegg vol. 6 into the blue row of books to open up an exit. Return to the starting point of this area and insert the yellow book into it's corresponding row of books, moving another bookshelf. Run to the other side, and pick up the Nahara vol. 5. Now you must return to the Save Point upstairs and insert the the yellow book into the 3rd bookshelf to the left. Then take the Mava vol. 3. from behind the shelf. Return to the green row of books and insert both green books into their place.

Finally, take the Hafet vol. 4 from the desk and then return to the shelf that you just took the Mava vol. 3 from. Then insert the Hafet vol. 4 into it's purple row of books. The library is now complete. Use the Save Point to save your progress and then head through the opened door where the bookshelf used to be, NOT the double doors!

This new area is the Lift Stop area. Within this area, there are many platforms that contain item. The only problem is that they are floating in mid-air, and they can only be lowered by locking-onto them and casting Gravity or Gravira on it. A good example is the floating platform to the left of the glowing crystal. Now that the explanation is over, do exactly what just said two sentences ago. Doing this will make you one Tornado-G richer. After that is done, use the blue glowing crystal to go to a higher area. Another floating platform. Yep, you know what to do. Doing this will get you an Ultima-G. Now head back to the library, and restore your MP, and then enter the doubledoors. Does this place look familiar? Yeah, it's the second floor of the room you fought Riku in.

Look around and cast Thunder on the stone nearby. Like the first ground floor, this place also has many breakable pots containing many valuable items. Head to your right and smash the two pots that surround the stone head. Continue walking down the path, and light all the candles that you see by casting Fire. To get an Emblem Piece, you must light all eight candles. Return to the Red Trinity Mark and activate to receive another Emblem Piece. Now head for the statue opposite the double doors push the staute to the left to reveal another chest containing another Emblem Piece. Now head down and collect the remaining Emblem Pieces. You should have a total of four pieces. Head to the right and examine the door with the Heartless symbol on it. You must examine it four times. After doing this there will be another cut-scene. Enter the door once the cut-scene has ended, to reach the Lift Stop once again. Examine the red crystal, making it blue and head to the other crystal. Examine it and cast Gravity on the floating platform to receive a rare Orichalcum.

Head back down and turn the blue crystal back to red. Ride the platform again, but this time down. Proceed onwards and take the platform on the right. Examine the red crystal to receive a Mythril. Return to the platform junction and now take the platform on the left. You will be taken back to the Dungeon-like area. On the floor right in front of you is a blue trinity mark. So obviously, you gotta activate to get a few prizes. These include a few HP Balls, a Mega-Potion, a Mega-Ether, and a Cottage. After doing this, return to the Lift Stop.

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From wikia.com:

Hollow Bastion is a world from the "Kingdom Hearts" series of games. Its name litteraly means "empty castle", reflecting that it is at one point devoid of any life in it except the Heartless.

It is not based on a Disney film, though it shows Disney influence as it is similar to Beast's haunted castle from the movie, Beauty & the Beast, and Maleficent's fortress from the Forbidden Mountain from the film, Sleeping Beauty given that characters from both films appear here.

Hollow Bastion is a colossal castle that towers above the rest of its world, Radiant Garden, once being quite beautiful in appearance, but since then had one side modified with machinery that gave it a warped look. It remained as such until repairs began prior to Kingom Hearts II. At one point, it is the only remaining part of the city.

Because of this, the world itself is known as "Hollow Bastion" in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and most of Kingdom Hearts II. However, it regains its original name of Radiant Garden by the end of Kingdom Hearts II, when Tron used his powers to show what the world was like before its destruction.

Ansem the Wise is the former ruler of this world. The castle was taken over by Maleficent and she proclaimed herself ruler until her defeat in Kingdom Hearts. Since both of them are no longer in power, the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee seems to be in charge of the world.

In the first "Kingdom Hearts" game, Sora and the rest of the party enter Hollow Bastion at the Rising Falls, appropriately named as there are waterfalls that run up instead of down. Jumping on mystical floating rocks and ledges takes the party to the first of many magical platforms that are scattered throughout the castle. The platform takes Sora to the Castle Gates, the main entrance of Hollow Bastion which is made up of a set of balconies and lifts running outside the castle. From here, the party can travel down into the underground water system or enter the castle itself.

Going down the nearby platform or leaping off the edge of the balcony takes the party to Base Level, an area full of ledges, switches, and enemies. Successfully climbing to the balcony near the entrance earns extra treasures, while taking a nearby bubble carries them to the Waterway, where a series of gates, switches, and bubbles must be navigated to operate the castle gate controls. Off of the Waterway is a small room, the Dungeon.

Going in the doors at the other end of the Castle Gates area takes the party to the massive two-level Entrance Hall, where a large puzzle must be solved to continue up the castle by allowing access to the second half of the Castle Gates area. Going left takes the party to the Library, also the site of a large puzzle involving organizing misplaced books. Belle, Yuffie, Leon and Aerith can later be found here after the Hollow Bastion Keyhole is locked. Also accessible from the Library is the first of many entrances to the Lift Stop, a series of magic lifts separated by mystical barriers. The ceiling of the Lift Stop is decorated like the stained glass that characterizes the Station of Awakening.

Case Study No. 1150: Kim Jun-ho

Korean Sad Story ~ Daddy-Long-Legs Seoulpower Music Video (Boy Version)
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Yeon Jeong-Hoon & Ha Ji-Won
Girl version by Park Eun-Hye & Hyun-Bin
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From wikipedia.org:

Daddy-Long-Legs (Kidari ajeossi) is a 2005 South Korean romance film. It was one of four Korean movies screened at the 2006 International Fajr Film Festival in Iran. The story is loosely inspired by the novel "Daddy-Long-Legs" by Jean Webster.

Young-mi (Ha Ji-won), is a young woman who has lost her parents and struggling to fend for herself. She receives the assistance of a stranger who pays her university fees and sends her gifts. She affectionately nicknames her benefactor "Daddy-Long-Legs".

After completing her studies and initially struggling for work, Young-mi eventually obtains her dream job as a program writer in a nationally-syndicated radio station. On top of this, it has been arranged for her to stay rent-free in a nice house that the owner vacated due to health reasons. Young-mi believes that her good fortune is the work of her "Daddy-Long-Legs".

One day, Young-mi receives an email from the owner of the house. The email was date-stamped to arrive at the house's computer on that specific day, though it was written and sent a year earlier.

The email details a love story written by the unseen owner of the house. The writer confesses that she has secretly been in love with a guy since her school days. In order to be near him, she worked hard to obtain a place in the same course at the institution he was studying in. Although she didn't have the courage to introduce herself, she was happy to see him every day. The writer explains that when he got a job at a radio station, she followed him there. But then she was diagnosed with a terminal disease which would cause her to lose her memory and then die. The writer's greatest fear is not of dying, but of losing her memory, which is why she wrote the email to be sent to herself in the future.

Young-mi is deeply touched by the story and decides to air its contents via the national radio program to locate the young man with whom the owner of the house was in love. The story is serialized and dramatized on the air, quickly becoming an audience favorite.

Meanwhile, Young-mi meets Kim Jun-ho (Yeon Jung-hoon), who works as a librarian in the radio station. They spend time together and Young-mi begins to fall in love with him. Young-mi then discovers that Jun-ho is the love interest mentioned in the email. Young-mi decides to end their relationship, guilty with the knowledge that someone somewhere out there has been in love with him for years.

Young-mi also investigates her "Daddy-Long-Legs", eventually learning that her current job and accommodations were the decisions of the radio station's director. She confronts him, but it turns out that the director was only acting on behalf of his younger brother, who chose to provide Young-mi with her school fees and asked that she be given her current job and his house to live in. It turns out the director's brother is Jun-ho, who is also the writer of the email. Jun-ho had switched genders when writing the email, and lost all of his earlier memories of Young-mi when they were students together and he loved her from afar; when they met in the radio station's library, it was the first time for both.

Young-mi is devastated by this news. She reconnects with Jun-ho and they spend as much time together before his illness relapses and he dies.

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From blogspot.com:

From the adaptation anime written by Jean Webster. This heart warming love story of being loved and finding love. Ha Ji Won played Young Mi an orphaned goal oriented woman whose difficulties didn't give her an excuse to loose hope with the help of her so called Daddy Long Legs which is Kim Jun Ho played by actor Yeon Jung Hoon the librarian. This movie will surely make you want to love and not loose hope. Enjoy!!!

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Case Study No. 1149: CIA's "Vengeful Librarians"

CIA Admits Monitoring Twitter and Facebook November 2011
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[scene opens with a female news reporter speaking directly to the camera]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: Big Brother isn't just watching you, he's keeping an eye on your social media habits as well.
[cut to footage from MSNBC, as "CIA Tracks Global Social Media" appears on screen]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: [in voice over] The CIA recently owned up to a Virginia-based Open Source Center that tracks and analyzes over five million tweets, blogs, posts and content on other social media sites world wide everyday. MSNBC has more ...
MSNBC REPORTER: The group is nicknamed the agency's "vengeful librarians," and they watch for possible uprisings or instability around the world. They also track information from rebels, militants or activists and anything they might broadcast online.
[cut back to the female reporter]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: According to the report, originally from the AP, the program will focus predominantly overseas. The Atlantic spoke to a professor who says the intelligence field has begun to use social media analysis as sentiment and mood analysis.
[cut to a screenshot from the Atlantic website]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: [in voice over] Johan Bollen, professor of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, says that this process, also known as "meme tracking," is relatively new and may not be reliable. The samples are huge, there are seven hundred fifty million people on Facebook, but no matter how you look at it, it's still possible the sample could be biased. It requires someone to be on Facebook, to own a computer, to even use Facebook ...
[cut back to the female reporter]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: While some may be outraged by the existence of something like the Open Source Center, ITWorld reporter Kevin Fogarty said that social networking sites have never been private.
[cut to a screenshot from the ITWorld website]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: [in voice over] Social networks, by definition, are public. What you say on them you may intend for a circle of your friends, but it's been years since anyone has believed a word said or a picture posted on either service would stay within a particular circle.
[cut back to the female reporter]
ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO: For Newsy, I'm Ana Compain-Romero. Multiple sources, the real story.

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From cnet.com:

CIA's 'vengeful librarians' track Twitter, Facebook
According to a new report, the Central Intelligence Agency tracks up to 5 million tweets every day from its perch in Virginia.
by Don Reisinger
November 4, 2011 6:11 AM PDT

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has established a compound in Virginia that focuses on one very important aspect of international espionage: social network spying.

According to the Associated Press, which was provided some insight into the CIA's operations, the Open Source Center, a team also known as the "vengeful librarians," analyzes up to 5 million tweets a day to gauge public opinion around the world. The group also examines messages shared via Facebook and comments made in Internet chat rooms, in addition to listening in on more traditional forms of information dissemination, such as TV news channels and local radio stations.

But before U.S.-based privacy advocates get too concerned about the CIA's practices, it's worth noting that the entirety of its actions, the center's director, Doug Naquin, told the AP, centers on the examination of social activity in other countries.

The U.S. government is barred by law from spying on tweets, Facebook messages, or e-mails sent by U.S. citizens without a warrant.

According to the AP, the Open Source Center was first established after the 9/11 attacks to combat international terrorism. But now, the group told the AP, its focus goes far beyond a focus on terrorism, and examines public opinion on a host of matters around the world.

For example, the group told the AP, it provided information to "the highest levels at the White House" on the Middle East's reaction to this year's killing of Osama bin Laden. The group told the AP that it found that the majority of Urdu tweets and Chinese tweets were negative, seeming to indicate that the Pakistani people and Chinese were not pleased with the news. After President Obama announced bin Laden's death, reactions on social networks were negative in several countries in the Middle East.

The stakes appear to be high for the vengeful librarians. According to the AP, their analyses of tweets, messages, and other citizen reactions around the world find their way into the President's daily briefings, and thus, play a role in his decision-making.

However, even though the intelligence community has continued to say that it doesn't engage in any spying of U.S. citizen communications, not everyone is so convinced.

In 2009, for example, Greg Nojeim, an attorney for the Center for Democracy and Technology sat down with CNET to discuss the possibility of the U.S. government spying on its citizens' online communications. As far as he was concerned at the time, the U.S. could spy on its citizens, although there was no way to prove that it does, in fact, do so.

"Who wants to live in a world where the government can listen in on every communication without any evidence of crime?" Nojeim said. "The consequences of that are that people won't communicate freely and the country would be very different as a result. Imagine how your conversation with a close personal friend would change if you knew someone else was listening. That's what is at stake. That's what needs to be protected."

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, which has exposed U.S. diplomatic cables, videos from the wars, and more, is also concerned that some of the most prominent online companies--Facebook and Google, among others--are tools for the government to be used for access to any kind of information they want.

"Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented," Assange said in an interview with Russian news site RT earlier this year. "Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations and the communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to U.S. intelligence."

Assange went on to say that the companies "have built-in interfaces for U.S. intelligence."

"It's not a matter of serving a subpoena," Assange told RT. "They have an interface that they have developed for U.S. intelligence to use."

It's worth noting, however, that neither those companies Assange mentioned nor the U.S. intelligence community have ever confirmed that they are working in cahoots to spy on people.

Case Study No. 1148: David Lewis and Jaena Hollingsworth

IUPUI: University Library
2:37
The occupation of a librarian has changed drastically over the years.
Tags: IUPUI Indianapolis david lewis jaena hollingsworth Denny Sponsel
Added: 2 years ago
From: TheCantaloupeTV
Views: 114

[scene opens with several shots outside of the IUPUI University Library]
DAVID LEWIS: [in voice over] It's very different than the stereotypes that a lotta people have. If you were to go back ten-fifteen years, a lot of what librarians did was help people find the things that they needed, and it was the finding that was hard.
["IUPUI University Library, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis" appears on screen, then cut to a middle-aged man ("David Lewis, Dean-IUPUI Library") speaking directly to the camera]
DAVID LEWIS: Part of what librarians do now is help people think about the information that they find.
[cut to a computer lab in the library, as a young female librarian is assisting a female student]
DAVID LEWIS: [in voice over] Think about how to sort out what's good information, what's bad information, so a lot of it's critical thinking skills.
JAENA HOLLINGSWORTH: You're gonna choose several of these, okay? Okay, and then I want you to ... Yeah, exactly, make a list right there of the ones that you check off.
[cut to the woman ("Jaena Hollingsworth, Asst Librarian") speaking directly to the camera]
JAENA HOLLINGSWORTH: There used to be this idea that if we ... if we build it, if we house it, people will come to us and they'll ask us questions. And, um, so we just need to sit here and wait for them.
[cut to more shots of Jaena and the students in the computer lab]
JAENA HOLLINGSWORTH: [in voice over] We've moved away from that, and more towards we need to explain to them why the resources that we have are important.
[cut to more shots inside the library]
DAVID LEWIS: [in voice over] They sometimes say that the interent is like trying to drink from a firehose.
[cut back to David speaking directly to the camera]
DAVID LEWIS: And part of what we're trying to do is teach people how to get at the things that they most need, and how to use it effectively.
[cut back to shots of Jaena and the students in the computer lab]
JAENA HOLLINGSWORTH: [in voice over] Students are pretty comfortable sitting in front of a computer. They can type, they can use a mouse, things like that.
[cut back to Jaena speaking directly to the camera]
JAENA HOLLINGSWORTH: But when it comes to thinking critically about, sort of, where they're searching and why they're searching and what sort of keywords they're using ... um, a lotta times they're clueless.
[cut back to shots of Jaena and the students in the computer lab]
JAENA HOLLINGSWORTH: [in voice over] There's so much stuff out there, and so many different ways to get to it, that you could waste a lot of time just sort of floundering around.
[cut to another man ("Denny Sponsel, RJE Business Interiors") speaking directly to the camera]
DENNY SPONSEL: Whether it's me as a leader of the organization wanting information, or whether it's a client wanting information, everyone wants it instantaneously. They don't have time for someone to navigate for three or four hours, they want it now, and it's available now if you know how to get to it.
[cut back to shots of Jaena and the students in the computer lab]
DENNY SPONSEL: [in voice over] That's exactly what the program does.
[cut back to David speaking directly to the camera]
DAVID LEWIS: We currently reach somewhere in the neighborhood of seventeen thousand students a year in our current classroom facility, and we think we can up that number by eight thousand more if we have this additional capacity.
[cut back to Denny speaking directly to the camera]
DENNY SPONSEL: It doesn't do the university a lot of good if we're only affecting a little over half the student body. We need to affect more and more of the student body, because it's a critical skill that's needed.
[cut to more shots outside of the library]
DENNY SPONSEL: [in voice over] Not just for their education, but beyond their education, as they're gonna need it in the workplace.
["A video story by Cantaloupe" appears on screen]

Case Study No. 1147: Dr. Nancy Everhart

Check it Out!
3:10
This video shows the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee performing, Check it Out!, the theme song of Dr. Nancy Everhart's Vision Tour. During the Vision Tour Dr. Everhart, the President of the American Association of School Librarians, will be visiting outstanding school libraries throughout the United States. See outstandingschoollibraries.org for further information.
Tags: Boys' Choir of Tallahassee Vision Tour AASL Nancy Everhart
Added: 3 years ago
From: nancyeverhart
Views: 1,213

[scene opens with a group of young men reading books and typing on laptops, when one of them looks up and speaks directly to the camera]
BOY: Hey, we're the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee, and we enjoy going to the library. We challenge you to make a video, and check it out! See what you come up with!
[the camera pans out, as the boys begin singing (interspersed with footage of various librarians helping patrons)]

Opening doors to one and all
The big and small
Sharing knowledge
We're answering the call
Check it out
Check it out
Check it out
Check it out
Check it out
Digital learning
Check it out
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Critical thinking
Check it out
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Technology power
Check it out
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At the library
Digital learning helps to find
Facts of every kind
Through knowledge creation
Refreshing the mind
Check it out
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Digital learning
Check it out
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Critical thinking
Check it out
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Technology power
Check it out
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At the library
Empowering students to work and play
To seize the day
With our librarians
To lead us on the way
Check it out
Check it out
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Digital learning
Check it out
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Critical thinking
Check it out
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Technology power
Check it out
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At the library
At the library
At the library
At the library
At the library

Special Thanks to:
The Boys' Choir of Tallahassee, Florida Inc.
Earle Lee, Jr. - Director

Participating Choir Members:
Dante' Andrews
Enrique Benedict
Ka'Ron Brown
Markeal Dickey
Gabriel Figgers
Akeem Gervin
Adrian Hill
Darion Hills
Grady Jefferson
Michael Jones
Kendall Martin
Shedrick McClendon
Christopher Mulliens
Oladotun Olayiwola
Urban Phillips
Forrest Price
Justyn Thomas
Taurris Wilkes
Leland Williams
Mario Williams

Music and Lyrics to "Check it Out"
by
Sarah Horick
www dot sarahhorick dot com

Glenn Rainey
Producer

David Starling
Editor

This video is to support the Vision Tour
Of
Dr. Nancy Everhart, President
American Association of School Librarians
Outstandingschoollibraries dot org

Produced by:
Glenwood Drive Productions
and
Fuzzy Dice Films

Copyright 2010
All rights reserved

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From americanlibrariesmagazine.org:

CHICAGO – Until May 2011, all donations made to the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "Friends of AASL" campaign will help underwrite the travel of AASL President Nancy Everhart as she completes her Vision Tour. Donations to the Vision Tour can me made at www.ala.org/aasl/friends.

The Vision Tour takes AASL's Learning4Life (L4L) initiative "on-the-road" by showcasing exemplary school libraries across the nation. During the tour, Everhart hopes to visit a school library in every state in the U.S. with the goal of bringing to the general public visual models of what good school libraries offer students and communities. More information is available at www.ala.org/aasl/visiontour or on her blog at http://outstandingschoollibraries.org.

The schools Everhart will visit were selected by AASL Affiliate Organizations as examples in their state of school libraries that are dedicated to empowering every student with the skills needed to be a Learner4Life. All of the chosen schools are listed on Everhart's blog. Her first stop on the tour will be to Paul W. Bryant School in Cottondale, Ala.. She will also make a stop in Portland Ore. on November 5-6 to speak at AASL's Fall Forum and give updates on her travels.

Everhart's blog also features a theme song, "Check it Out," performed by the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee and a photo album that will include pictures from her tour. AASL's webpage hosts a press kit for school's to use when announcing Everhart's visit to their school, as well as helpful information about donating to the Vision Tour. Donations must be made by May 31, 2011.
"I'm so excited to begin the Vision Tour – it feels like a rock tour! What a privilege it is to be able to visit outstanding school libraries and to meet the librarians and the members of their learning communities all over the country," says Everhart.

"Support from Friends of AASL will be critical to the success of the Vision Tour," she maintains. "It's a shoestring operation, much of it coming from my own funds and sales of Vision Tour t-shirts, so any contribution will be most welcomed."

The Friends of AASL program ensures excellence in service to the profession and supports future growth and viability. Program funds provide additional financial support for AASL programs and initiatives that enhance the association's mission and goals and also reach above and beyond traditional membership services as guided by AASL's strategic plan and Learning4Life.

The Learning4Life (L4L), www.ala.org/aasl/learning4life, national implementation plan supports states, school systems, and individual schools preparing to implement the "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs." The plan will also increase awareness and understanding of the essential role school librarians play in a student's education.

The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field.

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From ala.org:

Vision Tour Theme Song Video
August 12, 2010
Posted by Nancy Everhart in Check this out!.

The theme song for the Vision Tour and related video are complete! Thanks to the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee, composer Sarah Horick, and producer Glenn Rainey. Sheet music, karaoke version, etc. are available at outstandingschoollibraries.org for you and your students to record your own version.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Case Study No. 1146: "Someone invisible"

The Witch's House Walkthrough PART 2 [Second Floor]
9:18
Go up the staircase and up to the second floor. If you want to avoid the ghost leave the staircase for a moment then go back in and head upstairs.

Go to the far left. There is a locked door. Go through the door closest to the locked door. This is the library.

You can read the books for some information on the witch.

The important part of the room is the ghost near the clutter of books who needs something to tie things together.

Leave the room and go to the door to the right of the cat.

Once through the door walk all the way down the corridor. There are a bunch of barrels, and a spider web. On the right side of the room is the spider and some barrels opposite of the spider web. Go to the barrels and click on the one that doesn't have a barrel stacked in front of it. You will receive rope.

Leave the room and go back to the library. Give the rope to the ghost. In return you will be given book of death.

Go back out to the hallway. Opposite the door of the library is another door. Go through that door. Go through the whole room until you're in front of the lone bookcase. Place the book of death in the bookcase.

After you place the book on the book case there will be a skull that will chase you and kill you if it catches up. To avoid this skull run around the book case then go out of the room before going back in.

Go back in the room and get the butterfly model. Leave the room and return to the room with the spider web (where you got the rope from).

Get close to the spider web and pick up the butterfly then immediately replace it with the butterfly model.

Leave the room.

The locked door at the end of the hall is now unlocked. Go through it and go upstairs to the third floor.
Tags: The Witch's House Walkthrough
Added: 1 year ago
From: SeTsunAxyz012
Views: 1,378

[scene opens on the second floor of The Witch's House, as Viola opens a door and walks down a long corridor where she finds a sign on the wall next to some barrels]
VIOLA: [reading] "The spider has poor eyes. He can't even tell colors apart."
[the player checks a nearby bookshelf]
NARRATOR: A dusty bookshelf full of cobwebs. Nothing of note here.
[the player checks one of the barrels]
NARRATOR: There's a piece of rope in the barrel.
[the player selects "Take", and "Got some rope." appears on screen]
[the player checks a cobweb on the wall, where a small yellow butterfly is trapped]
NARRATOR: A butterfly is caught in the web.
[the player selects "Don't take"]
[the player heads back out, then opens another door which leads to the house's library (a large room filled with bookcases)]
[the player heads for the corner of the room, where a shadow is surrounded by piles of books on the floor]
NARRATOR: There's someone invisible there.
[the player selects "Talk", and the shadow (the ghost of a librarian?) begins to speak]
???: Sorting these books isn't going well ... Need something to tie them together.
[the player goes to his inventory and selects the rope]
NARRATOR: A smooth piece of rope.
???: Ah! You're giving me this?
[the player selects "Give rope"]
???: Thank you! Take this.
["Got a Book of Death." appears on screen]
???: ...
[the player checks one of the piles of books on the floor near the shadow]
NARRATOR: An open children's encyclopedia of animals.
[the player checks another pile of books]
NARRATOR: Books on planets and crumpled balls of paper.
[the player checks another pile of books]
NARRATOR: A piled stack of art collections and encyclopedias.
[the player turns and starts walking away, when a red splatter of blood suddenly appears on the wall next to Viola]
NARRATOR: The wall is red-stained and sticky.
[the player walks up to one of the bookcases]
NARRATOR: A carefully-sorted bookshelf. Nothing catches your eye.
[the player walks up to another bookcase]
NARRATOR: A book titled "The Witch's House (1)."
[the player selects "Read"]
VIOLA: [reading] "Keys do not open doors in the witch's house. Something else must serve as a key."
[the player walks up to another bookcase]
NARRATOR: A book titled "The Witch's House (2)."
[the player selects "Read"]
VIOLA: [reading] "The form of the house changes based upon the witch's magic.
[the player walks up to another bookcase]
NARRATOR: A book titled "A Funny Story."
[the player selects "Read"]
VIOLA: [reading] "Once upon a time, there was a rich man pulling along a cart full of treasure. His cart had broken down in the woods, but there came a passing hunter and his dog. The rich man pleaded to the hunter to keep a close eye on his cart, to which the hunter agreed. The rich man went to get a new cart. Meanwhile, the hunter kept watch. Night soon fell, and the hunter grew worried for his elderly mother still at home. So the hunter told the dog to watch the cart and went home to check on his mother. When the man returned, he saw the dog on guard. So he gave the dog a reward for his master, a silver coin, to carry in his mouth. The dog ran all the way home and brought his master the coin. But the hunter flew into a rage. 'I told you to watch the cart, and what did you do? You stole from it!' So the master killed the dog."
[a nearby chair suddenly starts to shake, and a ghostly laugh can be heard]
[the player walks up to another bookcase]
NARRATOR: There are old newspaper clippings here.
[the player selects "Read"]
VIOLA: [reading] "XX/XX - XX Residence Burns Down. XX and his wife XX were found dead in the wreckage. Their bodies were found to have stab wounds, so it is suspected they were murdered and the building then set aflame. Additionally, XX's only daughter Ellen (currently 7) has been missing since the fire. The police."
[the player looks at a mirror on the wall, when a strange female figure appears behind her reflection, and the mirror cracks]
NARRATOR: The mirror is cracked.
[the player exits the library, then tries to open another door]
NARRATOR: It's locked ... There's some small text on the door. "Save the Butterfly."
[the player enters another door, and finds a large room filled with glass display cases]
NARRATOR: Models of insects are lined up inside the glass case.
[the player checks another display case]
NARRATOR: There's a blue-winged butterfly model in the case.
[the player selects "Take"]
NARRATOR: The cover on the case won't budge.
[the player looks at a painting on the wall]
NARRATOR: A picture of a white cat done with wool.
[the player looks at another painting on the wall]
NARRATOR: A painting of a lady with her parasol by a river.
[the player finds a bookshelf in the far corner of the room]
NARRATOR: A small bookshelf. A book is missing.
[the player goes to his inventory and selects the Book of Death]
NARRATOR: The front cover seems safe, but reading the contents ...
[the player selects "Read", then Viola starts rubbing her eyes until they turn blood red, as "Game Over" appears on screen]
[the game restarts at the last save point, so the player returns to the bookshelf and again selects the Book of Death]
NARRATOR: The front cover seems safe, but reading the contents ...
[the player selects "Don't read", then selects "Put book on shelf"]
["Placed the book in the shelf" appears on screen, then the sound of something falling can be heard]
NARRATOR: Heard the lid of a glass case coming off.
[the player heads back for the display cases, and (after avoiding a floating red skull) checks the case with the butterfly]
NARRATOR: There's a blue-winged butterfly model in the case.
[the player selects "Take", and "Got a butterfly model." appears on screen]
[the player exits the room and returns to the library, where Viola finds the rope hanging from the ceiling (tied into a noose) above a bloodied stack of books]
NARRATOR: Someone hung from a rope.
[the player exits the library and returns to the room with the barrels]
NARRATOR: A butterfly is caught in the web.
[the player selects "Take", and "Got a butterfly." appears on screen]
[the player goes to his inventory and selects the butterfly model.
NARRATOR: A model with brilliant blue wings.
[the player selects "Put butterfly model in web", and the model appears in the cobweb]
NARRATOR: Stuck the butterfly model in the web.
[the player exits the room]
NARRATOR: The butterfly flutters out of your hands and slips out through the wall.
[the sound of a door unlocking can be heard]
NARRATOR: Heard an unlocking sound somewhere.
[the player returns to the locked door]
NARRATOR: The door opened.

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From tvtropes.org:

The Witch's House (Majo no Ie) is a freeware puzzle-oriented horror game by Fummy, made with RPG Maker VX. A young girl named Viola has gone to visit her friend, Ellen, who lives in the woods. However, those same woods are said to be haunted by a witch who kidnaps children. When Viola finds her way blocked by magical roses, it seems that her only option is to enter the titular witch's house and find a way to break the spell.

[...]

Driven to Suicide: When you first enter the library, there's an invisible person who says that they are sorting books and need something to tie them together. After you give them a rope to solve a puzzle, the person thanks you. If you backtrack to the room after that, you'll find that they tied the rope into a noose and killed themself.

[...]

Giant Spider: There's one lurking on the second floor of the house, who is Color Blind, which will bite off Viola's head if you try to leave the room after taking a butterfly from its web.

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From dabomstew.com:

If you explore all the elements of the witch's house and then go back to the library on the second floor before you encounter the witch, the witch's house 3-7 are now avalible, and this is what they say:

The Witch's House (1) - Keys do not open doors in the witch's house. Something else must serve as a key.

The Witch's House (2) - The form of the house changes based upon the witch's magic.

The Witch's House (3) - The witch's house devours humans. Their souls are offered to a demon.

The Witch's House (4) - The witch's house is purposeful. If any spirits residing in it remain unfed to the demon, that purpose is unfulfilled.

The Witch's House (5) - When the witch's flowers wilt, the witch dies.

The Witch's House (6) - The witch's house is magic, granted to a witch by a demon.

The Witch's House (7) - Once the witch shows herself, the house returns to normal.

Case Study No. 1145: Jonathan Milder

Ever Wonder Whether to Cook Pasta with or without Oil? From the Food Network Kitchens
1:34
The Food Network's research librarian is here to answer this tough question. Find out whether you should cook your pasta in boiling water with or without olive oil. Brought to you by the Food Network Kitchens.
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Tags: wonder cook pasta with or without oil food network kitchens food network research librarian boil water
Added: 11 months ago
From: FoodNetworkTV
Views: 3,848

Food Network Kitchens Presents
Busta Myth: Oil in Pasta Water?

[scene opens with Jonathan Milder standing in front of a stove, speaking directly to the camera]
JONATHAN MILDER: I'm Jonathan Milder, I am the research librarian at the Food Network. Uh, and I am here to bust a myth.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan holding a pair of tongs]
JONATHAN MILDER: This myth is about pasta, water, and oil.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: Very common and widely held myth, which is that one should, for the betterment of one's pasta, add oil to water.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: Water and oil, we know they don't mix ... Water, oil, and pasta don't mix either.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: You actually want your pasta a little sticky.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: Pasta that doesn't stick is pasta that doesn't stick to sauce.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: You add oil to the water, you're doing a great job of keeping the pasta from sticking to itself, but it's not gonna stick to anything else, either.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: Just in case you don't trust me, research librarian at the Food Network ... just in case those credentials aren't enough for you, I'm about to demonstrate.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan, as he takes two pots of spaghetti and places them on trays]
JONATHAN MILDER: Oiled water. Oil-less water. Voila!
[cut to a closeup of the trays (as "Oil" appears over one and "No Oil" appears over the other, as he uses the tongs to lift up the spaghetti without oil]
JONATHAN MILDER: Has it stuck?
[he uses the tongs to lift up the spaghetti cooked with oil]
JONATHAN MILDER: Has any of these strands stuck? No.
[cut to another shot of Jonathan, as he uses his hands to lift up some of the spaghetti cooked with oil]
JONATHAN MILDER: That is super slippery.
[he uses his hands to lift up some of the spaghetti without oil]
JONATHAN MILDER: This actually has some texture. Something is gonna bind to that ... And that, that's what you want!
[cut to another shot of Jonathan]
JONATHAN MILDER: Pasta does not stick if cooked in ample water, and stirred early.
["(c)MMXII Scripps Networks, LLC. All Rights Reserved" appears on screen]
JONATHAN MILDER: I'm Jonathan Milder, research librarian ... eliminator of misinformation, righter of wrongs!
[he laughs]
JONATHAN MILDER: Please comment below. Thanks a lot, we'll see ya!

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From foodnetwork.com:

Jonathan Milder

Title: Research Librarian

Year you started at FN: 2003

Culinary education/background: Marcella Hazan, Paula Wolfert, Anne Willan, Harold McGee, James Peterson, countless NYTimes Dining In sections, my colleagues at Food Network Kitchens

Cuisine you're known for: Little known beyond the confines of my own kitchen

Favorite food: The food on my plate

Food you won't go near: The food on your plate

Culinary inspiration: John Thorne, Nigel Slater, Jane Grigson, MFK Fisher, John T. Edge

Favorite show: Good Eats

Do you prefer sweet foods or savory: Savory

Case Study No. 1144: Velociraptor Librarian

Velociraptor Jobs 1; Librarian
0:09
Have you ever wondered how a velociraptor would act in a human job?
Tags: Librarian
Added: 1 year ago
From: OMGraFAIL
Views: 28

["Velociraptor Jobs in ... Librarian!" appears on screen]
[scene opens with a photograph of a bookshelf in a library, as two female patrons are drawn into the picture]
[a green raptor (with brown hair in a bun and glasses) suddenly appears behind them]
VELOCIRAPTOR LIBRARIAN: Screeeeeccch!!!
[the two patrons turn and run, then the scene goes black and "Velociraptor translation - Please be quiet :)" appears on screen]
["The End :D" appears on screen]

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Case Study No. 1143: Mister Johnson the School Librarian

the school librarian
0:54
a poem dedicated to the many school librarians...
Tags: school librarians children's poetry literature humour Poem
Added: 1 year ago
From: stevenherrick
Views: 474

"The School Librarian" by Steven Herrick
from "Untangling Spaghetti" (University of Qld Press)

This is dedicated to all the school librarians.
Our librarian has long fingernails
And carries a brown leather bag
Drives a bright green sportscar
Loves the wind in their hair
Our librarian wears smart clothes
Strong colors
Black patent leather shoes
Our librarian has perfect skin
And a long ponytail
Our librarian has sparkling diamond earrings
And a big opal ring that flashes when they write on the board
Our librarian laughs a lot
Calls us "young lady" or "young man"
Never shouts, listens to everything we say
We love our librarian
His name is Mister Johnson

For books and school visits go to www dot stevenherrick dot com dot au

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From stevenherrick.com.au:

Untangling Spaghetti is a collection of my favourite poems from my three books for children - poetry, to the rescue; my life my love my lasagne; and love poems and leg-spinners. It's a book I've been wanting to release for years as I perform many of these poems in my school show. At last, they are all in the one book! I thank University of Queensland Press for publishing them in such a neat package.

University of Queensland Press 2009.

Case Study No. 1142: Mr. Wilkinson, Phil, and Lulu Smith

frbdna
10:01
none
Tags: jenmarenc
Added: 4 years ago
From: jenmarenc
Views: 16,700

[scene opens in a public library, as the elderly head of the library yawns in the entranceway]
MR. WILKINSON: Oh boy! Boy, what a day ...
[he glances up at the big clock above the reference desk]
MR. WILKINSON: Ten minutes after ten?
[he turns to his workers, one male and one female]
MR. WILKINSON: Phil!
PHIL: Huh?
MR. WILKINSON: Call up the paper and tell 'em we've got a story for the front page! Ten minutes after ten, and Lulu ain't come to work yet!
PHIL: Is that news?
MR. WILKINSON: It's somethin' to write home about! I've been waiting eight years for that girl to come late, and now it's happened! Hee hee!
PHIL: Maybe she's got spring fever like you have ...
MR. WILKINSON: Lulu? She couldn't get any kind of fever!
FEMALE LIBRARIAN: If there'd been a wedding this morning, I'd understand it. She ain't missed a wedding in years!
MR. WILKINSON: Yes she has ...
FEMALE LIBRARIAN: Whose?
MR. WILKINSON: Her own!
[they all laugh, as Phil looks out the window]
PHIL: Here she comes now.
[cut to an exterior shot, as Lulu is walking down the street towards the library, when she looks down and sees "Mary loves Joe" scribbled in chalk on the sidewalk ... as she pauses, two young boys across the street begin taunting her]
BOYS: Old lady four-eyes! Old lady four-eyes! Old lady four-eyes!
[they run off, as Lulu enters the library and sits at her desk]
MR. WILKINSON: Lulu, do you know what time it is?
[she doesn't look at him, instead staring into space]
LULU: Springtime ...
[he leans in and holds her wrist like he's taking her pulse]
MR. WILKINSON: Clickety click, clickety click, clickety click, clickety--
[she suddenly gets up and begins shouting]
LULU: I wish I owned this library!
MR. WILKINSON: Why?
LULU: Because I'd get an axe and smash it to a million pieces! Then I'd set fire to the whole town, and play a uekele while it burned!
[she sits back down, as Mister Wilkinson stares at her in shock, then she opens her desk drawer and takes out a piece of paper ("Lulu Smith, 15 - 1197.68, 15 - 1212.68, 15 - 1227.68, 15 - 1242.68")]
[cut to Lulu standing in the bank, as the male teller is counting out money for her]
BANK TELLER: What're you drawing all your money out for? Investment?
LULU: Yes.
BANK TELLER: I hope you're not going into stock market.
LULU: No.
BANK TELLER: Then what're you gonna invest your money in?
LULU: A vacation.
BANK TELLER: You mean to tell me you're gonna spend twelve hundred forty two dollars and sixty eight cents for--
LULU: Yes.
BANK TELLER: How long do you expect to be gone?
LULU: About two weeks.
BANK TELLER: Where?
LULU: Someplace where they don't know me.
[he shakes his head]
BANK TELLER: Lulu Smith, that's idiotic.
LULU: It's silly.
BANK TELLER: It's ridiculous!
LULU: It's insane ... but I'm going to do it!
BANK TELLER: Why?
LULU: Just because!
[he continues counting out the money, as Lulu takes off her glasses and focuses on a pamphlet across the room which reads "Havana: The Land of Romance"]

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From tcm.com:

On an ocean voyage, a librarian falls for a married man in the Pre-Code soap opera, Forbidden (1932), starring Barbara Stanwyck and directed by Frank Capra.

In his autobiography, The Name Above the Title, Capra made it clear that he was still developing as a filmmaker during the period in which he made Forbidden. "Platinum Blonde recharged my cockiness," he wrote. "The less-than-miraculous Miracle Woman [also starring Stanwyck] was the only entry in my Columbia "loss" column. I demanded a rematch with "ideas." But this time, by George, on my terms. I would write my own "idea" film. I fancied I could write, anyway. So, with a very large assist from Fannie Hurst's Back Street, I wrote an "original" story, Forbidden...I had yet to learn that drama is not really just actors weeping and suffering all over the place. It isn't drama unless the audiences are emotionally moved. Actors' crocodile tears alone can't touch their hearts. But courage, faith, love, and sacrifices for others will - if believable. In spite of scriptwriter Jo Swerling's valiant efforts to write in some "bones," Forbidden ended up as two hours of soggy, 99.44% pure soap opera. Some critics moistened their reviews with tears, most burned them with acid. Forbidden was saved from the "loss" column by one or two directorial "gems" (sic), and the fine believable performances of Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and Ralph Bellamy (one of his earliest films)."

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From google.com:

"Forbidden" stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lulu Smith, a public librarian who is as bland and nondescript as her lifestyle and the town in which she works. When Lulu first appears on-screen, she is sauntering down a sidewalk to the library on a beautiful spring morning, as if in a daydream; it is the first time she has been late to work in eight years. She is wearing pince-nez, and two small boys across the street from the library yell, "old lady foureyes, old lady foureyes," and when she glances at them, they run off shouting over their shoulders, "old lady foureyes!" To these youngsters (and filmgoers) Lulu is an "only 38" individual.

A brunette (bun at nape), she dresses modestly - long sleeve, midcalf dress, low V neckline, and ruffled wide collar. When Lulu enters the library, she quietly maneuvers around her desk, replaces the flower on her desk with a fresh one, and sits. Her gray-haired, bespectacled library supervisor, Mr. Wilkinson (Thomas Jefferson), approaches, playfully holds her wrist as if measuring her pulse, and mimics her heartbeat, "Clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety-click, clickety ... " Lulu jumps up from her desk, interrupting Wilkinson's attempt at humor, and shouts "I wish I owned this library! I'd get an axe and smash it to a million pieces, then I'd set fire to the whole town, and play a ukulele while it burned!" She sits down as suddenly as she had jumped up, pulls her bank book from her desk, and reveals a balance of $1,242.68. The scene shifts immediately to Lulu in the bank withdrawing all of her money, then to a cruise ship on its way to Havana. Lulu's abroad, a new woman.

[...]

When Lulu jettisoned her eight-year-long occupation in brash anticipation that the future would be different, would be brighter, would permit her to participate fully in springtime, she no longer is a librarian, a circumstance that permits a transformation from commonplace to beautiful. As a librarian, Lulu possesses visual characteristics of the stereotype - "only 38" and wears pince-nez, a homely woman. She conforms to the image because she is a librarian. Even the low V-neckline of her dress does not deflect from Lulu's matronly image, although such a neckline permits more exposure than one would reasonably expect from an "only 38" librarian. Lulu's youth and beauty are submerged by her occupation, a restraining factor that is unleashed when she hastily departs the library for the Havana-bound cruise ship.

[...]

Lulu had a lifelong tumultuous affair, including a daughter out of wedlock, with a politician, a married district attorney named Bob Grover (Adolph Menjou) whom she meets on the Havana cruise and who could never muster the courage to divorce his wife and marry Lulu. Grover and his wife adopt Lulu's young child, who never learns that Lulu is her mother. Lulu marries a newspaperman, Grover's archenemy, who discovers that Grover is the child's father. Lulu's husband threatens to expose Grover as the father of her child on the evening he is winning the gubernatorial election. Lulu finds a revolver, shoots her husband, and burns the damning evidence. She is imprisoned but pardoned by Governor Grover, who is ill and dying. At film's end, Lulu is at Grover's bedside when he dies; walking away, Lulu tosses into a trash can the governor's hastily written death-bed will granting one-half of his estate to her and acknowledging that she is the mother of his daughter. Although Lulu professes to be happy with Grover, this could not have been the life she envisioned when she left the library with her bankbook.

Case Study No. 1141: "When I Become a Librarian"

When I Become a Librarian (Librarian Movie)
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Inspired by Marco Torres' 2001 "Teacher Movie." Created by different-thinking librarians in Mid-Del Public Schools on 8-9-10, all in about two hours. Collaboratively scripted with Etherpad, shot with an iPhone, edited with iMovie, and published with a Mac. Royalty free music courtesy of incompetech.com.

Special thanks to Lee Ann, Angela, Sandy A, Susan, Regina, Sandy Az, Kristi, Jamie, Mary, Michelle, Peggy, Cassi, Debbie, Rhonda, and Andrea.

Facilitated by
Wesley Fryer: www.speed ofcreativity.org

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Added: 3 years ago
From: wfryer
Views: 4,241

When I Become a Librarian ...
A StoryChasers dot tv Production

[scene opens with an older female librarian (long blonde hair, white blouse) speaking directly to the camera]
LEE ANN: When I become a librarian, I will sit at the circulation desk and glare menacingly at anyone who dares to ask me a question ...
[cut to another female librarian (long red hair, black shirt) reading a copy of Chris Crutcher's "Angry Management", as she puts it down and speaks directly to the camera]
ANGELA: I will make teachers too scared to ask me for anything!
[cut to a young female librarian (long brown hair, white shirt) standing next to a large-screen CRTV, speaking directly to the camera]
SANDY A: I will watch the big-screen television, which was purchased with PTA money ...
[cut to an older female librarian (short black hair, glasses) holding an iPad and speaking directly to the camera]
SUSAN: I'm too old for this new technology!
[cut to an older female librarian (brown hair, glasses, blue shirt) holding an old encyclopedia and speaking directly to the camera]
REGINA: If a Nineteen Seventy Six World Book was good enough for me ...
[she opens the book]
REGINA: It's good enough for my students!
[cut to an older female librarian (white hair, glasses, purple sweater) holding a finger to her lips while speaking directly to the camera]
SANDY AZ: I will fiercely shush anyone who speaks above a whisper!
[cut to an African American female librarian (short black hair, white dress) standing in the stacks, holding a book while speaking directly to the camera]
KRISTI: Does this book have a test?
[she holds up a sheet of blue stickers, then points to the book's spine]
KRISTI: Does this book have a dot?
[she shakes her head]
KRISTI: No? Then you can't have it!
[cut to an older female librarian (blonde hair, Disneyland t-shirt) speaking directly to the camera]
JAMIE: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"? "Baby Mouse?"
[she holds up a copy of "Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants"]
JAMIE: "Captain Underpants"? Silly fluff! We'll have none of that in my library!
[she tosses the book over her shoulder]
JAMIE: Libraries are for learning, not for fun!
[cut to a young female librarian (curly brown hair, white blouse, red and white striped pants) holding open an art encyclopedia while speaking directly to the camera]
MARY: I will black out all bad words and bad pictures in our library books!
[she proceeds to put a piece of tape over a Renaissance painting of a bare-breasted woman, then cut to an older female librarian (long blonde hair, glasses, pink blouse) standing in the stacks and speaking directly to the camera]
MICHELLE: When I become a librarian, I will tell teachers who need my help ... that is not in my job description!
[cut to an older female librarian (brown hair, green t-shirt) sitting next to some TVs in a supply closet]
PEGGY: I will manage equipment and textbooks ... The kids will wait!
[cut to an older female librarian (red hair, cats eye glasses, blue shirt) pointing to a row of books on the shelf while speaking directly to the camera]
CASSI: The books will remain in order all year! Students are not welcome here!
[cut to an older female librarian (short black hair, glasses, blue blouse) speaking directly to the camera]
DEBBIE: I will make sure that students know how annoyed I am when I have to stop and help them find books ...
[she resumes reading a copy of "Seventeen" magazine, then cut to an older female librarian (short blonde hair, black blouse) holding copies of "Manga Mania" and Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics"]
RHONDA: Students may only check out books that they can take a test on!
[cut to an older female librarian (brown hair, red blouse) speaking directly to the camera]
ANDREA: I will take the joy out of reading ...
[she holds up a copy of Avi's "Crispin: At The End of Time" in front of her face, and begins reading]

Don't follow our advice in this video ...
Think differently.
Lead differently.

Be the change
you want to see
in the world

Monday, November 25, 2013

Case Study No. 1140: Denise the Loudest Librarian

Denise - The Loudest Librarian
2:43
joe
Tags: Denise' Retirement Song
Added: 6 months ago
From: MrChuckalva
Views: 118

I walked into the media center
Quickly and quietly I tried to enter
Thought I came in quietly as a mouse

That's when I heard a very loud "Hey!"
"Look who's here, it's Mister A!"
I knew that Miss Denise was in the house

Denise, we love your style
Denise, we love your grace
Bright red lipstick
And a smile upon your face
If you're talking teen lit
You know she is your girl
But she's the loudest librarian
In the whole dang world

I was lookin' for some solitude
After a day of mad frustration
I went into our library
for some quick relaxation

I thought I'd find a author
The author of my choice
But instead I heard "Hey, Mister A!"
In a great big loud voice

Denise, we love your style
Denise, we love your grace
Oh, your bright red lipstick
Smile upon your face
If we're talking classic writers
You know she is your girl
But she's the loudest librarian
In the whole damn world

For a magazine or movie
Or a search of the internet
She's gonna find it
Because she's the best that you can get

She worked her way through college
And she helped kids everyday
But if you're looking for quiet
You know it's just not her way

Denise, we love your style
Denise, we love your grace
Oh so bright red lipstick
And a smile upon your face
If you're talking classic writers
You know she is your girl
But she's the loudest librarian
In the whole damn world

Loudest librarian
In the whole damn world

The loudest librarian
In the whole damn world

And the best one too
We love you

Case Study No. 1139: "Become a Librarian in Seconds!"

Jobs in Libraries
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http://www.librarian jobs. org If your inspired by books and love literature, like a nice quiet work environment, and have taken courses or have a degree in Library Studies then librarian jobs are for you.
Tags: librarian jobs public library jobs local library jobs assistant library jobs school librarian jobs jobs in libraries librarian vacancies assistant librarian jobs university library jobs state library jobs part time library jobs library jobs vacancies
Added: 2 years ago
From: libraobs
Views: 15

LibrarianJobs Dot Org
Jobs in Libraries

If You Are:
* inspired by books
* love literature
* nice quiet work

And Have a degree
in Library Studies then
Librarian Jobs are for You!

Create Your Free Profile Today!
Post Jobs or Search Candidates!

Go To:
www dot LibrarianJobs dot org

Become a Librarian in Seconds!

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From librarianjobs.org:

Love books? Like working in the commuity and have a good repor with children and families. Like being inspired and sharing your literally knowledge? Does a quiet atmosphere suit your work personality? Then maybe becoming a librarian is a good job choice.

If Your Love of Books Inspires You then Librarian Jobs is For You!

If your inspired by books and love literature, like a nice quiet work environment, and have taken courses or have a degree in Library Studies then librarian jobs are for you.

Who is suitable? Someone who knows their poetry between their prose, and knows all about Shakespeare and the many Nobel prize winning writers since.

Case Study No. 1138: "Librarians, their ways and means of living"

Librarians: Their Ways and Means of Living (ver. 2)
3:24
Librarians and ants ... both social creatures. Librarians gather at ALA in Washington, DC, June 2007
Tags: ALA Librarians Washington Ants UDCMRK
Added: 6 years ago
From: MartinKalfatovic
Views: 433

[scene opens with a closeup of the cover to "Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living" by Robert Evans Snodgrass]
[cut to a photograph from the 2007 ALA Conference in Washington, DC]

Librarians
Their Ways and Means of Living
v. 2.0

The American Library Association
Washington, DC / June 2007

2007

[cut to overhead footage of librarians walking around the Washington Convention Center]
[cut to black and white stock footage of ants crawling around their colony]
[cut to more overhead footage of librarians walking around the convention center]
[cut to more stock footage of ants, as an old-time narrator discusses what is happening]
NARRATOR: Busy workers make a highway from the nest to their objective, and soldiers protect them along the way. When the objective is the human home, ants are a pest.
[cut to more stock footage of ants crawling around a house]
NARRATOR: No wall is too steep or too high. Even the smallest crack or opening is large enough to allow ants to enter homes. Through the doors and in the windows they come. It is the never-ending search for food that makes ants such a pest to man.
[cut to more overhead footage of librarians walking around the convention center]

The End

Goodbye Mrs. Ant
(Prelinger Archives)

Final March 2
(calpomatt)

Ant City
(Prelinger Archives)

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From si.edu:

Martin Kalfatovic is Assistant Director of the Libraries' Digital Services Division responsible for the active digital library program. This program includes the creation of digital editions of library materials, online exhibitions, and new digital publications. Martin serves as the coordinator for the Libraries' participation in the Biodiversity Heritage Library working with an international consortium of natural history and botanical libraries in the digitization of taxonomic literature.

He is a regular speaker at conferences and professional meetings on the topics of library technology, digitization, digital libraries, and online exhibitions. Martin is an active member of the library community having served as the editor of Technology Electronic Reviews, the Library and Information Technology Association Newsletter (LITA), the webmaster for LITA, and as an adjunct faculty member of the School of Library and Information Science at The Catholic University in America teaching courses in library technology and art and museum librarianship.

Kalfatovic holds an M.S.L.S, from the School of Library and Information Science, The Catholic University of America as well as a B.A. from The Catholic University of America.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Case Study No. 1137: Beth Jones

Tour the Library | Beth Jones, Head Librarian My Wedding Library
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Join Head Librarian, Beth Jones, as she takes you on a tour of our stylish Summit Mall storefront. Brides can browse vendor portfolios, coordinate consultations, attend one of our free events/seminars, or receive guidance from unbiased librarians, at NO COST!
Tags: My Wedding Library Reno wedding library Reno wedding Lake Tahoe wedding Reno wedding resource Lake Tahoe wedding resource
Added: 2 years ago
From: WeddingLibrary
Views: 40

[scene opens inside the "My Wedding Library" store in Nevada, as a young woman speaks directly to the camera]
BETH JONES: I'm head librarian Beth Jones. Welcome to My Wedding Library.
[cut to another shot of Beth speaking directly to the camera]
BETH JONES: Located at the Summit Mall, My Wedding Library is a free resource center developed for you. As unbiased librarians, we don't plan your wedding, but rather empower you to make the best and informed decisions.
[cut to Beth standing next to the shelves at My Wedding Library, as she takes one of the binders and opens it]
BETH JONES: With twenty major planning categories, Reno-Lake Tahoe wedding professionals display their goods, services, portfolios, and business cards for you to research ... all in one location.
[cut to another shot of Beth speaking directly to the camera]
BETH JONES: At the library, you can have consultations and meetings with potential vendors in an upscale and relaxed environment. Instead of going all around town to different copy shops, come here to My Wedding Library to meet with potential vendors.
[cut to some screenshots from the "My Wedding Library" website]
BETH JONES: [in voice over] On our website, MyWeddingLibrary Dot Com, read real reviews from other brides or connect with these vendors directy. Follow us on Facebook for updates on free events and seminars.
[cut back to Beth speaking directly to the camera]
BETH JONES: Having been brides ourselves, My Wedding Library was developed for you, to make your planning process easier. Visit us at the library soon, and remember ... It's a wedding faire everyday at My Wedding Library.

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From myweddinglibrary.com:

Beth Jones, Head Librarian | My Wedding Library

Beth is an experienced advertising and event planning professional who has managed marketing initiatives across a variety of industries, including: television and broadcast media, trade show management, wholesale jewelry, food and beverage, and insurance. From developing marketing plans and ad campaigns, to new business development, public relations, and implementing online marketing initiatives, Beth has played an integral role in helping companies increase visibility and gain market share.

She has lived in the North Lake Tahoe/Reno area for the past 8 years.

Beth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and Park Management, with an emphasis on Commercial and Community/Experience Marketing from Penn State University.

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From newsreview.com:

Imagine this: You're planning a wedding and, instead of going to 12 different places all over town looking for the right florist, the perfect photographer, and the best caterer to fit your budget, you can just stop by one place, get familiar with more than 100 vendors, and not have the pressure that comes with a wedding fair.

My Wedding Library, a local business that only works with Northern Nevada and Tahoe vendors, is just such a resource. And, best of all, it's totally free for brides.

Founded in early 2010 by wife and husband Beth and Chris Jones, My Wedding Library is a membership-based company that currently features wedding vendors at its virtual and brick-and-mortar locations. Unlike other dot-com directories, this one is completely local. The virtual storefront at www.myweddinglibrary.com is divided into different categories. For example: florist, invitations, venue, etc. Each member is represented online with their own profile and links to their own sites and contact information. Perhaps most useful is that vendors are ranked within each category according to reviews that other brides have given them. It's a wonderful place for brides to start their research - and it's especially helpful for the destination bride who may only have a few days in town to find the right people to help with her wedding.

At My Wedding Library's physical location in South Reno, vendors have cubbies where they display their services so brides can come browse the shelves - like a library. Head librarian Beth Jones and assistant librarian Brooke Smith are there to help. Special events and workshops hosted at the store regularly range from fashion shows to making centerpieces. Vendors can also use the space for meetings and to host informational sessions.

"Sometimes, when you are planning a wedding, you forget about certain things," says Jones. "People will see a category when they come in and then be inspired."

Changing displays showcase vendor services and offer ideas for browsing couples. There is even a groom room complete with TV, beer and movies.

"Planning your wedding is an overwhelming experience," says Jones. "I am jealous of every bride that gets to use My Wedding Library. My wedding would have been different. Instead of having to drive around to a million places, we could have come here, had a glass of champagne, and had fun looking through albums and displays."

My Wedding Library also launched a free magazine at the end of December that represents all of its vendors. The magazine doubles as a wedding checklist, includes a budget sheet, and offers tips on getting a marriage license.

"The marketing we do on behalf of our vendors gives brides more of an opportunity to find the vendor," says Jones. "A lot of vendors don't have the means to market themselves or target brides directly."

My Wedding Library gives brides an opportunity to find out about local options at their own pace without feeling like someone is trying to sell them something. The bride is then more able to make a qualified appointment instead of wasting time.

"Today's bride is very educated and is going to do her research," says Smith. "We are here to make that easier."

"Brides can come into the library and get ideas," adds Jones. "We want to be a place where they can discover things that they never thought of, and to make the process what it should be. It's fun."