March of the Librarians

[jlanglai]

ah, librarians in seattle - so well done

[janusultor]

As far as "naughty librarians" are concerned, there is a group known as The Association of Bellydancing Librarians" or some such thing. Google it if you dare.

[fc007]

For a moment here, I thought I was watching National Geographics.

[rdavidon]

We are indeed an amazingly homogeneous group! One can only assume this is the result of some form of natural selection.

[bookworm1254]

How innovative is this view of the librarian's life, with wonderful camera work and marvelous narration. It is far more important a movie than March of the Penguins. If the penguin's habitat is fraught with danger, so is the librarian's: unreliable public access computers, budget cuts, and the worst enemy of all: patrons. (they always lie). Still, heaven will indeed be a library.

[Hengyst]

Marvelous seeing librarians in so important a stage of their life cycle! I kept looking for signs of environmental degradation destroying habitat, but perhaps librarians are adapting. I suspect a mutual ecological dependence between vendors and librarians must exist. I hardly ever see vendors around local librarian nesting sites, so there must be a balance. Are there any good Librarian Reserve locations?

[beatlenut1552]

Ahh yes the call of the wilds of Washington, DC. I got to network, learn, collect free stuff, but no mating...

[jewbilee2]

Came here after it was mentioned in The Washington Post. Fantastic!

[madamerotten]

This is marvelous.

[oreillyfan360]

facial plumage!!! LOLZ absolutely hilarious

[GomezMarga]

my new favorite.

[stellafowler]

I hope that you'll be around to shoot the ALA conference in DC this summer. A March of the Librarians II.

[nnnicck]

I wouldn't miss it!

[oreillyfan360]

Facial plumage!!! LOLZ absolutely hilarious

[9AW8]

As a 61 year old librarian myself, I loved this!! There were many many grey heads, wise and experienced women who love knowledge and sharing it with all comers. I also see here an opportunity for young people to train for and join this lively, cutting-edge profession as an information expert! Think about it, youTubers, go to library school! You will love your job, which is never dull or repetitive, and rarely involves shhhhing people. Librarians RULE!

[weywardson]

As a person new to visiting Librarians ..and attending SLA...I am looking forward to my 1st experience! Are there any...naughty Librarians!!!!

Excellent film and great narrative!!!!!! FUNNY

[scifichica00]

Ha ha! Absolutely brilliant! I died at the "necessities of life." Great job!

[ACRivera]

They went there to mate lol ur funny man...

[Daabomb3018]

It's really good, nick! --SAA

[mellotrongirl]

Wow...I bet since they weren't in an actual library, it was quite noisy.

[aghniyya]

Definitely... no one knows how they come there... LIBRARIANS ARE HIDING SOMETHING.

[babiekitty321]

yes.....come to the dark side....we will teach you much but you have to be quiet!!

[kangarooelaine]

Librarians are hiding something.

[LoveWhenYouLove]

I love this!  I have a certain fondness for libraries (and librarians). Excellent film. :)

[ojazer92]

cool good creativity 5/5

[ojazer92]

funny

[bwoodley4]

Hope I don't have fines at the library.

"Documentaries are the surprise hits of the summer, and none is scoring bigger (84,000 views) than Nick Bakers wondrous look at the Librarians of America. The film that results from nicks application is gorgeous and even inspiring, a tale of loyalty hard-tested and hard-earned, a sumptuous travelogue, and a reminder that some of the critters with whom we share the planet are, in ways, as complex in their feelings as any human being.

[zenkonami]

Fabulous. Well put together. What was the music?

[nnnicck]

Thanks! I borrowed the music from March of the Penguins. If you listen at 3:05 you can hear penguins clucking in the background.

[sarahjahn]

Thank you to all librarians for being guardians of our private information and our great books! :)

[Waveweaver]

Brilliant! Laughed out loud after our manager sent us the link. Signed, Filmmaker / Librarian, New Zealand (just can't give up the day job).

[marfita]

Okay, maybe I'm silly, but this brought tears to my eyes. It's just so moving. I hope some of them got to mate.

[ocardaugh]

Ah, the wonders of nature. How a species, against all odds, gathers year after year. Truly a spectacle to behold.

[jonrkc]

It was soothing to watch. I believe that the world would profit from more librarians and fewer...I don't know, but fewer something. Very much appreciated, and I am not a librarian.

[johnmeier1]

As a male librarian who was there, my "facial plumage" is indeed "fabulous"

[dunnk90]

"and possibly to mate" lol

[kaolinfire]

very cute. :)

[presnick2]

Terrific! The only thing missing is a final line of text, "No librarians were harmed in the making of this movie."

[mightisright]

The music really made it work. Great job. 5/5

[p159700]

OMG! My sister is in it! She's going up the escalator at the beginning. How cute! Awesome fun video.

[library1900]

That was an absolute HOOT! Thank you so much!

I'm not sure if I saw my self getting off an escelator or not, but I sure spent a lot of time in the convention center

Thanks again

[desertwonder]

"often sporting fabulous facial plumage" LOL

[IronThrone]

Very nice Nick, you've come a long way since your "Heroes of the Library" trading cards.

[jbisson69]

Hysterical! I am a Seattle Public Librarian and am in a quick cut of the video. I was sick that day and look terrible. Wish i had been in a much cuter outfit for my film debut :) I have sent it to all the SPL, teen librarians.

[tallycat32303]

This video is absolutely fantastic. My workgroup shared it with our entire organization!

[littlewing212]

This was hilarious - hoping to see lots of other hipster librarians at ALA in DC this June!

[burpee2]

Fun film! i was just noticing how grey we are as a group.

[firebreatherjen]

"And, possibly, to mate." I've been laughing about this since last night. All the library people I know are talking about it.

[hyesearch]

I was there. You're right!!!

[srah]

Do you really convene nationally twice a year? Boooo. I only get one national and one regional per year. Sigh. Beautiful video. I want to swim with the librarians!

[hmcplstafftraining]

Very nice!

[emetter]

Marvelous! - A librarian

[wildoates56]

My daughter's a librarian and she will love this!

[jblend]

OMG. This was wonderful! I was nearly conceived at one of these conventions! This year, the librarians will march on Washington, DC ('07).

[kc55mo]

Perhaps I'm being too sensitive, but I wonder what about this congregation you found "bizarre"? -That there are 10,000 librarians who would go to Seattle? That we congregate for professional development?

[nnnicck]

I think most industry conventions are strange by their very nature, and librarian conventions are no exception. Every time I go to ALA, it's amazing and satisfying to see an entire city taken over by librarians. So it's not the fact of 10,000 librarians going to one city that's strange, but the experience of it is.

[spragoon1995]

Very good documentary film making - this obscure group has not been studied in depth like this before. This video gives insight into their strange culture.

[scooterguy]

nice

[bibliachica]

this was adorable. :)