Librarian Lays Down the Law

[christentze]

"I just wanna do a good job, Howard!"

lol. there's just something about the way she says things that makes them gold.

[rWLilian144]

ha.. not bad..not bad

[iuEthel322]

pretty good

[cjwright79]

Wow, just wow.

Reminds me of the "What are you, a wizard? A genius?" tirade in Best in Show.

[10catbook]

Parker Posy!!!!!!

EEEEEEEEEEE!:)

[stlouisphile]

I am a Library Associate I always feel like I should never put a book back in it's rightful place because I could get yelled at. But I can't resist.

[AleekahTV]

hahaha "Take a break"

And her same irritation can be empathized by employees working in retail. I worked a seasonal position at a clothing department store back as a senior in high school. Haven't applied for such a job since.

[Kellogs43able]

if parker posey worked in my library, i would check out books everyday...

[skeletoncabinet]

Never let the patrons reshelve! It's a recipe for disaster!

[fifilaru]

She's not a librarian. Librarians don't stamp books. But true about people that just stick the books anywhere and then get mad when you suggest that they don't.

[bardofoc]

@fifilaru Thank you. That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw her stamping and behind the Circ Desk. 

[AutumnRain86]

@fifilaru This movie is from the 95. It's very likely they did stamp books 16 years ago.

[bachelorofstuff]

@AutumnRain86 @fifilaru I think what she meant was that she's a clerk, as opposed to a professional librarian- that distinction was made in the movie too. it's a pretty funny little comedy, totally recommended btw.

[HawkEyeLouise]

@fifilaru Actually, a few still do. I think Utica Public and Oglesby Public still stamp, if not them then a few others that I can't think of specifically. But, yes, there are those out there that do.

[httprover]

Don't librarians function as shelf readers who scan the books' call numbers to locate any misplaced items? Some libraries have special shelves where one can place books to be reshelved. (Misplacing books may result in higher library user fees.)

[relussier]

What's worse is when the library staff doesn't shelve the books properly.

[bibliotekarin]

I was a shelver at a public library, a bit before this movie came out. Hundreds of those skinny juvenile nonfiction books to put in call number order...aaaaargh! This scene would have been a great comfort. I love this movie....

[anibax]

@slimjimbo21 Party Girl 

[joelmcintosh]

I have mixed feelings about this, but this video is a great argument for e-libraries, ebooks, and electronic search ... where none of this would be an issue.

[audiolove1976]

LOL!

[CubsfanGSO]

This movie is the epitome of my life from 1995-2000!!

[AdamYJ]

They did away with the Dewey Decimal System at the Albany Public Library. Now I can't find a damn thing. :(

[ariwcharles]

"We can put the books any DAMN place we choose! We don't care, right? Isn't that right?!"

"You haven't taken a break all morning."

"I just want to do a good job, Howard."

"You are doing a good job, take a break, and I'll cover."

"Uch..."

"Take a break."

:)

[MissJocelynne]

I would be upset too if I was in a library where everyone just put books on the shelf. it would make the work much harder.

[Sreewtyui]

Going postal? thats soo yesterday..Lets go Library !

[nativestyle26]

"Imitate a cat puking"

[xerxerxex]

parker posey. awesome.

[salberhas]

It's ME!  HA!

[PlayBoyPabloPablo]

where can i watch this online

[lbtyjnana]

is that parker posey?? what movie is this?

[jojonsa24]

@lbtyjnana THe movie Is called Party girl....Its one of the funniest movie of hers. Great fashion... nightlife....raves...gays...dr­ugs...and Falafa's

[jojonsa24]

@lbtyjnana

the movie is called Party girl...Great party, rave, gays, music fashion and FALAFAS's

[14jwh]

@jojonsa24 don't foret the babagounoooosh the hot sauce and the seltzer, u and i both spell falafel wrong

[ariwcharles]

1:01- DAMN!!!!!!! And then- 1:06- Take a break and shut up, crazy lady. And forget that raise.

[BANKERJAY04]

Best scene ever!

[TheZzReDdEaDzZ]

i saw this in school lol fuckin hilarious

[leelulady2010]

Yeah I work at a busy library in a smaller system. We have had many problems in the past with our system-wide checkout program that meant we had to stamp things like in the "old" days. The writers did really get it about how so many of us feel when patrons "help" us shelve. We have always had a long-standing policy of notifying patrons that they should just leave unwanted items on the tables. It is a hard lesson to teach some patrons though. Life would be so much easier if people would stop!

[Aellis4]

Think i'm going to go to the library and put books anywhere i want now.

[BlackDisa]

I think it depends on the size of the library and on the country. There are only four of us in my library, so we all work the counter. And while we're all librarians, Librarian with a capital L refers to a particular rank (or to an orangutan). No clerks at all.

[desmadre07]

Howard is AWESOME! I think she is wearing 3 or 4 shirts!

[libbychecks]

This video was not a real event. It was as set up as any movie or tv scene has ever been from start to finish.

I cannot believe anyone thinks this is a real librarian....librarians do not stamp and check out books unless they are in a town so small that they can only afford one person to run the library.

But the message is good. Do not shelve books unless you KNOW the system.

Best way to lose a book? Put it in the wrong place.

[ellesooz]

@libbychecks It's set up like a movie because it IS a movie. That's the actress Parker Posey, and this is the movie Party Girl.

[magic8ball2112]

@libbychecks lol, its just a movie libby, one set in the mid 90s before a lot of current tech was developed. Plus, as someone who works in a public library in a Top-10 US city, while the checkout system is largely computerized, if the scanner doesn't read the book's barcode, the patron is asked to hand the book over to, yep, the librarian at the checkout counter so they can manualy check the book out for the patron. Stamping might be passé but sometimes you still have to be hands-on.

[libbychecks]

@magic8ball2112 Sorry but I am a librarian. We have clerks at the checkout (Circ) desk, not librarians.

Our library system was computerized in 1985.

No one has stamped a book in 25 years in the county system where I work, but I guess it might be different in other systems.

[14jwh]

@libbychecks I JUST WANNA DO A GOOD JOB LIBBY!

[libbychecks]

@14jwh I'm sure you do a great job.

[countofmonetcristo80]

@14jwh lol!

[TheHearingDeaf]

@libbychecks I work in a library in a medium sized town. This is not outdated. You still must stamp the books to mark them as your library's, stamping the date received and name of the branch. Look at a library book next time you get one, check in the front cover. And only the larger, richer libraries are able to afford self checkouts. Most make their employees checkout the books. Most of the time, they are scanned, but when the computers are out, we must write down and stamp to check out.

[fashnek]

I will never ever stop reshelving books. I know how to shelve them. I should, because I removed the book, and I don't have the attention span of a six-year-old.

[gummybrain]

@fashnek Don't! We librarians like to see which books are being used so that if we have to weed the collection (discard books), we won't discard ones that are popular. But thanks for being conscientious.

[ThatGuyWithTheHat]

Are those stripes or is she wearing four shirts?

[nativestyle26]

" I just wanna do a good job howard" hahahah luv it

[JayRocks311]

she's so cute.

[Griffinhospital1984]

@JayRocks311 Totally!

[MissNesnomis]

<3 do the Dewey <3

[msboshful]

This somehow always cheers me up whenever I'm feeling depressed or discouraged. I thought Parker Posey was great in this movie. I liked the actress who played her aunt/guardian even more.

[WilliamBrothers]

Happens at the library I work at all the time. However, I always have the urge to push the book stacks over on the patrons.

[harleykman]

Boobies!

[prospector442]

who cares what system they this shit aint funny

[bobbycgalaxy]

who cares what system they this book you should read more them.

[oluchi47]

that's from PARTY GIRL! favorite movie of all tiiiiiiime

[Nikes62]

That's Parker Posey...I forget what movie that's from, though.

[wesj1989]

I put books back...but then I know how to use the Dewey Decimal system.

[hankfletcher]

Too bad they don't use it anymore. But you keep right at that, slick.

[wesj1989]

Yeah, they still use the Dewey system. They don't use the card catalog system...but nice try. Maybe try visiting a library once.

[hankfletcher]

WRONG! They use the Library of Congress MLA system.

Sooooooooooooooo... pwned!

[christieunco]

actually many public libraries still use the dewey decimal system, which I know for a fact since I work in one.  Academic libraries use the Library of Congress MLA system, not all public libraries do.

[hankfletcher]

Okay, fine. Can't we just agree that we're all nerds for having debated this in the first place?

[jesusthroughmary]

Or we could agree that you were the victim of some serious pwnage.

[hankfletcher]

Fuck you. I didn't get pwned. You fuckers don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Use of the Dewey Decimal system, or MLA system, is irrelevant to whether cards or computers are used, so wesj1989 can eat my shit. Oh, who uses the Dewey, let's see... maybe your lame-ass high school library that'll still ban any book with the word fuck in it, or the corner public library that panders to senior citizens' pulp fiction crap? BIG FUCKING DEAL, MORONS!!!

[toranamunter]

ah hahaha NERD!!

[LuluCarson]

@christieunco Exactly, I don't think I;ve ever been in a library (including the one I work at) that didn't use the dewey decimal system to shelve the nonfiction at least.

[hankfletcher]

Fuck you, you piece of shit shit-eater.

[jesusthroughmary]

You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?

[cultivator23]

whats this movie about?

[wiseguy1989xx]

Omg... theres something about sexy librarians... hehehe:D and btw... is this s porno??? lolol?

[mxwp]

are you one of the aholes who just puts the book anywhere too?

[thereader18]

So how would you put them away??? All the blue books together We have a system. But you have a good idea too. Like she said, Lets just put the books anywhere!

You are the idiot!!!!!!!!!!

[acesb24]

I hate people that dont say anything when people talk 2 them like they are scared or something. That is the weirdest thing. Dont just stand there even if someone catches an attitude.

[tacoshitter]

he probably didnt say anything because the writers didnt give him any lines.

[kendrickdk]

I once killed a patron with an old thick periodicals index from 1956 for this very same thing. Funny part is that I didn't even work for that library, I just wanted to kill someone with a big fucking book.

[zerosysko]

Hilarious! Even though there are signs at my library telling people not to reshelve, they are ignored as if they were just decoration.

The worst is when children just randomly start pulling books out all over the place and the parents do NOTHING to stop them.

[RowanFiddler]

AMEN!!!

[pcsweeneydotcom]

HAHA word... I feel like this everyday

[dzemergency]

I work in libraries and I hate when people do that, it's so inconsiderate. It's not like it's obviously out of place like with something at a store.  It all looks the same.

I prefer Library Of Congress though...

[pcyr123456]

I understand her frustration. At the Library that I work at and the areas that I shelve, Iam always finding books out of place and on the wrong shelve all together. This clip makes me laugh because I see it daily.

[westridgerunner]

this is so funny! We all have those moments when we just snap!:)

[jethrovantull]

I completely understand why she is so upset. I'm going to school for library science and there is so much pain in the ass care taken to fit everything into dewey properly, it drives me crazy when people just put books on the shelf like that

[spookedbyalibrarian]

i love this movie

[UNSYPHILISED]

What movie is it?

[haven7734]

party girl,great movie:)

[spookedbyalibrarian]

Party Girl...it's great!

[haven7734]

i used to work in a library,so i know the frustration:) they should play it more, it's been ages since i've seen it. thanks 4 uploading!

[HabboRage]

UHF

[elsigwaldio]

When you work in a library, you absolutely flip out like that. I almost see this as a documentary

[utubemusiccritic]

Nobody in their right mind would flip out like that. And nobody with half a brain would stand there and take it.

[spindles]

we get a twenty minute paid break every three or four hours, not including lunch hour! : )

[LaLorence]

Can somebody tell me why librarians in films always stamp books?

Don't they know we do have computers in our libraries? Does the whole world think we're still living in the medieval age?

[Tatterdamellion]

In the Medieval age they didn't have stamps, and people had to write the books by hand (besides, libraries didn't lend books, and on top of that, most people couldn't read anyway).

Stamping comes later, as the foundation for the Gutenberg printing press.

[xxxsusserxxx]

sexual frustration? maybe....Or soothing background sound for the library patrons? Maybe the computer was broken? But it's an archetype-. There is the " Librarian with the rolling cart putting back on the shelf type " or the "stamping librarian type.." But we need a new Updated version...LaLorence and Myself are seeking for suggestions..ANYONE?

[LaLorence]

My library owns one of the gutenberg bibles ^^

[fujikochan]

This was from Party Girl (1994), before the age of widespread automation.

[beeterolds]

thats the bitch from Dazed and Confused

[jesusthroughmary]

Hold your tongue, infidel. That's the Queen of the Indies.

[beeterolds]

no i dont mean shes litterally a bitch.. i mean the role she played was of a bitch.. miss preppy look at me im a bitch type of role..

[Faidros62]

A library with out a system is not a library - its just a room full of books.

[librarymistress]

I really like "Party Girl", and she is going to be a librarian and going to library school!

[dheschete]

I am a librarian. I hate Parker Posey. Forever.

[IrisMG]

She's not a librarian, she's a circulation clerk. Big difference. Librarians, for the most part, do not check in books.

[basschic357]

Yes! If only library patrons realized this one little fact. Maybe then we could get a little appreciation?

[NightBear01]

I've worked in libraries 22 years (I got my MLS 12 years ago) and my family still thinks I shelve books. But I *love* this scene ... the rest of the movie is pretty boring.

[jolasongur]

@IrisMG OMG! Finally! Someone who knows what they're talking about:) I (as a Circulation Assistant)can't tell you how much this comment means to me:) I feel so acknowledged!;)

[IrisMG]

@jolasongur LOL It'd been three years since I posted it, but you're welcome!

[TRexFromHell]

OMG WHAT IS THAT FROM?

[brandonpatrick]

That's Parker Posey from the movie Party Girl, came out in 1995.

[TRexFromHell]

thanks man

[KangaKucha]

I luv the dewey system, shame on that guy