Archivists Do Gaga: Finding Aids

This song was inspired by the "Librarians Do Gaga" video.

Piano & vocals by Anne Cox
premiered at the UM SI Revue (www.si.umich.edu), Winter 2011. SI Revue is a fundraiser for UMSI's Alternative Spring Break Program (http://bit.ly/ggZ58Z)

Lyrics by Rebecca Goldman, Derangement and Description (www.derangementanddescription.wordpress.com - be sure to check it out, her comics are awesome!)

Direct link to lyrics: http://derangementanddescription.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/archivists-do-gaga/

This version of Poker Face is © 2008 Sony/ATV Songs LLC

Thanks to Meggan Frost for taping for me!

This video is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. For additional information, click here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

You seek primary sources for historical research
But the library catalog has left you in the lurch
The archives contains all the information that you need
So come on down and we'll give you a document to read
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
An archivist is hard to resist!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
An archivist is hard to resist!
Can use my
Can use my
Yeah, you can use my finding aids
They're EAD-encoded
Can use my
Can use my
Yeah, you can use my finding aids
They're EAD-encoded
F-f-f-finding aids, f-f-finding aids
F-f-f-finding aids, f-f-finding aids
When we get new collections, we try to make some sense
Of who created them, and all of their contents
Arrangement and description make them usable for you
And help you find the sources for the research that you do
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
An archivist is hard to resist!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
An archivist is hard to resist!
Can use my
Can use my
Yeah, you can use my finding aids
They're EAD-encoded
Can use my
Can use my
Yeah, you can use my finding aids
They're EAD-encoded
F-f-f-finding aids, f-f-finding aids
F-f-f-finding aids, f-f-finding aids
Welcome to the reading room
No pens in here please, pencils
are the sole writing utensils
Staff will retrieve your selections
Then you can use our collections
Just respect original order
I promise this, I promise this
You'll find history marvelous
Can use my
Can use my
Yeah, you can use my finding aids
They're EAD-encoded...

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