Book Store Advertising

Retrieved From: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/creative-bookstore-ads
Created By: Bookstore Mint Vinetu and Love Agency
Blog Homepage: http://www.mymodernmet.com/

There are half a dozen of these great bookstore posters featured on mymodernmet's blog page, so be sure to visit her and check them out!

Don't you just love it when an advertiser executes on an idea as well as this? Bookstore Mint Vinetu worked with Love Agency in Lithuania to come up with this brilliant series. Sure it reminds us of the whole "sleeveface" idea but with a catchy tagline, it just works. “Become someone else. Pick your hero at Mint Vinetu.”

Catalog Card Generator

Retrieved From: http://www.blyberg.net/card-generator/
Created By: John Blyberg
Blog Homepage: http://www.blyberg.net/
Contributed By: Lisa Herning

Do you miss the old catalogs? Are you nostalgic for the thoroughly-thumbed scribbled over catalog cards from your youth? Do you wish you could create just one more record the old fashioned way? Grieve no more for the Catalog Card Generator is here! John Blyberg has created this novel little plug-in so one and all can create library catalog cards once more.

"Librarian: The Game" - An i-phone/i-pad app.

Retrieved From: http://speakquietly.blogspot.com/2011/01/librarian-game.html
Price: $0.99
Item URL for i-phone: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/shelved/id412103332?mt=8#
Item URL for i-pad: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/shelved/id412103332?mt=8
Contributed by: Lisa Herning

Are you a librarian at heart? Do you have what it takes to work in a library? This game is your test! The point of the game is simple: put the books in order--but any librarian will tell you that's not as simple as it sounds. The game is iPod/iPhone/iPad compatible.

Shelving books may not sound very sporty, but if you have ever wondered how fast can you shelve a cart of books, then there’s now an app for that. The game features three different modes of play: LOC, Dewey, and Alphabetical.

"Goodreads" Never-Ending Book Quiz

Created By: Goodreads Community
URL: http://www.goodreads.com/trivia
Language: English
Contributed by: Lisa Herning

The Goodreads Never-Ending Book Quiz is a list of over 80,000 book-related questions submited by Goodreads users. Test yourself and find out how much you remember about the books you've read!

Goodreads is a privately run "social book cataloging" website by Otis Chandler, a software engineer and entrepreneur. The website permits individuals to sign up and register books to create their library catalogs and reading lists. It also allows users to create their own groups of book suggestions and discussions.

Funniest library related movies made using Xtranormal

Collection put together by: Aaron Tay
Blog Homepage: Musing About Librarianship
Video Post can be found at: http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2010/10/funniest-library-related-movies-made.html
Language: English
Contributed By: Lisa Herning

This is a great collection of videos put together by Aaron Tay on his Blog Musings About Librarianship. He found what he considers the best and funniast videos about librarianship created using the site Xtranormal.com.

Reading Game - Silent Conversation

Created By: Gregory Weir

Produced BY: Ludus Novus

Retrived From: http://armorgames.com/category/miscellaneous

Game URL: http://armorgames.com/play/4287/silent-conversation

Language: English

Contributed By: Lisa Herning

Gregory Weir of Ludus Novus has released a game called Silent Conversation on Armor Games. The game involves guiding a letter ‘I’ avatar to move over the words in extracts from poetry and prose, including William Carlos Williams and H P Lovecraft. The typography is is often arranged in Mario-esque platforms and the challenge is to hit as many words as possible whilst avoiding words highlighted in red.

Whilst you move your avatar through the game, parts of the text take on qualities of what is happening in the story. The word "moon" will hang above you in the sky or a storm of the words "sand" may fly by as wind. Very innovative way to read and fun to play!

Going West - Animated Book Art

Created By: Anderson M. Studio
Produced By: Colenso BBDO
Retrieved From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jyXJTlrH0
Language: English
Contributed By: Lisa Herning

The New Zealand Book Council produced this short film (2:10) animated by the Andersen M. Studios in London 2009. The video features an excerpt from Maurice Gee’s classic New Zealand novel Going West coming to life through hand-cut pop-up scenery springing up from the pages. It won an international prize for paper-cut animation by New York’s Museum of Art and Design.

Unshelved

Available From: http://www.unshelved.com/
Created By: Gene Ambaum & Bill Barnes
Price: $11.95
Item URL: http://www.unshelved.com/store/Books/LargePrint
Contributed By: Lisa Herning

What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, babies, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, students, homeschoolers, and the homeless? That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular Web comic Unshelved.

Large Print is the eighth collection in book form of the webcomic. It includes fourteen months worth of daily Unshelved strips in a new, handier-sized volume, plus strips never published on the web, author commentary and an introduction by Paul Southworth, creator of Ugly Hill and co-creator of Not Invented Here.

Million-Dollar Idea: The Cardigan T-Shirt

Created By: Travis Jonker
URL: http://100scopenotes.com/2010/08/05/million-dollar-idea-the-cardigan-t-shirt/

Retrieved From: http://100scopenotes.com/

Language: English

Contributed By: Lisa Herning

Travis Jonker was engaged in an absorbing cardigan sweater conversation when an ingenious idea came up: why doesn't someone create a cardigan t-shirt? They could use the same idea that comes with the "tuxedo shirt" to create a t-shirt with a cardigan printed on it! There should, nay, needs to be a t-shirt with a cardigan printed on it! Imagine the librarian humor possibilities!

The Original Librarian Trading Cards

Created by: Amy 'n the Librarians
URL: http://librariantradingcards.blogspot.com/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

This strangely compelling blog displays trading cards of your favorite librarians, complete with vital stats and lengthy interviews. A great way to learn more about different careers in LIS, TOLTC profiles a diverse collection of information professionals, all fighting the good fight on the front lines of librarianship.

Judge a Book By Its Cover

Created by: Judge a Book by Its Cover
URL: http://judgeabook.blogspot.com/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

In the spirit of Awful Library Books, the bloggers at Judge a Book By Its Cover gleefully mine a rich vein of unintentionally hilarious book covers from the stacks of their public library and add their own clever commentary. From well meaning but dated self-help to vintage celebrity profiles, their selections reflect the site's maxim: De gustibus non est disputandum – There's no accounting for taste.

The Merry Librarian

Created by: The Merry Librarian
URL: http://www.merrylibrarian.com/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

A site whose tagline reads, "True Stories from a Library Near You...No "Shh"!", The Merry Librarian was voted one of the Top 10 Librarian Blogs to Read by LIS News readers. The site brings together the most "hilarious, disgusting, heartwarming, alarming, shocking and ridiculous things" taking place every day in the library. There's plenty of humor but much more. A blog by librarians for librarians – enjoy!

Book Icons for Your Website

Available from: My Site My Way
URL: http://icons.mysitemyway.com/
Retrieved from: http://icons.mysitemyway.com/free-clipart-icons/1/hard-cover-book-icon-id/117166/style-id/845/matte-blue-and-white-square-icons/culture/
Language: English
Contributed by: Susan Elder

Use these royalty free icons on your website. Dress up your website or training videos with these buttons.

Library Bureau of Investigation (LBI)

Produced by: Geert van den Boogaard
URL: http://www.shanachietour.com/
Language: English
Contributed by: Susan Elder

ShanchieTour, a library road trip around the world. So far they have visited the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. Currently 88 videos of their LBI trips. Follow these guys as they interview librarians around the globe. Don’t miss them if you get a chance to see them in person.

Old Books without the Mold

Available from: Wallpapers free-review
URL: http://wallpapers.free-review.net
Retrieved from: http://wallpapers.free-review.net/21_~_Antique_books.htm
Language: English
Contributed by: Susan Elder

Mold allergies? If you love antique books but can’t go near them, try these. As wallpaper for your computer you can still smile at the antique books without suffering,

A Book in Flight for Your Computer

Available from: Wallpapers free-review
URL: http://wallpapers.free-review.net
Retrieved from: http://wallpapers.free-review.net/21__Books_Library.htm
Language: English
Contributed by: Susan Elder

A book with lofty ideas for your computer screen at work. As graceful as 1000 Cranes. Let your thoughts take flight on your computer.

Polar Express Games

Created by: Warner Bros.
URL: http://polarexpressmovie.warnerbros.com
Retrieved from: http://polarexpressmovie.warnerbros.com/media_games.html
Language: English
Contributed by: Susan Elder

More for the Robert Sabuda fans! Any time of year the Polar Express makes me smile. If this book is a favorite of yours then the Polar Bowler Aim Game and the Polar Express Ticket Chase are for you. These games will entertain the young and the young at heart.

I Write Like...

Created by: Coding Robots
URL: http://iwl.me/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

Is your literary style more Didion than Doctorow, more Nin than Nabokov? Well copy and paste a sample of your text to find out. I Write Like is a statistical analysis tool that uses a fancy algorithm called a Bayesian classifier to analyze your word choice and writing style and compare them with those of famous writers. For some funny comments and quotes, also check out the accompanying I Write Like blog on Tumbler.

Once Upon a Time: Marion the Librarian on TV

Produced by: Nebraska Public Television
Videos converted by: Dave Kelly
URL: http://www.alboe.org/ouat.html
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

Watch vintage episodes of the fantastical 1980s Nebraska Public Television show "Once Upon a Time." Co-produced by the Nebraska Department of Education and the University of Nebraska in Omaha, the plot revolves around Marion, a librarian who has been kidnapped by a witch who demands a story every day. Each episode, Marion feeds story ingredients into a cauldron and cooks up a book, which she reads to viewers and the witch.

Several of the show's 33 episodes have been uploaded to Google Video, courtesy of Dave Kelly, and can be accessed through this episode guide.

Library Cat

Created by: I Can Has Cheezburger
URL: http://icanhascheezburger.com
Retrieved from: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/05/12/funny-pictures-i-am-the-library-cat/
Language: English
Contributed by: Kristin Zachrel

Leave it to cats to keep order in the library. I wonder if Dewey was this domineering.