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.”

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.

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!

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.

Days and Nights of the Lipstick Librarian

Created by: Linda Absher, aka the Lipstick Librarian
URL: http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com
Retrieved from: http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/blog/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

Calling it the "diary of a library fashionista," the Lipstick Librarian documents her adventures with panache, parody, and wit in this stereotype-busting blog.

For even more laughs check out LL's Links du Jour and Bloggin' lists.

The Great Library Card Collection

Created by: Michael Sauers, aka the Travelin' Librarian
URL: http://www.travelinlibrarian.info
Retrieved from: http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/libcards/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

View Michael Sauers' goregous assortment of library cards from across the country and around the world.

A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette

Created by: The Polite Librarian
URL: http://libetiquette.blogspot.com/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

A tongue-in-cheek collection of advice for librarians, sometimes irreverent, sometimes practical, but always funny. On Facebook too!

Awful Library Books

Created by: Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner
URL: http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

Mary and Holly, two Detroit-area librarians, are your guides to the wackiest, most outdated, and truly horrible books in their library's collection destined for the weed heap. Scanned pages and dry commentary make for a truly funny blog!

Technically Legal

Created by: Jessamyn West
URL: http://www.librarian.net/
Retrieved from: http://www.librarian.net/technicality/
Language: English
Contributed by: Melissa Messina

From Jessamyn West, ornery doyenne of the library blog cognescenti, come five hilarious and "technically legal" signs for your library. Reproductions ok, with a credit. Anyone got Scotch tape?