Spicy!

15 07 2010

It’s been a quiet humid summer here at the LibVid Awards Offices.  Little did we know, that with this nomination, it was about to get a whole lot steamier.

The advertisement spoof experts at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University are showing us  how it’s done. The Old Spice Man has already made libraries proud, but HBL at BYU has taken it a step further.

New Spice is nominated in two categories: Best Special Effects and Best Spoof. (We also considered adding a new category for Best Biceps!)


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From Across the Pond

19 05 2010

I don’t know about you, but I believe in my heart of hearts that “library induction” just has a better ring to it than “library orientation.” The good people at the University of Plymouth in Devon, UK think so too.

This collaboration between the Faculty of Arts librarians  and Jon Mason, a third-year media arts student, consists of a three-video library induction for “fresher students.” Part I expands on the idea that, while the library has books, lots of books, it also has more than just books. Part II explains how to find books and other materials in the library. And Part III moves beyond books and into other electronic resources.

These short libvids (totaling about 7 minutes all together) are also pretty funny, including living history actors, interviews with students in their squalid apartments, and smart editing choices. The upbeat, silly mood ranges from tongue-in-cheek to just plain cheeky.  Super fun to watch.

We’ve nominated this series for three LibVid Awards: Best Editing, Best Narration, and Best Comedy.


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Need. Help. Now.

11 05 2010

This is the story of one very hairy Brown University student’s quest to get the help he needs to write his paper. The assignment [GASP!] is due in [DOUBLE GASP!] four hours. Can one overly-helpful librarian help him find what he needs to research and write his paper in time?

This libvid is one in a six-part series to get Brown students up to speed quickly and easily in finding books, articles, and where to go for help. It’s nominated for Best Acting – Non-librarian for Professor Darrell West’s performance as the Andy’s imaginary Research Fairy.


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All about Peer Review

3 05 2010

North Carolina State University Library’s Peer Review in Five Minutes does just that: it gives an amazingly in-depth explanation of the peer review process. Along with loving description of what scholars go through in order to get their articles published in peer reviewed journals, this LibVid has simple, informative animation.

Nominated for Best Animation, Peer Review in Five Minutes is an excellent place to point students who are confused about what peer review means.


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Libvid Awards at Computers in Libraries

12 04 2010

Yes, you read that right. The Libvid Awards has sent an intrepid reporter to #cil2010. We’ll be undercover though, so if you talk about your new video loudly enough at the Lobby Bar, well, who knows? It may just garner a nomination. Just be sure to speak clearly when you drop your YouTube channel name.


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Library – more than just books

29 01 2010

“The Swem Library of the College of William and Mary is more than a storehouse of books. The library is a vital information service center serving all members of the William and Mary Community,”  begins this two-part library video.

This is a thoroughly modern idea — that a library has more to offer than just books. What makes this LibVid interesting is that this is a library introduction from 1969.

It’s fun to note the wonderful 1960s technology, from enormous duplicating machines to space-aged microform reader/printers. But mostly, this library video proves to us that libraries’ missions haven’t actually changed that much in the last 40 years. We still want our patrons to know that we have information that is useful to them.

Introduction to Swem Library is nominated for Best Narration for its authentic midcentury modern narrator.


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If you see something, say something

14 01 2010

Conference season is upon us and we are calling on all of you, our loyal readers, to be our eyes and ears out there in the wilds of Boston and all the other meetings coming up.  Well, eyes mostly, I guess, this is a video site after all.

We know people will be talking about their outreach and instruction efforts and at least a few of those people will have shiny new videos that they are very proud of and want to show the world.  And we can help with that!

As always, we accept nominations of fantastic libvids at our email account: nominations[At]libvid-awards[dot]com.


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Tweet Tweet. Tweet Tweet.

15 12 2009

That’s right. You know what that means.  The LibVid Awards is officially tweeting starting in 3,2,1…  Our Twitter username is libvidawards (oh how clever we are) so if we start getting the feeling that we are being followed, we’ll know that it’s ok.  It’s just you.

And while we’re making a rare video-free post, we may as well remind you that we accept nominations from our readers.  In fact, we love nominations from the rest of you and OPOW probably wouldn’t mind if we spent less time scouring YouTube for library gems.

Have you made a stellar video yourself?  Have you found one on another library’s site that you liked so much that you linked to it on your own library site?  Did that cute/hip librarian you met at that conference last year put up a great video tutorial that you’ve watched 1,000 times and think is ready for LibVid Award fame? Did you see one that explains using “Map Term to Subject Heading” in PsycINFO on OVIDSP in a really painless way? Seriously, did you? Then we want to hear about it.

nominations [aT] libvid-awards [dot] com

OK, I lied. This isn’t a completely video-free post.


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Run Library Director Run!

14 12 2009

Things are going very awry in Collingswood, New Jersey.  Teens are getting into trouble. Trees are falling on library patrons. Luckily, the fleet-footed public library director will save the day as he runs around the town.

This LibVid, nominated for Best Public Library Video, promotes the Collingswood Public Library’s 5K race. Run faster than the library’s director and save 10 bucks off your race registration.


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libvid-awards = Library Video Awards

5 11 2009

These days, it seems like all we librarians do is create videos videos videos. Night after night, we leave our offices with foggy, blurred vision from staring at Camtasia editing software for hours.

The LibVidAwards highlights some of the best, most inspirational library instructional videos out there.

Please nominate your favorite libvids for the LibVid awards! Send your nominations to: nominations [aT] libvid-awards [dot] com

Here are some of the categories we are collecting nominations for:

  • Best Acting – Librarian
  • Best Acting – Non-librarian
  • Best Animation
  • Best Attempt to Make Boolean Interesting
  • Best Business Video
  • Best Comedy
  • Best Drama
  • Best Editing
  • Best Humanities Video
  • Best Musical
  • Best Narration
  • Best Original Soundtrack
  • Best Public Library Video
  • Best Really Short Video
  • Best Sci/Tech/Med Video
  • Best Social Science Video
  • Best Special Effects
  • Best Spoof
  • Best Wardrobe or Make-up

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