While I love all of the Shanachie Tour videos of Amer­i­can pub­lic libraries released so far, my favorite is eas­ily the one from the Flo­rence Pub­lic Library in Col­orado. Not because of the mes­sage of “the open source ILS song” sung by two librar­i­ans there, but more for the spirit in which they sing it. They are hav­ing *fun.* You really have to hear this one — jump ahead to the 10:35 mark if you just want to hear the song, but the inter­views are great, too.

Nice job, FPL ladies! And great videos, Shanachies! I can’t wait to see you again — I am proud to call you my friends. You inspired many librar­i­ans dur­ing your journey.

Game On at the Under­grad­u­ate Library

“The upcom­ing Novem­ber 3rd event is co-sponsored by the [UIUC] Under­grad­u­ate Library and the Sousa Archive and Cen­ter for Amer­i­can Music and is part of the cel­e­bra­tion of Amer­i­can Music Month. The evening will focus on music in gam­ing and will include speak­ers from the Depart­ment of Music as well as indus­try experts from Voli­tion, a grow­ing gam­ing com­pany in Cham­paign. The event will also intro­duce a game cre­ated by cam­pus researchers (Musi­verse).

Gam­ing at the library — come to play, come to learn. Game On!” [@ Your Ser­vice]