Comments on: Nebraska Gamey Librarians Audited

By: anonymous public librarian

anonymous public librarian — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:08:05 +0000

I think this little brouhaha reminds those of us who are public librarians that we are government employees, whose salaries are paid by taxpayers. They deserve to have us work, and don’t want to see us playing games on their dime. I don’t object to public libraries having gaming programs; but why, oh why, would you film yourselves playing and post it on the interwebs? It certainly isn’t going to bring kids in. I know this wasn’t a public library and the employees weren’t librarians, but it is a state government entity, and my question is why the State Library Commission needs Guitar Hero anyway?

And libraries trying to use Second Life is ridiculous. I did an extensive research paper on this for library school, and it’s stupid (of course I was very unpopular for not going along with the program – I was in a certain well-known two-pointopian’s class).

P.S. I grew up in Nebraska and lots of people there do say “hunky-dory.”

By: BTY

BTY — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:24:34 +0000

Most state agencies require that you vet your releases via a press secretary or the like. Libraries are getting too free and loose with the rules and should do things correctly. Kinda like cataloging, but after seeing a lot of new records done by newly trained catalogers, I think that they look at rules merely as guidelines.

By: Hunkey Dorey Nebraskan

Hunkey Dorey Nebraskan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:17:59 +0000

“guvmint employees wasting the taxpayer’s dime. I want to see their job descriptions explicitly stating that they can play games and post to Youtube.” Other duties as required. Where does it say they can’t?

By: Hunkey Dorey Nebraskan

Hunkey Dorey Nebraskan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:16:57 +0000

“Foley probably spent more money on writing the report than the librarians spent on gaming.” Amen.

By: Hunkey Dorey Nebraskan

Hunkey Dorey Nebraskan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:14:57 +0000

By: Pseudo-Librarian

Pseudo-Librarian — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:32:07 +0000

Oh, so I shouldn't be playing games on State time?

Whoops.

By: QIO

QIO — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:49:49 +0000

Yeah, nerd kids with no where else to go or nothing better to do than to make videos of themselves at the library playing games.

**sigh**

By: Auntie Nanuuq

Auntie Nanuuq — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:17:46 +0000

“If these librarians were truely smart, they would have had 4-5 kids come into the library and direct the video for them, with the librarians merely acting as the executive producers. This would have accomplished the same goal, only things like these are funny and apropriate when kids do them, but ridiculous when adults try to do the same thing. ” I actually agree with this statement >^..^< Kids really don’t want to see adults at the library “gaming”, they’d much rather see themselves & their friends on YOUTUBE gaming in the library.

By: VNT

VNT — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:43:18 +0000

Lord knows that I go to youtube to find out what is happening in the library world.

By: Mr. Kat

Mr. Kat — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:54:31 +0000

Whatever the yuppies of 2009 are called, there's a new crop every generation. But anyhow...

If these librarians were truely smart, they would have had 4-5 kids come into the library and direct the video for them, with the librarians merely acting as the executive producers. This would have accomplished the same goal, only things like these are funny and apropriate when kids do them, but ridiculous when adults try to do the same thing.

Cya...