But even better than watching the video, listening to the song, or reading an essay is this – please participate by commenting! Let us know what YOU think is a “Library 101″ for your library – what do you think librarians need to know to succeed? Tell us in the comments attached to each essay!
As of today, the Library 101 Project pre-launch page is live! This page is a teaser page at this point with launch info and a link to the Library 101 facebook page (where you can become a fan and get project updates). We’ll have a few prizes around both the pre-launch here and next week’s full on Library 101 Project launch! Woo hoo!
fyi, Next Wednesday at 2:00pm PST, this page will host all three of the main Library 101 Project pages, including the song, video, nearly 20 essays from Libraryland thought leaders and a resource list of things to help library staff keep up, get ahead and feel good about library work…even as technology and culture evolve in unexpected ways!
Read all about it here! Or just read this … remember that song/video Michael Porter and I created last year? Well… we’re at it again – with Library 101!
Here’s what Michael says:
“Getting into this video is actually really easy. Simply take and share a picture of YOU posing with a 0 and a 1! (Tagging it with library101 on flickr will be really helpful). We even have the flickr group linked above [ok, I linked it here] where you can put your 101 pictures. So c’mon! Do it and get just a little bit famous! Your family and friends will love finding you pop up in the video (and maybe even your coworkers?)! Put your kids in it! How about the family dog!? And you know grandma loves the library too, riiight? The most interesting your submission the more it will be featured, so get creative!
Look for the song and video in October of 2009 (debuting at a special “Connecting Through “Lights, Cameras & Action” session at the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterrey, California).”
Now all Michael and I have to do is this:
write words for the song
Create and record the music
Somehow fly Michael to Kansas to record the song and shoot some video
Get Michael back to Seattle so he can video edit like a madman
collaborate on a multimedia presentation for Internet Librarian like you’ve never seen before…
I recorded a new song and video for y’all! This song is all about social networking and how people are using the emerging social web to connect with each other, to communicate… and in my case, to sing songs to my blog readers.
When writing the song, I was thinking about facebook, twitter, MySpace, and all the social connections that are happening 24/7 – I find it extremely fascinating.
Social Digital Global Shift
by David Lee King
I haven’t seen her since high school
never thought I’d see her again
but yesterday I got a facebook request
she asked to be my friend
so I took a little time to catch up
browsed through her photobucket and blog
I watched some funny videos of her kids
and then I wrote this song
’cause it’s a social digital revolution
social digital relationship
social digital communication
it’s a social digital global shift
I have friends around the world
they’re growing globally
some of them live in Saskatchewan
while others live in D.C.
For my second blogging anniversary, I’m not going to spew y’all with boring numbers about how popular my posts are, how many people subscribe, etc. Instead, I’m going to give you some good, old-fashioned entertainment (well, maybe not old-fashioned). I’m going to give you a song. And a video. About Web 2.0. ‘Cause I’m sometimes silly that way. So – if you want to download these behemoth files, here they are:
Read all about it 
The most interesting your submission the more it will be featured, so get creative!
