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About Playlists

David Gallin-Parisi, Library Roundup, 2016

What happened to the party?I started writing about playlists and things got weird. I noticed the sadness about making playlists.

I also noticed funny things. So I combined the sad things with a sense of humor. I laugh when I’m sad.

At least there are buttons.

A Little About meLibrarian (obvi)DJ (not anymore)A Person of Public PlacesZine MakerInstallation Artist

How to meet peopleBuild relationships

Grow relationships

Connect with people in a welcome way

I wish I could study how people listen to music.

Include their voiceThis is a main idea of the presentation.

Sorry Edward Albee,“One must always mistrust fashion, because it is, as often as not, arbitrary; and the assumption that one can become informed of, and participate in, the intellectual temper of our time through reliance on any breathlessly composed list of fashionable far outs is funny and sad—and, what is much worse, terribly conformist.”

Terribly ConformistMusic playlists necessarily seek out fashion.Shallowness has hidden benefits.Super upsetting.

Ephemeral is preferableIt’s here and then it’s gone.Fanzines and zines are projects that don’t last forever.It’s about the atmosphere that playlists create.

New Media LiteraciesCollective IntelligenceFollow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities.

NegotiationTravel among diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple viewpoints, grasping and following alternative norms.

VisualizationExpress ideas, find trends, and identify tendencies.

Future Ready LibrarianDesigns Collaborative Spaces

Empowers Students as Creators

Builds Instructional Partnerships - Book playlists

Advocates for Student Privacy

Cultivates Community Partnerships

Leads Beyond the Library

Book playlistsThe thing about book playlists is they’re fine. Especially for connecting with teachers, classroom projects, and people who read books. I do this and will continue to do this for anybody that asks.

However libraries are not just about the books. Libraries are about people. Include their voices.

Super Upsetting.

0EFW (Open and Enabled For Whatever)You don’t need directions. People know about playlists.

Time-of-year is a good starting point.

Songs with swear words are allowed. Playlists do not violate the FCC. You are not actually playing the songs.

What you needA xerox machine (To make the playlists). I love xerox machines.

The person’s name. Always tell people that writing “Anonymous” is ok.

A list of songs from that person. You can look up artist’s names later.

What you need continuedWilling people to type up messily written playlists.

A place to display the playlists. Pretend you are an installation artist.

Optional: A massive, streaming playlist on “da cloud”.

Optional: A zine compiling the playlists.

Feels like the worst timeLet’s have some fun.

Also ask some questions.

Follow me on twitter @boomshackalack

Works CitedAlliance for Excellent Education. Future Ready Librarians. 2016. futureready.org/about-the-effort/librarians/. Accessed 23

Sept. 2016.

Als, Hilton. “Postscript: Edward Albee.” The New Yorker. 17 Sept. 2016. www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-edward-albee-1928-2016. Accessed 23 Sept. 2016.

Felt, Lauren. “Making Education (Double) Count: Boosting Student Learning via Social and Emotional Learning and New Media Literacy Skills.” eLearn Magazine. Jul. 2010. elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm?aid=1839556. Accessed 23 Sept. 2016.

Kord, Tyler. A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches. Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2016.