To the tune of “The Major-General’s Song”
With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan… and you… 
I advocate creation of a social network library,
Dispense with thoughts a-plenty in my blog much like a diary,
And show how common MySpace is, it dominates the territ’ry
‘Cuz people like to share their lives; it’s really quite extraordin’ry.
I upload pix of our events on a communal Flickr page,
And make it easy to YouTube; that latest clip is all the rage.
Encourage interaction for our young and old of any age,
Makes working here as fun as anything they do at Cam-ba-ridge.
I recommend Delicious, Facebook, wikis, Ning, and R-S-S,
Use tag clouds, gaming, apps and widgets, and I twitter to excess.
It matters that our patrons are involved with our transparency.
I advocate creation of a social network library.
Oh, that’s great. Can’t you just picture a 2.0 audience interacting with the Major-Genral while he’s singing this? Suggesting new words to rhyme in the next few verses!
So when will you post the video? And will you or Libraryman perform this at ALA Midwinter? This is great!
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