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Best Librarian Geeky Video

OK, I just watched this video. I loved it and that makes be a librarian geek. Here's a lexicographer getting laughs too.

Before I started my MLS we were told to read the biography of James Murray, the first editor of the OED. See - I am a geek - I don't spell out OED. I just assume everyone knows all the jargony professional initialisms.

Anyway this is about 15 minutes and it's Erin McKean talking about dictionaries. She's delightful. "Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's print dictionary is poised for transformation. As one of the youngest editors of a "Big Five" American dictionary, Erin McKean is at the forefront of a new guard of lexicographers reshaping not just dictionaries, but our language itself."

TED: Redefining the dictionary

Watch it now.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).