{"id":3631,"date":"2010-07-15T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=794"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:35:02","slug":"im-an-archivist-response-to-jon-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2010\/07\/15\/im-an-archivist-response-to-jon-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m an Archivist&#8221; response to Jon Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audioastrology.com\/davidkay\/id36.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-795\" title=\"stewart\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stewart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a>Jon Stewart made fun of the idea of the master&#8217;s degree in archives management on <em>The Daily Show<\/em> on November 11, 2009. David Kay, M.L.S., responded with a song to the tune of Monty Python&#8217;s &#8220;Lumberjack Song.&#8221; I like the line &#8220;It might seem very funny that we&#8217;re a professional trade, ha ha!&#8221; The full lyrics appear in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycarchivists.org\/metro\/2010_2.pdf\"><em>The Metropolitan Archivist<\/em><\/a>, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 2010. Thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audioastrology.com\/davidkay\/index.html\">David Kay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Addition: singalong version at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e7j2QPttEuU\">youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE July 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jX3j9oajZBQ\">WoodyGuth3&#8217;s &#8220;The Ballad of David Kay, MLS&#8221;<\/a> describes another shenanigan perpetrated by the same guy: &#8220;Based on a true story from an ALA-accredited library school. At the time, David Kay, MLS was president of the Queens College Library and Information Studies Student Association (qcLISSA) and helped lead a student protest with direct action against the University&#8217;s OCT (Office of Converging Technologies) when library proxies were broken and students were unable to do their homework and access library materials remotely and offsite. Forty-eight hours later, after leading seven students to confront the Director of OCT in his office, the broken proxy service was replaced, and word quickly spread that &#8220;qcLISSA fought the OCT and the OCT finally lost!&#8221; Students even celebrated with cake and punch! Recorded by WoodyGuth3 in May 2012 for Brooklyn Blowback TV.&#8221; Thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audioastrology.com\/davidkay\/index.html\">David Kay<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Stewart made fun of the idea of the master&#8217;s degree in archives management on The Daily Show on November 11, 2009. 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