Back in May 2007, I talked about how the Library Society of the World had recently started and was the:

best, most efficient, egalitarian and effective alternative to any library association ever.

Well, it’s still going strong. It now has a  Meebo Room, a FriendFeed room, a Facebook page, a Flickr group, a LibraryThing group and a LinkedIn group. It has its own etiquette guide, LSW Meebo Room Etiquette: One Woman’s Guide for the Newbie .

You can even buy the t-shirt:

So, what is it?

Chadwick Seagraves had a go at describing the LSW last week in his Pecha Kucha presentation at the Allan County Public Library LibraryCamp 2008.  I think this presentation pretty much sums it up – Library Society of the World (the movie) :