Archive for the 'Action Figure' Category

Is this like Flat Stanley, but

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

for the librarian action figure instead? Or is it more like Where’s Waldo?
(No, I’m not saying the librarian action figure looks like Waldo, though it does bare a distant resemblance to a Waldo I once knew …)
Addendum 8/8: Having posted this yesterday, it was a rather odd experience to watch the Flat Stanley portion [...]

Nancy Pearl Retires

Monday, August 2nd, 2004

"This week Pearl, the country’s most famous librarian (there are no candidates for second place), is retiring from her job as director of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library."
Nancy is the model for the librarian action figure. I had the honor of hearing her speak in April. She’s made many [...]

Nancy Pearl Retiring?

Friday, June 11th, 2004

Librarian.net and LIS News claim Nancy Pearl, model for the librarian action figure, is retiring. Now don’t you wish you would have bid on the autographed one I gave to the Special Libraries Association News Division auction?
Best wishes, Nancy!

Seattle Times’ Nancy Pearl Article

Friday, June 11th, 2004

My Dad, who earned his MBA with honors this week and won’t let me forget it, pointed me to this article about Nancy Pearl’s retirement with a photo of her making a shushing motion.
What also caught my eye about this online article is the Letter to Our Readers ad on the right side discussing why [...]

What do action figures do when they’re not working?

Thursday, May 20th, 2004

Why yoga of course! I’ve never listened to the audio or video clips on this site but I can tell you that George Bush can do a mean Virabhadrasna III….
I don’t think Nancy Pearl, the Librarian Action Figure, is quite this agile.

What do action figures do on the job?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2004

I know that j is very fond of the Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure so I couldn’t resist this. Thank you Vernica for blogging this first.

Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition

Monday, May 10th, 2004

NPR interviewed librarian and action figure model Nancy Pearl to learn about books about politics she thinks people should read.
I recently witnessed Nancy’s ability to recommend books. She’s very good at it.
From LIS News

Does My Librarian Action Figure Need a Library?

Thursday, May 6th, 2004

That’s something I hadn’t considered until reading Vernica’s blog tonight. Since I don’t work in a library, I guess it never occurred to me that my librarian action figure might be unhappy just standing on top of the computer on my desk near her books.

Nancy Pearl’s Talk at Simmons College

Thursday, April 29th, 2004

If you like reading or talking about books, you’ll probably enjoy reading my notes about Nancy Pearl’s talk and her book Book Lust.
And, yes, she did talk about the action figure briefly at the end.

Reminder: Nancy Pearl Speaks at Simmons College on Wednesday, 4/28, at 6:30 p

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004


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