Archive for the 'Librarian Stereotype' Category

Lots of Monkeys on the Future of Libraries

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Can I just say that I like the title of this post?
Jessamyn highlighting the section of the post where Fil expresses surprise that the librarians he met aren’t like our profession’s negative stereotype at all caught my eye. I think the entire post is worth a look because of the inclusion of members of the [...]

T-shirts for Librarians

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

My #1 fan Amy Disch sent me this link.
Can I just say that I really hate the slogans about shushing? I’m not sure why. I just don’t think they’re funny. Usually I have a sense of humor about shushing.
But it’s definitely high time I ordered a makeoutcity.com shirt. I finally have good places to wear [...]

More Female Librarians Overweight than Businesswomen

Friday, February 11th, 2005

According to a few paragraphs in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, economist Josephine Olson of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh discovered female librarians are more likely to be overweight than women in business in a study she conducted in 1988. One quote in particular is causing a bit [...]

Will the Real Marian Please Present Herself?

Sunday, January 30th, 2005

Blake reports the inspiration for Marian the Librarian in The Music Man attended a recent performance of the musical.

Maybe Listening to Books on Tape Isn’t Cheating …

Monday, January 3rd, 2005

Thanks, Jessamyn!

Librarian Characters in Films and Books

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

Amidst a brief discussion about the Sunday evening film The Librarian: Quest for the Spear on Newslib, Gary Price pointed me to this ResourceShelf post about new domains with librarian in them. http://www.movie-librarians.com goes to a site with information about films with librarians as characters, from some wonderful classics to modern features. http://www.novel-librarians.com looks like [...]

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

From the producer of Independence Day comes this exciting adventure about librarians, played by Bob Newhart and Noah Wyle, who guard some of the world’s most valuable treasures, like the Arc of the Covenant. When a portion of the Spear of Destiny falls into the wrong hands, Wylie’s character must travel around the world (accompanied [...]

You’re welcome, Lisa!

Sunday, November 28th, 2004

I could say something about that stereotype about librarians being good with figures and numerical data, but I know that’s not entirely true. When the bill includes 15 or more people, I hand it off to Wendy. ; )

Soft Porn

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

So I guess what I’m doing wrong with this blog is that I’m not adding enough soft porn. Apparently, the Wired article about Jessamyn is bringing her some good traffic, especially to her naked librarians page.

“One of the Things I Like about Librarians is that Many Lead Such Interesting Lives,”

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

he said to me.
“Look at your own life,” I replied.


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