Librarians in Society

» A Brief History of Librarians and Image
   Not that brief. Includes essay with many citations and hyperlinks.

   
   http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/resources.htm

» A Librarian At Every Table
   A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.

   
   http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/

» An Interview with Jessamyn West
   A short assortment of questions about librarianship and hot topics related to it. [Bookslut]

   
   http://www.bookslut.com/features/2003_12_001173.php

» By the Book? Not Today's Information-Savvy Librarians
   Report on professional librarian duties and salaries. [The Toronto Sun]

   
   http://www.canoe.ca/CareerConnectionNews/030129_librarian.html

» Children's Picture Books with Librarians and Libraries
   Review of some children's literature, by Matthew Z. Heintzelman.

   
   http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~heintzelman/foundations/mainpage.htm

» Cool Librarians
   Reviews some popular images of librarians.

   
   http://valinor.ca/waycool.html

» Fighting Librarians
   Column on librarians, who are "relentless when it comes to ensuring that as much information as possible gets into people's hands."

   
   http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0620/p11s02-legn.html

» Film Librarian
   Annotated list of films featuring lLibraries, librarians and the book arts compiled by Steven J. Schmidt.

   
   http://www.filmlibrarian.info/

» From Buns to Bytes
   Brief article on the changing image of librarians.

   
   http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/sfsla/bulletin/mayjun99/buns.html

» I Am a Librarian
   Library student and photographer solicits librarian pictures to show that librarians come in many different shapes and sizes, are from various backgrounds, and include all different types of people. Also has a collection of links to library "image

   
   http://iamalibrarian.com/

» Image and the Librarian
   Exploration into the stereotypes surrounding the image and status of librarians and the library profession.

   
   http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/ImageHomepage.htm

» Image of Libraries in Popular Culture
   Site exploring images of libraries and librarians in film and literature.

   
   http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/impact/f01/Focus/Image/index.htm

» Librarian Spotting
   An historical examination of librarian stereotypes, with references.

   
   http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/03-04-wt1/assignments/www/C_Wallace/intro.htm

» Librarians As Characters In Fiction
   List of references, by Laura Cobrinik.

   
   http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/mar7-3/Librarians%20As%20Characters%20In%20Fiction.htm

» Librarians Trade 'Shhh' for 'Va-Va-Voom'
   News of a pinup calendar featuring New Jersey librarians. [NY Times]

   
   http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/01/nyregion/01LIBR.html

» Librarians and Tigers
   Story by Paul Ford about the portrayal of librarians.

   
   http://ftrain.com/librarians_tigers.html

» Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography
   Maintained by Martin Raish of the David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University. Films are grouped by degree of connection to libraries or librarians.

   
   http://emp.byui.edu/raishm/films/introduction.html

» Librarians in Comics
   List of sources compiled by Steven M. Bergson.

   
   http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/comstrp/comstrp.htm

» Librarians in Pornography
   Dan Lester's text bibliography of racy books featuring librarians.

   
   http://www.riverofdata.com/librariana/porn/

» Libraries Are 31337
   Commentary and discussion on a technology news website about the technical prowess of libraries. [Slashdot]

   
   http://slashdot.org/articles/02/10/20/1228255.shtml

» Libraries in Science Fiction
   Essay exploring the role of libraries in science fiction.

   
   http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/library.htm

» Library Cartoons
   An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.

   
   http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/cartoons/index.html

» Looking It Up
   Article explaining how librarianship is not an endangered career. [CNN]

   
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/CAREER/trends/11/28/librarians/index.html

» Movie Librarians
   Annotated listing of notable libraries and librarians in films.

   
   http://home.earthlink.net/~movielibrarians/

» Progressive and Radical Librarians
   Short interview with anarchist librarian Jessamyn West.

   
   http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib77.html

» Recataloging Librarians
   Online term paper on librarian stereotypes.

   
   http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/02-03-wt1/www/A_Ogden/index.htm

» Self Love and Joy and Satisfaction in Librarianship
   A review of factors affecting the image of librarians which concludes that librarians feed and support negative images of themselves. By Jennifer Cram.

   
   http://www.alia.org.au/~jcram/self_love.html

» Sex in the Stacks
   Bibliography of pornographic literature featuring librarians by Candi Strecker.

   
   http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/library.html

» Shhh! This is a Library!
   Lists of songs about libraries and librarians.

   
   http://www.blisspix.net/library/songs.html

» Status of Librarians
   Homepage for the American Library Association Special Presidential Task Force, with history and resources.

   
   http://www.ala.org/ala/hrdr/libraryempresources/specialpresidential.htm

» Stereotypes of Librarians
   Discussion questions about the "bun lady" and related images.

   
   http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/stereotypes.htm

» The Anti-Stereotype Stereotype
   A young librarian's commentary on the recent wave of 'cool librarians' articles.

   
   http://www.blisspix.net/library/image.html

» The Archetype of the Crone in Librarianship
   Paper from a conference presentation on human issues in libraries.

   
   http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/staff/moe/archetype.html

» The Librarian Stereotype and the Movies
   Article from The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship about Hollywood's treatment of librarians.

   
   http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v1n1/image.html

» The Making of a Virtual Librarian
   Review of librarians that wear lipstick, have a tattoo, belly-dance, then get naked.

   
   http://www.careerdevelopmentgroup.org.uk/impact/archives/abrewerton.htm

» The Naked Librarian
   Features pictures and links to female librarians who are not entirely clothed.

   
   http://www.jessamyn.com/naked

» Web Overturning Image of Book-filing Librarian
   Demand for the highly trained information specialists. [Washington Business Journal]

   
   http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2000/04/03/focus4.html

» Why are Librarians So Sexy?
   Professor David Austin explains quotes from various sources.

   
   http://www4.ncsu.edu/~n51ls801/librarians.html

» Why be a Librarian in the 21st Century?
   Advocacy site featuring smart, radical, sexy, and famous librarians.

   
   http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~hblack/whylibrarian.htm

» You Don't Look Like a Librarian!
   Results of a survey examining how closely librarians really resemble the stereotypical librarian.

   
   http://www.librarian-image.net/