[WEB4LIB] Librarian Stereotype

[rich at richardwiggins.com]

At the Special Libraries Association meeting this past June, there was a session called "Bat Girl Was a Librarian, and So Was Casanova!!!"  The session covered the image of the librarian in pop culture and literature.  I didn't attend the session but my wife did and found it insightful and entertaining.  The speaker was Alison Hall from Carleton University.  Not sure if her slides are online but maybe she could be persuaded to share.

Then there's always: http://www.teleport.com/~petlin/liplib/

/rich

On Sat, 25 August 2001, "veronica" wrote:

> 
> Sincere thanks to everyone who responded to my query about the modern image
> of librarians and helped to make my first posting such a positive
> experience.  

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