Websites in Librarians in Society

1. A Brief History of Librarians and Image
   Not that brief. Extensive essay with many citations and hyperlinks.
   http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/resources.htm
   
   
2. 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/
   
   
3. An Ode To Librarians Everywhere
   Sings the praises of the library profession.
   http://www.jetcityorange.com/toys/OdeToLibrarians.pdf
   
   
4. 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
   
   
5. 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
   
   
6. Cool Librarians
   Reviews some popular images of librarians.
   http://valinor.ca/waycool.html
   
   
7. 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
   
   
8. From Buns to Bytes
   Brief article on the changing image of librarians.
   http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/sfsla/bulletin/mayjun99/buns.html
   
   
9. 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" sites.
   http://iamalibrarian.com/
   
   
10. 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
    
    
11. Image of Libraries in Popular Culture
    Site exploring images of libraries and librarians in film and literature.
    http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/impact/f01/Focus/Image/
    
    
12. Images of Libraries and Librarians on the Musical Stage
    Essay reviewing several productions, by Ronald N. Bukoff.
    http://pcasacas.org/SPC/spcissues/22.1/bukoff.html
    
    
13. 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
    
    
14. Librarians - Now 'Media Specialists'
    Changing roles of librarians. [CNN]
    http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/02/03/school.librarians.ap/index.html
    
    
15. 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
    
    
16. 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
    
    
17. Librarians Turn Over a New Leaf
    Profile of a branch director from the Stanislaus County Library. [The Modesto Bee]
    http://www.modbee.com/workmoney/story/4780961p-5794753c.html
    
    
18. Librarians and Tigers
    Story by Paul Ford about the portrayal of librarians.
    http://ftrain.com/librarians_tigers.html
    
    
19. 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
    
    
20. Librarians in Comics
    List of sources compiled by Steven M. Bergson.
    http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/comstrp/comstrp.htm
    
    
21. Librarians in Pornography
    Dan Lester's text bibliography of racy books featuring librarians.
    http://www.riverofdata.com/librariana/porn/
    
    
22. 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
    
    
23. Libraries in Science Fiction
    Essay exploring the role of libraries in science fiction.
    http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/library.htm
    
    
24. Library Career Romances
    Describes books from the 1940s through the 1960s about women becoming librarians.
    http://www.jenw.org/home.htm
    
    
25. Library Cartoons
    An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.
    http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/cartoons/index.html
    
    
26. 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
    
    
27. Net has Boosted Need for Librarians
    Report that "the Internet has made trained librarians more necessary than ever before." [The Sacramento Bee]
    http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/4643370p-5661617c.html
    
    
28. New Zealand News - Shelley Howells: The secret life of tattooed and bellydancing librarians
    Review of a selection of blogs, diaries and journals of librarians found online.
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3536464&thesection=technology&thesubsection=web-column
    
    
29. Progressive and Radical Librarians
    Short interview with anarchist librarian Jessamyn West.
    http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib77.html
    
    
30. Recataloging Librarians
    Online term paper on librarian stereotypes.
    http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/02-03-wt1/www/A_Ogden/index.htm
    
    
31. Redefining a Profession
    Paper by Richard A. Danner on the work of librarians and information technologists.
    http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/danner/callweb.htm
    
    
32. 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
    
    
33. Sex in the Stacks
    Bibliography of pornographic literature featuring librarians by Candi Strecker.
    http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/library.html
    
    
34. Shhh! This is a Library!
    Lists of songs about libraries and librarians.
    http://www.blisspix.net/library/songs.html
    
    
35. 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
    
    
36. Stereotypes of Librarians
    Discussion questions about the "bun lady" and related images.
    http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/stereotypes.htm
    
    
37. The Anti-Stereotype Stereotype
    A young librarian's commentary on the recent wave of 'cool librarians' articles.
    http://www.blisspix.net/library/image.html
    
    
38. 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
    
    
39. 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
    
    
40. 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
    
    
41. The Naked Librarian
    Features pictures and links to female librarians who are not entirely clothed.
    http://www.jessamyn.com/naked
    
    
42. The New Librarians
    Profiles of library science graduates. [Montreal Gazette]
    http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id={A29F8595-B4C5-4BAE-B954-1CB5BC7CBA2B}
    
    
43. The Perception of Image and Status in the Library Profession
    Historical review and analysis of current situations, with references. By Deirdre Dupr.
    http://www.newbreedlibrarian.org/archives/01.04.aug2001/feature2.html
    
    
44. Top Ten Films featuring Libraries, Librarians and the Book Arts
    Annotated list compiled by Steven J. Schmidt.
    http://www.san-andreas-sla.org/faultline/March200212.htm
    
    
45. 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
    
    
46. Why are Librarians So Sexy?
    Professor David Austin explains quotes from various sources.
    http://www4.ncsu.edu/~n51ls801/librarians.html
    
    
47. 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
    
    
48. 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/
    
    
49. eBay Sellers' Opinions about "Librarian" Clothing
    Searchable image gallery of clothing advertised on eBay with "librarian" in the description.
    http://development.hsl.wisc.edu/bumpy/
    
    

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