Librarians in the Looking Glass: Reflections of Our Profession in Popular Culture by Kael Driscoll was a hoot, but it also got a lot of people thinking about why we have those stereotypes. So, while I can understand nurses complaining that people still think of them hopping into the bed of every virile young patient (Carry on Matron) all we have to complain about is that people think we are all bookish intellectuals (although some might wish us to take off more than our mask of respectability behind the stacks)
04 December, 2006
Reflections of Our Profession in Popular Culture
Librarians in the Looking Glass: Reflections of Our Profession in Popular Culture by Kael Driscoll was a hoot, but it also got a lot of people thinking about why we have those stereotypes. So, while I can understand nurses complaining that people still think of them hopping into the bed of every virile young patient (Carry on Matron) all we have to complain about is that people think we are all bookish intellectuals (although some might wish us to take off more than our mask of respectability behind the stacks)
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Hmm... that librarian seems to be managing her stacks quite well.
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