Librarians in Society

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A Librarian At Every Table

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

A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.

An Interview with Jessamyn West

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

A short assortment of questions about librarianship and hot topics related to it. [Bookslut]

Cool Librarians

http://valinor.ca/waycool.html

Reviews some popular images of librarians.

Fighting Librarians

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

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

Film Librarian

http://www.filmlibrarian.info/

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

I Am a Librarian

http://iamalibrarian.com/

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.

Image and the Librarian

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

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

Image of Libraries in Popular Culture

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

Site exploring images of libraries and librarians in film and literature.

Librarians and Tigers

http://ftrain.com/librarians_tigers.html

Story by Paul Ford about the portrayal of librarians.

Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography

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

Maintained by Martin Raish of the David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University. Films are grouped by degree of connection to libraries or librarians.

Librarians Trade 'Shhh' for 'Va-Va-Voom'

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

News of a pinup calendar featuring New Jersey librarians. [NY Times]

Libraries Are 31337

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

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

Libraries in Science Fiction

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

Essay exploring the role of libraries in science fiction.

Library Cartoons

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

An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.

Looking It Up

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

Article explaining how librarianship is not an endangered career. [CNN]

Movie Librarians

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

Annotated listing of notable libraries and librarians in films.

Progressive and Radical Librarians

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

Short interview with anarchist librarian Jessamyn West.

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