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Not that brief. Includes essay with many citations and hyperlinks.
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A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.
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A short assortment of questions about librarianship and hot topics related to it. [Bookslut]
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Report on professional librarian duties and salaries. [The Toronto Sun]
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Review of some children's literature, by Matthew Z. Heintzelman.
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Reviews some popular images of librarians.
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Column on librarians, who are "relentless when it comes to ensuring that as much information as possible gets into people's hands."
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Annotated list of films featuring lLibraries, librarians and the book arts compiled by Steven J. Schmidt.
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Brief article on the changing image of librarians.
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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.
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Exploration into the stereotypes surrounding the image and status of librarians and the library profession.
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Site exploring images of libraries and librarians in film and literature.
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An historical examination of librarian stereotypes, with references.
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Changing roles of librarians. [CNN]
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List of references, by Laura Cobrinik.
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News of a pinup calendar featuring New Jersey librarians. [NY Times]
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Story by Paul Ford about the portrayal of librarians.
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Maintained by Martin Raish of the David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University. Films are grouped by degree of connection to libraries or librarians.
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List of sources compiled by Steven M. Bergson.
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Dan Lester's text bibliography of racy books featuring librarians.
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Commentary and discussion on a technology news website about the technical prowess of libraries. [Slashdot]
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Essay exploring the role of libraries in science fiction.
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Describes books from the 1940s through the 1960s about women becoming librarians.
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An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.
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Article explaining how librarianship is not an endangered career. [CNN]
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Annotated listing of notable libraries and librarians in films.
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Report that "the Internet has made trained librarians more necessary than ever before." [The Sacramento Bee]
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Short interview with anarchist librarian Jessamyn West.
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Online term paper on librarian stereotypes.
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A review of factors affecting the image of librarians which concludes that librarians feed and support negative images of themselves. By Jennifer Cram.
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Bibliography of pornographic literature featuring librarians by Candi Strecker.
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Lists of songs about libraries and librarians.
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Homepage for the American Library Association Special Presidential Task Force, with history and resources.
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Discussion questions about the "bun lady" and related images.
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A young librarian's commentary on the recent wave of 'cool librarians' articles.
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Paper from a conference presentation on human issues in libraries.
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Article from The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship about Hollywood's treatment of librarians.
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Review of librarians that wear lipstick, have a tattoo, belly-dance, then get naked.
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Features pictures and links to female librarians who are not entirely clothed.
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Demand for the highly trained information specialists. [Washington Business Journal]
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Professor David Austin explains quotes from various sources.
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Advocacy site featuring smart, radical, sexy, and famous librarians.
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Results of a survey examining how closely librarians really resemble the stereotypical librarian.
