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Bellies, Buns, & Books:
Librarians and Image

Contributed by Sarah Becking

Several possible responses occur to me, some designed to take advantage of a teaching moment, some obnoxious. But for the amusement of library students, there are some interesting and entertaining ideas about the lives of librarians in various media and in real life.

Some particularly relevant films are highlighted at:
http://www.iupui.edu/it/libref/lib_film.html 

An extensive, annotated list of movies (350+), with simple categories and a sense of humor:
 http://www.lib.byu.edu/dept/libsci/films/introduction.html

 A list of various resources -- print and electronic -- concerning the roles and images of librarians. Includes funny pop culture stuff, too:
 http://www.wam.umd.edu/~staciemm/project/resources.htm

For an opinion on whether we should enjoy, ignore, or worry about librarians' images, see
http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/May99/0423.html

A thoughtful exploration of the causes and development of the sterotypes:
 http://www.wam.umd.edu/~staciemm/project/stereotypes.htm

"The Role of Archetypal Images in the Humanization of Librarianship:" literary, psychological, and fascinating:
 http://urislib.library.cornell.edu/archetype.html

The bellydancing librarian and more:
 http://cns.jrn.columbia.edu/feb19/librarians.html

A short page with attitude:
 http://www.msu.edu/~olseneri/library.html

Librarians in Comics:
 http://cgi.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2161/libstrip.htm

Enjoy these websites! At the risk of sounding naively optimistic, I must say that I expect our generation of librarians to shake things up a bit.