Download or read book The Laughing Librarian written by Jeanette C. Smith and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the stodgy stereotypes, libraries and librarians themselves can be quite funny. The spectrum of library humor from sources inside and outside the profession ranges from the subtle wit of the New Yorker to the satire of Mad. This examination of American library humor over the past 200 years covers a wide range of topics and spans the continuum between light and dark, from parodies to portrayals of libraries and their staffs as objects of fear. It illuminates different types of librarians--the collector, the organization person, the keeper, the change agent--and explores stereotypes like the shushing little old lady with a bun, the male scholar-librarian, the library superhero, and the anti-stereotype of the sexy librarian. Profiles of the most prominent library humorists round out this lively study.
Download or read book Our Bodies Our Shelves written by Roz Warren and published by Humoroutcasts Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are eight million stories at your local public library -- and not all of them are in the books! Join humorist Roz Warren ("the world's funniest librarian") for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at library life. What really goes on behind the circulation desk? And in the stacks? Roz, who writes for everyone from the New York Times to the Funny Times, tells all! What's the single most stolen item in any public library? What's the strangest bookmark ever left in a library book? What's the lamest excuse ever given for not returning a DVD on time? And what does your favorite librarian REALLY think of you? In twenty entertaining essays, you'll meet librarians fighting crime, partying with porn stars, coping with impossible patrons, locating hard-to-find books and saving the world. The most closely guarded library secrets will be revealed. You'll never look at your local public library the same way again! "Hilarious!" Gina Barreca, author of They Used To Call Me Snow White, But I Drifted.
Download or read book The Laughing Librarian written by Jeanette C. Smith and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the stodgy stereotypes, libraries and librarians themselves can be quite funny. The spectrum of library humor from sources inside and outside the profession ranges from the subtle wit of the New Yorker to the satire of Mad. This examination of American library humor over the past 200 years covers a wide range of topics and spans the continuum between light and dark, from parodies to portrayals of libraries and their staffs as objects of fear. It illuminates different types of librarians--the collector, the organization person, the keeper, the change agent--and explores stereotypes like the shushing little old lady with a bun, the male scholar-librarian, the library superhero, and the anti-stereotype of the sexy librarian. Profiles of the most prominent library humorists round out this lively study.
Download or read book Not Your Ordinary Librarian written by Ashanti White and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you picture a librarian, what do you imagine? An old white woman with glasses and a prudish disposition? That is the image that many people conjure up when asked to picture a librarian; with 82 per cent of the professional force being female and the average age of a librarian at 45, coupled with popular stereotypical images, it is difficult to dispute the perceptions. But there is more to librarians than meets the eye. This book will explore the origin of the image and popular media images of the librarian, in addition to the effects of the stereotype, and the challenges to the perception of librarians today. - Provides contemporary examples from popular culture - Chapters are supported by quotes, images and personal reflections - Presents a study which offers authenticity
Download or read book Not in My Library written by Sanford Berman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Mitch Freedman, a reprinted Counterpoise interview and 45 of Sanford Berman's U*L columns dealing with book-burning, genocide, government secrecy and repression, cataloging, indexing, classism, self-censorship and free speech for library staff (et cetera!). Index by Chris Dodge.
Download or read book Library and Information Science written by Michael Bemis and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.
Download or read book Computers in Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Information Professional s Guide to Career Development Online written by Sarah L. Johnson and published by Information Today, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides practical advice on using the Internet to research educational and networking opportunities and to keep current through online conferences and discussion lists. There is also information on reading and contributing to professional literature, applying for scholarships and grants, creating an electronic resume, and researching prospective employers online. Appendices list organizations and publications with an online presence. Nesbeitt is reference/systems librarian at Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State College. Gordon is head of computer services at the Franklin Park Public Library. She is Webmaster of the library career site Lisjobs.com, and founding editor of the Info Career Trends electronic newsletter. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book You Don t Look Like a Librarian written by Ruth Kneale and published by Information Today. This book was released on 2009 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarian stereotypes have persisted for generations, yet their practical impact has rarely been studied. How pervasive are such stereotypes in the digital era, how are they changing, and how do they affect our daily work, our careers, and the future success of the profession? What can we do to defeat tired old perceptions and create positive new images?
Download or read book The Runaway Witch and the Laughing Bear written by WILLIAM LIGHTNING and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David and Nathanial are two very imaginative orphans who lived in two different times. David, who lives in Los Angeles, is a little boy who is held captive in a basement and is later forced into the world of drug dealing. Nathanial, who lives in North America, is a little boy who is forced to carry out dirty deeds for an evil, cynical witch in a dark forest. Faced with many obstacles, the two will have to make some major choices that will determine the outcome in this surreal story. Will these two break free from their captors and find peace within them, or will the darkness take hold and carry on in the world they know as hell?
Download or read book Libraries in Literature written by Alice Crawford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unashamedly a book for the bookish, yet accessible and frequently entertaining, this is the first book devoted to how libraries are depicted in imaginative writing. Covering fiction, poetry, and drama from the late Middle Ages to the present, it runs the gamut of British and American literature, as well as examining a range of fiction in other languages—from Rabelais and Cervantes to modern and contemporary French, Italian, Japanese, and Russian writing. While the tropes of the complex catalogue and the bibliomaniacal reader persist throughout the centuries, libraries also emerge as societal battle-sites where issues of personality, gender, cultural power, and national identity are contested repeatedly and often in surprising ways. As well as examining how libraries were deployed in their work by canonical authors from Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Swift to Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Jorge Luis Borges, the volume also examines in detail the haunted libraries of Margaret Oliphant and M. R. James, and a range of much less familiar historic and contemporary authors. Alert to the depiction of librarians as well as of book-rooms and institutional readers, this book will inform, entertain, and delight. At a time when traditional libraries are under pressure, Libraries in Literature shows the power of their lasting fascination.
Download or read book The Manchester Librarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Georgia Library Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Librarian and Book World written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report of the Librarian written by Gloversville Free Library and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biennial Report of the Librarian of the Indiana State Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Librarian s Secret written by Café Blush and published by Café Blush. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magic spell from a mysterious journal transports young and lonely librarian, Maggie, into any book she desires, leading her on a sensual journey beyond her wildest dreams. With promises of harnessing her own magic, will this newfound ability be too good to be true? She finds out as the spell's addictive nature quickly takes root. Journey into Maggie’s seductive world of lovers and experimentation, true love and self-identity. This story was awarded First Place in the Dragon's Eye Awards in the Romance/Drama/Erotica category, a peer-hosted and judged contest on Inkitt.
