The Anti-Stereotype Stereotype

A young librarian's commentary on the recent wave of 'cool librarians' articles.
http://www.blisspix.net/library/image.html

Librarians in Pornography

Dan Lester's text bibliography of racy books featuring librarians.
http://www.riverofdata.com/librariana/porn/

Why are Librarians So Sexy?

Professor David Austin explains quotes from various sources.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~n51ls801/librarians.html

The Perception of Image and Status in the Library Profession

Historical review and analysis of current situations, with references. By Deirdre Dupr.
http://www.newbreedlibrarian.org/archives/01.04.aug2001/feature2.html

Image and the Librarian

Exploration into the stereotypes surrounding the image and status of librarians and the library profession.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/ImageHomepage.htm

Children's Picture Books with Librarians and Libraries

Review of some children's literature, by Matthew Z. Heintzelman.
http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~heintzelman/foundations/mainpage.htm

Librarians As Characters In Fiction

List of references, by Laura Cobrinik.
http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/mar7-3/Librarians%20As%20Characters%20In%20Fiction.htm

The Making of a Virtual Librarian

Review of librarians that wear lipstick, have a tattoo, belly-dance, then get naked.
http://www.careerdevelopmentgroup.org.uk/impact/archives/abrewerton.htm

From Buns to Bytes

Brief article on the changing image of librarians.
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/sfsla/bulletin/mayjun99/buns.html

Progressive and Radical Librarians

Short interview with anarchist librarian Jessamyn West.
http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib77.html

Stereotypes of Librarians

Discussion questions about the "bun lady" and related images.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/stereotypes.htm

Looking It Up

Article explaining how librarianship is not an endangered career. [CNN]
http://www.cnn.com/2000/CAREER/trends/11/28/librarians/index.html

Self Love and Joy and Satisfaction in Librarianship

A review of factors affecting the image of librarians which concludes that librarians feed and support negative images of themselves. By Jennifer Cram.
http://www.alia.org.au/~jcram/self_love.html

Sex in the Stacks

Bibliography of pornographic literature featuring librarians by Candi Strecker.
http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/library.html

The Librarian Stereotype and the Movies

Article from The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship about Hollywood's treatment of librarians.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v1n1/image.html

Fighting Librarians

Column on librarians, who are "relentless when it comes to ensuring that as much information as possible gets into people's hands."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0620/p11s02-legn.html

Libraries in Science Fiction

Essay exploring the role of libraries in science fiction.
http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/library.htm

Web Overturning Image of Book-filing Librarian

Demand for the highly trained information specialists. [Washington Business Journal]
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2000/04/03/focus4.html

Redefining a Profession

Paper by Richard A. Danner on the work of librarians and information technologists.
http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/danner/callweb.htm

Librarians and Tigers

Story by Paul Ford about the portrayal of librarians.
http://ftrain.com/librarians_tigers.html

Librarians in Comics

List of sources compiled by Steven M. Bergson.
http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/comstrp/comstrp.htm

The New Librarians

Profiles of library science graduates. [Montreal Gazette]
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id={A29F8595-B4C5-4BAE-B954-1CB5BC7CBA2B}

Net has Boosted Need for Librarians

Report that "the Internet has made trained librarians more necessary than ever before." [The Sacramento Bee]
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/4643370p-5661617c.html

Librarians Turn Over a New Leaf

Profile of a branch director from the Stanislaus County Library. [The Modesto Bee]
http://www.modbee.com/workmoney/story/4780961p-5794753c.html

Libraries Are 31337

Commentary and discussion on a technology news website about the technical prowess of libraries. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/10/20/1228255.shtml

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

News of a pinup calendar featuring New Jersey librarians. [NY Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/01/nyregion/01LIBR.html

By the Book? Not Today's Information-Savvy Librarians

Report on professional librarian duties and salaries. [The Toronto Sun]
http://www.canoe.ca/CareerConnectionNews/030129_librarian.html

Shhh! This is a Library!

Lists of songs about libraries and librarians.
http://www.blisspix.net/library/songs.html

eBay Sellers' Opinions about "Librarian" Clothing

Searchable image gallery of clothing advertised on eBay with "librarian" in the description.
http://development.hsl.wisc.edu/bumpy/

Why be a Librarian in the 21st Century?

Advocacy site featuring smart, radical, sexy, and famous librarians.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~hblack/whylibrarian.htm

Librarians - Now 'Media Specialists'

Changing roles of librarians. [CNN]
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/02/03/school.librarians.ap/index.html

New Zealand News - Shelley Howells: The secret life of tattooed and bellydancing librarians

Review of a selection of blogs, diaries and journals of librarians found online.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3536464&thesection=technology&thesubsection=web-column

Recataloging Librarians

Online term paper on librarian stereotypes.
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/02-03-wt1/www/A_Ogden/index.htm

Librarian Spotting

An historical examination of librarian stereotypes, with references.
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/03-04-wt1/assignments/www/C_Wallace/intro.htm

Library Career Romances

Describes books from the 1940s through the 1960s about women becoming librarians.
http://www.jenw.org/home.htm

Cool Librarians

Reviews some popular images of librarians.
http://valinor.ca/waycool.html

Images of Libraries and Librarians on the Musical Stage

Essay reviewing several productions, by Ronald N. Bukoff.
http://pcasacas.org/SPC/spcissues/22.1/bukoff.html

Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography

Maintained by Martin Raish of the David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University. Films are grouped by degree of connection to libraries or librarians.
http://emp.byui.edu/raishm/films/introduction.html

Status of Librarians

Homepage for the American Library Association Special Presidential Task Force, with history and resources.
http://www.ala.org/ala/hrdr/libraryempresources/specialpresidential.htm

Library Cartoons

An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/cartoons/index.html

I Am a Librarian

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" sit
http://iamalibrarian.com/

A Brief History of Librarians and Image

Not that brief. Extensive essay with many citations and hyperlinks.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/resources.htm

You Don't Look Like a Librarian!

Results of a survey examining how closely librarians really resemble the stereotypical librarian.
http://www.librarian-image.net/

A Librarian At Every Table

A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/

The Archetype of the Crone in Librarianship

Paper from a conference presentation on human issues in libraries.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/staff/moe/archetype.html

Top Ten Films featuring Libraries, Librarians and the Book Arts

Annotated list compiled by Steven J. Schmidt.
http://www.san-andreas-sla.org/faultline/March200212.htm

The Naked Librarian

Features pictures and links to female librarians who are not entirely clothed.
http://www.jessamyn.com/naked

Image of Libraries in Popular Culture

Site exploring images of libraries and librarians in film and literature.
http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/impact/f01/Focus/Image/index.htm

Movie Librarians

Annotated listing of notable libraries and librarians in films.
http://home.earthlink.net/%7emovielibrarians/