This Is What A Librarian Looks Like

Author : Kyle Cassidy
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780316393997

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This Is What a Librarian Looks Like by Kyle Cassidy Pdf

In 2014, author and photographer Kyle Cassidy published a photo essay on Slate.com called "This is What A Librarian Looks Like," a montage of portraits and a tribute to librarians. Since then, Cassidy has made it his mission to remind us of how essential librarians and libraries are to our communities. His subjects are men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and personal style-from pink hair and leather jackets to button-downs and blazers. In short, not necessarily what one thinks a librarian looks like. The nearly 220 librarians photographed also share their personal thoughts on what it means to be a librarian. This is What A Librarian Looks Like also includes original essay by some of our most beloved writers, journalists, and commentators including Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, Nancy Pearl, Cory Doctorow, Paula Poundstone, Amanda Palmer, Peter Sagal, Jeff VanderMeer, John Scalzi, Sara Farizan, Amy Dickinson, and others. Cassidy also profiles a handful of especially influential librarians and libraries.

Author : Kyle Cassidy
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780316393997

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This Is What a Librarian Looks Like by Kyle Cassidy Pdf

In 2014, author and photographer Kyle Cassidy published a photo essay on Slate.com called "This is What A Librarian Looks Like," a montage of portraits and a tribute to librarians. Since then, Cassidy has made it his mission to remind us of how essential librarians and libraries are to our communities. His subjects are men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and personal style-from pink hair and leather jackets to button-downs and blazers. In short, not necessarily what one thinks a librarian looks like. The nearly 220 librarians photographed also share their personal thoughts on what it means to be a librarian. This is What A Librarian Looks Like also includes original essay by some of our most beloved writers, journalists, and commentators including Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, Nancy Pearl, Cory Doctorow, Paula Poundstone, Amanda Palmer, Peter Sagal, Jeff VanderMeer, John Scalzi, Sara Farizan, Amy Dickinson, and others. Cassidy also profiles a handful of especially influential librarians and libraries.

Author : Ruth Kneale
Publisher : Information Today
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015080817094

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You Don't Look Like a Librarian by Ruth Kneale Pdf

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?

Author : Lauren Pressley
Publisher : Library Juice Press, LLC
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781936117291

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So You Want To Be a Librarian by Lauren Pressley Pdf

"Provides information about librarianship as a career, including types of libraries, types of jobs within libraries, professional issues, and educational requirements"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Ray Tevis,Brenda Tevis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476611457

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The Image of Librarians in Cinema, 1917Ð1999 by Ray Tevis,Brenda Tevis Pdf

From its earliest days to the present, the onscreen image of the librarian has remained largely the same. A silent 1921 film set the precedent for two female librarian characters: a dowdy spinster wears glasses and a bun hairstyle, and an attractive young woman is overworked and underpaid. Silent films, however, employed a variety of characteristics for librarians, showed them at work on many different tasks, and featured them in a range of dramatic, romantic, and comedic situations. The sound era (during which librarians appeared in more than 200 films) frequently exaggerated these characteristics and situations, strongly influencing the general image of librarians. This chronologically arranged work analyzes the stereotypical image of librarians, male and female, in primarily American and British motion pictures from the silent era to the 21st century. The work briefly describes each film, offering some critical commentary, and then examines its librarian, considering every aspect of the total character from socio-economic conditions and motivations for leaving or not leaving the library, to personal attributes (such as clothing, hair, and age) and entanglements with the opposite sex, to commonly used props, plot situations and lines (“Shush!”). The work comments on whether librarians and library work are depicted accurately and analyzes the development of the public’s image of a librarian. The accompanying filmography lists librarian characters and notes stereotypes such as buns and eyeglasses. With bibliography and index.

Author : Gina Sheridan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781440576249

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I Work At A Public Library by Gina Sheridan Pdf

Collects strange-but-true anecdotes, heartwarming stories, and humorous interactions with patrons from a public librarian.

Author : Marilyn Johnson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780061962103

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This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson Pdf

In This Book is Overdue!, acclaimed author Marilyn Johnson celebrates libraries and librarians, and, as she did in her popular first book, The Dead Beat, discovers offbeat and eloquent characters in the quietest corners. In defiance of doomsayers, Johnson finds librarians more vital and necessary than ever, as they fuse the tools of the digital age with love for the written word and the enduring values of truth, service to all, and free speech. This Book Is Overdue! is a romp through the ranks of information professionals who organize our messy world and offer old-fashioned human help through the maze.

Author : Marie Benedict,Victoria Christopher Murray
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593101551

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The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict,Victoria Christopher Murray Pdf

The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

Author : Linda S Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136752377

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The Image and Role of the Librarian by Linda S Katz Pdf

The Image and Role of the Librarian addresses all aspects of professional identity for librarians, including professional roles, cultural images, popular perceptions, and future trends. The book examines historical representations, stereotypes, and popular culture icons and the role each plays in the relationship between librarian and patron. The book also looks at the profound impact the Internet has had on the services librarians provide and how electronic resources have transformed the roles and responsibilities of librarians.

Author : Alison C. Rollins
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619321991

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Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison C. Rollins Pdf

Library of Small Catastrophes, Alison Rollins’ ambitious debut collection, interrogates the body and nation as storehouses of countless tragedies. Drawing from Jorge Luis Borges’ fascination with the library, Rollins uses the concept of the archive to offer a lyric history of the ways in which we process loss. “Memory is about the future, not the past,” she writes, and rather than shying away from the anger, anxiety, and mourning of her narrators, Rollins’ poetry seeks to challenge the status quo, engaging in a diverse, boundary-defying dialogue with an ever-present reminder of the ways race, sexuality, spirituality, violence, and American culture collide.

Author : Aminah Mae Safi
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250242358

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This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi Pdf

Set over the course of one day, Aminah Mae Safi's This Is All Your Fault is a smart and voice-driven YA novel that follows three young women determined to save their indie bookstore. Rinn Olivera is finally going to tell her longtime crush AJ that she’s in love with him. Daniella Korres writes poetry for her own account, but nobody knows it’s her. Imogen Azar is just trying to make it through the day. When Rinn, Daniella, and Imogen clock into work at Wild Nights Bookstore on the first day of summer, they’re expecting the hours to drift by the way they always do. Instead, they have to deal with the news that the bookstore is closing. Before the day is out, there’ll be shaved heads, a diva author, and a very large shipment of Air Jordans to contend with. And it will take all three of them working together if they have any chance to save Wild Nights Bookstore.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781616893279

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The Public Library by Anonim Pdf

A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more. Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering free access to the internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter. And yet, across the country, cities large and small are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operation. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has crisscrossed the country documenting hundreds of these endangered institutions. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs— from the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library to Allensworth, California's one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves. Accompanying Dawson's revealing photographs are essays, letters, and poetry by some of America's most celebrated writers. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution.

Author : Nicholson Baker
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781400033041

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Double Fold by Nicholson Baker Pdf

The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country’s libraries–including the Library of Congress–have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age. With meticulous detective work and Baker’s well-known explanatory power, Double Fold reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive–all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be The Jungle of the American library system.

Author : Michael Gorman
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838913062

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Our Enduring Values Revisited by Michael Gorman Pdf

In this stirring manifesto, public intellectual, librarian, and philosopher Gorman addresses head on the “existential panic” among library professionals caused by the radical shift in how libraries are viewed.

Author : Ernest Albert Savage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Book selection
ISBN : UOM:39015034572175

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A Librarian Looks at Readers by Ernest Albert Savage Pdf