Hi,
I think we should be secure enough in ourselves and our profession to have
a sense of humor about the librarian's image. Lots of professions have
stereotypes or stigmas attached to them. Think of all the jokes you've
seen about lawyers, accountants, engineers, etc.
Sarah
At 10:11 AM 1/16/02 -0500, Ray Anne Lockard wrote:
>Yes, good idea. We are all so busy that letter writing would happen more
>often
>if we each ahd a "form letter" about this on a disk and we revise as
>necessary as
>the need arises. We should also inform each other each time we see negative
>advertisements or depictions in film, etc. Sort of our own "Stigma
>Alert." Ray
>Anne Lockard
>
>"Roth, Emily" wrote:
>
> > Image is everything as we all know from looking at advertising
> everywhere in
> > our lives.
> >
> > Maybe the one thing we can all do is the following: Whenever we read an
> > article that contains in any way, shape or form a disparaging remark about
> > the image of librarians, we write a letter to the editor of the publication
> > and/or the author of the article. I often think about the letter I would
> > write but never do it. The time has come! AND if many of us write
> regarding
> > the same thing and the editor and author are inundated, so much the better.
> >
> > Emily Roth
> > Associate Museum Librarian
> > Uris Library and Teacher Resource Center
> > The Metropolitan Museum of Art
> >
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