An excellent point too, Sarah. Thanks for re-setting our perspective. But, I must
say that it feels as if society at large thinks more often about POSITIVE lawyers,
accountants, engineers, etc. than I feel they do about librarians. How often have
any of us run across trendy toys for the office or Boyd's bears that include
librarians? I have seen doctor bears, teacher bears, nurse bears, banker bears,
etc. No one seems to think of libBEARians. This is silly, but also TRUE. Ray
Anne Lockard
Sarah McCleskey wrote:
> 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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Frick Fine Arts Library
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Voice: 412-648-2411
Fax: 412-648-7568
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"A book should be a ball of light in one's hands."
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