LIBRARY LITE

LIBRARY LITE
An Internet Hotlist on LIBRARY LITE

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Let's look at the 'lite' side of the library media/information profession. Smiling encouraged, occasional scowling tolerated, but NO sssh-ing!!

The Internet Resources

We Come in ALL Shapes, Sizes & Types

Butt Kicking Librarians -
Hot Librarian - as a Honda?
Librarian Trading Cards -
Librarians are Sexy, Smart, Radical... -
Libraryman -
Macho Librarians With Guns -
Naked Librarians -
Spooky Librarians -
The Bellydancing Librarian -
The Bowling Librarian -
The Librarian Action Figure - with amazing push-button shushing action
The Lipstick Librarian -
Thwart NOT the Librarian! - Why you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian

JUST FOR FUN

'Librarian Barbie through the Ages' -
A Librarian'sGuide to Etiquette -
ALA Resolution in Favor of Torture -
Andy Rooney's Library Rules to Shelve - aired on 60 Minutes on 5-12-02
Bumper Stickers for Librarians -
Bumperstickers and More -
Catchy Names for Librarians: What's Left? -
Chickens in Libraries? - and other jokes
Computer Error Messages for Library OPACs -
Computer Stupidities -
Defective School Librarians - 'You may have been issued with a defective school librarian...'
First Aid for Libraries -
Great Moments in the History of Technical Services -
How I Solved My Staffing Program through the Federal Witness Protection Program -
Library Science Jargon That Sounds 'Dirty' -
Library Signs Explained -
Library System Terrorizes Publishing Industry - cartoon
Nancy Drew in Library School - Nancy takes her sleuthing talents along when she becomes a student at the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies.
Never Mind the Bollocks, Librarians Invented Sex, Stupid - a shocking “lost” report by eminent sex researcher Alfred Kinsey
Peep Research - A study of small fluffy creatures and library usage
Products for the Harried Librarian: When SSShh! Isn't Enough -
Quotations About Librarians -
School Library Virtual Tour -
The Interstitial Library -
Top 10 '@your library' Slogans NOT Recommended by AASL -

Songs, Poems, Skits, TV/Video

'The One With Ross' Book' - transcript of an episode of FRIENDS
BATGIRL Was a Librarian - TV episode of Batman
Betty Glover Library Workout Tape Ad (1987) - YouTube
Biblia's Dewy Rap: Check It Out -
Blonde @ library - YouTube
Do Android Librarians Dream of Electronic Books? - Recorded by: Bildungsroman
Feed Your Mind (The Library Song) -
Librarians do GaGa - library-related parody (on YouTube) of Lady GaGa's song, Poker Face (http://www.athenasbanquet.net/2010/05/librarians-do-gaga will provide the written lyrics and a link to the creator's weblog)
Library Song - by Michael Mark and Tom Chapin
Library Songs - Including: The Shelving Song, Book Covering Song, Song for Weeding et al
March of the Librarians - YouTube video
Ode To Librarians Everywhere - PDF format
R--E--A--D - Song - to the tune of 'YMCA'
Reference Librarian (song) - click on #3 to play this i-tune
Seinfeld's Overdue Book - transcript of TV episode wherein Jerry has an overdue library book
The Dewey Decimal Rap - YouTube video
The Librarian - episode of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein - Transcript of an episode of the Canadian TV program of the 70s
The Library Song - from the Bloomsburg Memorial Library
The Wizard of Oz - a Tale of Library Circulation - YouTube video
Thunder Bay Library Song - YouTube video

Treatises on 'OUR IMAGE'

A Brief History of Librarians and Image -
A Compendium of Sexy Librarianness: NSFTWHF* - a light look at the trope of the lascivious professional in American popular culture
Dragons or Magicians? - portrayal of librarians in children's books
Institute for Librarian Evolution - contains: Domesticated Librarians | Wild Librarians | Librarian Facts
Librarians Acknowledged as Cool -
Librarians with Alter Egos -
Librarians: We're Not What You Think -
Librarians: the New Wave - BEYOND THE BUN - contains: Meet Ethel, Ethel's Extreme Makeover, Shattering Stereotypes
Recataloging Librarians - We're not all 'sshhh!' and no play!
Sex in the Stacks - Librarian porn
Stereotypes of Librarians -
The Image of Librarians in Pornography -
The Librarian's Web-Jest -
The Role of Archetypal Images in the Humanization of Librarianship -
You Don't Look Like A Librarian! - Librarians' views of public perception in the Internet age

MISC

A Librarian's Alphabet -
Desperate Librarians -
Edible Book Festival - an annual event
Iraqi National Library to Waive Overdue Book Fines - in celebration of the fall of the Baath regime
Librarian Avengers - about Erica Olsen Firment, writer of the much-loved essay 'Why you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian.'
Librarians Gone Wild -
Librarians and Tigers - A hypothesis regarding portrayals of librarians, intermixed with images of tigers in libraries. A fiction, sort of.
Library Science Jeopardy - Just like the popular television version, the primary rule remains to provide your answer in the form of a question.
Minimum Security - a comic strip
Quotations About Libraries & Librarians -
The Curmudgeony Librarian Superstore -
The Little Librarian and the Magic Books - A traditional folktale loved by librarians world-wide (presented by Kelly Nagle)
Unusual Libraries -
eBay Sellers' Opinions About 'Librarian Clothes': Frumpy or Bumpy? -

BLOGS

Batgirl Was A Librarian! -
Bookslut -
Closed Stacks - site maintained by a handful of bloggers, dedicated to 'ruling the world through information' and writing about the state of information distribution in the age of technology, from Kindles to Youtube
DIY Librarian (Librarianship for the People) - Tara Murray (Information Core Director at Penn State University) - her blog details library conference adventures, memes and fun things, and minutiae about days in the life of a good old-fashioned librarian
David Lee King - about library websites and the future of digital technology in relation to library science. (Not to mention fun digital trend-related topics like videoblogging and web 2.0!)
Free Range Librarian - K.G. Schneider's personal blog, detailing her travels and thoughts on writing, librarianship, and the world at large.
Hey Jude - school librarianship and the changing world of learning
In the Library with the Lead Pipe - written by 6 librarians (like the Clue characters, get it?) - blog features essays and guest articles focusing on working together to improve libraries and the librarian community
Information Wants To Be Free - Meredith Farkas (Librarian, writer, teacher, techie and mother) - her blog reflects all sides of her multifaceted life, as well as how to use those social tools of the profession to best serve library patrons
Library Lovers' LiveJournal - LiveJournal group where librarians, library science students, and even just library aficionados can congregate to post and converse on topics related to information and literature.
Stephen's Lighthouse - Stephen Abram (vice-president of the world's leading library software company SirsiDynex) - his personal blog on topics like information technology, social networking, and anything else that may catch his eye
StoryLines - Australian blog gives support to high school literature programs (open to contributions)
Tame the Web - Michael Stephens (Assistant Professor at Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science) writes on library issues, information and social technologies, and how they relate to the people they serve
The Days & Nights of the Lipstick Librarian! - diary of a library fashionista....
The Illustrated Librarian Temporary Tattoos - Phil Bradley's weblog
The Shifted Librarian - Librarian Jenny Levine discusses how to adjust to changing technology in a rapidly changing world.
Walt at Random - Walt Crawford (editorial director for the Library Leadership Network) blogs on music, media, and library science
Wired Librarian - Karen Kliegman
World’s Strongest Librarian -
librarian.net - putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mnora68@yahoo.com
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Last revised Mon Feb 20 14:30:40 US/Pacific 2012