Comments on: Hipster Librarians in the North Star State, Sort of

By: UGH

UGH — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:06:58 +0000

STUPID ARTICLE!

By: Lin

Lin — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:17:28 +0000

Seriously, who cares. I have worked at a library for several years with both young and old coworkers and the young ones are just as cranky and self-important as the older ones. The majority of librarians, in my experience, overestimate their importance and their intelligence…just a bunch of humanities and social science majors who settled on working at a library because their worthless degree couldn’t get them a better job. This “annoyed librarian” (really is there any other kind) obviously doesn’t have a very difficult job if he/she has nothing better to do than get pissed about an innocent article and over-analyze it. Seriously, get over yourself and get a life.

By: Larry Schwartz

Larry Schwartz — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:09:30 +0000

My letter to the editor in response to this article was published a couple of days later. It’s not available for free anymore; I started out by calling it cliched and hackneyed and noted that, like all reporters depicted in the movies, it was obvious that this reporter was drunk when he wrote it. It felt very good.

By: elena schneider

elena schneider — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:00:08 +0000

yay Minnesota!

By: the.effing.librarian

the.effing.librarian — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:39:52 +0000

you reminded me; I want to make a shirt that says, “when I shush, you’d best stay shushed.”

By: joyce

joyce — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:32:45 +0000

First, I would like to say you would have a career as a romance writer. Second, unlike many of your articles which cause steam to evaporate from my ears, I was actually laughing. However, if you know any old librarians who want to be replaced I’d love to have the name and number of their employer….

By: Jean Costello

Jean Costello — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:05:04 +0000

Sexism & misogyny have alot to do with the superficial focus on appearance and the portrayal of librarians as sexually repressed shushers. It would be different, I think, if librarianship was a male-dominated profession. Here are observations I made on a handful of librarian portrayals from Fall 2009: Sexism Thrives in Portrayal of Librarians.

By: Public Library

Public Library — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:11:13 +0000

This article explains why so many librarians trash their professions. Every article about a librarian discusses their clothing and appearance. I’ve read articles about biochemists, archaeologists, and veterinarians, and the author does not discuss how the person being profiled is dressed. It just discusses their accomplishments. Until the library profession moves away its obsession with age and clothing, even its own members won’t take it seriously.

By: Jean Costello

Jean Costello — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:38:35 +0000

Not a hipster – this is one tact I was thinking of when I asked what role the library community plays in not dispelling the s-type. The media folk may not realize how cliche those introductions are …

Your approach to deliver the line casually and then demonstrate your professionalism, sense of humor, etc during the interview might go a long way …

By: not a hipster librarian

not a hipster librarian — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:18:00 +0000

I’ve gotten a few interviews from media sources and in the future I’ll make a point of saying something casual about this issue like, “This isn’t going to be one of those articles where you start by saying ‘Librarians, they’re not what they used to be,” and then go on by describing an old woman with a bun and glassses, is it?”