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Many people may hold the image of a librarian as a shushing school marm who does little more than stamp and shelve books because that's all they've seen librarians do. Well think again - that's about as inaccurate as believing that Alan Greenspan is nothing more than a glorified bank teller. The job titles may change but the mission of the profession remains the same: organize information and help people find it. Libraries have been around a lot longer than the Internet, and even library technology can hold its own with the best out there. For example, Google's savvy results ranking was hardly the birth of citation analysis (next up: metadata - cough, cataloging, cough), and there are enormous library systems that also predate the Internet.
Although library geeks and technology nerds may have contrary images, in today's world the boundary between the career of the librarian and the information technologist is disappearing. Librarians today not only administer Web servers and dynamic databases to help manage large digital collections and thousands of electronic resources, they teach people how to use library systems. And just as enlightened computer engineers are advocates of noncommercial software and campaign for online rights, the library profession has a long history of staunchly defending freedom - from book burnings to the FBI's Library Awareness Program to the latest copyright battles and almost all other current issues in intellectual freedom.
Check out LISNews.com (recognize the format?) and some library blogs if you're interested in reading more about real librarians.
Too long (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too long (Score:5, Funny)
Can someone summarize this in one sentence, I'm not going to read all that.
A librarian who is upset by all the "librarians are losers" stereotypes wishes for us to read a brief article which, contrary to the nerdy librarian's expectations, does nothing to dispel said stereotypes.
librarian image? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm obviously not many people, because whenever I think of a librarian, I keep seeing Britney Spears in various stages of undress while surrounded by books...and wearing glasses. You know, *those* glasses.. the ones that say "I'm the HEAD librarian."
Yeah, those...
l33t? no. (Score:5, Funny)
libraries are most certainly 31337... (Score:5, Funny)
Librarians are criminals (Score:5, Funny)
Stop the pirate rings! Gaol all librarians!
Not like the libraries I know back home (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone ever seen Unseen University? (Score:2, Funny)
I can't help but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not like the libraries I know back home (Score:5, Funny)
- Robin
Has anyone read the fine print??? (Score:5, Funny)
I think they cut and pasted this from a PrOn site!
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you can tell this story was written by a librarian (Score:5, Funny)
1337 librarians? (Score:3, Funny)
Librarians? (Score:3, Funny)
"Many people may hold the image of a librarian as a shushing school marm who does little more than stamp and shelve books because that's all they've seen librarians do"
Seriously, who have they been talking to? Any geek worth his (or her) salt should, upon hearing the word "Librarian" immediately think "simian". (Not, note, monkey. That would be a very painful thought) Why this has not caught on among the general populace is a mystery. Perhaps they have simply not ventured deeply enough into the more obscure sections of their "local" library...
I always thought libraries were cool (Score:4, Funny)
1) If I'm trying to study at home, it's futile because there are too many distractions. So I pack up and head to the local city library. Bonus: the librarian is a cute young girl. Winner: 50000BTU_barbecue
2) One day I bought an old HF sweep generator. (It's hardware folks, so it's not glamorous, but I wanted one). Turns out it's from the late 60s and it needs fixing. It has what has to be the earliest 14 pin DIPs ever, with a date code from 1969. *Nothing* that uses TCP/IP has any information on them! I head down to the local university library, and track down Motorola's *first* IC databook. Bonus: it's impossible to study in Montreal, every thirty seconds it's like 'cute asian chick!' 'amazing half naked legs' 'great ass' Winner: 50000BTU_barbecue
3) The stereotype of the frumpy librarian with glasses might be true on the surface, but once you warm them up, they *are* hot! Bonus: some of them are 6ft tall with amazing legs. Winner: Need I say more?
Re:ALA (Score:3, Funny)
Exactly! Praise ALA!
Question: What is 31337??? (Score:2, Funny)