
You Don't Look Like a Librarian! 2009 "I Love My Librarian" Awards!
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You Don't Look Like a Librarian! Heading up to Phoenix for my Arizona Library Association talk this afternoon - I hope to see some folks there!

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! Going to the Arizona Library Association (AzLA) conference next month? Come hear me pontificate on perception and the profession! Tuesday 12/8 at 4pm at the PLD Business Meeting!
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The official AzLA Conference Hotel is the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa in Glendale. The special room rate for the conference is $159.00/night (including all taxes). At the time of booking, you must mention or enter the AzLA Conference Group Code, AZLAZLA, to get this special rate. ...

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! Book signing today! Internet Librarian exhibit hall opening, ITI booth, 5-6 pm - hope to see you there!

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! I feel faint! Cory Doctorow (insert bow-and-scrape here) took a photo of my book at Internet Librarian International:
You Don't Look Like a Librarian book, Internet Librarian International, Hammersmith Novotel, London,
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You Don't Look Like a Librarian!
Asylum.com has librarians on the top of their "best professions to date" list. Hm. "She'll be pretty smart about lots of random things, great at Googling
and a good connection for free books. Bonus: say goodbye to those nasty
overdue charges. Plus, everyone knows librarians are sexual dynamos
waiting to explode. Right?"
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Our lady friends at Lemondrop recently filled us in on the best and worst professions for getting women, the big takeaway of which seems to

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! Etsy believes that "librarian chic" is a Hot New Trend for Fall! Except the thing linked to "library chic"? Plaid. Er... whut?
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You probably know by now that Etsy marches to the beat of a different drum, which is what makes it such a unique place to shop. We'd say that Etsy sellers are best described as setting their own trends rather than following them. Today's Etsy Finds ...

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! Today's favorite shirt: "Sometimes I'm content being a mild-mannered librarian. Other times I think I should start unleashing my super powers."
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"The future of libraries, with or without books" - http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/04/futur e.library.technology/index.html. The article is actually well-written and does address many of the changes that are happening - but I really don't like that opening line much. (Dank smell? SHUSHING? Argh.)
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The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.

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"Tiny Librarian is Hell on Wheels" http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/08/31/rol ler.derby.librarian/index.html#cnnSTCTex t - thanks, Danny!
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She's petite, she's middle-aged, she's bookish, and if she gets a chance, she'll knock you on your keister.

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! 11 Things: Librarians Not to Mess With http://tinyurl.com/lwcw4e
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Henry doesn't just time travel - he also lies, steals and drinks just about everyone under the table. Who said librarians were mild-mannered?

You Don't Look Like a Librarian! "Mary Kay is one of the secret masters of the world: a librarian. They control information. Don't ever piss one off." Spider Robinson, "The Callahan Touch"















