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Meet Hannah in ‘Follow the Stars Home’

We also get to see her in her professional role as librarian as well as in her personal life as a mother and grandmother.

Author JenniferPosted on August 12, 2015December 21, 2020Categories atypical portrayal, Character Types, Class III, Information Provider, Librarians of color, Public librarianTags Public libraryLeave a comment on Meet Hannah in ‘Follow the Stars Home’

The librarian in ‘The Attic’

“Being a head librarian is not my idea of a lifetime career.”

Author JenniferPosted on October 16, 2013April 8, 2019Categories Anti-Social Librarian, Character Types, Class I, Liberated Librarian (female), Public librarian, Spinster Librarian, Spirited Young GirlTags Public library5 Comments on The librarian in ‘The Attic’

In the ‘Bloomington’ stacks

Checking out? No, returning actually.

Author JenniferPosted on April 24, 2013September 12, 2019Categories Academic librarian, Character Types, Class IV, Information ProviderTags academic library6 Comments on In the ‘Bloomington’ stacks

Hey! Mr. Book Man, find a book for me in ‘Ricochet’

“When you start reading the right things, go down the right road.”

Author JenniferPosted on March 12, 2012April 8, 2019Categories Character Types, Class III, Comic Relief, Information Provider, Prison librarian, Special librarian1 Comment on Hey! Mr. Book Man, find a book for me in ‘Ricochet’

Best librarian films by decade, Part II: 1960s-2000s

My criteria is quality of the films themselves and the prominence and depiction of the librarians in those films.

Author JenniferPosted on December 30, 2011December 21, 2020Categories Best & Worst, Favorite posts, Librarians of color, ListmakingLeave a comment on Best librarian films by decade, Part II: 1960s-2000s

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