Desperate Librarians ?

According to Tom Kertscher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal online (JSOnlinecom), six library administrators from the Waupaca, Wisconsin-area library system apparently had thought that a book-sale fundraiser was insufficient, so taking a hint from the Helen Mirren movie "Calendar Girls," they have put together a calendar and - you guessed it- in which the librarians appear nude behind strategically-placed books! Now, if this is not a "Hipper Crowd of Shushers", I don't know what is!!

A Hipper Crowd of Shushers

This NY Times article by KARA JESELLA, published July 8, 2007, has caused some controversy among the current internet librarian set....specifically because, once again, we are "fighting the librarian stereotypes." It is almost embarrassing how long society has been milking this one, and I think it's just about time that we accept that there are lots of young, hip, intelligent, savvy, trendy, and beer-drinking librarians around, who are NOT the exception to the rule..... We've been around a while....

FASHION & STYLE | July 8, 2007 A Hipper Crowd of Shushers By KARA JESELLA A new type of librarian is emerging: think Dewey Decimal meets Generation X.