You don't look like a librarian : shattering stereotypes and creating positive new images in the Internet age /
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Author / Creator: | Kneale, Ruth, 1968- |
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Imprint: | Medford, N.J. : Information Today, Inc., 2009. |
Description: | xviii 198 p. ; 21 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Librarians -- Public opinion. Librarians -- Attitudes. Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on. Librarians -- Job descriptions. Librarians. Librarians -- Attitudes. Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on. Librarians -- Public opinion. Job descriptions. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7644862 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- About the Webpage
- Foreword, by Elizabeth Burns
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Stereotypes? What Stereotypes?
- Popular Perceptions
- We're More Than Our Stereotype
- Chapter 2. Pop Culture and Librarians
- Books
- Comics
- Movies
- Music
- Television
- Advertising
- Toys and Tees
- Other Stuff
- Chapter 3. Breaking the Stereotype
- Today's Librarians
- Librarians and Groups That Break the Stereotype
- Chapter 4. Thoughts on the Future
- Changing Roles
- Changing Skill Sets
- Virtual Worlds
- Community Spaces
- Now What?
- Appendix A. You Don't Look Like a Librarian: Librarians' Views of Public Perception in the Internaet Age
- Appendix B. Where's the Librarian? Patrons' Views of Public Perception in the Internet Age
- References and Other Resources
- Websites
- About the Author
- Index