WEBSITE ANNOTATIONS

Librarians: The Image and the Myth. Ed. Nancy Petrosino. 2005. 2 Oct. 2008
<http://stereotype-librarian.blogspot.com/>.

This website is a blog by Nancy Petrosino, an assistant librarian at a small school in central New York who is currently pursuing an MLS degree at the University at Buffalo. “This blog discusses the stereotypic image of librarians, and how that image has persisted over time” (Petrosino).
The blog is very interesting and contains numerous citations, articles and website links, such as “You Don’t Look Like a Librarian” and “Stereotypes of Men in Libraries.” There is also a list of books about the image of librarians, like The Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler, and The Image of Librarians in Cinema, 1917-1999 by Ray and Brenda Tevis. This website is very informative and presents creative, helpful resources about the changing image of librarians in society.


Image of Librarians. The Internet Public Library. 2008. 2 Oct. 2008
<http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.10.50/>.

This website is the Internet Public Library’s listing of helpful links and resources about the image of librarians. At this website, you can search for various subjects and collections, and even contact an IPL librarian on the web.
The IPL offers links to articles like “The Librarian Stereotype and the Movies,” published in The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, and websites like The Lipstick Librarian, www.lipsticklibrarian.com. The format of this website is easy to navigate and offers many resources to look at. It offers many diverse resources about the image of librarians, which is beneficial because it’s important to have a large selection of research to refer to.