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Quatermass and the librarian

Tube sign of Hobbs End from the Hammer film Quatermass and the Pit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The 1967 sci-fi cult classic Quatermass and the Pit is one I’ve been trying to track down for awhile… more →

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Quatermass and the librarian

Jennifer wrote 1 month ago: Tube sign of Hobbs End from the Hammer film Quatermass and the Pit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The 19 … more →

Tags: Information Provider (male), Class III, Special Librarian, Archivist, Male Librarians

Ever after, my library

Jennifer wrote 2 months ago: The 1998 romance Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, and Dougray Scott and set dur … more →

Tags: Information Provider (male), Class IV, Special Librarian, Male Librarians

The Night Strangler and the underground librarian — 4 comments

Jennifer wrote 3 months ago: Strap yourselves in, folks, because we’re in for a surprisingly detailed reel librarian portra … more →

Tags: Information Provider (male), Class III, Special Librarian, Archivist, Male Librarians, Archives

Twisted librarian love

Jennifer wrote 6 months ago: Continuing in our series of scary movies featuring librarians, this week’s feature is Twisted … more →

Tags: female character types, Spirited Young Girl, Anti-Social Male Librarian, Class II, Public librarian, Reference Interview, female librarians, Male Librarians, public librarian

Necronomicon: Dead on arrival — 2 comments

Jennifer wrote 7 months ago: Continuing in our series this month of scary movies featuring librarians, next up is 1993′s Ne … more →

Tags: Anti-Social Male Librarian, Information Provider (male), Class III, Special Librarian

First impressions: The Amazing Spider-Man — 2 comments

Jennifer wrote 9 months ago: In an earlier post, I had highlighted a clip of Stan Lee revealing his cameo as a librarian in The A … more →

Tags: Class IV, Comic Relief (male), School librarian, Amazing Spider-Man, school librarian

So what's it all about, eh?

Jennifer wrote 11 months ago: I’ve written quite a bit so far about character types, stock types, stereotypes, etc., of both … more →

Tags: female character types, pop culture studies, female character types, male character types

The royal treatment

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: This past weekend, my husband and I watched My Week with Marilyn (2011), an adaptation of Colin Clar … more →

Tags: Information Provider (male), Class III, Oscars, Special Librarian, Male Librarians, Marilyn Monroe, My Week with Marilyn, Windsor Castle, Derek Jacobi

Defining ourselves: The whole kit and caboodle — 3 comments

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: A few years ago, when I worked at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Karrmann Library ( … more →

Tags: female character types, pop culture studies, Librarian miscellany

Smelling a rat in Homicide

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: I’ve tried, I really have, but oh, David Mamet, I just am not one of your fans. But if you do … more →

Tags: female character types, Information Provider (female), Information Provider (male), Class III, Special Librarian, female librarians, Male Librarians, David Mamet, Joe Mantegna

Stocks, types and stereotypes — 2 comments

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: Click to view the Role Call section on this site If you’re a regular reader of this blog … more →

Tags: female character types, female librarians, Male Librarians

Hey! Mr. Book Man, find a book for me

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: It’s always interesting for me to view early Denzel Washington films, like this decidedly mino … more →

Tags: Class III, Comic Relief (male), Information Provider (male), Special Librarian, Bookmobile, Denzel Washington, john lithgow, Male Librarians, Ricochet

Information Provider librarians

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: Now it’s time to shine the spotlight on our intrepid Information Providers (for previous entri … more →

Tags: female character types, Information Provider (female), Information Provider (male), Class III, Class IV, Library education & qualifications, female librarians, Male Librarians

Comic Relief librarians

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: Aaaaahhh, the Comic Relief librarians. I’m combining both male and female versions of the Comi … more →

Tags: female character types, Comic Relief (female), Comic Relief (male), female librarians, Male Librarians

The Anti-Social Librarian

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: Continuing our series of reel librarian character types (click here, here, here, here, and here), th … more →

Tags: Anti-Social Male Librarian, female character types, Male Librarian as Failure, spinster librarian, Goodbye Columbus, Male Librarians, Sophie's Choice, the name of the rose

Male Librarian as a Failure — 2 comments

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: Harsh and awkward title, I know, the Male Librarian as a Failure, but I never was that good with tit … more →

Tags: Male Librarian as Failure, Liberated Librarian (male), Male Librarians, Shawshank Redemption, Only Two Can Play, Asphalt Jungle

Debbie does a play

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: During my research of librarian films, I have come across two erotic films, Debbie Does Dallas (1978 … more →

Tags: Anti-Social Male Librarian, Naughty Librarian (female), Naughty Librarian (male), School librarian, spinster librarian, Debbie Does Dallas, Male Librarians, school librarian

First impressions: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — 1 comment

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: In an earlier post, I had highlighted some librarian films about to be released, including Tinker Ta … more →

Tags: female character types, Information Provider (female), Information Provider (male), Special Librarian, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Liberated Librarian (guys, it's your turn)

Jennifer wrote 1 year ago: In my original undergraduate thesis, I had identified only four male character types. The more films … more →

Tags: Liberated Librarian (female), Male Librarian as Failure, Liberated Librarian (male), Male Librarians


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