LOL - I'll do it!
Brian L. Baker, JD, MLS
Director of the Law Library & Assistant Professor of Law
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
bbaker@law.udc.edu www.law.udc.edu
202-274-7354 Fax: 202-274-7311
The secret of education is respecting the pupil.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-----Original Message-----
From: kerry prindiville [mailto:kprindiville@lightspeed.net]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:58 PM
To: Amy Hale; law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Cc: Storck, Mariann
Subject: Re: Inside Edition Offer
With regard to your comment about the stereotype that all librarians are
female, wouldn't it be great if the librarian who agreed to make the switch
was male !!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Hale <ahale@sdcll.org>
To: <law-lib@ucdavis.edu>
Cc: Storck, Mariann <Mariann.Storck@usdoj.gov>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Inside Edition Offer
> I believe Ms. Storck has an excellent point. While I realize that being a
Las Vegas showgirl is probably a lot of hard work physically, I am not sure
that it is much of a mental challenge. Maybe it is- I don't know as I have
never been a Las Vegas showgirl.
>
> But this "switch" seems more than a little irritating. It is exactly this
kind of proposal which perpetuates the stereotype that a librarian is a
mousy, ugly, shy person and the idea of her becoming a Las Vegas showgirl
would be incredibly humorous and bizarre and therefore would make great
"infotainment." It is certainly not news in any sense of the word. Another
stereotype that is perpetuated with this kind of proposal is the one that
says all librarians
> are female. Both these stereotypes are harmful and degrading to the
profession.
>
> I suppose the show is just looking for some shock factor, considering that
the show itself is not a paragon of journalisitic integrity. If it were a
show like "60 Minutes" who wanted to do a "day-in-the life" segment, then I
think I'd be a bit more supportive as they would highlight a particular job
and show what a rigorous job it is. In our case, it's a rigorous mental job.
In the case of a showgirl, it's probably a rigorous physical job to keep in
shape.
> But something like Inside Edition is akin, in my mind at least, to the
"Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" show done by FOX. I know that some
librarian somewhere will probably sign up for this silly travesty because
they get an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas and get to be on television.
But I sincerely hope said librarian doesn't then pretend that she was doing
this "for the greater good of the profession." We all saw what happened to
Dana Conger and I
> say she got exactly what she asked for.
>
> Just my two cents on a rainy Friday.
>
> Amy
>
>
> "Storck, Mariann" wrote:
>
> > Good Morning,
> > I have been thinking about yesterday's message re Inside Edition's
search for a librarian to switch places with a Las Vegas Showgirl to dispel
the stereotypical image of librarians. I am surprised that this group,
which is so contentious when it comes to librarian qualifications and who is
or isn't a "librarian", hasn't asked AALL to write a letter of protest to
Debra Norville asking her why she thinks a Las Vegas Showgirl can do the job
of a librarian.
> >
> > Just something that crossed my mind . . .
> > Have a great weekend!
> > Mariann Storck
> > Legal Information Specialist
> > Department of Justice
> > U.S. Attorney's Office
> > 1225 Seventeenth Street, Suite 700
> > Denver, CO 80202
> > 303-454-0225
> > FAX: 303-454-0403
> > mariann.storck@usdoj.gov
>
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