Anyone familiar with Terry Pratchett's Discworld series? The librarian for Unseen University (a college for magicians) is an orangutan - he used to be human but was accidentally changed in a magical mishap and refuses to change back because he's so much better at his job as an ape - imagine being able to re-shelve with both hands AND both feet. He's also easily one of the most intelligent, capable and sensible characters in the entire series. And he doesn't wear glasses or his hair in a bun, he does frequent low class saloons, and never, NEVER refer to him as a monkey, unless you want to find out exactly how strong an angry orangutan is.
Pratchett also posits the interesting notion that all libraries are interconnected on a magical/interdimensional level, and if you are a truly gifted librarian you can wander through the stacks to any one of them. But be careful - libraries and books are dangerous!
Bob Ryan
Hill Farrer & Burrill
Los Angeles
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From: SBENEZRA [mailto:SBENEZRA@kmgslaw.com]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:03 AM
To: Rick.McKinney@frb.gov; law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Another librarian in the media
>>> <Rick.McKinney@frb.gov> 05/17/02 12:59PM >>>
>Sometimes our profession is portrayed in stereotypical fashion, but so are
>many other professions. That is the nature of communicating via images.
>You don't have time develop all your characters. Perhaps we are bit
>sensitive. I imagine there are very few professions that track and even
>catalog their portrayal in the media like we librarians.
Yes, but isn't it within the nature of librarians to catalog information? ;-)
Seth Ben-Ezra
Librarian
Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett, P.C.
Erie, PA
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All opinions expressed are my own and most definitely not my employer's.
In fact, if they knew what I was saying.... ;-)
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