Robert,
My esteemed colleague Professor Mun-Ki from Sarawak, (pictured below),
was particularly interested in your posting and requested me to enquire
whether you happen to have an e-mail address for that librarian, as he
is very keen to contact him and exchange curricula vitarum. He shares
fully that librarian's abhorrence at being referred to as a monkey, and
is always fastidious in his insistence on having his surname correctly
spelled. Thanks in advance.
Ron Huttner
Legal Researcher
Melbourne, Australia
vidElex - See The Law
http://videlex.com
http://videlex.com/pers1.htm
On Saturday, May 18, 2002, at 03:28 AM, Robert S. Ryan wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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