This may be old news in the US, but the Globe & Mail reported this week
that Brad Pitt is to play the role of the librarian in the upcoming film
adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's brand new novel The Time Traveller's
Wife (Knopf Canada Hardcover ISBN:0676976328
Published: September 2003)
co-starring Jennifer Anniston. My utter disdain of popular culture in
all its forms prompted my own ironic reaction, namely that despite all
the luminaries noted on this list, just this single fact will enable me
to say to my North American fellow citizens in re my noble profession:
Baby, we have ARRIVED.
Marylin Johnson Raisch, M.Litt.(Oxon.), J.D., M.L.S.
International and Foreign Law Librarian
Bora Laskin Law Library
Faculty of Law
78 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2C5
marylin.raisch@utoronto.ca
ph: (416) 946-5924
fax: (416) 978-8396
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Jerry_Stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
Sent: November 20, 2003 9:16 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Ex-Librarians in Positions of Power
An interesting letter was posted to another listserv. This letter asked
a somewhat rhetorical (maybe even apochryphal?) question. The letter
writer asked:
"What sort of society would we have if ex-librarians or IT pros
got into power?"
The letter writer suggested that among the "ex-librarians" are Casanova,
Hubert Humphrey, Glenda Jackson, Mao Tse Tung, Laura Bush and,
Superman's birth mother.
I can accept most of the letter writer's suggested names. I know that
Hubert Humphrey had been a teacher, but was he ever a librarian in any
fashion?
Still, the question is an interesting one. It's a much more interesting
question than whether or not society views librarians in any
stereotypical fashon. It's an interesting quetion even if one were to
focus only on librarians and leave out entirely IT pros.
Can anyone suggest other "ex-librarians" or even former or one-time
librarians who might be added to this list. Definitions of "power" are,
of course, open to individual interpretation.
Jerry E. Stephens
U.S.Court of Appeals
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
"A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000 word document and calls it a
brief." -- Franz Kafka
email: jerry_stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
voice: 405-609-5460
fax: 405-609-5461
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