Librarians! Are You A Book Whisperer, A Truth Wizard, Or an Information Goddess?
by Roz Warren
Library work has changed a lot over the years. Should our job title change with it? A group of librarians I know recently put their heads together and came up with this (not entirely serious) Top Twenty Suggested Replacements for the word “librarian.”
Book Whisperer
Information Sherpa
Infogeek
Distiller of Truth
Information Goddess
Book Herder
Archives Valet
Patterson Slinger
Curiosity Detective
Truth Wizard
Info Ninja
Factmonger
Resourcerer
Information Activist
Ignorance Slayer
Curiosity Concierge
Materials Shepherd
Any suggested additions to this list? Please share them in the Comments section.
(Roz Warren, who writes for everyone from the New York Times to the Funny Times, is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: Library Humor and Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library, both of which you should buy immediately.)
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Author's Note
If you like this list, you'll probably like my library humor books, OUR BODIES, OUR SHELVES: A COLLECTION OF LIBRARY HUMOR, and JUST ANOTHER DAY AT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, both of which make excellent stocking stuffers.
Other stories by Roz Warren
- Congratulations On Your New Diagnosis! (Greeting Cards for People With Mental Problems)
- You're Gay? I'm Not Surprised. But Thanks For Telling Me!
- Would You Ask A Librarian For A Lap Dance?
- ORSON SCOTT CART, MEET LOUISA MAY ALCART: TOP TWENTY NICKNAMES LIBRARIANS HAVE GIVEN TO BOOK CARTS
- You Have Something I Don't Have
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"Patterson Slinger" moowaaahahahahaaa...
I quite like "Information Sherpa" although I'd shorten it to "Info Sherpa" ...
Good fun.
He, he...all of the above! Also got into a bit of deep shit by telling patrons how to by-pass the censorship filters! I told them to go yo youtube and follow the instructions to bypass "Barracuda". It was insane...patrons were being filtered out of sites that mentioned "guns", most gay websites, political sites, the Virginia Lottery website, the Black Panthers, how to grow marijuana, how to cook meth...I could go on and on...
How might this quote work in: "... there is no higher life form than a librarian."
The Science of Discworld: A Novel by Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen,
and Ian Stewart, p. 10.
*When I was a kid my favorite librarian was my Fairy God-Mother. I adored her.