Bigotry by the book - The Age 24th Oct
An interesting article about The Librarians in yesterday’s The Age - Bigotry by the book:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/24/1192941129043.html
“Middle Australia’s dark side lurks in a comedy set in a library” is the subheading in this article!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
It’s an interesting article, but I’m not sure if I will actually like the show. I’m not that keen on shows which belittle people, or make me cringe. It’s also very possible that it will simply cause “Middle Australia” (and others) to have a very negative view of anyone who works in a library. I hope I’m wrong. By the way, I already had these thoughts before I read the article. I’ll watch the show, and post my opinion afterwards.
October 27th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Yank librarians will be watching the webcasts. Thank you, Australia.
October 30th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I reckon we are lucky to have a sterotype to take the mick out of. I think we have come of age if the ABC thinks we are a recognisable brand that you can make a comendy out of. The last ABC effort on us was the do gooding Lizzie the Librarian. I often wished her mobile library van ran over her or a fed up brown snake bit her when she was being a complete wooser in the outback but no such luck. I suspect the poor brown snake would die from Lizzie’s goodness. I hope that AL aka the Annoyed Librarian will be tuning in to send up the pious comments about our image and the earnestness of Meredith Farkas and her ilk about the whole affair. The funniest thing I recently read was AL doing a number on the Library 2 Manifesto. Yes I am an unabashed AL groupie.
Be proud of your stereotype as it least we are portrayed as scholarly and intelligent in our buns , flat shoes and twinsets. From the actKM conference, The knowledge managers would be happy to have a such a brand image as they are still floundering to find their place in the sun.