Librarians In The Movies

I was looking up information on Librarians in movies. Turns out someone has already done the work for me:

http://emp.byui.edu/RAISHM/films/bibliography.html

I’m particularly interesting in reading Bitch Magazine’s take on Librarians in films:

Abigail Leah Plumb.  "The Dewey-Eyed Decimal System: Checking Out Librarians on Film."  Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture 14 (Summer 2001). 

I mentioned before Dr. Radford’s work is also on my radar. Looking forward to reading this:

Marie L. Radford and Gary P. Radford.  "Librarians and Party Girls: Cultural Studies and the Meaning of the Librarian."  Library Quarterly 73(1): 54-69.

The site also hosts a link to this with even more resources:

http://coolspotters.com/articles/breaking-the-stereotypes-in-film-and-pop-culture

I hope someone has time to enjoy these with me.

Party Girl

I recently watched Party Girl, a movie about a girl/young lady, Mary (played by Parker Posey) who most definitely does not have her stuff together and is taken in by her librarian God Mother. It’s a very interesting movie especially from a librarian’s perspective. It’s also obvious there weren’t any librarians consulted in making it (too many errors in how libraries are run) and several stereotypes that just don’t add up. All the same, it really enjoyed it.

My spouse and I watched it together. He said it’s “a movie exclusively for librarians.” While I don’t entirely agree with that statement, I did enjoy it and I’m sure non-librarian minded folks would do the same. 

I won’t spoil the ending since you just might watch it. It’s available to play instantly on Netflix. 

Trailer here: http://youtu.be/B9tshSME0WQ

I learned about the movie due to the movie poster my Professor has on her office wall. I figured, ‘why not?’ When I told Dr. Radford I had watched the movie she was very excited and incidentally had written a paper on the movie. How neat! She gave me a copy. I have yet to read it over, but I’m planning on it. A bit of summer reading for me:

Marie L. Radford and Gary P. Radford.  "Librarians and Party Girls: Cultural Studies and the Meaning of the Librarian."  Library Quarterly 73(1): 54-69.

Book Donations

I'm being a bit of a bibliographic guru / book searcher today.

Kayo, over at the Douglass Library has me going through lots of lists of books a lady would like to donate.
I'm impressed with the titles Douglass Library along with other Libraries at Rutgers has. The collections are amazing.

I didn't think we'd have half of these.

I also feel like I'm 'somebody'. Kayo is welcoming my little notes about the titles and interested in my opinion.
Love this woman!

Dewey

In July, Bitch Magazine had a not-at all surprising look at Mr. Dewey and his treatment of women.

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/from-the-bitch-library-why-are-some-many-librarians-women