Why is it that the stereotype of the shhing old woman with grey hair in a bun still appears on screen every time a librarian is shown? Unless of course it is a male, then he is generally balding, timid, sporting a bow tie and probably stamping a book!
Haven't the media moguls of the world heard of Library 2.0? Apparently not!
Check out this link on media representations of librarians librarians:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberresearcher/stereotypes.htm
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