#guybrarians

[geekedlibrarian]

Conversation behind me at the circ desk while I was editing a student's cover letter:

"You just don't like the Oxford comma 'cause you're an AP guy."

"Well yeah! What kind of guy are you?"

[fuckyeahblur]

Fantastic.

[ebookworm]

Librarianship has traditionally been seen as women’s work, along with nursing and teaching school. Thus, lots of men probably avoid the profession entirely, even today, rightly thinking that answering the question “What do you do for a living?” at a cocktail party with “I’m a librarian” isn’t going to impress the ladies, or for that matter the men.

Do Men Get Library Jobs More Easily than Women? « Annoyed Librarian

[ebookworm]

On an Underrepresented Minority in Librarianship:

Aren't there any men, you ask? Sure, a handful. But they're all gay, even the married ones. Or they're really old and seedy looking. Or they suffer from the masculine variety of Librarian's Bottom. Or they haven't washed their hair in a week. Or they dress like hippies on laundry day. Or they just have "I'm a spindly geek who'd rather mindmeld with my hard drive than talk to a woman" written all over them.

I guess I'm some sort of cross between "dress like hippies on laundry day" and "spindly geek". Though I would point out that sometimes I wear a tie (rarely, granted, today is jeans-and-t-shirt) and I'm not what you would describe as spindly...

Note to self: Google image search "librarian's bottom" when feeling brave.