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Librarians angry over unfashionable stereotype

posted by Blake on Friday September 14, @08:01AM
from the Like-We-have-nothing-better-to-worry-about dept.

Adam sent along This Video From New Zealand: This week nearly six hundred librarians gathered in Rotorua for the biggest event in their calendar - their national conference.But before it began, one of the scheduled speakers drew more publicity than the event itself.Style queen Paula Ryan was to give a free workshop about how librarians could update their wardrobes.It prompted a flurry of protest and angry emails from some librarians, who said her involvement only served to support the outdated librarian stereotype.
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(Score:2) by birdie (56) <infoNO@SPAMinmybook.com> on Friday September 14, @08:36AM (#31049)
( http://www.inmybook.com/ | Last Journal: Monday September 10, @11:25AM ) If you have a spare few minutes, watch this video. It's worth it just for the guy with a foot long gray beard wearing a smock walking down the staircase to the tune of "the Lonely Goatherd" from Sound of Music. [ Reply to This ]

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Librarians angry over unfashionable stereotype

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