Well…there are more than a couple of tatted librarians. But here’s an interview with Skokie Library’s Valerie Kyriakopoulos from Op-Ed News. Before Valerie got her MLS at Dominican, she worked in theater and collected tattoos. Here’s a portion of the interview:
Q: So you began accumulating tattoos and worked in theatre. I imagine that was not so out there. But what about when you decided to apply to library school? Were you worried that you would be judged and found wanting because of the tattoos?
A. It wasn’t a problem at all in the theater especially since I was backstage running around in the dark as opposed to being onstage as an actor. No one saw me or my tattoos much! As for library school, I did initially wonder if there might be any problems or obstacles with my tattoos and the library world. I have to say though, that after I visited Dominican University and met some of the professors, staff and other potential library students, those concerns were pretty much gone. The tattoos (as well as my theater background) seemed to be more a source of interest and curiosity rather than any sort of hindrance. Even the dean of the GSLIS program always recognized me in the two years I spent at Dominican.
Tattoos mainstream
Used to be that the only people with a neck tattoo were Russian mobsters. Now a neck tattoo just lets people know that you are likely a soccer mom.
Tattoos Gain Even More Visibility
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/fashion/25tattoo.html
Meet the New Stereotype…
Now the stereotype of a cool librarian is one that includes spiffy tattoos!
New generation, new librarians!!!
I got my first tattoo at 30 after I got my MLS. The guys in the parlor were so funny. They couldn’t get over how they were “inking a librarian”. Thanks for helping to change the image of librarians everywhere!
tat, 1982. earring, 1978. take that, posers.
because you weren’t even born yet 🙂
I would have gotten a tattoo years earlier, but the closest place to me back then was a half-hour drive away and I didn’t have a car…
Last Thursday I wrote a note
Last Thursday I wrote a note on my hand using a blue ball point pen.
it only counts if…
it said, “carpe diem” or “i’m the boy that can enjoy invisibility” — and not, “beer, chips, dry cleaning”
Why people think that having
Why people think that having tattoos on body is not a good thing, it is not good to judge people on the basis of tattoos. This is a beautiful art to express thoughts and feeling in the way of designs.
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