Rupert Giles as role model? I think not.

[Jan Hylen <jhylen@LIB.NMSU.EDU>]

Is it sacrilegious to say that Rupert Giles is a lousy role model?  I love
the show, and have watched _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ since the beginning.
And I love Giles -- and, yes, I think he's very sexy. BUT--- he's a lousy
high school librarian. There are NEVER any students in that library! The
one time I saw him doing anything librarianish he was checking out a book
(to the token student in 3 years). I realize that the focus of the show is
not his being a librarian, but would it hurt to see students leaving the
library as Buffy and her friends entered? Of course, now that they've blown
up the library and graduated, where will he be this season? A college
library? He should be in a research library. That's his strength as a
librarian. He's a role model for the importance of research, but NOT as a
high school librarian, article in American Libraries to the contrary.
--Jan



Jan Hylen
Education Librarian
University Library, MSC 3475
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30006
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006
(505) 646-6927
fax: (505) 646-3390
jhylen@lib.nmsu.edu

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