Shonda,
I always enjoy your opinions and contributions here on this list, so no hate-mail
here.
Frances lost me when she arrived at work early and instead of getting right to
work, as I always do, she felt the need to breathe into a paper bag. She also made
several very poor decisions as the head librarian, I agree, one being of course
hiring her old friend, who had no degree in library science, to be the children's
librarian. This would never happen in real life!! (It was also a "dig" to us
librarians as well, that the new children's librarian was also a sexy blonde!! As
if librarians who aren't, can’t still be “cool” librarians).
But I LOVED watching a library setting played out on tv!
Maybe one day some of us librarians, who are also latent writers, can write our own
show. Amazing how Ricky Gervais captured the office so well in "The Office." "The
Librarians" had a very similar tone to it although not as good. I will keep
watching though (if I remember to return to that website each week).
_________________________
Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Passages Academy Libraries
941 Rev. James A. Polite Avenue
Bronx, New York 10459
tel: (718) 861-2003
fax: (718) 861-2039
psarles@schools.nyc.gov
"Nothing of value comes without being earned, That's why great leaders are those
who lead by example first. You can't demand respect because of a title or a
position and expect people to follow. That might work for a little while, but in
the long run people respond to what they see." - Michael Jordan
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Shonda Brisco
Sent: Sun 11/4/2007 9:21 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: The Librarians sitcom
While the sitcom will definitely have a following (of
librarians---many of which will be public librarians), I wasn't
impressed with the show. In fact, I felt it portrayed an extremely
negative image of librarians. The main character (head librarian),
while having issues and "baggage" that seemed to interfere with her
relationships with others, exhibited a personality that was very
intolerant of other cultures, those of other abilities, and even
backgrounds. While I'm sure that there are images of these people are
out there working in libraries (and we know them), I think that this
creates another stereotype for the public that we'll have to overcome
once the "comfortable shoes and hair buns" are forgotten.
Within 15 minutes of the program, I was ready to admit that "my
profession is boring, egotistical, and intolerant of those who are
different"....and I know that this is not the case. What I saw was a
disfunctional group of people placed in service positions to a
community; instead of building unity and showing an understanding for
anyone who comes through the door, through their behaviors they
created an atmosphere of disharmony and negativity (perhaps the reason
for the "book drop being clogged.")
My professional review of the show is a "thumbs down"...it won't
survive. (No hate mail....I just can't see anyone wanting to watch
this group of "problems" each week unless it provides comfort and a
sort of "bibliotherapy" for those who are trapped in a similar
situation where they work....and if that's the case, it should be a
wake-up call to find another job!)
~Shonda
--
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
District Librarian
Peaster ISD
Weatherford, TX 76086
Digital Bookends wiki / blog:
http://digitalbookends.pbwiki.com
http://shonda.edublogs.org/
sbrisco@gmail.com
Resources for Texas School Librarians:
http://txschoollibrarians.ning.com/
http://txschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/
"Digital Resources" columnist
School Library Journal
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