I’m so excited to announce this new project! As the ultimate compliment to Library Day in the Life we bring you This is What a Librarian Looks Like!
What: a site to go beyond the bun and challenge old, outdated librarian stereotypes with photos of real librarians in their real lives doing real stuff 🙂
Who: YOU! The site is up and running and ready for submissions. So find a picture that you think best represents you to the world and submit it! Please don’t submit photos of others and be tasteful! This is a fun, light-hearted project, please approach it in that spirit!
Where: This is What a Librarian Looks Like!
When: NOW! Go submit something already!
Your editors are Bobbi Newman and Erin Downey Howerton and we’ll be approving submissions as fast as we can!
Inspired by is What a Scientist Looks Like.
Librarian by Day 
If I’m an MLIS but don’t work in a traditional library, can I submit? I’m the director of web services for a large medical group in the bay area.
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of course! All are welcome!
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Nice project! Just submitted a tasteful picture of me at the Kodiak Launch Complex.
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wonderful! Thank you Daniel!
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But what if I do look like a stereotypical librarian?
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We’ve got plenty of those too! Everyone’s welcome! This is just a fun project. 🙂
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Just sent from Spain. Good idea!
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Thank you! And thank you for submitting. Love the food blog!
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Thanks 😀
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I hope you get some submissions from male librarians. They’re a rare breed but they do exist!
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We have a quite a few submissions from male librarians! Probably a disproportionate amount now that I think about it 🙂
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A mixture of Mr. Clean, Mr. Fix-it, Mr. Know-it-all, combined with LeVar Burton and Bill Gates!
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How can we edit our caption? Thanks.
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Unfortunately there isn’t a way for submitters to edit their photos and captions after they have been submitted. You can email me the details and I can edit it.
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