Librarians in popular culture can be found across many different mediums, including film, television, music and literature. Their portrayal is varied and can represent or subvert various stereotypes. Libraries and librarians are recurring elements in fiction.[1]
Libraries and librarians are recurring elements in fiction. According to Ann Seidl, director of the documentary The Hollywood Librarian, librariansin film are...
the shared fictional universe known as the Cthulhu Mythos, which originated in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. For collections of short...
inpopularculture. They are mentioned extensively in works of fiction and video games, while some captive individuals have drawn much attention in real...
Stoker, has remained popular over the years, and many forms of media have adopted the character in various forms. In their book Dracula in Visual Media, authors...
island of Atlantis has often been depicted in literature, television shows, films and works of popularculture. Before 1900 there was an overlap between...
associate List of librarians List of female librarians Periodicals librarian Public library advocacy Dunlap, Leslie W (1972). Readings in library history...
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another Conan parody The Librarian (franchise), Noah Wyle stars as the Indiana Jones-like librarianLibrariansinpopularculture Smith, Jeanette C. (2014-01-10)...
Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) 2007–2010 Australian television series, The Librarians: Lachie Davis (Josh Lawson) 2010–2013 American television series, Shake...
Sydney to the Max The Librarians (TV/Movie Series) Under Suspicion The X-Files, pilot episode set in Bellefleur, but filmed in British Columbia Everything...
movement, and have often been portrayed as such in fiction. Crystal skulls have been a popular subject appearing in numerous sci-fi television series, novels...
the show's protagonist, Eric Draven. In season 4, episode 6 ("And the Grave of Time") of the TNT show The Librarians, Col. Baird and Nicole Noone chase...
flute-playing goatherd. In 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), Pan appears as one of the attractions in the circus. He seduces Angela Benedict, the librarian, with his enticing...
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takes the dominant role in bondage and discipline, dominance and submission or BDSM. As fetish culture has become more prevalent in Western media, depictions...
trained librarians, paraprofessional staff sometimes called library technicians, and support staff. Some topics related to the education of librarians and...
The New York Public Library has been referenced numerous times inpopularculture. Most of these depictions show the NYPL's flagship branch, an official...
other names) has been featured many times in various works of modern culture, often but not always appearing in villainous roles. Some modern stories merge...
Missouri Association of School Librarians. The Mark Twain Masonic Awareness Award was named in his honor; Twain was a Freemason. In 1998, The John F. Kennedy...
people. Pack horse librarians were known by many different names including "book women," "book ladies," and "packsaddle librarians.": 290 The project...
characters in "The Librarians", far removed from the typical safe, stereotypical representation of librariansIn her book "The Laughing Librarian", Jeanette...
television". In her book Magazines for Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Librarians, author Selma K. Richardson said that Culture Club's music...
Jay Watts, (2006), City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria. "Hypatia and pagan philosophical culturein the later fourth century", pp. 197–198...
these librarians were primarily scholars, not custodians of the library in which they worked. At that time there was no formal training for librarians. Education...
series taking place decades after the original story. An episode of The Librarians has Jacob Stone traveling to Shangri-La to be taught martial arts by the...
La Llorona is deeply rooted in Mexican popularculture. Her story is told to children to encourage them not to wander off in the dark and near bodies of...
variance in opinions about anthropodermic books amongst librarians and archivists. She recounts an interview with Paul Needham, a librarian at Princeton...
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