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Association
Sindh newsletter will be published INSHA ALLAH before 14th of August,
2007 with the celebration of Independence day of Pakistan.

Please contact:
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YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A LIBRARIAN

Have you ever had someone say,
"You can't be a librarian—you
don't look like one!"? Or "Wow,
yeah, I believe you're a librarian." Sure you
have —we all have—at one time or another.
Some think it's funny, some think not—but
I tell you, sometimes I just have to laugh! It
amazes me what folks will say to us, what
happens to us when we're out and about,
on TV, in bars, in comic strips—heck, they
even make comments about our eyewear!
One bonus of researching the image
of librarians over the last several years is
that folks share their stories and experiences
with me. Here are some comments
forwarded to me during the course of my
research:
You sure fit the stereotype.
I never would have guessed you're a
librarian.
Libraries are really changing, huh?
No, really, what do you do?
You have a Master's Degree?!?
I like to read, I should be a librarian
too!
You dance really well for a librarian!
Since you have a bun and glasses, it's
a good thing you don't dress like a
librarian!
What are you doing in this fi eld?
I didn't know librarians could be so
young!
If librarians looked like you while I
was in school, I would have spent a
lot more time in the library!
Isn't that a woman's job?
But … You Don't Look Like a Librarian!
By Ruth Kneale
Systems Librarian
National Solar Observatory
You're not a typical librarian, are you?
I never met a librarian who rode a
motorcycle before.
Where's your bun?
I didn't know you had to go to school
to be a librarian!
You're too (young, funny, noisy,
messy, cute) to be a librarian.
You don't dress like a librarian.
You dress too hip to be a librarian.
And, here are a couple of stories I
received (as part of a survey of librarians)
and that made me chuckle:
"Several years ago, while at an ILL
conference here in Denver, I went
into a restaurant with a colleague from
a college library. After we sat at the
bar and ordered beers, the bartender
noticed our name tags (which we'd
obviously forgotten about) and asked
what sort of conference we were attending.
We said that he had to guess
and proceeded to give out lots of
hints—about all the places one can
fi nd libraries, what we do, who we
help, etc. During the 30 minutes or so
that we sat there, he and a few other
interested customers tried to fi gure us
out, but with no luck. So, we fi nished
our beers, stood up, tossed our heads,
and said `We are LIBRARIANS!' Everyone
said something like `Wow!' and
we waltzed out."
"I have a little game I like to play
when I meet new people. I keep business
cards from friends, vendors, professionals
and I fi nd it's fun to place 5
or 6 from diverse female professionals
(including my own) and ask which

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one business card they think is mine.
It's pretty interesting and fun. No one
has ever picked my business card because
`I don't look like a librarian.'"
I am constantly on the lookout for
things that reference or infl uence the image
of librarians and it can be a thoroughly
enjoyable pastime. There are the more
obvious images, like the Librarian Action
Figure (see Nancy Pearl's essay My Life as
an Action Figure in this newsletter); there
are also less obvious humorous references,
like articles about Ella Gunderson, a young
lady in Washington who appealed to Nordstrom
stores for a less racy line of clothing.
"Fashion watchers such as Gigi Solis
Schanen, an editor for Seventeen
magazine, told the Times Gunderson
should be pleased with the new trend
on the horizon. `If modesty is what
she is looking for, it's going to come
full force in the fall,' she said, adding
`tween and teen girls can expect
to see fuller skirts, higher waist lines
and more layering of tops. `The 50s
sexy-librarian look is in,' Shanen told
the Times, and the Britney Spears-style
exposed belly is out.'"
—Kristen Gelineau,
Associated Press;
WorldNet Daily
May 22, 2004
Just what we all wanted! The sexy-librarian
look of the 50s! Yeah!
Does anyone these days NOT have a
Conan the Librarian image somewhere in
his or her offi ce or on their computer? I
was quite surprised to fi nd an entire subculture
devoted to this particular individual
online. There are blogs, graphic art, stories,
movie excerpts, even software applications
(there's one where Conan the Librarian
pops up and insults you if the volume
on your workstation speakers exceeds a
certain level).
Conan is even used in some libraries
as a cartoon to show folks how to get
library cards. Early credit seems to go to
the clever folks of William Mitchell College
of Law, who created the character for a
library talent show under the pseudonym
Hadley V. Baxendale, a pun on the famous
law case Hadley v. Baxendale. Read more
about their Conan the Librarian adventures
at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/mall/
conan/conanhp.html.
I was also highly amused by the
excerpt from the movie UHF with a TV
advertisement for an upcoming movie
called Conan the Librarian … "let's
admit it, aren't there days when you really
would like to be able to take a long
sword to the patrons who just keep pushing
your buttons?"
Speaking of television shows, in
December 2004 TNT aired a made-for-
TV movie called The Librarian: Quest for
the Spear. Who didn't have fun watching
Noah Wyle save the world as the guy who
knows everything? Please don't send me
any irate e-mails about how this was a horrible
presentation of librarianship—I thoroughly
agree. Then again, I wasn't expecting
high literature or an accurate description
of our profession, and that allowed
me to laugh out loud several times during
the movie. Perhaps not at the places TNT
had intended, but still!
For those of you looking for more
of an Ooh, wow, ha ha, ouch! change in
image, you can always investigate Pierced
Eyeglasses. Although not specifi cally
intended for librarians, it certainly does
bring a different twist to the bespectacled
approach! The gentleman in this article
decided he'd rather do something different
with his eyeglasses, and being a fan
of body piercing, thought he'd combine
a bridge piercing (a piercing through the
fl esh at the top of your nose, right between
our eyes—basically, right where the
bridge of a pair of eyeglasses hits) with
lenses. You can see pictures and read his
10
story online at http://www.bmezine.com/
news/pubring/20041214.html.
The issues surrounding the image of
librarians can be serious ones; they can
impact our job responsibilities, our salaries,
even whether we get hired or not. But they
can also be downright silly sometimes, and
Let's not forget these comments made to folks who are in library
school,
wittily collected by Jane Gresham
and shared in the June 15, 2004 Library Journal.
I'd love to be a librarian because libraries are so quiet.
I thought about becoming a librarian, but I need enough income to
support myself.
You need a graduate degree for that?
I thought the Internet put libraries out of business.
Don't you have enough college degrees now?
I think it's wonderful that you can pursue a hobby like that.
You have to go to college for that?
I don't see much purpose to libraries; I buy all my books at Costco.
I'd love to be a librarian because I'd love to read at work.
You have to go to school for that?
often the best way to deal with the situation
is to laugh about it! Being able to laugh at
yourself is a valuable tool and can often be
used to defuse a potentially sticky situation
—and that's true for us as a profession
as well. So remember—when in doubt, look
at the funny side!
From:
O R E G O N L I B R A R Y A S S O C I A T I O N

Amjid khan

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Subject: Re: [LISEA] Report on A-LIEP 2006 projects
From:    "Abdullahi, Ismail H" <iabdullahi@...>
Date:    Fri, August 3, 2007 3:46 am
To:      LISEA@...
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Dear colleagues,

Attached please find a message from Mr. Axel Schniederjuergen, Senior
Editor, K.G. Saur Verlag about the editorial deadline for the new edition
of the “World Guide to Library, Archive, and Information Science
Education.”

I appreciate if you could respond to his letter. Also, please encourage
your colleagues in your country and region to complete the questionnaires
and send them to “axel.Schniederjuergen@...”. We have extended the
deadline to return the questionnaires to August 15, 2007.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,

Ismail

Ismail Abdullahi, Ph.D
Associate Professor
North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, North Carolina 27707
Tel: 919-530-5213
Fax: 919-530-6402
Email: iabdullahi@...
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From: Library and Information Science Education in Asia
[LISEA@...] On Behalf Of Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc
Prof) [ASSGKHOO@...]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 3:02 AM
To: LISEA@...
Subject: [LISEA] Report on A-LIEP 2006 projects

Esteemed colleagues,

With A-LIEP 2007 approaching, I thought I should report on the status of
the projects we initiated at A-LIEP 2006.
I was going to entitle this posting “Chris has kept his promises” but your
email filter might think this some scam mail!

A-LIEP 2006 Projects:

1.  E-PROCEEDINGS. I promised an E-Proceedings for A-LIEP 2006. It is
accessible on the A-LIEP 2006 Web page:  http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/a-liep/
Most of the conference papers have been archived on dLIST
(http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/), thanks to Anita Coleman and her dLIST
team. I believe that the E-Proceedings will be a very useful resource, due
to your hard work in preparing interesting and informative papers. If you
find any errors or would like your paper categorized differently in the
e-proceedings, please let me know.

2.  LISEA LISTSERV. I promised a LISTSERV for LIS Education in Asia
(LISEA). You’re on it since you’re reading this posting! You’re welcome to
post on the listserv news of LIS developments in your country, topics for
discussion and requests for advice/information. To post a message, just
email to this address. You’re also welcome to publicize this listserv and
invite your colleagues to subscribe (email to this list with the message
“subscribe <email address> <name>”, or register at
http://mlist.ntu.edu.sg/scripts/wa.exe?REPORT&z=3, or just email to me)

3. LISEA PORTAL. We promised a LISEA portal with a Directory of LIS
Programmes in Asia, a Bibliography of Articles on LIS education in Asia,
and a Repository of Learning Objects


-          The Directory of LIS Programmes in Asia is accessible at:
http://dis.sci.ntu.edu.sg/lisea/schools/ . We’re still fleshing out the
entries in some countries.

-          We’ve compiled a bibliography of papers on LIS Education in
Asia from various databases and sources. We’re programming a small Web
application for searching and browsing the database.

-          My colleagues are working on the Repository of Learning
Objects. Dr Theng Yin Leng is the project leader developing the ReLOMS
system, while Dr Abdus Sattar Chaudhry is leading the development of
content, metadata and browse structures. I guess I should also do some
work – I’m looking at issues of reusability. You might get an email from
me to participate in the study.

4. ACCREDITATION SCHEME. My colleagues Abdus Sattar Chaudhry and Shaheen
Majid are looking into accreditation issues, and the possibility of
setting up a regional association of library schools. They’ll report on
this later.  ;-)

5. SPECIAL ISSUE OF JELIS. We promised to have selected papers from A-LIEP
2006 published in a special issue of JELIS. Grateful thanks to Prof
Raghavan, Dr Anita Coleman and Dr Cheryl Malone for helping to bring out
the issue. See previous posting:
http://mlist.ntu.edu.sg/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0612&L=lisea&D=1&T=0&O=D&F=P&S=&P=6\
8

6. A-LIEP 2007. We promised another A-LIEP conference in 2 years. Dr
Chihfeng Lin (Phoenix) and her colleagues in Taiwan decided I was too
timid, and generously offered to organize it this year (see earlier
posting:
http://mlist.ntu.edu.sg/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0707&L=lisea&D=1&T=0&O=D&F=P&S=&P=6\
4).
Actually the idea for an A-LIEP conference first arose when Dr Lin and I
met at a LIPER workshop organized by Dr Makiko Miwa and her colleagues in
Tokyo. Later Abdus Chaudhry and I approached Dr Diljit Singh from Malaysia
to be a partner-in-crime. So it’s appropriate that A-LIEP 2007 should be
in Taiwan. You can guess where the 3rd A-LIEP conference is likely to be
held …

Did I miss out any promise?

Best wishes, and hope to see you in Taipei in Nov. Dr Lin will be sending
more details of A-LIEP 2007 soon. Over to you Phoenix!  J

-- chris






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Dear Professional

Hope everyone will be fine and best of there health by the grace of
ALMIGHTY.

The following position is vacant in a public sector organization.


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Qualification : Master Degree in Library science /
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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that issue no. 8 of PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY &
INFORMATION SCIENCE (PJLIS) has been published. The contents include:

Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan
Syed Jalaluddin Haider

Research on Information Seeking and Use in Pakistan: An Assessment
Mumtaz A. Anwar

Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Access to Information in Egypt
Shawky Salem

User Education Programme in the John Rylands University Library of
Manchester: A Case Study
Rubina Bhatti

Online Consumer Health Information in Pakistan
Khawaja Mustafa & Syed Attaullah Shah

Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of the Media
Practitioners in Pakistan (PhD Abstract)
Muneera Ansari

Department of LIS at a Glance: From PJLIS 2006 onward
Shafiq-ur-Rehman


I congratulate Dr. Kanwal Ameen, the Chief Editor, PJLIS for her efforts
to raise the standard and repute of this journal at international level.

We will let you know the Web address as soon as its fulltext is available
online.

Dr. Khalid Mahmood
Chairman & Associate Professor
Department of Library & Information Science
University of the Punjab, Lahore, PAKISTAN
Phone & Fax: 92-42-9231224 Mobile: 92-333-4271285
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