Fun Facts

Resources in this category:

Bibliomysteries
http://www.bibliomysteries.com/

Bibliography of mysteries related to books, libraries, and archives. Also includes a "RIP" page for library murder victims, and a page to propose ideas for a library murder weapon.

Let's Do Dewey
http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Evvesper/dewey2.htm

This is an informational resource about the Dewey Decimal System of library organization. Information about the system's creator, Melvil Dewey, is also included.

The Librarian Stereotype and the Movies
http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v1n1/image.html

Depictions of librarians in film is the focus of this article published in MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1993.

Librarians in Comic Books
http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/combks/combks.htm

Features lists of comic books which feature or mention librarians and/or libraries. Did you know that Batgirl was a librarian?

Librarians in Comic Strips
http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/comstrp/comstrp.htm

This bibliography of librarians as comic strip characters covers a range of images of the profession.

Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography
http://emp.byui.edu/raishm/films/introduction.html

Lists and describes films featuring librarians as characters; also names the actors and actresses who have played them. Films are indexed by title and grouped into four categories according to how they depict libraries and/or librarians.

Librarism
http://www.librarism.com/

This fun site contains links to other library themed websites, with topics like library humor, the image of librarians, "required reading" for librarians, and jobs.

Library Underground
http://www.libraryunderground.org/

A site devoted to alternative and underground library culture. Includes sections for Personal Home Pages, Activism, Sexuality, Weirdness, and Fun & Games.

The Lipstick Librarian
http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/

"She's bold! She's sassy!! She's helpful!! She's ... The Lipstick Librarian!" This delightfully facetious website describes a new image for librarians, and avers that the most important aspect of a Lipstick Librarian is the "ability to look fabulous while poking around a dot-matrix printer with a bent paper-clip."

Quotations About Libraries and Librarians
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/author.htm

A good source for fun and interesting quotations about libraries or librarians. Quotes are indexed by author and subject, and a PDF version is also available.