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Too hip for shushing

bacardi adI can say, from experience, that the librarians of the future (e.g. my current classmates), are totally fucking rad.

Maybe one day we’ll even break the whole “shusher” stereotype. Read the whole NYTimes article here.

Why are people getting into this profession when libraries seem as retro as the granny glasses so many of the members of the Desk Set wear?

“Because it’s cool,” said Ms. Gentile, who works at the Brooklyn Museum.

Ms. Murphy, 29, thinks so, too. An actress who had long considered library school, Ms. Murphy finally decided to sign up after meeting several librarians — in bars.

“People I, going in, would never have expected were from the library field,” she said. “Smart, well-read, interesting, funny people, who seemed to be happy with their jobs.”

In more local “Ain’t the library cool” news, the Olympia Timberland Library had Boston-based punk band Harry and the Potters performing a show, just last night, as part of their summer events for teens program.

If that’s not cool then I’m a muggle.