Newsletter (May 2008)

MAY 2008 LIBRARIAN FUN

Monthly newsletter pertaining to the topic of librarians.

Joan Cusak, Mobile Librarian

If you’re a fan of actress Joan Cusak, be sure to catch the Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery movie currently scheduled to debut in theaters on July 2nd.  The film, based upon the American Girl book series, stars Abigail Breslin as Kit Kittredge. The strong supporting cast includes Julia Ormond, Stanley Tucci, Chris O’Donnell, and Joan Cusak who plays a whacky mobile librarian.  From the movie trailer I saw, you won’t want to miss seeing Joan Cusak as a librarian.  You can find out more about the movie, and watch the trailer at http://www.americangirl.com/movie/

YouTube Entertainment

If you need a little diversion, check out the following YouTube videos.

Lunar Intruders:  Cuppa Tea - “…a spoof of 50s sci-fi shows…the story is of an alien visit from the moon by librarians compiling an A to Z of planets in the universe…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpDGpgTUuQw

I Love Librarians – a music video of the British song “I Love Librarians”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ImFDQGS6Y

I Want to Be a Librarian – “A musical number created for the 2007/2008 year end party by several students from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta.  This is a re-write of the song ‘I Want to be a Producer’…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4TKDIgUIiQ

The Single Girl and Dick – an episode from the past television series “Third Rock from the Sun”, in this episode a librarian is attracted to Dick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejeEUsSbBc&feature=related

In the News:  Fact or Fiction?

Guess which of the following appeared are real news stories, and which are fictitious.

1.  Two librarians recently competed on the television game show “Jeopardy.”

2.  Librarian, journalist, and former wrestler Bob Calhoun writes about Incredibly Strange Wrestling in his new memoir.

3. Librarian sleuth discovers lost clues to the fabled location of Atlantis.

4.  Award winning documentary filmmaker is a Children’s Librarian.

5.  Librarian/restaurateur to appear on thenext season’s The Apprentice.

Answers

1.   Fact.  On the show scheduled to air May 22, 2008, Judith Koveleskie, a part-time librarian at Seton Hill University appears as a contestant according to the April 26th Pittsburg Tribune – Review (http://tinyurl.com/4tcuy4).  And according to the April 20th Spartanburg Herald – Journal (http://tinyurl.com/4ywcp6), Gabriel Schecter, a research librarian at the Baseball Hall of Fame appeared as a contestant on the show that aired the show that aired April 18th.

2. Fact.  Calhoun’s new book Beer, Blood & Cornmeal:  Seven Years of Strange Wrestling was published in April.  (http://tinyurl.com/6adqvq)

3.  Fiction.

4.  Fact.  The April 20th San Diego Union – Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/4du9l3)
ran a story about Richard Rivera, a children’s librarian at the Valley Center library who has won two regional Emmy awards for his documentary films.

5.  Fiction.

For more information about librarians…

Be sure to purchase a copy of my new book, Casanova Was a Librarian: a Light Hearted Look at the Profession, by Kathleen Low, available from McFarland (www.mcfarlandpub.com), Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, and other retailers.

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