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MARCH/APRIL 2009 LIBRARIAN FUN

Monthly newsletter pertaining to the topic of librarians.

In the News:  Fact or Fiction

Can you guess which of these headlines are factual, and which are fictitious?

1)  Headline: “Unreturned Library Book Leads to Woman’s Arrest”

2)  Headline: “Thief Messes with Wrong Librarian”

3)  Headline: “Alleged Thief Leaves Library Card Behind at Crime Scene”

4)  Headline: “Newest Runway Model a Former Librarian”

Answers appear at the end of this newsletter.

Movie Trivia

Match the film scene to the movies listed below.

Scene

1)  Rare library books are set ablaze in a bonfire as their owner, played by Helen Mirren, is horrified, in his 2009 fantasy movie starring Brendan Fraser.

2)  The mobile librarian confesses to being part of a burglary ring in this 2008 movie.

3)  An actor portraying Alan Lomax of the Library of Congress visits sharecropper Muddy Water’s and records his songs for the library’s music collection in this 2008 movie.

4)  After riding into the Oxford University Library on a motorcycle with his son, a Professor of Archeology tells a student “If you want to be a good archeologist, you have to get out of the library.”

5)  Bride-to-be Carrie flees down the steps of the New York Public Library in her designer wedding dress when she learns her intended will not be showing up at the alter.

6) In this 2008 made for cable TV movie, upon entering the large collection annex of the library for the first time, the librarian is amazed to find Noah’s Ark in the collection.

 
Movie

A)  Cadillac Records
B)  Inkheart
C)  Sex and the City
D)  The Librarian 3: Curse of the Golden Chalice
E)  Kit Kittredge: American Girl
F)  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Answers appear at the end of this newsletter.

YouTube Entertainment

“Joyce the Librarian”
If you’ve never heard the song “Joyce the Librarian” before, check out one of the following performances of the song on YouTube.  The first, (http://tinyurl.com/dxlat5) is a performance of the song by Liz Ryan, and the second (http://tinyurl.com/c6w9gm) is a performance of the song by Sue Jenkinson & Phil Sykes.

Roving Librarians
While you’re on YouTube, check out this music comedy video with “dancing Librarians to demonstrate the six steps of roving reference service known as M.A.P.H.A.T.” at http://tinyurl.com/d5v8kk.

In the News:  Fact or Fiction Answers

1)  Fact. On January 24, 2009 the Associated Press reported that a thirty-nine year old Iowa woman was arrested on theft charges for failure to return a public library book valued at only $13.95.

2)  Fact. The December 11, 2008 Ann Arbor News reported Josie Parker, the Ann Arbor District Library Director broke her leg while pursuing a thief who grabbed the collection box of money donated for the library’s Family Book Club. The thief got away, but without the money.

3) Fact. The Sheboygan Press ran an article on March 7, 2009 about a man who was charged with stealing beer from a tavern.  He allegedly used his library card in an attempt to unlock the tavern door.  Problem is, he left his library card behind on the floor.

4) Fiction.

Movie Trivia Answers:  1.B, 2.E, 3.A, 4.F, 5.C, 6.D

For more information about librarians…

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