Top Fourteen Replacements for the Word “Librarian”
Library work has changed a lot over the years. Should our job title change with it? A group of librarians I know recently put their heads together and came up with this (not entirely serious) Top Fourteen Suggested Replacements for the Word “Librarian”:
Book Whisperer
Information Sherpa
Infogeek
Distiller of Truth
Information Goddess
Curiosity Detective
Truth Wizard
Info Ninja
Factmonger
Resourcerer
Information Activist
Ignorance Slayer
Curiosity Concierge
Materials Shepherd
Any suggested additions to this list? Please share them in the Comments section.
(Roz Warren is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: Library Humor and Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library, both of which you should buy immediately.)
Roz Warren Roz is the author of Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library and Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection Of Library Humor. She writes for The New York Times and The Funny Times. Her work also appears in Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, The Philadelphia Inquirer and of course, the Humor Times. Connect with her on Facebook, follow her on Twitter or visit her website.
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