About the loud librarian

Breaking librarian stereotypes since 1999! This is an ongoing diary of thoughts on my move to Fairbanks, AK, starting in Fall of 2007. I call it the Loud Librarian because people don’t normally think of those two things together, but my mom was always telling me to “use my little voice” when I was growing up. Since going to library and INFORMATION school, I’ve met many librarians who are tattooed, read comics, have purple or red hair, play the doumbek, ride motorcycles, mush dogs, or in other ways don’t fit the stereotype. Here’s to them! My whole purpose as a librarian is not to turn into *this* woman…