Poll: What title should replace “Librarian”?
Alex Aiken, a Westminster council official and “former policy director for the Tories,” expressed to a conference of the Public Library Authorities his belief that “[t]he concept of the librarian has to change and perhaps a start would be to abolish the title itself, with its connotations of middle-aged conservatism.”
We shouldn’t take offense to the guy’s assertions, we should be amused by them and mock them. In that spirit, davidrothman.net requested suggestions on what new and sexier term might replace “librarian.” Before you vote, remember that we’re looking for sexy, and the opposite of “middle-aged conservatism.” I’ll refrain from commenting until we’ve left the poll open for a few days, but you should feel free to comment to your heart’s content after voting.
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November 18th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
E-masters.
November 18th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
[...] I recently posted about a silly Westminster councilman (Alex Aiken) who thinks librarians need to be a bit more racy and that the term ‘librarian’ should be replaced with something a tad more exciting. Head on over to davidrothman.net and you can vote on what we should be called instead, a selection of more interesting and sexy(ish) names has been compiled for you to choose from, alternatively suggest something better. I have already changed my job title to “infobunny”. [...]
November 28th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
information advisers
or
creative consultants