THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ARCHETYPAL LIBRARIAN

Abstract

I expect many librarians would sympathise with Mr Lee's predicament. As a profession, we are trying to create a sparkling, technological image. In contrast, public conceptions of librarians tend to remain embedded within what might be called the book stamping paradigm. The senior library assistant in Between the Stacks (a satirical novel about library life), shows that he has his finger on the pulse of public opinion, when he says:

Citation

Fisher, D. (1988), "THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ARCHETYPAL LIBRARIAN", New Library World, Vol. 89 No. 6, pp. 105-107. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038753