Description

Sharing Libraries is an LMxAC podcast. LMxAC is the Libraries of Middlesex Automated Consortium, of which East Brunswick and 30+ other libraries share resources to make your library experience bigger and better!

Host Jonathan Upton sits down with Saleena Davidson (Teen Services Supervisor, South Brunswick PL) and Paul Kibala (Adult Services Librarian, East Brunswick PL) about the portrayals of librarians in media and peel back the curtain on what librarians do and how they think about what libraries now do.

Check out some recommendations to watch or read below, or click here for the full list.

Media Recommendations

• Ghostbusters (catalog)
• Ghostbusters opening scene (YouTube)
• NYPL Ghostbusters improv (YouTube)
• The Music Man (catalog)

Favorite Portrayals

• The Neverending Story (catalog: film & book)
• Parks and Recreation, season two: "Ron & Tammy" (catalog)
• the parks department vs books (YouTube)
• “Marian the Librarian” (YouTube)
• Bob's Burgers: Mr. Ambrose (YouTube)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Rupert Giles (catalog)
• The Sandman: Lucienne (catalog)

Bonus:

• Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming (theguardian.com)
• The Hollywood Librarian: (catalog: DVD / Kanopy
• film review (reel-librarians.com)