About the Author:
Jeanette C. Smith, a Fellow of the Molesworth Institute, received the first-ever Edmund Lester Pearson Library Humor Award for a cautionary essay on the hazards of reading and driving. She has been a librarian since 1973 and a collector of library humor for almost as long. She lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
From Booklist:
Smith’s new book, The Laughing Librarian, should be required reading for all librarians and library-school students. She deftly covers the history of library humor from the early 1800s to the present, giving numerous examples: patron blunders, library stereotypes, superheroes, parodies, technology, and fear of libraries. The illustrations of mangled book titles, “shhh”-ing stereotypes, and “Sex: See librarian” jokes will remind librarians of funny stories that occurred in their own careers. There are chapters covering the work and writings of the three great library humorists: Edmund Lester Person, Norman D. Stevens, and Will Manley. The library humor in MAD magazine and the New Yorker is also discussed. The stories and cartoons in this volume will keep librarians laughing and remind them that libraries can sometimes be very funny. A must-buy for all libraries. --Merle Jacob
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