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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:52:12 -0400
From: HelenJane Armstrong <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: National Library Week -- Entertainment @ Your Library!
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Since this is National Library week, I thought you all might enjoy seeing
this list.  It was compiled by one of our University of Florida Librarians.
I remember a few years ago members of MAPS-L were offering suggestions
concerning maps or images that were the focal point of books and movies.
Did anyone gather these together into a list?  I remember a remote sensing
image played a pivotal role in one of Clive Cussler's books.  Also does
anyone know of any fiction where a Map Library has been the setting?

Just a little diversion for those involved in stressful situations or have
too many deadlines.
Helen

HelenJane Armstrong, PhD
Head, Map & Imagery Library
George A. Smathers Library
University of Florida
P.O.Box 117011
Gainesville, FL 32611-7011
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From: Naomi Young
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:42 AM
To: All Library Staff List (UF)
Subject: National Library Week -- Entertainment @ Your Library!


  Entertainment @ the library!

  Librarians and Library Workers in the Movies
  (Thanks to the Internet Movie Database  http://www.imdb.com/ for help with
locating titles! There are many
  more than the small sample here.)

  Librarian Heroines
  Desk Set -- 1957
  The classic library movie, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
When computer expert Richard
  Sumner plans to replace the research department with his computer,
department head Bunny Watson declares
  war (and of course, falls in love.)

  The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag -- 1992
  Betty Lou (Penelope Ann Miller) is a library assistan who witnesses a
murder and retrieves the murder
  weapon. When the police bring her in, and her huband, a detective,
belittles her yet again, she confesse to the
  murder, and becomes an instant celebrity.

  Music Man -- 1962
  When Harold Hill (Richard Preston) leaps off the train in River City,
Iowa, to bilk its citizens, only librarian
  Marian Paroo (Shirley Jones) has the bound periodicals that can expose the
scam. But when Hill turns out to
  be a scoundrel with a heart of gold, will she vandalize library materials
in the name of true love?

  Party Girl -- 1995
  Mary (Parker Posey) finally has to get an honest job, so she becomes a
library page, and slowly discovers
  there *is* a purpose to the Dewey Decimal System. Should be declared the
official film of ALA.

  Storm Center -- 1956
  Librarian Alicia Hull (Bette Davis) refuses to withdraw a Communist book
from her small-town library and finds
  herself at risk of losing her job.

  The library has a smaller, but still important role, in these movies:

  Destruction @ your library

  Breakfast Club -- 1985
  Don't you forget about this excellent 80s classic -- but don't look too
closely at what happens to the card
  catalog! Which brings to mind..

  Ghostbusters -- 1984
  The audience screamed! At the slime? At the special effects? At the
repetitive music? No! It was a class of
  library students, and everyone was thinking: Who's going to refile all
those cards?

  Mummy --1999
  Adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is certainly easy on the eyes,
and librarian Evie Carnahan (Rachel
  Weisz) may be able to find the ultimate rare book (made of solid gold) if
she follows him through the desert.
  But is that why she went? Or was she simply trying to avoid reshelving the
library stacks she tipped over?

  ****

  Would you rather curl up with a good book?

  If you like mysteries, you can start with http://www.bibliomysteries.com/
This site features mysteries dealing
  with all aspects of books, writing, and libraries.

  Other novels to try:

  The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken
  A close relationship blossoms between the librarian in a small town, and
the town "giant."

  The Lord's Motel and
  God's Country Club by Gail Donohue Storey
  Breezy novels about the stormy life and loves of a Houston outreach
librarian.

  There are hundreds more, including some wonderful children's books, like
The Librarian from the Black
  Lagoon... why not check them out today?

  The Library Week Committee


  Coming Friday: Library Humor

  Naomi Kietzke Young * Head, Serials Cataloging Unit
  Resource Services * PO Box 117007
  University of Florida * Gainesville FL 32611-7007
  Voice: 352-392-0355 ext 234 Fax: 352-392-7365
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