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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:45:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: FW: National Library Week -- Entertainment @ Your Library!
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Hi,
Thanks for the list. But the compiler left out the movie
"Foul Play"--Goldie Hawn as a library worker.

Sue Haffner, Map Library
CSU Fresno


On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:

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> 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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