• Announcing: The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook: Define and Create Your Success http://t.co/cFb7bzr #
• Career Book in Print … We Offer to Speak on its Key Topics – de Stricker http://t.co/pF2FvI1 #
• Table of Contents for…The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook http://t.co/JVTl8ky #
• Facebook page for: The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook (5) http://t.co/pquhcLN #
• SSRN-Did Online Access to Journals Change the Economics Literature? by Mark McCabe, Christopher Snyder http://t.co/8HJbGjy #

• T. Scott: Libraries or Librarians (Redux)
  via David Rothman on Friendfeed — “But librarians are more relevant than ever, if only we can disengage ourselves from privileging our buildings and collections the way that we do and utilizing our individual skills in more effective and relevant ways.”
  (tags: libraries librarians)

• New WebJunction (WebJunction – Crossroads Newsletter – August)
  Congratulations to the folks at WebJunction. The overhaul looks great from what I can see.
  (tags: webjunction libraryman michaelporter oclc librarians community)

• A Hipper Crowd of Shushers – New York Times
  Librarians on the front page of the NYT style section is a GOOD thing. Was it fluffy? Yes. Was it an overall positive portrayal? Yes. Most professions would be thankful for such coverage.
  (tags: librarianship style stereotypes)
• Technology’s Untanglers: They Make It Really Work – New York Times
  Article on usability professionals.
  (tags: usability)
• ICWSM Blog: Personality Impressions Based on Facebook Profiles
  Brief research article on how closely social networking profiles (on Facebook) match actual personality traits. Replicates earlier findings on personal web pages. “But how accurate are the impressions based on OSNW profiles? Our previous research on pers
  (tags: facebook research identity)

The NYT article on hip librarians is the most e-mailed article of the New York Times and it is 5th most blogged. Despite its fluffiness, I liked the article.

Stereotypes are a fact of life. Every time I am at a bar, night club, or concert past 10 at night and tell a stranger that I am a librarian, they express surprise. Why? Because I am a young, male, librarian who appears to be having fun.

I am willing to bet that any young librarian or library student who could be considered moderately “hip” has had this experience.

There will always be stereotypes. I for one would rather be stereotyped as a hipster than a spinster any day.

By the way, the Business section of the Sunday Times had an article explaining what usabilty professionals do:
Technology’s Untanglers: They Make It Really Work