Activity Week 3

My favorite library blog is actually a photoblog called This is What a Librarian Looks Like.  The blog consists of user submitted portraits and short captions. The mission is to break the librarian stereotype and show the world the interesting people who choose the profession. 

I selected this blog because I think it serves a valuable purpose. The librarian stereotype is pervasive in our society, most people think librarians are angry sshhing old ladies. We need to change that stereotype and show our society what librarians actually look like.

I think the main characteristic of a successful blog is an interesting topic. You have to write about something that people will care about and write on a regular basis. The blog I selected is successful because the librarian stereotype affects a lot of people and the idea of people changing this stereotype on library at a time is really interesting.

We need to go from this

To this

Images belong to lookslikelibraryscience.com

Greetings from Mars!

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling the transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the Outer Limits." -The Outer Limits intro

Welcome, here in the limitless void of cyberspace you will discover one Jonathan Rodriguez. A unique character, a strange yet friendly aspiring librarian. Here you will hear his thoughts, opinions and general musings.
Part of this blog will be posts for a certain library science class, others will be far more interesting personal anecdotes. So try to keep up, be careful around the tar pits, watch for disintegration rays and avoid the little green men with the atomizers.