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Limerick, Sheila Blackmon – Online Submission, 2005
The image of the librarian has changed much since the first librarian's positions at Ivy League schools in the mid- to late-17th Century. The purpose of this paper is to explore the history and origins of male and female stereotypes of librarians as well as generational stereotypes. Stereotypes in the literature of the field were explored and…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Information Science, Librarians, Social Attitudes