A Stack of Librarians

on Mar 07 in Avenging by

Could one of my dear library worker readers tell Doppelganger here at 50 books what we call a (collective noun) of librarians? You know my thoughts on the matter.

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Author: Erica Firment

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17 Comments

  • PEGGY says:
    March 7, 2006 at 4:36 pm

    A collection of librarians?

  • Ann says:
    March 7, 2006 at 7:22 pm

    How ’bout a school of librarians? A swarm? A coven? A pride? An exaltation? A rabble? A band?

    I dunno.

  • Lyman says:
    March 7, 2006 at 10:21 pm

    Erica, I don’t know your thoughts on the matter. What are your thoughts?
    My favorite phrase is a “library of librarians.”

  • Angela says:
    March 8, 2006 at 1:33 pm

    The dusty old joke among UK librarians is that we are a shsh or a hush. Personally I don’t subscribe to this definition.

  • Davis says:
    March 8, 2006 at 1:44 pm

    A catalog of librarians? A series? A stack?

  • Davis says:
    March 8, 2006 at 1:45 pm

    Opps. Sorry, I see you’ve already done “stack.” My bad…

  • Kara says:
    March 9, 2006 at 6:08 pm

    An anthology of librarians? An index of librarians? A file of librarians? A gang? A posse? So many options….

    And what ARE your thoughts on the matter? :)

  • Lena says:
    March 10, 2006 at 6:51 pm

    A volume of librarians? A bevy of librarians…oh! or a shock of librarians!

  • Casper says:
    March 11, 2006 at 9:36 am

    Techie options: A web of librarians, a net of librarians (okay, gag). A database of librarians … maybe that’s a bit of a stretch.

    A facet of librarians (it allows the simultaneous identity of other ‘stacks of librarians’). Too jargony?

    My favourite from dictionary.com:
    A bevy of librarians (although admittedly somewhat gender biased.)

  • Jim Elliott says:
    March 12, 2006 at 1:01 pm

    I vote for a ‘catalog of librarians’.

    (although…a Dewey of Librarians? nah.)

  • Jim Elliott says:
    March 12, 2006 at 1:02 pm

    hee hee….
    a binding of librarians.
    LOL

  • Casper says:
    March 12, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    Ooops – sorry, missed that ‘bevy’ was spoken for …

  • akaky says:
    March 16, 2006 at 1:48 pm

    I like the hush of librarians, although binding is pretty good, too.

  • Heather says:
    March 17, 2006 at 7:45 pm

    How about a shelf or pile of librarians? But I do like catalog.

  • Joey says:
    March 23, 2006 at 9:35 pm

    A murder of librarians, perhaps?

    Granted, crows aren’t the best bedfellows…but you have to admit it has a nice (if not public friendly) ring to it.

  • Tony says:
    March 23, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    A ‘pride’ of librarians, surely ;-)

  • a knowledge of librarians says:
    February 9, 2007 at 11:13 am

    This “idle” of library assistants thought we’d join the fun