To celebrate our profession’s revolutionary approach toward freedom of expression,
I have created a new product line* at the Librarian Avengers store, featuring the Revolutionary Librarian.

She’s a deadpan librarian, wielding the Flaming Stamp of justice.

You can get her on a coffee cup, shirt, or on some glossy cards to send to your nettlesome patrons.

Yes, those are knitting needles.

*As usual, all proceeds go toward the Erica family “mortgage and random charities” fund.

Related posts:

1. Librarian Avengers Shop I’ve upgraded the Librarian Avengers shop, and cleaned up the...
2. Hot Librarian Necklace From the department of products-inadvertently-marketed-to-librarians: Hot Librarian Necklace...
3. Stickers! Finally! A solution to book-banning and community standards. heh. From...

In which I write about my evening as though it appeared in a social column:

Librarians-turned-Software-Goons Sarah Dilling and Erica Olsen spent the evening discussing religion, the raising of rhetorically skilled children, and workplace mentoring this evening over mojitos at local bistro Luna Park. Rumor has it that the field of software development pays more than *twice* that of Librarianship, and offers larger amounts of free food. Where will this double dose of database-discussing debutantes appear next?

Related posts:

1. Librarians love balls. From a conversation with my friend Jenny on the implications...
2. Advantages to dating Librarians The webcomic xkcd has the goods on librarians this week:...
3. Revolting Librarians Redux The section of the library dedicated to books on librarianship...

etsy.com is a site where arts n’ crafters sell their wares.

If you shop at etsy, chances are pretty high you you are supporting a stay-at-home-mom, a starving artist, or a woman who wouldn’t otherwise get compensation for her work.

With that said, brookadelphia on etsy offers some pretty cool read necklaces. Don’t tell the ALA.

Related posts:

1. Hot Librarian Necklace From the department of products-inadvertently-marketed-to-librarians: Hot Librarian Necklace...
2. A Stack of Librarians Could one of my dear library worker readers tell Doppelganger...

Related posts:

1. The Offical White House Photostream on Flickr The Official White House Photostream on Flickr is essentially Cute...

Hooray! There’s some new t-shirts over at the Librarian Avengers Store. Because if you are like me, you are frantically looking for holiday presents when you should be working.

That’s it. I’m done. Everyone is getting PowerSquids for Christmas this year.

Buy a t-shirt.

kthnkxbye

No related posts.

It’s the Holiday Season, which means new stuff in the Librarian Avengers Store.

I’m pimpin’ some new oval stickers this year. They look just like those European country abbreviation stickers that folks have on their Toyotas. Only these are cooler, because they signal that you are secretly a member of the United Nation of Librarianship!

Yep, there’s lots of new products, posters, shirts, and stuff sitting around the store, just waiting for you to order. So if you are a librarian, know a librarian, or love a librarian, consider giving them a thoughtful Librarian Avengers product this year. Or hell, just give them the money. They probably need it.

Related posts:

1. New Schlock Remember to properly label your librarian.New librarian buttons and magnets...
2. Blogging for the library crowd Sorry I haven’t updated in a few weeks. I’ve been...
3. Master! Of! Information! Hooray! There’s some new t-shirts over at the Librarian Avengers...

Last year I pointed out that my local Target was selling a semi-skanky (and of course, Highly Accurate) “Librarian” Halloween costume.

This became a popular post, and I inadvertently helped sell dozens more of the silly things.

To counteract this, and help bring the universe a bit more into alignment, here’s a charmingly
inflammatory comment on Yahoo! Answers in response to a woman looking for tips on building a librarian Halloween costume:

Yes, ladies (and believe me, in the eyes of the world you are ALL ladies, even the dudes) why desexualize yourself by dressing like a hideous old librarian for Halloween, when you can just step on down to Girls’s Costume Warehouse?

This year I’m going as Frog.

Related posts:

1. Hey Kids! Be a Librarian for Halloween Target sells these INCREDIBLY accurate Librarian Halloween costumes in its...
2. Halloween We had a great Halloween – I put a bunch...
3. Virgin/Whore = Librarian/Librarian Ah the joy of working in a traditionally female profession...

From a conversation with my friend Jenny on the implications of library censorship…

Related posts:

1. Librarians love Liquor In which I write about my evening as though it...
2. How librarians talk when they think no one is looking This is how librarians talk when they think no one’s...
3. Revolting Librarians Redux The section of the library dedicated to books on librarianship...

I got a call about 20 minutes ago from a friend telling me that my website, this website, the website I HAVEN’T UPDATED IN WEEKS was mentioned in the NY Times. So, um. Hi. I’m updating! This is me. Updating. Just for you. La de da.

If you are interested in becoming a librarian, you might want to take this quiz.

If you know some librarians that you want to get gifts, I sell some cool t-shirts and mugs here.

Here are some of my favorite posts.

Here’s a quick summary of this website:
I’m Erica Olsen. I am a librarian (religion) and interface designer (profession). I just moved to San Francisco two weeks ago. I work doing User Experience at Second Life. I’ve been blogging since 1998, but in those days of yore we just called it “having a web page.”

If you wanna write to me and say hi, I’m ericaolsen (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

Related posts:

1. Radical Militant Librarians Have you seen the ALA’s new Radical Militant Librarian buttons?...
2. Revolting Librarians Redux The section of the library dedicated to books on librarianship...
3. Hi Wired News readers, Publib. Jeepers. A recent link in Wired News (thanks Katykins!) has...

The webcomic xkcd has the goods on librarians this week:
The Advantages to Dating Librarians

It’s true. It’s so so true. The librarian Achilles Heel.

Geeks: check out the alt tags for more funny.

Related posts:

1. Revolting Librarians Redux The section of the library dedicated to books on librarianship...
2. Librarians: Mimi Smartypants needs our Help! Mimi Smartypants is my favorite blogger. I want to say...
3. How librarians talk when they think no one is looking This is how librarians talk when they think no one’s...