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This story about the antics of fun-lovin' librarians is a hoot. It's about the Third Annual Bookcart Drill Team World Championships -- I'm sure it's on ESPN Ocho -- and was published today in the Christian Science Monitor. Here's the top: Last weekend's world championship at the American Library Association's annual meeting is the most high-profile, but not the only, event of its kind. There are more than 200 library cart drill teams around the country - all part of an ALA image makeover and public outreach effort. "It's all about the image that librarians are stodgy, stern, always shushing," said Caroline Langendorfer of Madison, Wis., a competitor in the previous two world championships. "Cardigans. Hair buns. I love shaking up [that] stereotype." |
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