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Wednesday, 1st January 2003

New Jersey Librarians Pose for "Pin-Up" Calendar

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Source: The New York Times
New Jersey Librarians Pose for Pinup Calendar
A creative way to make some money to expand the library building while at the same time working to end a few of the librarian stereotypes. From the article, "The 2003 calendar, titled "Easy Readers @ Your Library," introduces the Librarians of Ocean County, who came up with the idea as an eye-grabbing way to help raise the library's $1.6 million share of a $12.9 million expansion of the library system's main building here. For $10 ($15 with shipping and handling), readers � and nonreaders, for that matter � can enjoy 12 months of their favorite local information specialists.But there was another motive behind the move. "We wanted to show people we've changed," said Nancy Dowd, the head of public relations for the library system, who snapped the photos with her Olympus C-3000, a digital camera. "People's ideas of librarians is conservative, and this just blew it out of the water."
See Also: More in this Newark Star-Ledger Story
See Also: Interested? Direct to the Calendar Order Form
See Also: Learn More About the Ocean County Library via the OCL Web Site

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