Perhaps we should send this to Rod:

“But it wasn’t until I had been in the city-manager job for several years that I realized how unique librarians are. At the risk of sounding a bit judgmental, I have to say that all the other occupational types I worked with were simply boring by comparison.

The librarian stereotype will always be a person in an 18th-century hairstyle who is hard-working, bookish, a bit ill-tempered, reserved, and boring. I have met thousands of colleagues on the speaking circuit; my overwhelming impression is of an individual who is bright, inquisitive, knowledgeable about many different subjects, brimming with enthusiasm, and unexpectedly excited about technologies that others think could render this profession obsolete.”

Manley, W. (2010) Quirkiness “R” Us. American Libraries, 41(5 ), 56

Deirdre