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Fictional libraries and the power of volunteering
Kath (left) and Barb (right) tell the assembled volunteers how grateful they are for their help in fixing up the library, at the end of the episode The second episode of the children’s animated...
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Happy Kaisa Day!: Remembering Kaisa, the librarian in “Hilda”
Kaisa talks to Hilda, Frida, and David who broke into the library after hours Today is what some have dubbed Kaisa Day, as on this day, in 2022, the season 2 episode of Hilda, “Chapter 3: The Witch”...
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The “Legend” of Wan Shi Tong: Examining this fictional library owl
Wan Shi Tong, alongside Unalaq, falsely claims that Unalaq is a “true friend” unlike Korra, in an episode of Korra Today is Korrasami Day, which is held every year to celebrate the canon couple of...
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2023 Wrap-Up Post
Views and visitors to this website as shown in the stats up until Dec. 23, 2023. The numbers have undoubtedly gone up since then. This is a 62.6% increase in views and 56.3% increase in website...
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Recently added titles (December 2023)
Composite of three screenshots of Kaisa’s cameo in the Hilda episode “Chapter 7: Strange Frequencies” (s3, ep 7). Sadly she has no spoken lines. She also appears briefly in the next episode, eating...
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More than a coming-of-age drama: The value of libraries and librarians in “I...
Haruki Shiga shelving books in the library as shown in the beginning of the film Near the beginning of I Want To Eat Your Pancreas, the protagonist, Haruki (voiced by Mahiro Takasugi) after reflecting...
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Heralding a new year: Previewing what is in store for 2024
There will be another post featuring these librarians, who appear in a few episodes of Ever After High, who have some of the weirdest hair-dues I’ve ever seen, which I mentioned and examined in a post...
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Librarians of Color on “Pop Culture Library Review”: A 2023 Assessment
From left to right, top row: Motofumi Mashiko in Libra of Nil Admirari, Hazel in Somali and the Forest Spirit, Praline in Somali and the Forest Spirit, Ms. Green in Young Love, and Kana Kishimoto in...
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In the eighth episode of Myself ; Yourself, after Nanako shouts at Sako and tells him to leave her alone, the students in the library perk up. She is embarrassed by this and blushes in result, as she...
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Colin Higgins and fictional librarians in film
Front page of Libraries at the Movies on Aug. 3, 2023. The blog is totally empty One of my inspirations for this blog, apart from Jennifer Snoek-Brown’s Reel Librarians, was a blog by Colin Higgins,...
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Love in the fictional library: From mansions to public spaces
Since today is February 14th, it is a day to celebrate of Library Lover’s Day and Valentine’s Day. As such, it only makes sense to write a post on this subject. Long-time readers may remember that last...
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From “Oblivion” to “Zodiac”: Collin Higgins and his pop culture library reviews
Jack fights for his life in the New York Public Library in a scene of Oblivion On February 7th, I wrote about Colin Higgins and fictional librarians in film, talking about reviews on his now-defunct...
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Library shushers redux: Revisiting the fictional librarian stereotype
Some time ago, I came across a lecture of Jennifer Snoek-Brown talking about reel librarians, which she further explains in her post, “Video recording for ‘Shush-ers, Spinsters, and Sirens: Exploring...
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Recently added titles (February 2024)
When you directly accept what a library patron says, without question (from the sixth episode of Metallic Rouge) Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October, November, and...
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Examining unorthodox libraries in fiction: From “China, IL” to “Gosick”
Protagonists walk in front of the library in the show’s second opening sequence. Following this, they throw their beer bottles on the ground. There are various fictional libraries, which differ from...
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Fictional libraries and the importance of studying
Nagisa Kubo looks at Junta Shiraishi in an episode of Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, with Junta studying there and Kubo later joining him. Previously on this blog I’ve written about occasionally about...
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The duty of a librarian?: Destruction, knowledge, and the Witches Crest...
Over twelve minutes into the seventh episode of Somali and the Forest Spirit, Somali happily announces to her dad-of-sorts, Golem, about the number of books in this massive library Some time ago, I...
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Recently added titles (March 2024)
Gene reveals that the library’s “purpose” in an episode of Metallic Rouge Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October, November, and December 2021, and January, February,...
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Fictional school librarians and the realities school librarians face
Principal Ava Coleman (voiced by Janelle James) tells Barbara Howard (voiced by Sheryl Lee Ralph), a teacher at Abbott Elementary, in the season two episode “The Fundraiser” that with extra money from...
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Superior witches, readers, humanity, and the annals of history in “Somali and...
Praline asks why reading The Chronicles of Haraiso is important to them at the beginning of the episode On March 27th, I wrote about knowledge, destruction, and the library in Somali and the Forest...
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