Eris Weaver, the bellydancing librarian, in civilian attire. The Bellydancing Librarian's Website. No, a librarian.
Librarians know the stereotype well.
They laugh at it, but also discuss how it affects their self-image and professional status. Sometimes they go out of their way to overturn it. Some librarians think that the cliche has a certain basis in fact, and that the information revolution, far from changing the stereotype, may actually be reinforcing it. They are self-absorbed about their image. Absher believes that the stereotype is intimately linked with the fact that the profession was always, and still is, dominated by women.