Masu adana littattafai a cikin al'adun gargajiya

Ana iya samun masu karatu a cikin al'adun gargajiya a wurare daban-daban, gami da fim, talabijin, kiɗa da adabi. Bayanan su sun bambanta kuma suna iya wakiltar ko rushe ra'ayoyi daban-daban. Gidajen karatu da masu karatu abubuwa ne masu maimaitawa a cikin fiction.[1]

 Fina finai 
A cikin shekarun 1950, fina-finai sun kafa nau'in masu karatu a matsayin "spinsters" da "eggheads".[1] Don haka, masu kula da fina-finai na mata yawanci ba su da aure, na farko, kuma ba su da kyau. Yawanci matasa ne kuma suna iya zama masu kyau, amma suna da kyau kuma ana hana su yin jima'i. "Matsayi mara kyau fiye da mutuwa na masu karatu" ya bayyana musamman a fina-finai kamar It's a Wonderful Life da The Music Man.[2][3][4] A cikin It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Mary Hatch Bailey (wanda Donna Reed ta buga), an nuna shi a matsayin "tsohuwar yarinya. " Har ila yau, a bayyane yake a fina-finai kamar Foul Play wanda ke nuna mai kula da ɗakin karatu na San Francisco mai jin kunya ya ƙauna da "yan sanda mai ɗumi". [2] Sabanin haka, masu kula da fina-finen maza - masu tausayi, masu basira, da jin kunya - suna da ƙananan matsayi.[3][2]

Wani nau'in da aka ambata shi ne mai kula da ɗakin karatu mara kyau kuma mara taimako (John Rothman) a cikin Sophie's Choice (1982), wanda ke kuka a Sophie Zawistowski (Meryl Streep) "Shin kuna son in zana maka taswira?!" Kwanan nan kuma ci gaba da nau'in masu kula da ɗakin littattafai marasa kyau, a cikin fim din Disney / Pixar Monsters University (2013), Alison Nastasi na Flavorwire ya ce mai kula da laburaren jami'a ba ya son hayaniya kuma ba ya tunanin sau biyu game da jefa ɗalibai a cikin tafki a cikin tafkin da ke ƙasa. Wani misali na wannan nau'in ɗakin karatu an nuna shi a cikin Citizen Kane . 

Wadannan hotuna marasa kyau sun bambanta da irin waɗannan haruffa masu kyau, kamar mai kula da ɗakin karatu Bunny Watson (wanda Katharine Hepburn ta buga) wanda ke koyar da Richard Sumner (wanda Spencer Tracy ya buga) wasu abubuwa game da hanyoyin bincike na zamani a cikin fim ɗin Desk Set (1957)  da kuma "Marian the Librarian" (Shirley Jones) a cikin fim din The Music Man. Maryamu (wanda Parker Posey ya buga) a matsayin babbar Yarinyar jam'iyya (1995) wacce ta gano, "Ina so in zama mai kula da ɗakin karatu!" a cikin sanannen banbanci ga tsarin mai kula da ɗakunan karatu na farko.  

Masu karatu a cikin fim yawanci mutane ne na yau da kullun da aka kama a cikin yanayi, maimakon zama jarumawa; Hakanan ba su da yawa ko da yake suna da kuskuren, kamar wariyar launin fata a Goodbye, Columbus .  Jama'a, fim din 2018 na Emilio Estevez ya nuna mai kula da ɗakin karatu, Stuart Goodson, wanda yake jin daɗi tare da mutanen da ba su da gida waɗanda ke amfani da ɗakin karatu na jama'a kowace rana. Goodson ya shiga cikin gwagwarmaya game da yin abin da ya dace: a wannan yanayin neman mafaka ga marasa gida a cikin dare mai sanyi. Goodson, kamar yadda fim din ya nuna, ya shawo kan aljanu na kansa don cimma aiki a matsayin mai kula da ɗakin karatu. Alicia Hull (wanda Bette Davis ta buga), ƙaramar mai kula da ɗakin karatu ce, wacce ta yi abota da saurayi Freddie Slater (Kevin Coughlin) amma an ware kanta saboda ƙin cire littafi game da Kwaminisanci daga ɗakin karatu na jama'a a lokacin tsawo na Red Scare a Storm Center (1956). Wannan fim din ya samo asali ne daga korar Ruth Brown, mai kula da ɗakin karatu a Bartlesville, Oklahoma . 

Fim din wasan kwaikwayo na <i id="mwrw">Tomcats</i> (2001) ya nuna Heather Stephens a matsayin Jill, mai jin kunya, mai kula da ɗakin karatu wanda ke rayuwa sau biyu a matsayin salon rayuwa (marasa aiki). A cikin Only Two Can Play (1962), Peter Sellers ya nuna wani mai kula da ɗakin karatu na Welsh wanda ba a biya shi sosai kuma mai takaici da kuma mai sukar wasan kwaikwayo na lokaci-lokaci, wanda soyayyarsa ke canzawa tsakanin Liz mai ban sha'awa da matarsa mai wahala mai tsawo Jean. A cikin wasan kwaikwayo na UHF na "Weird Al" Yankovic, halin Conan mai kula da ɗakin karatu ya yi taƙaitaccen bayyanar. Wannan hali yana da tsokoki masu yawa, yana magana a cikin harshen Ingilishi na Austrian wanda aka tsara bayan yadda Arnold Schwarzenegger ya nuna Conan, ya azabtar da mai kula da ɗakin karatu saboda rashin Tsarin Dewey Decimal System, kuma ya yanke mai kula da shi a kashi biyu don dawo da littafi da ya wuce. A cikin wata kasida a watan Janairun 2021, Brian Cronin na CBR ya kara da cewa wannan hali bai samo asali ne a cikin wani labari na Monty Python ba.

Masu karatu na iya yin aiki a fina-finai masu ban sha'awa. A cikin fim din raye-raye na 1994 The Pagemaster, mai firgici da rashin jin daɗi Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin) ya sadu da wani mai kula da ɗakin karatu, Mista Dewey (Christopher Lloyd), wanda ya ƙarfafa Richard ya sami katin ɗakin karatu kuma ya fara kasada. A ƙarshen fim ɗin, an nuna Mista Dewey a matsayin mai ba da labari kuma babu wani kasada a cikin fim ɗin mafarki ne. Mista Dewey ya gabatar da Richard ga abubuwan da suka faru a cikin ɗakunan karatu da littattafai yayin da ya "san yadda sihiri na wani wuri ɗakin karatu zai iya zama. "  Hakazalika, mai kula da ɗakin karatu ya bayyana a farkon ofishin jakadancin Hollywood na 1984, Ghostbusters   da kuma "tsohon mai kula da ɗakunan karatu" a cikin Indiana Jones &amp; The Last Crusade wanda ke tunanin duk fashewa a cikin ɗakin karatu yana fitowa daga hatiminsa, amma a zahiri yana fitowa ne daga Indiana Jones "yana ƙoƙarin karya bene a can".  Hakazalika a cikin fim din Harry Wicked Comma mai kula da Wicked Mai gabatarwa na The Time Traveler's Wife shine Henry DeTamble, mai kula da ɗakin karatu wanda ke tafiya ba zato ba tsammani zuwa makomar sa ko baya. Kettnich da Jaeger suna tattauna wasan kwaikwayo waɗanda ke nuna ƙalubalen masu ɗakin karatu don samun dama a fina-finai.

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 Fim din da aka kafa a cikin ɗakunan karatu
 Laburaren Jama'a na New York a cikin al'adun gargajiya

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