Man Candy: The Men of the Stacks
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All proceeds from this calendar are being donated to the It Gets Better Project™.
Please meet Zack (Mr January)
File Me Under Woof!
Current location: New York, NY
Place of birth: Lincoln, NE
Tale of the tape: 6’5” 220lbs.
Sign: Pisces
Favorite place in New York: Housing Works Bookstore in Soho
Outside of his office, he is the director and assistant coach for a men’s rugby club. His playing career began in college and is a proud former Cornhusker. The farm boys on the team taught him how to rope (ask him ladies, he’ll demonstrate).
He spends his occasional free weekend as an EMT for the Central Park Medical Unit. Working at emergency medicine in New York City relaxes him, compared to the library business. Looking for a sylvan tryst in the big city’s best park? Check out the waterfalls at the north end between The Pool and Harlem Meer. Bring a blanket, wine and thug spray for the drug dealers.
Zack’s favorite hobby is bicycling. Nothing better than NYC by bike. Smell the rainbow of the city. Keeps you in motion, fit and hard to mug.
The Calendar:
We know what people think: Dewey, glasses, shushing, books, hairbuns, Party Girl and card catalogs. Yes, we know what people think. We know that the American library profession is approximately 80% White and 72% female; and we know that tens of thousands of librarians are expected to reach age 65 in the next 5 years. We also know that this is not us.
There is an entire population of professional librarians out there who disagree with the way the library profession is perceived in contemporary media outlets and in the historical consciousness of the American mind. Different people and different associations will use different means to try to change those perceptions. This is ours.
The Men of the Stacks project was first conceived a couple of years ago after learning of the publication of another library-themed calendar. Our first reaction to that calendar? “Well, cool but…where are all the men?” There was another, earlier calendar that featured only male librarians, but we felt it didn’t quite capture the way we saw ourselves. In both cases, either the stereotype was reinforced or it didn’t go far enough in breaking free of it.
One of our models, Von, captured the spirit of this calendar beautifully:
“We can’t just leave it to others to tell the people who we are; that’s why the stereotypes about librarians continue to flourish. We have to be the ones to go out there and tell people who we are. It’s not enough to complain about inaccurate images of librarians; we must be able to present alternative, positive images in movies, books and, yes, blogs.” — Filipino Librarian
Now, he adds, calendars should be added to the list. So, who are we? What do we want to tell you about who we are? What are these alternative images? Easy. We are, of course, professionals. We are educators, programmers, project managers, entrepreneurs, program coordinators, contractors, consultants, and speakers. We are academics. We are authors, diversity officers, historians, administrators, deans, professors, and researchers. We are creatives. We are musicians, bakers, painters, and storytellers. We are athletes, yogis, gym-rats, runners, and hikers. We are passionate. We are dog-lovers, radicals, conservatives, Christians, and Buddhists. We are in our twenties. We are in our forties. We are in relationships. We are perpetual bachelors. We are privileged beings who try to use their advantages to better the lives of others.
Who are we? We are The Men of the Stacks.
Order now: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/204507
All proceeds from this calendar are being donated to the It Gets Better Project™.
Please meet Zack (Mr January)
File Me Under Woof!
Current location: New York, NY
Place of birth: Lincoln, NE
Tale of the tape: 6’5” 220lbs.
Sign: Pisces
Favorite place in New York: Housing Works Bookstore in Soho
Outside of his office, he is the director and assistant coach for a men’s rugby club. His playing career began in college and is a proud former Cornhusker. The farm boys on the team taught him how to rope (ask him ladies, he’ll demonstrate).
He spends his occasional free weekend as an EMT for the Central Park Medical Unit. Working at emergency medicine in New York City relaxes him, compared to the library business. Looking for a sylvan tryst in the big city’s best park? Check out the waterfalls at the north end between The Pool and Harlem Meer. Bring a blanket, wine and thug spray for the drug dealers.
Zack’s favorite hobby is bicycling. Nothing better than NYC by bike. Smell the rainbow of the city. Keeps you in motion, fit and hard to mug.
The Calendar:
We know what people think: Dewey, glasses, shushing, books, hairbuns, Party Girl and card catalogs. Yes, we know what people think. We know that the American library profession is approximately 80% White and 72% female; and we know that tens of thousands of librarians are expected to reach age 65 in the next 5 years. We also know that this is not us.
There is an entire population of professional librarians out there who disagree with the way the library profession is perceived in contemporary media outlets and in the historical consciousness of the American mind. Different people and different associations will use different means to try to change those perceptions. This is ours.
The Men of the Stacks project was first conceived a couple of years ago after learning of the publication of another library-themed calendar. Our first reaction to that calendar? “Well, cool but…where are all the men?” There was another, earlier calendar that featured only male librarians, but we felt it didn’t quite capture the way we saw ourselves. In both cases, either the stereotype was reinforced or it didn’t go far enough in breaking free of it.
One of our models, Von, captured the spirit of this calendar beautifully:
“We can’t just leave it to others to tell the people who we are; that’s why the stereotypes about librarians continue to flourish. We have to be the ones to go out there and tell people who we are. It’s not enough to complain about inaccurate images of librarians; we must be able to present alternative, positive images in movies, books and, yes, blogs.” — Filipino Librarian
Now, he adds, calendars should be added to the list. So, who are we? What do we want to tell you about who we are? What are these alternative images? Easy. We are, of course, professionals. We are educators, programmers, project managers, entrepreneurs, program coordinators, contractors, consultants, and speakers. We are academics. We are authors, diversity officers, historians, administrators, deans, professors, and researchers. We are creatives. We are musicians, bakers, painters, and storytellers. We are athletes, yogis, gym-rats, runners, and hikers. We are passionate. We are dog-lovers, radicals, conservatives, Christians, and Buddhists. We are in our twenties. We are in our forties. We are in relationships. We are perpetual bachelors. We are privileged beings who try to use their advantages to better the lives of others.
Who are we? We are The Men of the Stacks.
Order now: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/204507
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Date: 2012-01-01 03:12 pm (UTC)