電影: 好萊塢圖書館員

現在正在製作中的影片 The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society 將會是第一部全片內容都聚焦在圖書館員工作及生活上的美國電影(紀錄片)。這部電影的部份簡介內容如下：


美國電影中有圖書館或圖書館員的畫面也不少，但正面及負面的都有，有些有點可笑，有些則錯誤的觀念一大堆。例如在 「蘇菲的抉擇」、「費城」 及「風雲人物」 等電影之中便可見看對圖書館員負面的刻板印象。相反的，在圖書館員在 「羅倫佐的油」、「約櫃」、及「刺激1995」等電影中則比較能幹且專業。….

在這部影片中可以看到館員在對兒童及其父母親說故事，也可以看到背後有館員在進行編目的工作。此外，在影片中也會提到圖書館員的重要性及圖書館所面臨的財務縮減和成本增加的挑戰。…..

The filmmakers will also interview actors such as Tim Robbins and Goldie Hawn who have played librarians on screen, as well as screenwriters and directors who have included library themes in their movies (for example, Gary Ross, writer and director of Pleasantville). The Hollywood Librarian will be a unique blend of film clips, humor and critical analysis of the popular image of librarians. It will create a new-found empathy for the profession by revealing the diversity of individual librarians and the importance of what they do. This film will increase the public’s awareness of the complex and democratic nature of librarianship in the age of technology, and be a step toward librarians redefining themselves as not only more than a stereotype, but also as a cultural imperative.