Action librarian figure!Oh, I want one. With a real 'shush!' action-arm movement and all.
Amongst all the levity of the story behind a librarian action figure getting produced, the article itself has some nice pearls of wisdom on just why librarians are worthy of superhero status...
"The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?"
Seattle City Librarian Deborah Jacobs, Pearl's boss, said anyone who doesn't view a librarian as a potent force doesn't understand the job. "Ideas are more powerful than bombs," she said. "Information is the way to take over the world." Mwahhahhah! Yes, becoming a
professional librarian was all part of my master plan for world domination. Now, where did I put my cardy...?
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