Whether you are looking for a new persona, a role model, or a way to assimilate into the entertainment industry, information professionals are in good company on the silver screen. In her Winter 1997 edition, Katie Clark, editor of the Indiana Chapter bulletin, Indiana Slant, listed a couple fun Web sites that list movies in which a librarian character is portrayed. For a little fun, put your knowledge to work and take this quick quiz.

1. Investigating White House scandals may be nothing new these days, but in this highly acclaimed picture, a library clerk (Jaye Stewart) working in the largest special library in the United States, gives circulation records to two reporters working on a high-profile story. Jamie Smith Jackson and Ron Menchine play Washington Post news librarians. Name the picture...
2. In the movie "Burglar" this famous comedienne has an unusual hobby of breaking into mansions. Her day-job is quite an honorable profession--working in a library. Name this actress...
3. Spencer Tracy is hired to install a new computer in the reference department of a television network. The news librarians, played by Katharine Hepburn, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill and Sue Randall, are knowledgeable, capable, and efficient professionals. Name the 1950's flick...
4. Actor Tim Robbins plays a successful banker who murders his wife and her lover. While serving time, he takes over the prison library. It becomes a key location in the film, and is used for high-school equivalency education. Name the 1995 film that presents a positive image of a prison library...
5. In the 1956 film "Storm Center," this fiery small-town librarian sets her "famous eyes" on the task of fighting censorship and championing the right of free speech by refusing to ban a book on communism. Name the star...
6. Pretty woman Julia Roberts works as a librarian who must escape her abusive husband by faking her own death. She then takes a job in a library in another city and attempts to re-establish her life. Name the film...
7. In "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold," this leading man plays a disgraced spy turned counter-agent, who works in a library devoted to the occult--I guess one could call that a special library!?! Claire Bloom plays a librarian and former comrade. The actor is...
8. Parker Posey plays a young woman who is arrested and gets her godmother, a librarian, to bail her out. In an effort to repay borrowed monies she works as a library clerk. After some time, a negative experience becomes a positive one and she decides to attend library school and enter the profession. Who says librarians don't "just wanna have fun?" Name the movie...
9. In the movie "Joe Versus the Volcano," this funny man once battled danger as a firefighter, then embarks on a career change, becoming a librarian in a corporate advertising department. Name the famous comedian with the starring role...
10. A couple of librarians take to the screen in this 1980's blockbuster movie. Actress Alice Drummond finds herself in a "spooky" scene, as the card catalog in the library becomes a site of paranormal activity. The library administrator, played by John Rothman, is plagued by ghostly apparitions. The "spirited" movie title is...

Answers:
1. All The President's Men; 2. Whoopi Goldberg; 3. Desk Set; 4. The Shawshank Redemption; 5. Bette Davis; 6. Sleeping With The Enemy; 7. Richard Burton; 8. Party Girl; 9. Tom Hanks; 10. Ghostbusters

For a comprehensive listing of librarians in the movies see the following Web sites:

• Librarians In The Movies: An Annotated Filmography
  http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/staff/mraish/movies/introduction.html
• You Oughtta Be In Pictures
  http://www.dra.com/resources/library/librarianslibrary.htm

"The Time Is Now!"
To Make Your ISLD Plans

As the holiday season has come and gone, you may think there is nothing left to plan and celebrate. Of course, it's never too early to start thinking about International Special Librarians Day (ISLD). SLA, in partnership with LEXIS-NEXIS, is proud to announce ISLD '98--The Time Is Now!, on Thursday, April 23, 1998--annually the Thursday of ALA's National Library Week. This special day is your opportunity to feature the services of your library/information center and the contributions it makes each day to your organization. Here is a list of ideas and suggestions to get your creative juices flowing:

• write an article for your organization's publications;
• give Internet search tips to help with most commonly asked questions/problems;
• challenge willing participants to a timed-search on the Internet;
• create trivia games or scavenger hunts for clients and co-workers;
• explain how you ensure the information you give to your clients is correct;
• offer a discount coupon for services you provide;
• produce a flyer-stuffer to go in pay envelopes or add a note on the routing slips;
• post a flyer or wear a promotional button announcing the event;

For more information, visit the ISLD page of the SLA Web.