First, two stereotypes about librarians in general. Whether the stereotypes are accurate, or whether they apply to law librarians, are questions that will subsequently be addressed. The stereotypes are captured in the following excerpts from musicals. In The Music Man, Meredith Wilson’s musical about life in the midwest in the early years of the twentieth century, the Robert Preston character (“Professor Harold Hill”), con man extraordinaire, charmer, and rake, becomes smitten with the Shirley Jones character, “Marian the Librarian.”(...)
Citation
G. Edward White, Law Librarians, 11 The Green Bag Second Series 81–97 (2007).