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Superheroes of Library Land - Part 2

8/17/2014

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The second in an occasional, continuing series...

Because sometimes laughter is the only thing that saves us...

Batgirl

PicturePutting her librarian's efficiency to use (DC Comics)
Librarians have always been rather self-effacing about their superpowers. Because, at the end of the day, we are all about empowering others. And then there's Dr. Barbara Gordon, Ph.D. Zealously committed to justice, she yearns to follow in her father Police Commissioner Jim Gordon's footsteps and join the police force. However, in an effort to protect her from Gotham's meaner streets, he puts the kibosh on that ambition.

So she becomes a librarian instead. Sounds about right.

Barbara earns her doctorate and becomes the director of the Gotham City Public Library, where she presumably:

  • redesigns the floorplan into an efficient, user-friendly space;
  • purchases multiple copies of banned books and displays them prominently;
  • inaugurates a "One Book, One Gotham" reading program;
  • expands the children's section and promotes the Every Child Ready to Read campaign;
  • enlarges the Tweens and Teens hangout space, adding additional computers and Wi-Fi access to enhance the Minecraft tournaments that her young patrons adore;
  • adds a café featuring organic juices, teas and coffees, as well as an assortment of delicious AND healthy baked goods and snacks; and
  • installs a fabulous MakerSpace with a 3-D printer, iPads, videocameras, recording equipment and Beats by Dr. Dre headphones.

PictureHer 1967 debut (DC Comics)
But that still leaves her with plenty of spare time to kill. She's constantly improving her computer skills, through coding classes and hacker tourneys. She takes karate and judo lessons as an outlet for her pent-up aggression. She snags an invite to a costume ball (sponsored by the Policeman's Benevolent Society) and decides to attend dressed as a female version of Gotham's caped crusader, Batman. Well, wouldn't you know, traversing those mean streets, she happens upon an attempted kidnapping. The victim? None other than bazillionaire reprobate playboy, Bruce Wayne. The villain?  Killer Moth. Using those martial arts skills, she kicks some moth butt, allowing Bruce Wayne to escape. And, once unleased, you can never put the crime-fighting genie back in the bottle.  Or the librarian back into sensible shoes...

Picture
Looks like something I wear to work every day... (DC Comics)

There's always another adventure waiting on a higher shelf...

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10/22/2018 06:28:43 am

Library is a place where many students and teachers learn many things and most of them often spend their time in the library.The outlooking and floorplan should be standard for spending their learning time.Library authority are trying to redesign all the setting and structure towards the standard level.

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    Joanne Zienty is, in no particular order, a reader, a writer, a teacher and a librarian who resides in the western suburbs of Chicago. She's been a library aficionado since early childhood.

    She was recently named the winner of the first Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project sponsored by RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System) and the Illinois Library Association.

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