The USF Lakeland Library proudly presents

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About the Film:

This is the first movie on the subject of the real lives and actual work of U.S. librarians. Using the entertaining and appealing context of American movies, the film will hold some surprises for people who may think they know what librarians do. American film contains hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen -- some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong. Dozens of interviews of real librarians (school and children’s librarians, special librarians, academic librarians, library educators and graduate students, a cataloger, and public librarians) will be interwoven with movie clips of cinematic librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues, and the value of reading.

The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film was completed in May 2007, and had its red-carpet premiere at the American Library Association annual conference in Washington, DC on June 22, 2007. The documentary was filmed around the country from March 2005 through February 2006. The librarians in the movie are aged 24 through 85, and have a diversity of ethnic background, library position, and geographic location (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin). It was shot on the Panasonic Varicam high definition digital camera, and professionally edited and sound mixed, with an original music score composed for the film. The total budget was $185,000, including grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York as well as $25,000 from individual librarians.

Length: 95 minutes

When:

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Followed immediately by a group discussion.
Facilitator: Dr John Gathegi, Director of the USF School of Library and Information Sciences, USF Tampa

Friday, October 5th, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Followed immediately by a group discussion.
Facilitator: Dr Cynthia Patterson, Assistant Professor of English, Division of Arts & Sciences, USF Lakeland

Where:

Auditorium of the Lakeland Technology Building (LTB 1100)
University of South Florida Lakeland
3433 Winter Lake Rd
Lakeland, FL

Tickets:

Tickets are on sale at the USF Lakeland Cashier’s Office (LTB 1135).
The Office is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Ticket sales on October 2nd for paying audience will stop promptly at 6:00 PM.
Accepted methods of payment are cash or personal check.

Costs:

Free for library employees
(Proof of employment at a library/as a librarian or proof of current status as a student at a library science school allows free admission.)
$8 for Adults (age 12 through 60);
$5 for students with valid student ID, children and seniors (61+).
Children 6 and under are free.

We suggest that you procure your tickets in advance as seating is limited.
Call (863) 667-7737 or email clw@lakeland.usf.edu for reservation possibilities.

Part of the proceeds benefits the USF Lakeland Library.

Suggested Audiences:

Adult, College, High School. Rated “G”.

Directions:

Directions to the campus
Campus map
Parking: Free parking is available in the first lot on the left.

USFL Press Release

Film website: http://hollywoodlibrarian.com

For more information, call (863) 667-7737 or email clw@lakeland.usf.edu.