The Hogwarts librarian

[Peggy]

No: HPFGUIDX 80363

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, udder_pen_dragon <udderpd at y...> 
wrote:
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> arrowsmithbt <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote: 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rania Melhem <dunknegg at y...> 
wrote:
> > As a librarian, I totally agree with you. I am very irritated by 
Madam Pince's 
> description by JKR. I dont know why she is depicted so horribly. 
And she never seems 
> to help any of the Hogwarts students find information. 
> > Rania
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> Perhaps JKR has set her character in our minds and is getting 
> her ready for a major role in a future volume.
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> Conan the Librarian, maybe.
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> Kneasy 
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> U_P_D
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> But so many Librarian's were like her, some still are. I do not 
particularly like or dislike her, but she is a real life charecter, I 
bet JKR has copied her from someone she has met.
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> Udder Pen Dragon
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Peg:

I agree with Rania--what on earth does JKR think a librarian 
is/does?  I'm one, too, and so are many of my friends.  We're 
mystified at why someone who can portray so many other characters so 
well opted for such a stereotype?  Especially when public librarians 
are at the forefront of protecting access to her books in the face of 
the "ban the books" crowd.

Yes, yes, some librarians were once dragons (I met a couple as a kid) 
and cared more for their books and the physical library than they did 
for the people who used them.  

JKR has missed an opportunity (as I see it) to show the world how to 
find information with a librarian's help.  I know the Trio isn't 
inclined to ask adults for help (that's part of the story--they solve 
mysteries on their own).  Nevertheless, if they just once asked Madam 
Pince to help them out, they might get a better solution.

Conan the librarian?  I like it, but I don't know how it would fit in 
with the storyline. :)

Ask a librarian, you never know what you might find.

Peg  An electronic librarian--you just can't see the wires.