"Punk-Ass Book Jockeys": Library Anxiety in the Television Programs Community and Parks & Recreation

Tewell, Eamon "Punk-Ass Book Jockeys": Library Anxiety in the Television Programs Community and Parks & Recreation. Library Philosophy and Practice, 2014. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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English abstract

Library anxiety, defined as the fear of using libraries, is a psychological barrier that impedes academic achievement and the development of information literacy. Using key episodes and protagonists from Community and Parks and Recreation, this paper will demonstrate how library anxiety is represented in these series. From the infamously manipulative public librarian Tammy Swanson in Parks and Recreation to the library as pillow fight battlefield in Community, these indications of anxiety towards libraries will be evaluated with the intent of illuminating current discourse in popular television regarding library use.

Item type:	Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords:	library anxiety, popular media, television, academic libraries, public libraries
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AC. Relationship of LIS with other fields .
Depositing user:	Eamon Tewell
Date deposited:	23 Oct 2015 17:40
Last modified:	23 Oct 2015 17:40
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/28167

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