Librarians Aplenty
A group of lions is a pride. But what is the collective term for librarians, en masse?
It seems that librarians themselves have been discussing this, and they've come up with a number of possibilities. Among the suggestions I like are:
-- a shush
-- a google
-- a collation
-- a bibliogeekerie
-- a spectacle
Most of them seem a bit out-of-date, though. Now that the profession is so digitality-minded, the old references aren't as useful, even if the stereotypes are still in force. The latter of course inspired my own my own suggestion, "a bun of librarians." (I will be hearing about this in short order, and in no uncertain terms, from one librarian in particular. Who sometimes wears a bun.)
Via Fade Theory
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