1364 Librarian Make-over

Yesterday I caught a re-run of a Life and Style show that was featuring make-overs. The first segment was two geeky guys, one of the t-shirt type and the other the bland tweedy sport coat and tie variety. Wow--the staff turned them into stud muffins. Then they took on the challenge of. . . a librarian.

Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library young adult librarian used the segment to do a really terrific PR job for librarians in general--one of the best I've heard. I thought she was attractive as is--long, wavy waist length dark hair and stylish glasses. But folks, I just got to tell you, what passes for a pretty librarian usually doesn't make it in the real world. She was dressed for the vagaries of library HVACs--sort of heavily layered. The thermostats you see in a library are just for show--they don't really work.

The make-over Bully said she'd never in all her days of transforming geeks (she didn't say that word) seen such a change. And Sharon was really stunning. Except for the boots. That just looked silly with the lovely dress. Now sometimes you need boots to wade through stuff where I worked (vet library), but probably not public libraries, unless you're talking about the stories you hear about losing books.

Check here for Sharon's version of the story and why she agreed to it.