“PUNK ASS BOOK JOCKEYS” LIBRARY ANXIETY IN COMMUNITY AND PARKS AND RECREATION EAMON TEWELL REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 CONTEXT EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 CAUSES OF LIBRARY ANXIETY MELLON (1986) a. Relative size of the library b. Lack of knowledge about location of materials c. Lack of knowledge about initiating library research d. Lack of knowledge about how to proceed with search BOSTICK (1992) • Barriers with staff; affective barriers; comfort with library; knowledge of library; mechanical barriers. EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 PARKS AND RECREATION: AT WAR WITH THE LIBRARY “RON AND TAMMY” EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 LESLIE KNOPE EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 AMY POEHLER “The library represents that branch of government that’s like the smart kid—the teacher’s favorite…and the library always wins. People who work in the library think they are so much better than everyone else. “And what’s really funny is we’ve been doing Q&A’s about our show, and people from local governments have said, ‘You guys nailed it about the library.’ We were just making it up as a joke, but I guess everyone hates the library. EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 COMMUNITY: LIBRARY AS (ANXIOUS) PLACE JEFF WINGER EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 TROY AND ABED EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 CONCLUSION EAMON TEWELL | PCA/ACA ANNUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 29, 2013 CONTACT twitter: @eamontewell [email protected] .