Librarian Blogger's Love for Ryan Gosling and Libraries

Librarian Blogger's Love for Ryan Gosling and Libraries

Gwendolyn Nixon-Carter, a public librarian from the DC area, shares her story behind her blog http://librarianheygirl.tumblr.com, which is dedicated to her love for Ryan Gosling and Libraries.

"I started this on a whim, fueled by jealousy over the public historian Ryan Gosling's blog (http://publichistorianryangosling.tumblr.com), and thought surely there must be one for librarians.  There wasn’t that I could find, so I started one just to make myself laugh, mostly. Then I shared it with a few friends, who in turn shared with their friends. The page received 120,000+ visitors within the first two days."

Since its start in December 2011, the blog has had 275,107 visits from 178 countries. And after opening the blog to submissions, Gwendolyn has received hundreds of hilarious suggestions, which she tries her best to keep up with.

"I was nervous at first to put the blog out there, as I wasn’t sure if anyone else would think it was funny.  But librarians from all over the world have been incredibly supportive of the idea, and appreciative of the humor.  Some of the lovely comments I’ve received have made my week.  The whole experience has made me even more proud to be a librarian.  We are proud of what we do and can find humor in just about every situation, it seems."

Hey girl. I like the library too.

Photo credited to #childrenslibrarianproblems

Sure to be a hit with all those public librarians out there.  Who hasn’t sat there alone in the library meeting room?  We need you, Ryan!  Thanks Dedria. 

Photo from http://ryangoslingworkout.net.

Photo credit to fudgepiesnfries.

Thanks thatfaeriechick.

(Photo from http://david-cutefaces.blogspot.com.)