I am proud to be a Librarian. When people ask what I do, I tell them. I am never sheepish, but I admit I smile when I say it because I know what their reaction will be: Awe. Wonder. Amazement. Incredulity.

I am not embarrassed to say I love books, or the Dewey Decimal System or my Nancy Pearl Librarian action figure (with amazing sushing action). I would never hide that I am purveyor of knowledge and information to the masses. But I wouldn’t tattoo myself.

But Justin the Librarian has decided to. Yes, he is so proud that he tattooed the international library symbol to his forearm. In his blog post at 8bitlibrary.com he shows how dedicated he is to our profession. I am not going to knock him. I think it takes a lot of guts to get a tattoo (but it seems he has 5, but of what I don’t know). I don’t have those kinds of guts. I am going to ALA Annual in Washington, DC. And I might get a temporary tattoo. What about you? Do you love libraries and being a librarian enough to get a tattoo of the ILS?

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