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What is a Group of Librarians?

I asked an idle question on my Facebook wall and it generated some interesting, fun and funny responses . . .
What do you call a group of librarians?
Some of the quick suggestions include:
A gaggle of librarians
A collection of librarians
A catalogue of librarians
A catalog of librarians
A shush of librarians
A volume of librarians
A flap of librarians
I wonder WWGD – What would Google do? I searched < collective nouns librarians >. . .
For a hundred or more . . .
Collective Nouns for Librarians #1
Collective Nouns for Librarians #2
Wikipedia says:
A catalogue of librarians
But WikiAnswers says:
A stack of librarians
I like the above ideas . . .
How about . . .
A shelf of librarians
A drawer of librarians
A disc of librarians
An answer of librarians
An ask of librarians
A value chain of librarians
And if you’re Facebook policies, Twitter changes, Elsevier journals, OCLC licenses, or whomever is on the hotplate this week . . maybe we’re an:
An affront of librarians
And since if you put five librarians in a room, within three hours you’ll get at least three associations, five committees, six meetings, and one manifesto, why not call ourselves . . .
A network of librarians.
So, what do you call a group of librarians? It doesn’t matter. Just call us. Ask.
Just call us smart and valuable and we’ll smile.
Stephen

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Posted on: May 18, 2009, 8:43 am Category: Uncategorized

By: stephen

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  1. Tijl Vandersteene said
    on May 16, 2009 3:06 am

    A directory of librarians.

  2. Elizabeth Bowman said
    on May 16, 2009 12:18 pm

    A HUSH of librarians, is a collective noun I came up with years ago. Surprised not to see it.

  3. Carolyn Wood said
    on May 17, 2009 9:33 am

    How about a wiki of librarians – moving from a read-only to read-write collective?

  4. diane said
    on May 17, 2009 2:42 pm

    A category of librarians? A genre of librarians? A literacy of librarians?

  5. Lutie said
    on May 18, 2009 3:41 am

    A query of librarians.

  6. Emily Lloyd said
    on May 19, 2009 11:21 am

    A search party of librarians…

  7. Patrick Cormier said
    on May 19, 2009 10:32 pm

    Haha!! And who said that Librarians are boring?! not! lol

  8. Joanne Lustig said
    on May 20, 2009 3:52 pm

    Not a gaggle, but a google of librarians 😉

  9. no one in particular said
    on May 20, 2009 10:07 pm

    from the POV of the FBI – a coven of librarians.
    OMG, my own post made me realize – an acronym of librarians!

  10. Megan Sheils said
    on May 21, 2009 10:36 am

    A treasure trove of librarians!

  11. Ed Thomas said
    on May 21, 2009 1:36 pm

    Anyone who has ever worked with a large group of librarians would immediately realize that the best collective noun for the group as a whole would be a cacophony of librarians or a confusion of librarians.

  12. Liam Hegarty said
    on May 22, 2009 10:00 am

    A Lek of Librarians

  13. George Williams said
    on May 25, 2009 2:47 pm

    An order of librarians.

  14. Dorothea Coiffe said
    on August 6, 2009 11:03 am

    An INDEX of librarians!