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What's The Most Frustrating Misconception People Have About Librarians?

It's not all shawls and shushing.

Arianna Rebolini
by Arianna Rebolini

BuzzFeed Staff

Librarians are heroes and best friends to readers, of all ages, around the world.

They also secretly have the coolest job ever.

But, still, a lot of antiquated ideas about what librarians actually ~do~ and how they look persist!

Maybe people have certain ideas about what a librarian's "uniform" is.

Perhaps they think you're super stern and all business.

That you're all women!

Some might think your job is just sitting around and reading books all day.

Or they assume you're technology-averse.

Maybe they don't understand how revolutionary your work truly is.

What's the misconception you want to set straight? Let us know in the comments!