librarians reality show

presentations to highschool students

research investment in the fi eldinvestment in

database as a compulsory subject in all courses

wiki-style movie soundtrack database

commemorative post stamps

distribute fl yers in the streets

equals its salary with the “big careersʻ”

possibility of a clear career plan

junior enterprises inside university

students could develop databases to help othersʻ thesis

“more than books”

segmented magazine

cooperative projects to index the world

“IT for non-programmers”

librarianship professionals award

use famous librarians as pitchmen

use famous librarians as pitchmen

possibility of a clear career plan

librarianship

public tender for government offi ces

good quality free courses

public conferences

“is it organized? a librarian did it!”

TV advertising

commemorative post stamps

“Adopt a Librarian” campaign

big companies internshipbig companies internshipall level teachers

must enphasize the importance of databases

wiki-style

projects to index the world

cross-related and comparative city services guide

“better than google” (gives you just one right answer)

brochures to distribute in schools

commemorative

change the profession name (in Brazil)

stimulate the importance of reading

Amazon sponsored university

passion for reading / books could be a core

databaseunite all the world public libraries inside a huge database

“become a librarian and makes othersʻ life easier”

“if life is a book, who better to take care of it?~

“learn how to make the `new` Wikipedia~

How to make Library and Information Science a more acknowledged profession?

AT SCHOOL PUBLIC EFFORTS ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS

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classes inside libraries (and talking to librarians)

tourist guide related to public transportation

huge databasedatabase app to common people food pantries

connect similar magazines over the world to share content

could be a corefunny cartoon (characters are librarians)

ads at public transportation

advertising in students guides

“become a

students guides

create a viral quiz

profi le related ebooks curatorship

public tender

government programs to publicize the profession

“what IMDB, All Music, ISBN and Wikipedia have in common?~

change the profession name (in Brazil)

unite all the world public libraries inside a huge database

funny cartoon (characters are librarians)

A big problem in Brazil is that the profession name reminds directly just to libraries (biblioteconomia). It has limited and old connotations. The english name has elements that show a broader range of possibilities. My suggestion is to change it to make it more attractive to young people. The change itself should make it more popular too.

There are world databases for music and movies, for example. The idea is to connect all the public libraries databases into a huge book database. The project launch could make the right noise to mainstream the librarianship profession.

Fernanda told in the interview that people make lots of jokes about the profession (mainly because of its name). A funny cartoon using these jokes and stereotyping librarianship and other professions could become popular and famous.