But it was a very quiet protest

This article is from today's Albuquerque Journal.

Personally, I enjoy telling people I'm a librarian because I am definitely anything BUT the stereotypical librarian. I always get a double-take because I'm a young one at almost-32. But I think it's mostly because I'm really loud. In my opinion, librarians rank up with lawyers in terms of stereotyping. Not all lawyers are ambulance-chasing rats but if you've heard any lawyer jokes, you know it's a common perception. All librarians, according to the stereotype, are quiet, retiring, older women. There is good reason for that stereotype--many librarians are the quiet retiring older women who shush frequently. The librarian I replaced was that librarian. Visit any library inservice for my district or the annual conference--many versions of this librarian. No, we're not all that person but it is the librarian we all grew up knowing and loving. And fearing, in many cases.

The last time librarians raised this much of a (quiet) ruckus was over the Librarian Action Figure because it, too, perpetuated the stereotypical librarian (which is funny because it was based on an actual librarian).

TV Show's Makers Learn That Hell Hath No Fury Like a Librarian Stereotyped

By Polly Summar
Journal Northern Bureau
SANTA FE— Word came down from on high: "Get on over to the main library— the librarians are picketing!"
It seems that Lions Gate Entertainment was shooting a segment in the Santa Fe downtown library's Southwest Room for a new serial, "The Lost Room," that will appear on the Sci Fi Channel.
The librarians took exception to the actress playing their part; they thought she was too old and frumpy.
For the most part, the filming was a pleasant experience for the librarians. "We were thrilled to work with the Film Commission and the governor," said city library director Patricia Hodapp.
"But when we saw who they brought in to play the librarian," said Hodapp, "well, she's probably 80 years old, gray-haired and frail. That's not us."
In protest, Hodapp began handing out turquoise T-shirts to her staff— a project she had orchestrated in an hour and a half Tuesday over at Desert T's on San Mateo.
The shirts proclaimed: "Santa Fe Public Library ... Not Your Stereotypical Librarians."
These are not women who procrastinate. Not that anyone ever thought librarians did. When they got irritated, they took action. Or, in the interest of not spreading further stereotyping, at least their leader did.
So what did the maligned actress look like? Granted, she was probably older than the librarians, who range in age from 36 to 67.
But she was a typical older Santa Fe lady. You know the type— trim, athletic, active. In fact, one of the crew members said, "She lives here in Santa Fe— name's Lois Geary."
Geary got whisked out the side door of the Southwest Room into a waiting van before she could be interviewed. But how does one ask: "Um, the librarians here are upset because you're old and gray and perpetuate a stereotype. What do you think of that?"
An online search revealed that Geary has credits in films like "Silverado" and television work like PBS' American Playhouse, and she's played a number of roles at the New Mexico Repertory Company and the Santa Fe Theatre Company.
And under the list of "special skills"— billiards, table-tennis, running, comedy.
Not your typical little old lady.
Meanwhile, the serial stars Peter Krause from HBO's "Six Feet Under" and Julianna Margulies from "ER."
The plot of the series involves a motel key that will unlock any door in the world. But apparently, when you unlock that door, you enter the motel room the key originally belonged to, and all the objects in the motel room have special powers.
But you'll have to watch the show to find out why the Southwest Room was used.
And decide whether the actress librarian perpetuates a stereotype.