Erica Olsen Firment

Who is Erica Olsen Firment?

If you're not a librarian, a website called Librarian Avengers might not sound wildly appealing, but don't be fooled. Flint's own Erica Olsen created the site in 1997 and it's filled with her humor and insight into everything from equality pants to drug screening to rogue sheep. It's so popular The New York Times has taken notice:With so much of the job involving technology and with a focus now on finding and sharing information beyond just what is available in books, a new type of librarian is emerging the kind that, according to the Web site Librarian Avengers, is looking to put the hep cat in cataloguing.Erica now lives in San Francisco, where she's a User Experience Designer for Second Life

Famous Quotes:

• People become librarians because they know too much. Their knowledge extends beyond mere categories. They cannot be confined to disciplines. They bring order to chaos. They bring wisdom and culture to the masses. Librarians rule. And they will kick the crap out of anyone who says otherwise.