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Class II (major roles, non-integral)
The protagonist or other major characters are librarians, but the librarian's occupation does not directly affect the plot.
*Spoiler Alert* The following annotations may contain important plot details.
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964):
Details: Dir. George Pal. Perf. Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, John Ericson. MGM, 1964. Based on the novel The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney.
Synopsis: Mysterious Dr. Lao (Tony Randall) brings a circus to a Western frontier town. Local newspaperman Ed Cunningham (John Ericson) is in love with the local teacher/librarian, Angela (Barbara Eden), who resists his advances. Angela's character is very similar to Marian the Librarian in The Music Man. A few scenes are set in the public library, which also functions as a town hall.
Role Call: Barbara Eden as Angela Benedict—Liberated Librarian (female)
Related post: 7 faces of a Liberated Librarian in '7 Faces of Dr. Lao'
Admissions (2004, TV movie):
Details: Dir. Melissa Painter. Perf. Lauren Ambrose, Amy Madigan, Christopher Lloyd, Taylor Roberts. Hart Sharp Video, 2004. Based on the play by Dawn O'Leary.
Synopsis: Socially awkward and intelligent teen Evie (Lauren Ambrose) sacrifices herself and her writing talent for her autistic sister (Taylor Roberts). Evie gets a job at the library after graduating high school.
Role Call: Lauren Ambrose as Evie Brighton—Liberated Librarian (female); Jennifer Schweickert as Librarian—Information Provider (female)
The Age of Adaline (2015):
Details: Dir. Lee Toland Krieger. Perf. Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn. Lionsgate, 2015.
Synopsis: Adaline (Blake Lively), a recent widow, gets into a car accident in the 1930s and stops aging as a result of the accident. After decades of living alone, she meets a man, Ellis (Michiel Huisman), who makes her question her life choices. Adaline works in the archives at the San Francisco Heritage Society library, and there are several scenes set in the library.
Role Call: Blake Lively as Adaline Bowman—Liberated Librarian (female); Anjali Jay as Cora—Information Provider (female); Hiro Kanagawa as Kenneth—Information Provider (male); An uncredited female as a librarian—Information Provider (female)
Related post: A reel librarian for the ages in 'The Age of Adaline'
The Asphalt Jungle (1950):
Details: Dir. John Huston. Perf. Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Marilyn Monroe. MGM, 1950. Based on the novel by W. R. Burnett.
Synopsis: Ex-convict "Doc" (Sam Jaffe), who was an assistant librarian in prison, plans a big jewelry heist in this film noir. While in jail, he was made assistant librarian because he "caused no trouble. The prison authorities appreciate that."
Role Call: Sam Jaffe as "Doc" Erwin Riedenschneider—Librarian as Failure
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005):
Details: Dir. Wayne Wang. Perf. AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint, Dave Matthews. 20th Century Fox, 2005. Based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo.
Synopsis: A family film about a 10-year-old girl (AnnaSophia Robb) who moves to a small town with her dad, a preacher (Jeff Daniels). After adopting a stray dog, Winn-Dixie, she makes friends with a group of eclectic townspeople, including the public librarian Miss Franny (Saint).
Role Call: Eva Marie Saint as Miss Franny—Atypical Portrayal
Before Night Falls (2000):
Details: Dir. Julian Schnabel. Perf. Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp. Fine Line Features, 2000. Based on Reinaldo Arenas's memoir.
Synopsis: The life of Cuban writer and poet Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem), who struggles against the Cuban revolution and government censorship of his writings. As a young man, he enters a young writers contest sponsored by the National Library — the prize is a job at the Library!
Role Call: Javier Bardem as Reinaldo Arenas—Atypical Portrayal
BlacKkKlansman (2018):
Details: Dir. Spike Lee. Perf. John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier. Focus Features, 2018. Based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth.
Synopsis: In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth is hired as the first black officer in the Colorado Springs police department. Initially assigned to work in the records room, he gets reassigned to the intelligence division. While reading the newspaper, he finds an advertisement to join the Ku Klux Klan. He calls and pretends to be a white man, and eventually becomes a member of the Colorado Springs chapter. Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) substitutes for Stallworth in order to meet the KKK members in person. There are a couple of scenes in the Records Room, as well as a brief research scene in an academic library.
Role Call: John David Washington as Ron Stallworth — Liberated Librarian; Elise Hudson as Librarian — Information Provider (female) ; Jeremy J. Nelson as Records Room Officer — Information Provider (male)
Related post: First impressions: 'BlacKkKlansman' (2018)
The Blot (1921):
Details: Dir. Phillips Smalley & Lois Weber. Perf. Philip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor. Lois Weber Productions, 1921.
Synopsis: In this silent film, a young librarian, Amelia (Claire Windsor), is courted by two young men, one wealthy and one poor. The wealthy young man tries to impress Amelia by checking out lots of books at the public library.
Role Call: Claire Windsor as Amelia Griggs—Spirited Young Girl; Uncredited female–Information Provider (female)
Related post: Silence is golden in the silent film 'The Blot'
Bound by Honor, aka Blood In, Blood Out… Bound by Honor (1993):
Details: Dir. Taylor Hackford. Perf. Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt. Hollywood Pictures, 1993.
Synopsis: A saga of three Latinos in Los Angeles, two half-brothers (Jesse Borrego & Benjamin Bratt) and their bi-racial cousin, Miklo (Damian Chapa). They belong to the "Vatos Locos" gang, and the film shows how violence and drugs affect their lives. Miklo goes to prison and gets assigned to the law library.
Role Call: Damian Chapa as Miklo—Liberated Librarian; Richard Masur as Prison Librarian (uncredited)—Librarian as Failure
Cal (1984):
Details: Dir. Pat O'Connor. Perf. Helen Mirren, John Lynch. Warner Bros./Goldcrest, 1984. Based on the novel by Bernard MacLaverty.
Synopsis: A young man (John Lynch) struggles to find himself in war-torn Northern Ireland, and he falls in love with the widow (Helen Mirren) of a man killed by the IRA. Lynch first notices Mirren at the public library, where she works, and he visits a few more times.
Role Call: Helen Mirren as Marcella—Atypical Portrayal
Chances Are (1989):
Details: Dir. Emile Ardolino. Perf. Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald. TriStar, 1989.
Synopsis: A comedy about reincarnation—a woman's (Cybill Shepherd) husband is killed in the 1960s, and she believes his soul has come back in the body of her daughter's boyfriend, Alex (Robert Downey, Jr.). Alex is a college library assistant and meets Shepherd's daughter (Mary Stuart Masterson) at the Yale University library.
Role Call: Robert Downey, Jr. as Alex Finch—Liberated Librarian (male); Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. Handy—Comic Relief (female)
Related post: Librarian by 'chance'
Enough Said (2013):
Details: Dir. Nicole Holofcener. Perf. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2013.
Synopsis: A glimpse into the budding romance between two middle-aged, single parents. Eva Julia (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a masseuse, and Albert (James Gandolfini) is a digital archivist at the fictional American Library of Cultural History. In one scene, Albert takes Eva on a tour of the archives, his office, and the public viewing room.
Role Call: James Gandolfini as Albert — Atypical portrayal; Uncredited male as Bob — Information Provider (male)
Related post: 'Enough, said' the librarian
The FBI Story (1959):
Details: Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Perf. James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton. Warner Bros., 1959.
Synopsis: The history of the FBI unfolds through one agent's (James Stewart) perspective. His wife (Vera Miles) works in the public library, and they kiss in the library in an early scene.
Role Call: Vera Miles as Lucy Ballard—Spirited Young Girl; Uncredited female—Information Provider (female)
Forever Mine (1999):
Details: Dir. Paul Schrader. Perf. Joseph Fiennes, Ray Liotta, Gretchen Mol. Moonstar Entertainment, 1999.
Synopsis: "An affair between a cabana boy and the young wife of a sinister politician triggers a 16-year vendetta between the two men." We learn late in the film that the wife (Gretchen Mol) volunteers at the local library.
Role Call: Gretchen Mol as Ella Brice — Liberated Librarian; Catherine Hayos as Librarian — Information Provider (female); Unidentified female — Information Provider (female)
Related post: Forever my librarian in 'Forever Mine'
Hammett (1982):
Details: Dir. Wim Wenders. Perf. Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Lydia Lei. Zoetrope Studios, 1982. Based on the novel by Joe Gores.
Synopsis: Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett (Frederic Forrest) gets involved in a real-life mystery involving a woman's disappearance. His main squeeze is a sexy librarian (Marilu Henner).
Role Call: Marilu Henner as Kit Conger—Naughty Librarian (female); Liz Roberson as Lady in the Library—Spinster Librarian
The Handmaid's Tale (1990):
Details: Dir. Volker Schlindorff. Perf. Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern. Cinecom, 1990. Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood.
Synopsis: In this dystopia tale, fertility becomes rare, and fertile young women, trained as Handmaids, are treated as slaves in the households they are assigned to. Natasha Richardson plays a Handmaid, and we learn in one scene that she used to be a librarian.
Role Call: Natasha Richardson as Kate/Offred—Atypical Portrayal
Related post: The reel librarian in 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Heart and Souls (1993):
Details: Dir. Ron Underwood. Perf. Robert Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, Elisabeth Shue. Universal, 1993. Based on a short film by Gregory Hansen.
Synopsis: Four people die in a bus crash, and their souls stick by a newborn child and watch him grow up. The now-grown man (Robert Downey, Jr.) helps them clear up the loose ends in their own lives—as well as his own. Charles Grodin, one of the angels, was a librarian ("You died a failure because you never tried") who finally finds the courage to sing in public.
Role Call: Charles Grodin as Harrison Winslow—Liberated Librarian (male)
Love Story (1970):
Details: Dir. Arthur Hiller. Perf. Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland. Paramount, 1970.
Synopsis: A Harvard law student and jock (Ryan O'Neal) falls in love with a Radcliffe music major (Ali MacGraw). They first meet at the Radcliffe library, where MacGraw works as a library assistant.
Role Call: Ali MacGraw as Jenny Cavalleri—Spirited Young Girl
Major League (1989):
Details: Dir. David S. Ward. Perf. Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Rene Russo. Paramount, 1989.
Synopsis: The new owner of the Cleveland Indians purposely puts together a team of bad players. When the players find out, they start winning to spite her. Rene Russo plays Lynn, a former athlete and ex-wife of catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), who has "in two years, put together one of the best special collections in the country." A rare portrayal of a librarian who is also athletically active.
Role Call: Rene Russo as Lynn Wells—Atypical Portrayal; Three uncredited males—Information Providers (male); Two uncredited females—Information Providers (female)
Related post: Spring training and special collections in 'Major League' (1989)
The Man Who Never Was (1956):
Details: Dir. Ronald Neame. Perf. Clifton Webb, Gloria Graham, Stephen Boyd, Josephine Griffin. Sumar/Fox, 1956. Based on the book by Ewen Montagu.
Synopsis: Based on a true story of a successful WWII British tactic to divert the enemy's forces in Sicily. A British intelligence team uses a dead man as a decoy, complete with faked documents that suggest an alternate British attack. Gloria Grahame plays a librarian who helps convince the enemy that the man's identity is real.
Role Call: Gloria Grahame as Lucy Sherwood—Naughty Librarian/Information Provider (female); Uncredited female—Information Provider (female)
Maxie (1985):
Details: Dir. Paul Aaron. Perf. Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin. Orion, 1985. Based on the novel by Jack Finney.
Synopsis: A couple (Glenn Close & Mandy Patinkin) move into a new apartment, where the ghost of a 1920s starlet still resides. The ghost, Maxie, takes over Close's body. Patinkin plays a librarian at the San Francisco Public Library who fends off sexual advances from his supervisor.
Role Call: Mandy Patinkin as Nick Chaney—Liberated Librarian (male); Valerie Curtin as Miss Ophelia Sheffer—Naughty Librarian (female)
Men of Honor (2000):
Details: Dir. George Tillman Jr. Perf. Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook. 20th Century Fox, 2000.
Synopsis: Based on the true story of the first African-American U.S. Navy diver (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). He goes to the local library for tutoring assistance, and a library assistant (Aunjanue Ellis) helps him. She reveals that she is only working at the library until she can get into medical school.
Role Call: Aunjanue Ellis as Jo—Spirited Young Girl; Demene E. Hall as Mrs. Biddle—Information Provider (female)
Miranda (2002):
Details: Dir. Marc Munden. Perf. Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt. Feelgood Films, 2002.
Synopsis: Librarian Frank (John Simm) falls in love with the mysterious Miranda (Christina Ricci). He goes after her when she disappears from his life one day. The film's opening sequence is set in the library, which is set for demolition.
Role Call: John Simm as Frank — Liberated Librarian (male)
Related post: Special double feature: 'Miranda' and the bibliothécaire
Movie Movie (1978):
Details: Dir. Stanley Donen. Perf. George C. Scott, Harry Hamlin, Trish Van Devere, Eli Wallach. Warner Bros., 1978.
Synopsis: A twin bill of 1930s spoofs, "Dynamite Hands" and "Baxter's Beauties of 1933." "Dynamite Hands," a spoof of boxing movies, shows how delivery boy Joey (Harry Hamlin) becomes a boxer because his sister needs an eye operation. His girlfriend, Betsy McGuire (TrishVan Devere), works at the New York Public Library, although there are no scenes set in the library.
Role Call: Trish Van Devere as Betsy McGuire—Liberated Librarian (female)
My Science Project (1985):
Details: Dir. Jonathan Butuel. Perf. John Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Fisher Stevens, Danielle von Zerneck, Raphael Sbarge. Buena Vista, 1985.
Synopsis: In search of a science project, young student Michael (John Stockwell) breaks into a military base and finds a strange glowing orb. The orb wreaks havoc when it turns the school into a battlefield of the past, present, and future, and Michael and his friends must find a way to stop it. Stockwell goes to the library to find out information on time travel, and he gets help from Sherman (Raphael Sbarge), the school nerd and know-it-all who works in the school library.
Role Call: Raphael Sbarge as Sherman—Liberated Librarian (male); Linda Hoy as Librarian—Information Provider (female)
The Norman Conquests (1977, TV movie):
Details: Dir. Herbert Wise. Perf. Tom Conti, Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, David Troughton, Fiona Walker, Penelope Wilton. Thames Television, 1977. Adapted from the trilogy of plays by Alan Ayckbourn.
Synopsis: A miniseries, adapted by Alan Ayckbourn from his trilogy of plays, with each episode depicting the same six characters over the same weekend, with the same events seen from different perspectives and in different parts of the house. Norman, the title character and reel librarian, is having an affair with his sister-in-law, Annie, and everyone in the family — including Norman's wife and Annie's sister, Ruth! — finds out about it one weekend. Norman describes himself in one episode as "Norman Dewars — gigolo and assistant librarian."
Role Call: Tom Conti as Norman — Naughty Librarian (male)
Related post: Reel librarian 'conquests'
Peeping Tom, aka Face of Fear and Fotographer of Panic (1960):
Details: Dir. Michael Powell. Perf. Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley. Astor, 1960.
Synopsis: A young man (Carl Boehm) uses a handheld movie camera to film the dying expressions of girls he murders. Helen (Anna Massey) befriends him, and she reveals that "I work in a public library, in the children's section. I'm telling you that to postpone admitting what always embarrasses me. In my spare time, I write."
Role Call: Anna Massey as Helen Stephens—Spirited Young Girl
Pump Up the Volume (1990):
Details: Dir. Allan Moyle. Perf. Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Jeff Chamberlain. New Line Cinema, 1990.
Synopsis: New high school student Mark (Christian Slater) uses a short-wave radio to broadcast as pirate DJ Hard Harry, incurring the wrath of the principal. Student library assistant Nora (Samantha Mathis) investigates the DJ's identity and finds out about Mark through the book he checks out. She impresses Mark, and he tells her, "You're so fearless."
Role Call: Samantha Mathis as Nora Diniro—Spirited Young Girl
Racing with the Moon (1984):
Details: Dir. Richard Benjamin. Perf. Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage. Paramount, 1984.
Synopsis: Two young men (Sean Penn & Nicolas Cage), about to join the Marines in early 1943, spend their final days in town finding out about love and growing up. Penn falls in love with the new girl in town (Elizabeth McGovern), who works part-time at the local public library. In one scene, Penn knocks over a bookcase, and in another, McGovern gathers books to take to wounded soldiers at the local hospital.
Role Call: Elizabeth McGovern as Caddie Winger—Spirited Young Girl; Patricia Allison as Mrs. Spangler—Information Provider (female)
Scent of a Woman (1992):
Details: Dir. Martin Brest. Perf. Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar. Universal, 1992. Based on the novel by Giovanni Arpino.
Synopsis: A coming-of-age story about a prep school boy (Chris O'Donnell) and an alcoholic blind man (Al Pacino). O'Donnell is a student library assistant at the private school and, in an early scene, allows another classmate (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to check out a reserved book before the library closes.
Role Call: Chris O'Donnell as Charlie Simms—Liberated Librarian (male)
Related post: 'Scent' of a student library worker
The Shawshank Redemption (1994):
Details: Dir. Frank Darabont. Perf. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton. Castle Rock-Columbia, 1994. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King.
Synopsis: Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife. Andy maintains his innocence and plots to escape. Andy works as an assistant in the prison library and becomes friends with the prison librarian, Brooks.
Role Call: Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne—Liberated Librarian (male); James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen—Librarian as Failure
A Simple Plan (1998):
Details: Dir. Sam Raimi. Perf. Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton. Paramount, 1998. Based on the novel by Scott B. Smith.
Synopsis: Two brothers (Bill Paxton & Billy Bob Thornton) and a friend find $4 million when they discover a wreck of a plane. Keeping the money a secret affects their lives in unexpected ways. Paxton's wife (Bridget Fonda) works at the local public library.
Role Call: Bridget Fonda as Sarah Mitchell—Liberated Librarian (female)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991):
Details: Dir. Joseph Ruben. Perf. Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson. 20th Century Fox, 1991. Based on the novel by Nancy Price.
Synopsis: Sara Waters (Julia Roberts) fakes her own death to escape her abusive husband (Patrick Bergin), and he comes after her once he discovers the deception. When Sara relocates to a small town, she starts working at the public library.
Role Call: Julia Roberts as Sara Waters/Laura Burney—Liberated Librarian (female)
Spencer's Mountain (1963):
Details: Dir. Delmer Daves. Perf. Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Wally Cox, Virginia Gregg. Warner Bros., 1963. Based on the novel by Earl Hamner, Jr.
Synopsis: The source of the TV series "The Waltons," this film follows a family and their rural community in the mountains. In order to raise money to send Clayboy (James MacArthur) to college, the town's preacher (Wally Cox) and schoolteacher (Virginia Gregg) convince the local businessman to build a small library and hire Clayboy as the librarian. He spends some time studying, but the majority of his time (both in and out of the library) is spent kissing his girlfriend.
Role Call: James MacArthur as Clayboy Spencer—Liberated Librarian/Naughty Librarian (male)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965):
Details: Dir. Martin Ritt. Perf. Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker. Paramount, 1965. Based on the novel by John le Carré.
Synopsis: Spy Alec Leamus (Richard Burton) pretends to quit the Secret Service and defect to the Communists. As part of his cover as a failed spy, he starts work as a librarian at the Institute of Psychical Research. Another librarian, Nan (Claire Bloom), befriends him and joins in his defection.
Role Call: Richard Burton as Alec Leamus—Librarian as Failure; Claire Bloom as Nan Perry—Liberated Librarian (female); Anne Blake as Miss Crail—Information Provider (female); Michael Ripper as Mr. Lofthouse—Information Provider (male)
Strike Up the Band (1940):
Details: Dir. Busby Berkley. Perf. Judy Garland, Andy Rooney. MGM, 1940.
Synopsis: High schooler Jimmy Connors (Mickey Rooney) wants to start a dance orchestra band to compete in a national radio contest. Best gal pal Mary (Judy Garland) sings along for the ride. We learn later in the film that Mary works part-time at the local library. She sings a song while working at the library.
Role Call: Judy Garland as Mary Holden—Spirited Young Girl
The Tell-Tale Heart (1960):
Details: Dir. Ernest Morris. Perf. Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri, Dermot Walsh. Danziger Productions, 1960. Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Synopsis: A mild-mannered librarian, Edgar (Laurence Payne), becomes obsessed with Betty (Adrienne Corri). Edgar kills his friend, Carl (Dermot Walsh), when he discovers that Betty and Carl have become lovers. There is a brief scene toward the end of the film when Betty comes to visit Edgar in the library.
Role Call: Laurence Payne as Edgar Marsh — Librarian as Failure / Naughty Librarian (male)
Related post: A librarian's 'tell-tale heart'
They Might Be Giants (1971):
Details: Dir. Anthony Harvey. Perf. George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins. Universal, 1971. Based on the play by James Goldman.
Synopsis: A psychotic paranoid (George C. Scott) believes he's Sherlock Holmes, and his psychiatrist, Dr. Watson (Joanne Woodward), embark on an adventure to find his nemesis, Moriarty. Holmes's librarian friend (Jack Gilford) helps them on their quest.
Role Call: Jack Gilford as William Peabody—Liberated Librarian (male)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009):
Details: Dir. Robert Schwentke. Perf. Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston. New Line Cinema, 2009. Based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger.
Synopsis: Librarian Henry (Eric Bana)time travels in and out of a love story with Clare (Rachel McAdams). There are a couple of early scenes set in a library, and Henry is called a "special collections librarian."
Role Call: Eric Bana as Henry — Atypical Librarian (male) ; Carly Street as Librarian — Information Provider (female)
Related post: 'Time travel'-ing librarian
Twisted Nerve (1968):
Details: Dir. Roy Boulting. Perf. Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw. Charter Film Productions, 1968.
Synopsis: Martin (Hywel Bennett) is a troubled young man with an obsessive mother, a dismissive stepfather, and a brother with Down's Syndrome who lives in an institution. Martin becomes fixated on Susan Harper (Hayley Mills), a library assistant studying to be a teacher. There are a few scenes set in the public library with Susan and the head librarian, Mr. Groom.
Role Call: Hayley Mills as Susan Harper — Spirited Young Girl ; Timothy Bateson as Mr. Groom the Librarian — Anti-Social Librarian
Related post: Twisted librarian love in 'Twisted Nerve'
The War of the Worlds (1953):
Details: Dir. Bryon Haskin. Perf. Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite. Paramount, 1953. Based on the novel by H. G. Wells.
Synopsis: Martians invade Earth! Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson), who teaches library science courses, teams up with the hero-scientist (Gene Barry) in order to defeat the aliens.
Role Call: Ann Robinson as Sylvia Van Buren—Liberated Librarian (female)
Wetherby (1985):
Details: Dir. David Hare. Perf. Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Stuart Wilson, Tim McInnerny. MGM/UA Entertainment, 1985.
Synopsis: A young man (Tim McInnerny) commits suicide in front of a woman (Vanessa Redgrave) he met the night before. We learn that he had gone to the British Library for research, and the Deputy Librarian (Judi Dench) informed him that they do not lend books except under special circumstances.
Role Call: Judi Dench as Marcia Pilborough—Atypical Portrayal
Where the Heart Is (2000):
Details: Dir. Matt Williams. Perf. Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain. 20th Century Fox, 2000. Based on the novel by Billie Letts.
Synopsis: After a pregnant teen's (Natalie Portman) boyfriend abandons her in a small town's Wal-Mart, she rebuilds her life and makes friends with eccentric townsfolk. She falls in love with a young man (James Frain), who runs the local public library and cares for his alcoholic sister, the real librarian.
Role Call: James Frain as Forney Hull—Liberated Librarian (male)
Wonder Man (1945):
Details: Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone. Perf. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods. Goldwyn/RKO, 1945. Based on the short story by Arthur Sheekman.
Synopsis: Nightclub singer Buster Dingle (Danny Kaye) gets killed by a mob boss, and his spirit enters his identical twin, Edwin (also played by Danny Kaye). Edwin, a bookworm writing a history book, gets involved with a young librarian (Virginia Mayo). She is fired from the public library after Edwin talks loudly in the library and topples books from the top shelf.
Role Call: Virginia Mayo as Ellen Shavley—Spirited Young Girl
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939):
Details: Dir. Lewis Seiler. Perf. Humphrey Bogart, Billy Halop, Gale Page, Henry Travers. Warner Bros., 1939. Based on the play "Chalked Out" by Lewis E. Lawes and Jonathan Finn.
Synopsis: When a young man (Billy Halop) goes to prison, he becomes friends with the "old timer" (Henry Travers) who runs the prison library.
Role Call: Henry Travers as Pop, the prison librarian — Information Provider (male) and Librarian as Failure ; Billy Halop as Johnnie Stone, prison library assistant — Liberated Librarian (male)
Related post: Reader poll write-up, Spring 2015: 'You Can't Get Away with Murder'
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Fred Davis
Fred Davis 14-08-1913 United Kingdom
Name :Fred Davis
Highest Ranking :4
Highest Break :140 ( 1952 World Professional Match championship)
Century Breaks :24
Fred Davis, OBE (14 August 1913 – 16 April 1998) was an English professional player of snooker and billiards, one of only two players ever to win the world title in both, the other being his brother Joe. He was one of the most popular personalities in the game. His professional career lasted from 1929 to 1993. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Davis was originally a billiards player; he called billiards 'his first love' and he won the British Boys Under 16 Billiards Championship in 1929. He turned professional automatically under the rules of the Billiards Association and Control Council in 1929. By the time that he was ready to play competitive billiards, the sport was in sharp decline, although he did beat Kingsley Kennerley to win the United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship in 1951. Davis remarked that once snooker had come to the fore he assumed that he would never play another billiards match.
Forced to concentrate on snooker, he first played in the World Snooker Championship in 1937 but lost 17–14 to Welshman Bill Withers in the first round, a defeat that Davis put down to ignoring his worsening eyesight. His brother Joe considered this defeat an affront to the family honour and hammered Withers 30–1 in the very next round. Joe's fury with his brother's performance persuaded Fred to consult an optician who devised a pair of spectacles with swivel lens joints. He reached the semi-finals in 1938 and 1939 and lost only 37–36 to Joe Davis in the 1940 final (although the winning margin was reached at 37–35 as 'dead' frames were still played out). This was the only time they met in the World Championship final. A short clip of the match and a mention of Fred's impending World War IIservice is recorded in a Pathé news clip. Davis in fact was called up on 20 July 1940, only five days after his marriage to Sheila.
Post-war career
He was the younger brother (by twelve years) of Joe Davis, who dominated snooker from 1927 to 1946; they are no relation to later champion Steve Davis. Joe retired from the World Snooker Championship after his 1946 victory, leaving the way open for Fred to win three times, in 1948, 1949 and 1951. Fred would go on to have the distinction of being the only player to beat Joe on level terms (albeit outside of the world championship as Joe retired from championship play in 1947), a feat he achieved four times between 1948 and 1954. Such victories were especially sweet as Joe had told Fred that he would never beat him. Following a disagreement between some of the players and the governing body, Davis played in an alternative tournament—the World Professional Match-play Championship—which he won on five consecutive occasions from 1952 to 1956. Between 1947 and 1954 Fred's great rival was Walter Donaldson, and they met in eight consecutive finals. Donaldson's 1947 victory over Davis by 82–63 was a huge shock and Davis put down his defeat to a mixture of over-confidence and Donaldson's solid practice regime ahead of the championship which gave him a huge edge in his long potting.
Snooker remained a huge attraction at this time, and crowds filled Blackpool Tower Circus to see Davis beat Donaldson 84–61 in the 1948 final and 80–65 in the 1949 final. However times were changing, and from 1950 matches became shorter. Donaldson beat Davis for the last time to win the 1950 title, 51–46. When Davis won the 1954 event with a 39–21 victory over Donaldson, it was clear there was a decline in interest as only five players entered the championship; Donaldson then retired.
After defeating John Pulman in two close finals in 1955 and 1956, Davis chose not to play in the 1957 Championship—held in Jersey and, for financial reasons, featuring just four entrants—thus leaving the path clear for his rival Pulman. After the war Davis and his wife had invested in a hotel in Llandudno, and this gave them some financial security away from snooker. This proved a wise move; by the early 1960s Davis was playing exhibitions in aid of cancer charities, but soon even this limited amount of snooker activity dried up. Following tours of Canada and Australia (where he won an international tournament in 1960) and after an exhibition in Pontefract where he performed in front of only a handful of people, Davis effectively went into retirement. He hardly played for four seasons before being contacted by Rex Williams, who was keen to restart interest in snooker.
When the official World Championship was resumed in 1964 on a challenge basis, Davis had lost his edge and was defeated on each occasion by Pulman: in 1964 by 19 frames to 16, in 1965 by just 37 frames to 36 and in 1966 by 5–2 in matches.
Later career
The revival of the World Championship as a tournament in 1969 saw Davis beat future world champion Ray Reardon by 25 frames to 24 (the final frame not ending until 1.33am), before losing 37–24 to Gary Owen in the semi-finals. Davis's epic match with Reardon would earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records (as the longest recorded snooker session) and Reardon would later note that he learned more from that match than he had in the previous 20 years.
Soon after winning the Professional Snooker Association of Canada's Invitation Event (beating Rex Williams and Paul Thornley in the last two rounds) Davis suffered the first of two heart attacks in May 1970 and did not journey to the November 1970 World Championship held in Australia and won by John Spencer. He lost 31–21 to Spencer in his first match in the 1972 championship, but beat David Greaves 16–1 in the second round of the 1973 championship before losing to Alex Higgins 16–14 in the quarter-finals. In 1975 Davis travelled to Australia to compete in the World Championship, where he played Dennis Taylor in an ordinary club billiard room in which a large number of one-armed bandits were in constant use. Hampered by such conditions, an unhappy Davis lost by a single frame, 15–14. The 1975 Watney Open in Leeds provided some consolation, and Davis beat Patsy Fagan 13–9 and John Spencer 13–12 before losing 17–11 in the final to Alex Higgins. Davis stated that a win over Spencer convinced him that he could still compete at the highest level of tournament play.
World rankings were introduced in 1976. Davis's abilities had peaked long before this, but he was still ranked number 4 that season. In 1977 Davis was ranked number 9, rising to 6 during both the 1978 and 1979 seasons; he was still ranked 8 in 1980.
Although Davis lost 15–13 to Eddie Charlton in the quarter-finals of the 1976 World Championship, having beaten Bill Werbeniuk 15–12 in round one, he came very close to a major prize when he lost 10–9 to Ray Reardon in the final of the Pontins Professional tournament. Davis missed a crucial brown in the final frame, having made a break of 107 during the match. This game would be described at the 'Pro Match of the Season'.
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1977. Davis (accompanied by his wife Sheila) was presented with the award by H.M. The Queen Mother at Buckingham Palace.
He reached the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship in 1978, at the age of 64, having defeated John Virgo 9–8, Dennis Taylor 13–9 and Patsy Fagan 13–10. His defeat by South African Perrie Mans saw Davis miss a crucial pink from its spot on the verge of pulling up to one frame behind at 15–16. Davis closed 1978 with a quarter-final appearance in the United Kingdom Professional Championship. He defeated veteran Yorkshireman John Dunning 9–2 before losing to Alex Higgins 9–4.
In early 1979 Davis met Alex Higgins in the final of the Castle Open (an event hosted at Bernard Bennett's club in Southampton). Davis lost the match 5–1, having earlier defeated Willie Thorne 4–3 and Cliff Thorburn 4–1, but clearly won over the crowd at the event.
During the World Championship that year he beat Kirk Stevens 13–8 to progress to the quarter-finals. This match was to be his last victory at the Crucible Theatre, but Davis had the satisfaction of compiling the first century of the championship, 109 in the sixth frame — an effort even applauded by the referee. In the quarter-final against Eddie Charlton, Davis soon fell 5–0 behind; he later admitted that he unwisely played an attacking game. Although he made a break of 110, he lost the match 13–4.
During the first World Challenge Cup in 1979 Davis acted as England's captain (the team was completed by John Spencer and Graham Miles). He won his first seven frames, which meant that he was instrumental in England's 8–7 victories over Northern Ireland and the Rest of the World. England were however defeated 14–3 in the final by Wales, whose team included the then-current world champion and his predecessor.
Although Davis lost 13–5 to David Taylor in his first match in the 1980 World Championship, he did reach the quarter-finals of the United Kingdom Professional Championship that year with a 9–6 victory over Mark Wildman before his 9–6 defeat by Alex Higgins.
In 1981, at the age of 67, Davis played in his last snooker final, the Raffles/Sheffield Shield Tournament played at the Sheffield Snooker Centre. He beat Mike Watterson 9–6 (having trailed 5–1) and Dennis Taylor 9–5 (having trailed 5–3). In the final he led Terry Griffiths 4–1 but eventually lost 9–5. Earlier in the season he played in his last Masters, beating Kirk Stevens 5–4 in the first round before losing to Terry Griffiths 5–2 in the quarter-finals.
Billiard career
Davis won the World Billiards Championships in June 1980, beating Rex Williams 5978-4452, and in so doing became the only player except for Joe Davis to have lifted both the World Snooker and World Billiards titles.
The modest billiards revival continued during the 1980s and Davis continued to play in events during the decade. In March 1982 he was defeated by a record narrow margin of six points in the semi-finals whilst defending his world title, as eventual champion Rex Williams beat him 1500-1494. In the 1983 event he beat Clive Everton and Eddie Charlton en route to the final where he lost to Rex Williams 1500-605, but at least took the highest break prize for an effort of 427. Also revived (from 1979) was the United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship. Although Davis lost the title 1548-1031 in the semi-final of the 1979 event (to John Barrie) Davis looked likely to reclaim the title in 1983 when, having dispatched Ian Williamson and Ray Edmonds, he led Mark Wildman 750–477 after the first session of the final. However, Wildman recovered to take the title by 1500–1032.
In the 1984 World Billiards Championship Davis lost to Eddie Charlton 1436-829 in the semi-finals. After this time billiard events increasingly changed structure to a series of games of 400 or 150 points. Davis was always less happy with this structure; with this and with his advancing years, Davis fared less well at the game after this time. In the 1985 World Championship he did defeat Clive Everton 3–1 in round one, but fell 3–0 to Australian Robby Foldvari in the quarter-finals. The following year (still seeded 3) he lost 3–0 to Bob Close, who was making his professional debut. In 1987 he reached the quarter-finals of both the UK Billiards Championship and the World Championship, but lost on both occasions to Robby Foldvari. Davis's last entry in the World Billiards Championship came in 1992, but with the main competition to be played in India, he did not play his first-round match against David Barton. Davis did enter the 1993 UK Billiards Championship, but did not play his first-round match against Ian Williamson and he also scratched from the Radiant Grand Slam Second Leg where he was due to play David Edwards that same month.


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Why did the Black Captain switch rides?
luthien-elvenprincess
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Opinions please...based on Tolkein fact, of course!
Upon leaving Minas Morgul and at the gate of Minas Tirith, the Lord of the Nazgul is riding upon a black horse. But, he switches to the winged beast after meeting Gandalf on Shadowfax at the gate of Minas Tirith. Why?
Because the winged beast was faster? Because Shadowfax was a greater horse than his, even though his withstood the onslaught at the Ford of Rivendell?
The Nazgul Black Captain would have had to leave the gate, switch beasts, gotten to the battle field to kill Theoden, and then be defeated by Merry and Eowyn in a matter of probably 3 hours. Gandalf and company heard the dying cry of the Black Captain while arriving at the Houses of Healing with Faramir. I figured 3 hours because Gandalf and Pippen first arrived at Minas Tirith at sunrise (6 AM) and was up in the Citidal prior to 8 AM. I suppose that Gandalf was hurrying even faster up the levels of minas Tirith to help Faramir than when he first arrived. Another hour to rescue Faramir, deal with Deneathor, and then carry Faramir to the Houses of Healing make up the 3 hours I figured between the Black Captain leaving the gate and dying.
AGain, my question: why did the Black Captain switch beasts?
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First of all, I don't think he had the same horse as he had in the beginning. It probably drowned in the flood.
Now, to the question. I think he needed to control his armies against the new threat that the rohirrim composed, instead of fighting Gandalf. I think he knew that Gandalf was stronger, and that he couldn't scare him off. He didn't want to risk a confrontation, at least not without his entire army behind him to invade if he would fail. And being out in the field, fighting against mortal foes, the Fell Beast would be a mighty weapon. A black horse is fine, but it's still just a steed. A huge, stinking, dragon-like creature would be a nice addition to his own terrible power.
I don't think he had any time problems. I can't remember really, and I don't have the books with me, but the Fell Beast probably lurked around somewhere, waiting for its master's call. The Witch-King would only have needed to ride out a bit on the field, maybe to Osgiliath before he could call for it. And I imagine he went pretty straight for king Theoden.
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The fell beast was possibly in the air circling above just in case it was needed, in which case it could come down for the WK to jump on and fly away.
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Actually, it could have been the very same horse that he or one of the other riders rode in the beginning. Only 8 horse bodies were found; three were found at once drowned in the water, five more found on the rocks of the rapids below. THis information is in the chapter titled The Ring Goes South. So, one horse could have survived.
I agree that the winged beast would be more formidable to the opponents, so why didn't he use that to begin with? (Apparently PJ thought this also, since he had the Lord of the Nazgul start off from Minas Morgul on the dragon instead of the horse!)
Yes, I imagined that he had his winged beast housed at Osgiliath so he could have pretty quick access to it when he wanted it. I just can't come up with a good enough reason (to convince myself ) why he choose the horse first instead of the dragon!
It may have survived, sure, but I think it's more likely that it died, and that he got a new horse.
I think he rode the horse from Minas Morgul because it would have been easier to command his army that way. Just ride in the front and, later, send forth the troops. With the big dragon-thingy he would have to land every time he would give a new order, not to mention that the other horses in the army wouldn't have liked it.
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I'm sure you're right, Nightknight.
The Nazgul's flying thing would be much more terriffying but it would be impractical to command the seige from the air.
In the confusion of open battle outside the city, giving futher orders would have been useless, so the change to a swifter, more scary transport made sense.
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Since the Witch-King was the first of the nazgul to enter the river, I think it is quite unlikely that his original horse survived. Anyway, if it did it would have had to find its own way back to mordor since the WK was damaged (I can't think of the right word) in the flood.
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But I think it would have been easier to command the siege of Minas Arnor from air,I suppose you all have played Ages Of empire and know that its easier to command armies when you have got thw whole picture of the enemy in your head.
And I have another question was the Witch King really afraid of Gandalf???
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I think that if he was not afraid of Gandalf, he was close. Because Gandalf was now a White Wizard, that meant he was much more powerful than he had been before and that may have been niggling in the back of his mind.
I was thinking that maybe he rode the horse at the beginning just to see how much of a challenge the enemy presented to him. When he met Gandalf, maybe he decided that he needed a more formidable steed to face the White Wizard and switched to the Fell Beast.
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Q: TP4056 module shutdown problem Does anyone know why this TP4056 module shuts down in this configuration? If I bypass it, everything works and the measured current does not exceed the limit of the TP4056.
Does not work:

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A: Here is the solution - add another TPO4056 to your design in parallel, as described here:
TP4056 module parallel output
I've ran into this same problem with a very similar setup and objective.
The TP4056 cannot provide the inrush current so the DW01A shuts down.
The problem seems to be inrush current from the amplifier board (I am using one with integrated BT, not the DC:DC converter. I understand the inrush current trips the DW01A, and that this current is produced by the capacitors on the amplifier - so we cannot add capacitors to slow the inrush current.
The boost converter can operate without the load so its not the cause.
Another workaround is adding the source charging voltage to TP4056 (it powers the load directly bypassing the protection chip) - then the amplifier can power up, getting past the inrush current problem, and source voltage can be removed.

A: That's not just the TP4506, thats the TP4506 plus a load of circuitry all on a module. It looks like the circuit diagram is:

This shows that unless the TP4506 was shorting the battery (and I doubt it, because you would get some pretty flames if it were), the problem is the DW01A and its mosfets. You can see if the problem is with the IC or the MOSFETS by checking the IC pins and seeing if theyre at the expected values.
As DIODEX points out, it's possible that you're running into a problem with the fact that it's meant for single cells, although I'm not quite sure how it would sense that.
edit: when I say "problem", at least for the DW01A, I don't mean that it's necessarily broken, it's just not outputting the signal you want. It might be sensing a fault condition like overcurrent etc.

A: I had a similar problem when I connected a step-up regulator to the TP. My assumption was that the TP must first be supplied with power and only then the load may be connected. In your case the switch SW1. In my case this works.
So only connect the battery and then turn on SW1 works? For me that was the "solution".

A: The TP4056 supports only a single cell. So you are triggering an over current condition per pin 2 functionality

A: Just connect the XL6009 to the battery with the switch.
Batteries wired as usual to B+ and B-.
Don't use the OUT+ and OUT- pins.
Output current "limited" through OUT+, OUT- and USB port.
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Antonio Meloto once joked about the benefits of cappuccino children for the Philippines. Here, a Filipina-American cappuccino responds.
In my mid-20s, I traveled to Manila for a language immersion program, Tagalog On Site. I have a Filipina mom who never taught me Tagalog and a white American dad who never learned. As part of my education in 2007, I visited an Aeta village in Sapang Bato, Pampanga. That's where I first learned about Gawad Kalinga.
My Fil-Am classmates and I tried out our awkward Tagalog with the village elders in a small cement church. The land was called Sitio Target because the Americans used the area for war games during World War II. In 2005, the Clark Corporation, the group now administering the former American air base, commissioned a local NGO to build housing for the Aeta community.
The Aeta leaders told us they were not consulted about this housing. Their homes are made of nipa leaves and walls of bamboo, according to Aeta customs. But the NGO had replaced several of these Aeta homes with tiny units built of cement walls and tin roofs.
Pastor said their community met Antonio Meloto only once, in 2005. He came with some light-skinned foreigners, made a speech, and shook some hands.
I know how Mr. Meloto started the multi- billion-peso house-building NGO, Gawad Kalinga, in a low-income neighborhood of Cavite in the mid '90s; how he flies around the world now, soliciting millions of dollars in donations; how his employees call him Tito Tony, a patriarchal honorific.
My racial ingredients make me a cappuccino. I could perhaps enjoy Mr. Meloto's theory that (the milk of) my American-ness, mixed with (the coffee of) my Filipino-ness, makes my lineage "superior." Instead, I have the urge to interrupt Mr. Meloto's remarks: Tito Tony, please stop.
Mr. Meloto defended himself against the UH's criticism in 2015.
But if Mr. Meloto believes even jokingly that lighter-skinned cappuccino children are the future of the Philippines, what is his parallel belief about the darker-skinned indigenous peoples who originate from the Philippines' past?
But if Mr. Meloto believes even jokingly that lighter-skinned cappuccino children are the future of the Philippines, what is his parallel belief about the darker-skinned indigenous peoples?
Dr. Kares spent nearly a decade researching GK. Her dissertation, "Packaging Care, Regulating Poverty: NGOs and New Modes of Neoliberal Governance," focuses on GK's efforts in Metro Manila, its advertising abroad, and its effects on the communities it enters.
I returned to the Aeta community a second time in June 2015. I was curious to see how GK's project had endured 10 years later. This time, Esquire editor Kara Ortiga accompanied me as translator in Pampanga.
We paused at one tiny GK house where a dark-skinned, curly-haired woman was carrying her infant while she hung laundry on a clothesline. We felt a blast of heat from within the doorway; the metal roof seemed to cook the concrete from within.
"Are you missionaries?" the young mother asked. We said no, and held up our magazines. "Ah, researchers," she said, and beckoned us to follow her. I noticed that the village was more crowded with concrete structures now. In 2007, there had been more grass and trees.
The young mother stopped at a bigger house in the center of the village and called out a name. A man in his 30s emerged, wearing denim shorts and carrying a bolo. It was the man I called Pastor from my first meeting with the Aeta in 2007. He invited us to sit inside, at a kitchen table.
Pastor's face tightened. "Ayoko ang GK," he said. I don't like GK. The Aeta women laughed with agreement.
"Bakit?" Kara asked Pastor. Why?
Pastor explained. When Gawad Kalinga entered with foreigners, cameras, and speeches in 2005, they began building houses without consulting with the villagers. GK also required that Aeta residents clear trees. This requirement caused the most disputes within Sitio Target. Trees were the life of the village, providing shade, fruit, and food protection. Half the villagers didn't want to participate. But a few dozen residents did help GK. Pastor reasoned that these villagers didn't want to turn away any assistance, since they were low-income farmers who sold vegetables and trinkets. The young mother with her own GK house agreed; she didn't want to turn away charity. It was risky to tell the outsiders no.
Pastor said GK built the homes without planning for a canal. Now, with rain, floods rise waist-deep. "It's like Manila now," the young mother said.
Pastor nodded. He said, "Gusto naming simpleng buhay lang. Kubo. Hayop, nakatikim ka ng gulay. May buhay sa mga puno." We just want a simple life. A bamboo house. Raising animals. Eating vegetables. There is life in the trees.
I took out my notepad and wrote the sentences down. Pastor eyed me. "We don't want trouble with GK," he said in Tagalog. "Can we use your stories?" Kara asked.
"Without identifying you?" Pastor nodded his assent. I put my notebook and pen away. He relaxed.
"What does your community need the most, if not houses?" I asked.
"Bolos," Pastor said. "Kalabaw." Water buffaloes and machetes. They needed irrigation for their homes and crops, instead of pumps. Their young ones needed help getting to the nearest high school, a two-hour walk each way. Often they dropped out, too tired and hungry to make the journey.
I wondered: on Mr. Meloto's caffeinated, racial taxonomy, what would the Aeta be?
I asked Kara to translate a question.
The entire table erupted, from grandmother to the youngest woman.
"They think just because we're kulot that we have nothing in our head," the young mother said.
After asking permission, we took photos of some GK homes. The Aeta community did what they could, what they'd always done during incursions from outsiders and natural disasters alike. They adapted. They knocked out walls of the tiny houses and pieced together extensions. They hung hammocks outside for when the metal-roofed houses grew too sweltering. They kept their animals close, as they always had, in de ance of GK's declaration that animals were dirty.
Pastor told us he could not remember the exact date of GK's last visit. It had been a long time.
After our visit to Sitio Target, Kara Ortiga and I sent over a dozen inquiries to various members of the current Gawad Kalinga leadership. We have yet to receive an official invitation. We decided to visit GK's of ces in Mandaluyong unannounced. There, Paula Nierras of the marketing department agreed to a brief conversation.
We asked Ms. Nierras what the beneficiaries of Gawad Kalinga could do, if they did not agree with the building style of GK homes.
"Usually, hmm—I haven't heard that," Ms. Nierras said. I mentioned disagreements in one community, and she and referred us to "Kuya Jon." Jon D. Ramos is the area coordinator for Central Luzon and North Manila. The Sitio Target village in Pampanga was under his purview as of July 2015.
Was any there an official policy to handle residents who did not want to live in Gawad Kalinga communities?
I wrote to Jon D. Ramos on July 7. He responded within an hour, and I replied immediately, eager to get feedback from the current leadership of GK itself. I asked several questions about Sitio Target, how it had changed since 2005, and whether the Aeta residents had any input regarding the architecture and the needs of their own community.
My inquiry was met with silence. I sent my questions again. More silence.
In the Philippines, where family is paramount, powerful organizations might act like guardians of family secrets; to pry is to be rude. And in an organization like Gawad Kalinga, filled with noble intentions, Tito Tony is the inviolable patriarch. To confront him, to ask him difficult questions, is to be the spoiled young brat, the overeducated, academic outsider disregarding decades of dignified work.
In the Philippines, where family is paramount, powerful organizations might act like guardians of family secrets; to pry is to be rude. And in an organization like Gawad Kalinga, filled with noble intentions, Tito Tony is the inviolable patriarch.
And who hasn't had a beloved uncle make off-color comments at the family meal? Does his loose tongue make him a bad person? If GK made mistakes in one community, does that invalidate their work in the rest of the country?
The plight of cynicism and frustration are familiar to Filipinos who want the country to be better. As Antonio Meloto has repeated, it can be easy to be apathetic. GK's latest operation is Walang Iwana—no one left behind. It can also be easy to praise an organization for its work, its sincerely held beliefs, and its good intentions. It is perhaps far more difficult to confront the ways in which a well-intentioned organization may be keeping damaging power structures, and therefore class and racial differences, intact.
This confrontation can be as difficult as facing the daily ways in which we ourselves have created, and continue to create, the conditions of poverty that disturb us so deeply.
Mr. Meloto, this cappuccino child is ready for a conversation whenever you are. My questions remain, and I'll leave this one here for you: Did Gawad Kalinga leave the Aeta villagers of Sitio Target behind?
This article was originally posted in the December 2015 issue of Esquire Philippines.
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Adding IB Primary & Middle Years Programmes
As announced by Dr. Kimball in December, ISP started the process to become a full International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum school. This means that in addition to the DP (Diploma Programme) that has been in place for over 25 years, ISP will adopt and implement the PYP (Primary Years Programme) in our elementary school, the MYP […]
Stories from the Forest
Curiosity drives what and how we learn ISP's Early Childhood Foundations teacher Samira Bello, shares how our youngest learners, three and four year olds, become increasingly curious and want to learn more as they regularly explore the magnificent natural setting of the Divoká Šárka nature reserve. In the forest, we explore all the natural materials […]
Upper School Journalists launch ISPrint magazine
ISP aims to be a community of changemakers–people who contribute positively to the world. This week, Upper School student journalists share why they started ISPrint and how this student-led effort benefits the ISP community. Applying what they've learned as writers and communicators for a relevant purpose and an authentic audience, students are motivated to contribute […]
The Beginnings of the Early Childhood Foundation 5 Atelier
ISP's Early Childhood Foundations Atelierista and Artist in Residence Ms. Akshaya Krishnamoorthy, shares the magic and focus of ECF 5 learners as they do a deep dive into the world of weaving. Their fascination, focus and engagement are amazing for anyone who walks into the room. Please click here to learn more about how they […]
Curious Coders, Designers, and Detectives
Middle School students were challenged to apply their design thinking, coding and digital citizenship skills in the morning of their recent stretch day activities led by our Tech and Innovation Coaches. Engaged and empowered to push their thinking when applying their skills and understanding, students were working on their capacity to code, design and iterate […]
Creating Community: How are we connected and what can we do together?
Interested in experiencing life and learning at ISP? See details and registration for our upcoming Open Days here. As a Reggio-Inspired Early Childhood program, ISP learners have the advantage of teachers who have learned from world-renowned Reggio Emila educators and their 70 year journey. All of our ECF teachers have attended the annual international conference […]
Ecological Art and Artistic Scientists
Mr. Hannam (MS science) and Mr. Dimitrov (MS art) launched an interdisciplinary unit for Grade 7 students on Sept 8 with "What is Science" video and these inspiring slides as a provocation to spark students' curiosity about the connections between the skills and understandings they are developing as artists and as scientists. Grade 7 students […]
TEDx Youth 2021 @ ISP
Our 7th TEDxYouth@ISPrague featured a wide range of ideas curated by, organised by, and featuring our Upper School students and select guests. Co-organized by Mr. Lawrence Hrubeš along with student leader Maria Kotova and faculty advisor Springs Pacelli, those attending this year's event in person, enjoyed for the first time ever, the light and space […]
Ellington Energy at ISP
The ISP music program regularly brings in Prague professional musicians as visiting artists to inspire and coach our learners in the hard work of becoming a musician. We've had the fortune of having Andy Schofield, musician, composer and arranger, as a visiting artist for the past several years. Not only has Andy played professionally in […]
Grade 10 Science: Sustainable Energy Production
There is an urgency for all of us, scientists and all citizens to have the understanding, skills, and the will to tackle our greatest global challenges. ISP's mission is to Inspire, Engage, and Empower ALL Learners to be curious, competent, compassionate changemakers. In line with our mission, Grade 10 learners are further developing as Chemists […]
Choice Courses: Global Online Academy
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Starting a New Year: Calm, Curious, & Connecting
The first week of a school year can sometimes feel nerve wracking, chaotic or challenging for children and adults. When talking with teachers, students, and parents, both returning and newcomers, we have found a refreshing calm, curiosity sparked and powerful connections being made in our community this week. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need […]
Edge in Education
The Edge in Education is a series of seminars and workshops which take place each academic year on campus at ISP. The series brings together eminent international speakers from the field of education and beyond with ISP educators and parents.
The sessions cover a range of thought provoking presentations on current and future trends in education. The links below show video coverage of the Edge in Education sessions.
Tom Vander Ark, amazing thinker and CEO of GettingSmart, joined ISP faculty, staff, parents, interested students, and invited guests for a community-wide Edge in Education on 21 January 2021. An entrepreneur, educator, prolific writer and speaker, Tom has co-authored more than 50 books, chapters, and white papers and has published thousands of articles. He writes regularly on GettingSmart.com, LinkedIn, and contributes to Forbes. This session focused on why "Learners persist with relevant and rich challenges", a key learning principle at ISP and how learners in this area might be supported.
Curious – The Desire to Know
Ian Leslie, author of Curious – 'The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It' argues that everyone is born curious, but only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful. But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly monopolised by the cognitive elite. A "curiosity divide" is opening up. Ian joined the ISP Community for the First ever online Edge in Education on 30 September 2020.
Breaking the Voice and Brain Barrier: Evidence-based language learning
Dr Gianfranco Conti: Finding ways to effectively and efficiently acquire additional languages is a key to Empowered Learners, our theme for this year as we aim to "Unleash our Collective Potential" here at ISP. Dr. Gianfranco Conti joined us for our first Edge in Education of 2019-20. In this session, he … framed the discussion in the context of the latest research evidence in second language acquisition, debunked common myths and misconceptions, provided an evidence-based account of how the human brain processes language, laid out the key principles underpinning effective language teaching and learning, and suggested research- informed steps parents can taketo support and enhance the development of their children's lifelong language learning skills.
From the International Space Station to the International School of Prague
Ricky Arnold has a fascinating life story, having made the transition from international school teacher to international astronaut. Mr. Arnold returned from his most recent mission less than a year ago, returning to earth in October 2018, having spent several months in space with the International Space Station. Before being selected by NASA in 2004, Mr. Arnold was an international educator. He started his teaching career in his native Maryland, USA, before teaching at international schools in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Romania. At ISP, Ricky and Elloise Arnold spent most of their time with the students, but luckily our community also had the opportunity to hear from them during this Community Edge in Education.
Help your child navigate Friendship, School and Social Media
Rosalind Wiseman is the New York Times best-selling author of "Queen Bees and Wannabes" (upon which the movie "Mean Girls" was based!) and spent several days working with faculty, students and parents at ISP . Rosalind's time working with the ISP Community culminated with her session for parents entitled 'Help your child navigate Friendship, School and Social Media.'
Preparing Students for Future Relevance
With Dr. Marc T. Frankel: A central question for schools today is how to prepare students to "adapt and contribute responsibly to our changing world." The good news is that we know the answer. This answer has less to do with traditional markers of success—test scores and elite university admissions—and more to do with habits of mind and heart that students can take with them to a multiplicity of schools and workplaces. The challenge of the future is to stay continuously relevant, and the great schools will be those that prepare students to find and sustain their own relevance. Learn what makes a great school and how international education can be at the vanguard of preparing students "to lead healthy, fulfilling, purposeful lives" in an ever-changing world.
Transformative Learning Through Deep Engagement – Garfield Gini-Newman
Garfield Gini-Newman, Professor at the Ontario Institute of Education at the University of Toronto, speaks once more to ISP parents on the theme of engagement. In this session Garfield clarifies what is meant by educational engagement at levels from low to transformative. This session is about how educators and parents can support deep learning through engagement and thinking, both critical and creative.
How can the inquiry approach help your children learn? – Kath Murdoch
In this session, Kath shares with parents the ways in which an inquiry approach to learning really engages students and helps them build a strong skill set for learning at school and for life. This session also includes suggestions for ways in which parents can support their child to be curious questioners and problem solvers.
Empowering Learners – Garfield Gini-Newman
Linked to ISP's Mission to Empower learners,Garfield Gini-Newman, professor at the Ontario Institute of Education in the University of Toronto, and highly respected teacher, author and consultant returned to ISP to deliver a talk that focused on: -Inspiring wonder, opening students' eyes to a world of possibilities;-Developing intellectual capacity, building students' intellectual toolkit so that they become effective thinkers in all domains; and-Nurturing creativity, helping unleash students' potential for innovative responses to complex and often unique challenges.
Mathematics Learning for the 21st Century – Dr. Yeap Ban Har
ISP welcomed Dr. Yeap Ban Har, Professor of Mathematics Education at Singapore's sole teacher education institute, the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University. Since 2010, he was the principal at a teacher professional development institute and concurrently Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at Pathlight School in Singapore. He is also Academic Director at Anglo Singapore International School, an international school in Thailand. Linked to ISP's Mission to Empower learners, Ban Har's presentation was a conversation about what and how students should learn through mathematics. The presenter will share some data of student learning and outline learning experiences that are critical in high-level learning in mathematics.
School: At the Centre of Changing the World – Ewan McIntosh
This session was led by Ewan McIntosh – the passionate and energising tour de force behind NoTosh. A highly-regarded keynote speaker at events around the world, he's also the author of How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen. The world is screaming out for young people who can do more than just follow the rules. Following the rules is not enough anymore to create the products and services that people need, or to find and resolve the planet's greatest challenges. (#ISP2020Change) And yet, so much of our schools' values and systems present a challenge of their own: they are all about rule-following, and doing 'well' against pre-set criteria. What if school wasn't about meeting the criteria, but exceeding them. What if school wasn't about following all the rules, but helping students learn when they should really go about breaking them? Sharing insights from his work with some of the world most innovative engineering and creative firms, and first-rate schools, Ewan McIntosh will show how school can be less about preparing students for an unpredictable world, and more about putting them at the centre of changing it.
Talk at Reggio Conference @ISP – Christine Cahille
Christine Chaille, Professor and Department Chair, Curriculum & Instruction at Portland University visited ISP and spoke to an audience of parents about children as theory builders. The session focused on: how children learn by building theories how to support our children's theory-building parents AS theory-builders the value of "not knowing"
Great Leaders, Great Teachers, Great Parents – Ewan McIntosh
What is the most burning question you have about the way your child learns, the way teachers teach, about what you can do as a parent to support your child as they thrive long into the future? Ewan McIntosh, originally a high school teacher who learned the most by teaching three year olds now works with some of the world's most innovative engineers, fashion designers, media folk and yes, teachers. He helps them understand how they can work together to create something bigger.
3 C's of Quality Thinking: Critical, Creative and Collaborative – Garfield Gini-Newman
Garfield Gini-Newman, professor at the Ontario Institute of Education in the University of Toronto, and highly respected teacher, author and consultant led a session on quality thinking for ISP Parents. Garfield, co-author of "Creating Thinking Classrooms", is working with educators around the world to nurture critical, creative and collaborative thinking.
Cultivating Curiosity – Kath Murdoch
Kath Murdoch, Kath Murdoch is an experienced teacher, author, university lecturer and popular consultant who has worked for many years in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, America and Europe. Kath's session for ISP parents focused on why curiosity and wonder are such vital dispositions for learning (and living!).
Children as Theory Builders – Christine Cahille
Developing your Child's Thinking – Mark Church
ISP welcomed back Mark Church, co-author of "Making Thinking Visible" to address parents. Creating a culture where learning is relevant, connected, and driven by curiosity is central to the ISP strategic plan, ISP2020. The language we use, the questions we engage with and deeply understanding how learning happens matter greatly. This session focused on: How our motives and vision for learning give shape to the kinds of language we use with children Language patterns that typically dominate our interactions with children Routines that develop productive language and interactions for meaningful learning with our children.
The Power of Principles – Kevin Bartlett, Greg Curtis and Peter Mott
ISP is proud to be the first international school to pilot the new NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) accreditation protocol, known as ACE (Architecture, Culture, Ecology). Why is this new approach to accreditation necessary? Great schools are those where directions and decisions are framed by powerful, shared, research-based principles, not constrained by an over-abundance of complicated rules and regulations. Our concept of 'learning' – what 'it looks like', how it is nurtured or hindered, where and how it occurs, and what it means to be a learning-focused organization – has significantly changed thanks to social, economic, and technological shifts and dramatic new insights and understandings provided by brain research. Yet, despite many efforts at reforming and reinventing the place we call 'school', education has made little progress in liberating itself from a 19th century factory model designed to produce mass literacy – and a compliant work force. For the most part 'school' continues to be a place where learning is equated with academic outcomes, content mastery, and uniformity of process and practice. 'Learning' remains largely de-personalized, is often confused with high stakes test results, and does not equip our children with the understandings, aptitudes, dispositions, values, and competencies needed to deal with the global dilemmas and challenges of our times. The preliminary accreditation team joined us during the first week of May, and spoke with the ISP community about the link between the principles embedded in our learning experiences and those arising from educational research.
What do today's employers look for in students entering the workforce? – Michael Del Nin, Eva Shaw and John Westby
Edge in Education Breakfast Mixer and Panel Discussion, April 24, 2015: The final session of the "Edge in Education" Series* of the 2014-15 academic year at the International School of Prague. As the ISP mission states, our school strives to prepare learners to adapt and "contribute responsibly to our changing world." In other words, we want our students to be "future-ready." Figuring out what this means has never been more complex or challenging. With the help of a panel of professionals (and ISP parents!) from a number of fields, the fifth and final Edge and Education of the year addressed the question, "What do today's employers look for in students entering the workforce?" Thank you to Michael Del Nin (Co-CEO, CME), Eva Shaw (Partner & Country Manager, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Lansdowne International), and John Westby (AVP, IT Global Innovation Center at Merck).
The heart of our ISP Mission is to prepare learners to adapt and contribute to our changing world by engaging them in an authentic global education. In order to realise this mission, we examine trends to better anticipate what may be "life worthy learning." "Design Thinking" is a structured, engaging and dynamic process that develops learners' empathy while developing critical and creative thinking, as the learner generates and develops ideas for identified needs (see this video for a two minute video intro to Design Thinking. Tinkering, making, and/or inventing for authentic needs provide powerful opportunities for learners to fail and bounce back from getting stuck, nurturing the key dispositions for future success: risk-taking, tenacity, resilience, and grit. This fourth session of the 2014-15 ISP Edge in Education series at the International School of Prague discusses "Design Thinking: How can we inspire our learners to act with empathy, while applying critical and creative thinking to meet authentic needs." As stated in "Design Thinking for Educators" from the d. School at Stanford University, "Design Thinking is the confidence that everyone can be part of creating a more desirable future, and a process to take action when faced with a difficult challenge. That kind of optimism is well needed in education." Attendees were asked to watch this five-minute video before the meeting – it's about a teenager using Design Thinking to authentically contribute to the world.
Service Learning Workshop
The heart of our ISP Mission is to prepare learners to adapt and contribute to our changing world by engaging them in an authentic global education. In order to realise this mission, we examine trends to better anticipate what may be "life worthy learning." Click on the image below to watch the video. In the Jan. 16th session, we discussed how students at ISP investigate issues, prepare for service, take action, reflect on their steps, and document their learning; how can we inspire our learners to act with compassion and intercultural understanding? Parent, students, and faculty members shared their experience with Service Learning.
Experiential Learning Workshop
The heart of our ISP Mission is to prepare learners to adapt and contribute to our changing world by engaging them in an authentic global education. In order to realise this mission, we examine trends to better anticipate what may be "life worthy learning." The subject of our second Edge in Education session of 2014-15 was "Experiential Learning: How can we engage, inspire, and empower our learners through authentic learning experiences?" As the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (OECD) states, "There is broad consensus that in innovation-driven societies, schools have to guide students in solving complex, unfamiliar and non-routine tasks."
The Relevance Gap
The heart of our ISP Mission is to prepare learners to adapt and contribute to our changing world by engaging them in an authentic global education. In order to realise this mission, we examine trends to better anticipate what may be "life worthy learning." The title of this first Edge in Education session of 2014-15 was "The Relevance Gap: will today's content be relevant in the future of our current students?" Attendees were encouraged to watch this six-minute interview with David Perkins of Harvard University which acted as a springboard for the discussion about the challenges the relevance gap poses and how we're addressing some of these challenges here at ISP.
Inspiration Magazine August 2020
The first Inspiration Magazine of 2020/21 brings new and continuing ISP families a wealth of news and information from all parts of ISP. This edition contains a welcome from ISP Director Dr. Arnie Bieber where he tells of his excitement about the opening of the new ISP Library. The magazine also contains a welcome from the Principals of all school sections and updates from Activities, IT, the School Community Association, Learning and Development and Advancement.
Inspiration Magazine June 2020
This Inspiration Magazine celebrates a unique and challenging year which nonetheless showcased the strength of the ISP Community. See articles on Distance Learning, Senior Graduation, the Grade 8 Leavers and Grade 5 moving up ceremonies and much more!
The final Inspiration Magazine of 2018/19 focuses on Night at the Palace, Alumni Reunion events in London and New York, an interview with the departing Upper School Principal Mark Frankel, and much more!
Inspiration Magazine 2019
The edition of the magazine celebrates ISP's 70th school year with articles on ISP's partnership with Happy Caravan, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and more.
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