Documentary Director, Library Consultant to Deliver Jackson Lecture, May 1

Ann Seidl, writer and director of the documentary The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film, will discuss the making of the film on Thursday, May 1, at 2 p.m. in the Bone Student Center Old Main Room.  Seidl is the 2008 Bryant Jackson Lectureship speaker.  Her presentation is free and open to the public.

Using the context of American movies, The Hollywood Librarian critiques Hollywood’s sometimes positive, sometimes negative portrayal of librarians and contrasts those portrayals with the stories of real-life librarians.  Issues of censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and the value of reading are also examined throughout the film. 

Seidl is a library consultant and the owner and principal of Information, Managed, a library consulting business that provides library research and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis products to libraries and library systems.   

The Bryant Jackson Lectureship was established in 2003 to honor Associate University Librarian Bryant Jackson. The lectureship is an annual event with speakers of the highest reputation in library research.