The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

9 December 2005

Blatant Googlebait

Desiree GoodwinPictured here is Desiree Goodwin, fortysomething Harvard librarian, who sued the university charging discrimination: I titled my first post about her "I'm too sexy for my desk". Inasmuch as this is a hot story on job-finding Web sites this week — I've had over 900 hits so far from people looking for, if not her story, certainly her picture — the least I can do is oblige. (Oh, what we won't go through for more traffic.)

My three previous posts about the Goodwin incident are here, here and here.

Addendum: Pertinent quote from her LISNews interview:

I think that the perception that librarians are conservative, homogeneous, and out of touch will be ultimately harmful to us, and if [we] don't change that image we will be left behind as society evolves.

I'm guessing that she means "conservative" as in "mossback," not in its contemporary political context; the American Library Association tends to veer somewhat leftward.

Posted at 10:54 AM to Blogorrhea , Dyssynergy


Thass what I'm talkin' about! Sexy librarians! Now, was that so hard?

Posted by: Mr. Snitch! at 12:42 AM on 10 December 2005

King County, huh? Brooklyn rocks.

Posted by: Tatyana at 7:05 AM on 10 December 2005

Whoa!! What is she doing to fill her time now? Is she going to come out with a book?? Is she married??She should consider doing a calender/playboy!

Posted by: butta at 8:49 AM on 10 December 2005

She's still working at Harvard. I wouldn't be surprised to see her come out with a book; I doubt she'd go beyond that.

Posted by: CGHill at 9:10 AM on 10 December 2005

Heh. Googlebait. Heh.

Posted by: Mr. Snitch! at 4:35 PM on 10 December 2005

Don't laugh. Yesterday's visitor count was 1,901, sixth highest on record. (And the highest on record, 3,430, came during the week Ms Goodwin lost her lawsuit.)

I'll be content if one percent of them come back as regulars.

Posted by: CGHill at 5:36 PM on 10 December 2005

there should be more of them in the library.i study more when there are such ladies..

Posted by: dany at 9:40 AM on 12 December 2005