Augusta Georgia: technology@ugusta: `Lipstick Librarian' gives new chic to stuffy image 10/24/97

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`Lipstick Librarian' gives new chic to stuffy image

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Associated Press

Shirley Jones gave us Marian the Librarian in ``The Music Man,'' Katharine Hepburn was the attractive, feisty librarian who gets Spencer Tracy in ``Desk Set,'' and now, Linda Absher brings ``The Lipstick Librarian'' to the Web.

An updated, classy, and glamorous iconoclast, the Lipstick Librarian means to overturn stereotypes by proving once and for all that librarians can be brainy, beautiful-and take a joke.

Clad in a snug evening sheath edged in mink, reference book in hand, the Lipstick Librarian prances with all the abandon of a Paris runway model. What makes a Lipstick Librarian? Not money, fame, or a command of AACR2 (Anglo American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Ed.). Rather, it is the ability to ``look fabulous while poking around a dot-matrix printer with a bent paper clip.''

The site offers makeup tips (Post-its as a beauty aid), a bibliography (``Circulate THIS!! When Circ Librarians Go Bad''), and a guest book where real-life LLs can comment on their public image. Will males in this female-dominated profession be next? Can the Leatherneck Librarians be far behind?

- Colleen Allen;allencol(a)washpost.com

GETTING THERE: Check out http://www.teleport.com/petlin/liplib/index.html

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There are a lot of banana sites out there, including ``The Bananarchist's Cookbook'' and pages for collectors of old Del Monte labels, but ``104 Things to Do With a Banana'' takes a G-rated approach to the fruit like that of Native Americans to the buffalo.

It extols the fruit as nothing short of manna from Heaven, cataloguing its botany (largest plant on Earth without a woody stem), some history of its dissemination into the cold climes of North America and Europe, and recipes - lots of recipes - including cream of banana soup and a banana relish.

Green fruit is best used in soups and stews, but, beware, it can cause ``irritation'' to the digestive system. The coveted yellow with brown flecks is perfect for salads or just right out of the peel. Because sometimes a banana is just, well, a banana.

- David Jackson; jacksond(a)washpost.com

GO THERE: http://www.dmgi.com/bananas.html