Looking the part

When I tell people, especially guys my own age, that I'm a librarian, they often tell me that I don't look like one. After spending four days at an academic librarians' conference in Seattle last week, I can safely say that actually, I look exactly like one. I've never seen so many thin, short-haired white women in layered Gap sweaters in one place. If I had swapped out my contacts for my glasses, I would have blended in completely. It was like a homecoming of sorts.