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What is a Group of Librarians?

I asked an idle question on my Facebook wall and it generated some interesting, fun and funny responses . . .

What do you call a group of librarians?

Some of the quick suggestions include:

A gaggle of librarians

A collection of librarians

A catalogue of librarians

A catalog of librarians

A shush of librarians

A volume of librarians

A flap of librarians

I wonder WWGD - What would Google do? I searched < collective nouns librarians >. . .

For a hundred or more . . .

Collective Nouns for Librarians #1

Collective Nouns for Librarians #2A gaggle of librarians

Wikipedia says:

A catalogue of librarians

But WikiAnswers says:

A stack of librarians

I like the above ideas . . .

How about . . .

A shelf of librarians

A drawer of librarians

A disc of librarians

An answer of librarians

An ask of librarians

A value chain of librarians

And if you're Facebook policies, Twitter changes, Elsevier journals, OCLC licenses, or whomever is on the hotplate this week . . maybe we're an:

An affront of librarians

And since if you put five librarians in a room, within three hours you'll get at least three associations, five committees, six meetings, and one manifesto, why not call ourselves . . .

A network of librarians.

So, what do you call a group of librarians? It doesn't matter. Just call us. Ask.

Just call us smart and valuable and we'll smile.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).