{"id":1631,"date":"2013-05-08T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:20:02","slug":"lego-librarians-oranges-and-peaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2013\/05\/08\/lego-librarians-oranges-and-peaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego librarians, Oranges and Peaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minifigures.lego.com\/en-us\/Bios\/Librarian.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1632\" alt=\"legolibrarian\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/legolibrarian.jpg?w=130\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/legolibrarian.jpg 342w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/legolibrarian-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>Lego recently introduced a librarian minifigure holding a copy of <em>Oranges and Peaches<\/em>, which is a bit of an inside joke for librarians (though really, in the age of Google, are there any truly inside jokes any more?).<\/p>\n<p><em>Oranges and Peaches<\/em> (a misunderstood <em>Origin of Species<\/em>) is an imaginary book made real; full story <a href=\"http:\/\/livinginthelibraryworld.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/oranges-and-peaches-understanding.html\">here<\/a>. (The tale almost certainly originated in the 1995 movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V58FH_0jwjY\"><em>Party Girl<\/em><\/a>; a reference to it appeared in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eric.ed.gov\/ERICWebPortal\/detail?accno=EJ531040\">scholarly article<\/a> the following year.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10100733622651122&amp;set=o.318891028665&amp;type=1&amp;theater\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1633\" alt=\"vikinglibrarian\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vikinglibrarian.jpg?w=124\" width=\"124\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/vikinglibrarian.jpg 795w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/vikinglibrarian-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/vikinglibrarian-768x927.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/vikinglibrarian-624x754.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a>The description of the Lego librarian leaves something to be desired: it contains references to overdue books and shushing, not most librarians&#8217; idea of the important part of our work. But of course, the librarian minifig has already been repurposed: Kristin Bell has made a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10100733622651122&amp;set=o.318891028665&amp;type=1&amp;theater\">Lego Viking librarian<\/a> (something we all need in our minifig collection). I might also like to see mash-ups with the <a href=\"http:\/\/minifigures.lego.com\/en-us\/Bios\/Librarian.aspx#Warrior%20Woman\">Warrior Woman<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/minifigures.lego.com\/en-us\/Bios\/Librarian.aspx#Medusa\">Medusa<\/a>, but maybe not the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/07\/lego-street-harassment-sticker-josh-stearns_n_3229334.html\">Street Harassment Construction Worker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/library.pdx.edu\/jpetit.html\">Joan Petit<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lego recently introduced a librarian minifigure holding a copy of Oranges and Peaches, which is a bit of an inside joke for librarians (though really, in the age of Google, are there any truly inside jokes any more?). Oranges and Peaches (a misunderstood Origin of Species) is an imaginary book made real; full story here. 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