Peer-reviewed journals are fine for academic essays on the analysis of how the public's perception of librarians affect their use of the library and its services, but there's nothing like the freedom of the internet for pure image-busting impact.

Cool Librarians is a good starting place for these alternative sites. The irreverence of some of the original ones, such as The Lipstick Librarian! is counteracted by the technical skill required to create a website (this would have been more impressive in the earlier days of the internet, of course. Now any student of the discipline can post essays.) There are also online zines such as New Breed Librarian, and the ever popular Librarian Avengers which acts as a forum for current issues/rants.

Image-busting:
an act or publication to subvert a stereotype.

Librarians blog with the best of them

Librarians keep weblogs for a number of reasons, one of which is to maintain an awareness of issues affecting the profession. While traditional print literature is best for exploring a topic in depth, the weblog format is easily and immediately accessible over the internet, to create an animated discussion literally over night.

Another benefit to blogging for librarians is that a camaraderie has been fostered among librarians from all over the world. New communities have arisen within the field of librarianship. "Who would have known there was a tattooed librarian subculture?" asks Jessamyn West of Librarian.net.¹¹

Weblogs:
a personal compilation of interests usually with a specific focus, ie. libraries. Posted often and chronologically to an internet site.

Blog your opinion

Jon Whipple, as one of the co-founders of the forum library-usability.org has this to say about blogs:

I think that libraries, librarians and other library professional staff have a lot of skill and expertise as well as a wide range of opinions that can enrich the library community and professions... There is a huge opportunity for them to make themselves heard and to share their skills and knowledge using tools like blogger.com, TypePad, Movable Type and others. Forums exist too and everybody should start contributing, like LISnews.com and library-usability.org.

Don't hesitate, don't be shy. Come on and contribute!¹²

library-usability.org:
Created by Chris Jang, Erik Stainsby, Kevin Stranack and Jon Whipple, "each from a different part of the library world."