I have several friends from library school who don't work in traditional libraries. We consider ourselves librarians, and when we gather in groups, we refer to ourselves as librarians, but we have a hard time admitting explaining that's what we are to people who have a hard time giving up the stereotype of the librarian as a little old lady, complete with bun and glasses, shushing people, and would rather refer to us as information professionals, researchers, knowledge workers, or some other equally palatable term.

Let's hear it for Metagrrrl, who I met in Library School, as she says:

Ok, enough of that "I don't have a library, so I don't really call myself a librarian" shit; I have a library; it's called the web and I answer reference questions on it *constantly*.