Following the success of its long-running cooking programme Masterchef, the BBC are to launch Masterlibrarian to find the country's best amateur librarian. There are also plans for a professional version- Masterslibrarian- and a celebrity edition: Keynote Librarian.
Details are sketchy, but it is thought the aspiring librarians will have to undergo:
- a metadata standards invention test
- a passion test, involving many years of study, essay writing, and work experience
- baking and eating cake
- providing high quality professional library and information services for the cast of Casualty
Rumours that the idea had been shelved have been denied by the BBC.
