Is Twilight Sparkle an effective librarian from a professional's point of view? At Neatorama, John Farrier offered his incisive and amusing assessment of Ponyville's librarian, the protagonist of the animated TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
She was assessed in several categories, including organization ("Twilight's libraries are profoundly disorganized"), reference services, staff management, collection development and management and outreach.
Farrier concluded by noting that he had "described in detail some major deficiencies by Twilight Sparkle as a librarian. But my goal is not to tear her down. She is embraced by the community around the Ponyville Library and is thus not a failure as a professional librarian.... All of the problems that I have pointed out can be fixed, most likely by further training."
