<div id="subtitle">Texas librarians bare skin, show wild side in calendar to raise money for disaster relief</div><div><p>So much for the stereotype. Texas librarians are baring their skin and revealing their tattoos — all to raise disaster relief money to help damaged libraries. Photos of the librarians and their body art appear in a new calendar sold by the Texas Library Association.</p><p>Librarian Shawne Miksa says it's a way to get people to notice library issues. As the model for November 2010, she shows off Chinese characters on her lower back that mean "wisdom" and "desire."</p><p>The "Tattooed Ladies of TLA" 18-month calendar is a follow-up to the successful "Men of Texas Libraries" calendar, which raised $9,000 to help libraries damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The TLA says libraries thrive on promoting diversity and free expression and the calendar exhibits that spirit.</p><p>___</p><p>Texas Library Association: http://www.txla.org</p><p>(This version CORRECTS Corrects Web link.)</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=55802665&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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