#most libraries are public

[knifefightscene]

Near the place I currently live there is this small library run by this guy who will let you borrow book with no late fees or anything. He has been running it for ten years thanks to donations and also he sells tiny cactuses. He also teaches math and physics for free. Like people here love him. He graduated top of his class in college and now he’s just running a library and teaches people and takes care of plants and I’m reminded that some people are just good because they’re.

#most libraries are public #government run so #he runs two libraries actually #him and a few volunteers #ppl have been donating books to him over the years #7

[thisiswheremywritinggoes]

A state senator in the district where I work has co-sponsored a bill requiring public libraries in my state to automatically provide a list of all materials checked out by patrons age 16 and under to their parents within 24 hours of checkout. Hopefully the bill dies in committee. Barring that, I hope our governor vetoes it as soon as it reaches his desk.

I cannot even begin to tell you how asinine this bill is. How dangerous this bill is.

"But parents have a right to know what their kids are checking out of the library."

Sure, maybe you do. I don't give a fuck about your rights as a parent. The issue is whether I, as a public librarian, who follows a professional code of ethics, is under any obligation to provide that information to you. Your rights as a parent are not my concern. I don't answer to you. Your children aren't some half-witted partial-people -- they're either patrons or they aren't. And if they are, they have a right to privacy in the public library.

I'm not your ally in conducting surveillance over your child. It's not my job to make it easier for you to gather intel about your kids. That's called parenting, dude.

A child who knows their parent will be emailed a list of the materials they check out is not experiencing free, unfettered access to information. Full stop. Please pause for a moment and consider the dire consequences of this requirement.

If you want to bring your child to the library and monitor their checkouts, I won't get in your way. But, between you and me, the best thing you can do for your child is to bring them to the library and let them discover it on their own. Get out of their way. Let them browse and investigate and check out a million books and read only one of them twelve times in a row. Let them roam the shelves like they are starving and the books are food.

Stop telling them which books to read or not read. Stop sneering when they select a book from the shelf and deem it "too easy" for them, or "too difficult." If your kid is enthusiastic about an author or a series or a topic, rejoice! Enthusiastic people are the best people!

Let your toddlers pull a dozen books off the shelf -- don't worry, we pay people to put them back. Let them wander with reckless abandon. Let them make noise. We made this space for them. It's theirs. Nothing in the library can hurt them except your undeserved sense of self-importance and your prejudices. We made this space for them. Please get out of the way and let them discover it.

#Librarian #Public libraries #fuck book bans #uphold the right to privacy #free access to information is the most important thing in the world #wisconsin republicans are fucking monsters #let the kids read #Being a librarian right now is really fucked up

[neurotypical-sonic]

I dont think most of the islands would have internet connection, or at least not widely available or easily accessible. 4 year old tails not knowing much about the internet or caring about it until he and sonic end up on the mainlands and in a public library and he discovers the Joy of Internet. whole new world has opened up baby and he is tapping away at that keyboard

#sonic just wanted some new books but hes happy to hang out for a while #i was 17 when i finally got consistent access to the internet at home #as in. wifi ig #before then i mostly used school computers and public libraries #we DID have internet at home but. it was very expensive and parents used most of the available data and we had to be careful not to go other #when i got credit on my phone i would buy credit and mostly use that just be careful what sites i would use #connection was spotty #im rambling lmao but i think the islands would be a lot like that.l

[rosecorcoranwrites]

Dear grantees who want to work with a public library:

We don't need to know the history of your project.

We don't need to hear about "liberatory spaces" or the "coloniality of learning".

We certainly don't need to hear about "feminisms" (are there more than one?), "methods of survivance" (why not "survival"?), or "intersectional positionality in the world" ("positionality"? Are you ok?).

We need to hear about what people will actually be DOING at the event you are proposing to hold at the library.

xoxo

A librarian

PS: Please do yourself a favor and touch grass.

#We've had like three of these proposals #where they tell us jack-a-diddly about what they actually intend for an event #the most recent was the most egregious #an absolute marxist wall-of-text that was beyond parody #that had the gall to suggest they want to make their studies accessible to the public and get away from academia #while using words like 'survivance' and 'positionality' #it broke me #libraries #library #librarian #library life

[redheadlesbianfreak]

No I actually hate people who say that “libraries are useless,” “no one uses libraries anymore,” and “libraries should be defunded!” Many communities, especially communities with a lot of poverty (most places) would be severely damaged if their public library shut down.

I could write an entire essay about how much communities rely on their libraries, and it still wouldn’t be enough to describe how helpful they are. Also, I started working at a library, so I know how untrue the “no one uses libraries anymore!” argument is, which is also anti-intellectual.

My job is still fucking hard, but this is the only job I’ve had where I’m not severely underpaid. This is also the only job I’ve had where I’m not treated like absolute garbage. When people say shit like this, it’s basically saying that countless people who work in libraries should lose their jobs.

#libraries #public libraries #the jobs here are super competitive too #because it’s one of the few workplaces in the area #that doesn’t treat it’s employees like shit #it doesn’t even pay that much but the wages are so much better than most workplaces

[musicalchaos07]

I need Jonathan Byers to survive so he can become some Gen z kid's emotional support weird Gen x boss

#him: I'm your supervisor and authority is fake #also him: spends hours with this depressed 20 year old teaching them traditional photography bc he's that guy in the department #the kid comes out at nonbinary and he's like WTF is that #and then they explain and he's like ok but EVERYONE feels that way about their gender #and they're just looking at him like no no they do not #then he goes to the New York public library and goes home and has a little crisis and Nancy's like it's ok honey #him spouting off the most socialist takes and the kid eating it up with a spoon #he gets invited to the kid's birthday and brings along Nancy #and is just CASUALLY like this is my wife she just finished an expose on fraud within this mega corporation #stranger things #jonathan byers

[lesbianseaweed]

so let me get this straight

my local library opens at the same hour classes start in the local elementary school

it also closes at the same hour classes end

and it's not open on weekends

but the library has a kids section

#they really said fuck em kids #library #also it is so secluded that most people dk it even exists #there's nothing pointing to it #no publicity #no activities are held there

[pettyprocrastination]

thinking about how our librarian gal probably has to wear clear retainers for her piercings because yknow..working with kids means dealing with parents complaints and dress code yadda yadda yadda which means the first time you and Benjamin go out on a date or bump into eachother outside of work you have your real piercings in and he almost has a heart attack because you look so hot 

#mr ben x reader #mr ben tag #public libraries are becoming accepting of tats and peircings but schools? not so much. so you'll most likely be wearing clear ones during- #-the school week #but its enough that benjamin sees it and goes !!!!! and cant stop thinking about you

[chiropteracupola]

interesting how the internet archive has the eagle of the ninth as a tv series from the seventies and as a radio program from 2010 and as the full text of the book in FRENCH... but not the original book :(

#slightly belated summer of sutcliff #INTERNET ARCHIVE LET ME SEE MY BOYS #also the radio one is Weird... doesn't have that subtlety and beauty of the book really at all #then again the 70s one doesn't really either but it's also got low-budget charm and the most doe-eyed marcus ever #thirteen minutes into the radio program and esca just showed up (and I Love esca of course) but also I cannot deal with these accents #now I'm wondering if the pronunciation of cunoval as 'ka-NO-val' is the commonly used one? as well as aquila with the hard 'kw' #but then again latin in my own experience has had a lot of variation between speakers... I've been saying it as aquila with more 'kee' #but it's not like I ever talk eotn with people irl :/ #aaaaaanyway. I want to reread some sutcliff right now but I don't have hard copies of anything on hand #and if I reread bonnie dundee right now I think it would harm me. hugh herriot a little too close to my heart to talk about ever. #sigh. guess I'll ask the public library and then be so very patient. this radio show is harming me but not in a cool nice way.

[marzipanandminutiae]

i really like crimson peak by the way! i don’t enjoy horror, i sometimes get scared just by reading wikipedia summaries of horror movies, but i went to see it in cinemas (alone!) because i love del toro, so i was actually relieved that it turned out to not be a horror. i definitely found it really scary though

That is entirely fair, and I'm glad you like it!

I like some things that fall more clearly under the general Horror umbrella- Mama (2013) comes to mind, if we're focusing on Del Toro, and about half of Cabinet of Curiosities -but I, too, am more likely to see a Gothic than a straight horror movie.

I almost didn't see CPeak- I'm not usually aware of coming attractions unless they breach containment onto my Tumblr dash, because I don't go to the movies often and thus miss a lot of trailers. But some friends saw it and said, "no, you NEED this in your life," so...I went! Alone, just like you. I actually remember the theatre (AMC Times Square) because of its gorgeous old domed ceiling covered in murals.

I also remember leaving afterwards and feeling like I just got hit by a bus full of Seen(TM).

It was a good day.

#ask #anon #crimson peak #movies #horror movies #gothic movies #funnily enough I stood in the McMichaels' ballroom (the library at Casa Loma) like a year later without realizing it #someday I'm going back to the Toronto area and doing a filming location scavenger hunt #tragically Allerdale was built on a soundstage and I think standing outside the studio would be weird #most of the Buffalo scenes were shot in real and public buildings though! #I think Edith's house isn't open to the public. it's a Masonic lodge in Hamilton. and her room was #also built on a soundstage #some of the other locations however...

[archivlibrarianist]

Interesting. Fresno County Library is just...without a library app for now.

From the article linked:

"The San Joaquin Valley Library System alerted patrons on its social media stating that due to a disagreement between its primary library software provider and a third-party contractor, who they say provided components for the ValleyCat mobile app, the software is now offline.

"As a result, it says the developer is working to create its own app."

So now, that patrons are back to using the library website, at a time when more of us than ever are using mobile devices and tablets.

I wonder if we'll see more of this in the future.

#libraries #library technology #library apps #Fresno County Library #California libraries #American libraries #public libraries #most of them are small and strapped for cash and have to make apps on the cheap #and easy come easy go

[salvadorbonaparte]

Re: Dykes to Watch Out For, you should absolutely not check out Anna's Archive ;)

I don't know exactly what you're looking for, but they have several options that may be it?

I definitely didn't recover my zlib link and just downloaded it (eyes emoji)

#asks #thank you whoever scanned this copy at the boston public library #massachusetts most lesbian state

[bleepblopbloop56]

I love finding things other peoples used as bookmarks in library books. An old receipt, a peice of a cereal box, a scrap peice of math homework. Most recently i found a peice of packaging from a pack of socks. Its so sweet like... Why didnt you finish the book? Look how far you got. Look at this random person ill never know, leaving a little present for the next person. For me. I hope you enjoy the next book friend

#i. love. the public liBRARY! #im tired of bookstores. and audible everyone fuck off #library didnt have what you want? check to see if it has an ILL #get the most out of that library card as you possibly can #this blog proudly supports your local library

[bubblesandpages]

Question how do you guys organize your books?

#I have them by category children's ya adult classics manga (yes I choose to think of those first two as categories and not genres it just #makes more sense) #and than approximately by year of publication #I like how it allows you to visually see the change or evolution of a genre or category #I say approximately because I do like grouping a single authors work together so I tend to claster them in the year/decade I consider them #to have been the most prolific #and sometimes I'll also switch up the order if I think certain books look better placed slightly ahead or behind where they should be #I realize this is neurotic but its MY neuroticism and doesn't need to make sense — get your own neurotic behavior #or alternatively expose yourself in the notes idk #book #books #reading #Fizzy talks #bibliophile #books and libraries #books and literature #booklr

[theartsypoe]

Gott Fucking Damn It! i think i found a solution to my 'adhd brain refuses to read' problem and the answer was fucking libraries!

hear me out. this is what ive got thus far for my brain's issues and how it helps:

Can't read because theres no urgency and time isnt real? Return date is a free deadline

Can't be a true deadline without consequences? Well the nice librarian will certainly be disappointed if its late, bonus if theres a wait list and other people want to read it

Trouble with impulse buying books you might want to read but are unsure? Library is free, you can impulse take out the book and return it if its not for you

Can't do stuff without a space transition to say you should do the thing? Gotta Physically go there so you have time to shift tasks

Space too noisy? Not wanting people bugging you? Need a weird corner to vibe in? Library social code has you covered

go to your local library! At least see if it works for you

#kris says stuff #books #public libraries #adhd brain #this may be the most like... adult excitement ive had about a thing in a hot minute #this post brought to you by the absolute elation of realising i've actually been reading again

[planet4546b]

i was like 'oh lemme clear out my to read list rq while im here' and actually all of these things are things that i wanna read. epic

#pers #most of the back end of my to read list is books w relatively small publications that i REALLY wanna read #but arent at my local library and i havent had a lot of luck finding. but like I NEED TO READ LETTERS FROM HAV