#librarians of tumblr

[booksinmythorax]

My dear friends: When a librarian or teacher says "Audiobooks count as reading", we do not literally mean that audiobooks are the same as decoding visual meaning via symbols representing sounds. We mean, among other things:

Audiobooks can expose listeners to new vocabulary and forms of syntax.

Audiobooks can present listeners with long-form fictional narratives with engaging characters, interesting literary devices, and poetic turns of phrase.

Audiobooks can teach listeners new information in a long-form manner that goes into depth or wide breadth on a particular subject or subjects.

Audiobooks can help listeners' verbal comprehension skills.

Audiobooks can do all these things without presenting the same difficulties to blind, low vision, partially sighted, visually impaired, or dyslexic listeners; listeners with ADHD; listeners who experience physical difficulty with holding a book or e-reader; or listeners who are disabled in a host of other ways that a physical book or e-reader might present.

The written word is not specially imbued with magical noble worth above the spoken word, and if you think it is, you may have some ableism and/or racism to deconstruct.

#audiobooks #audiobooks count as reading #librarians of tumblr #adult literacy #children's literacy #reading comprehension #bookblr #booklr #books and reading #librarians #books & libraries #public libraries #reading #child literacy #school librarians

[angie-j-kay]

Right, so I seem to have found myself in a Situation... as I sometimes do. I'm about to become the family librarian. And I'm not entirely sure how to do that. Or where to start.

For context, the husband and I spent several years living abroad, and just returned home in September. I started unpacking our storage unit yesterday.

Um.

We had over 2 dozen milk crates of books packed that had been intended for library donation 7 years ago, but never got sent off. And now they're still here, and I'm unpacking them. Hundreds of books.

And we came home after 7 years abroad, with our suitcases packed largely full... of books.

And my Mum-in-Law has cheerfully returned... all of the books we'd wanted to keep that we left in her safekeeping for when we returned.

If that wasn't enough, my husband's grandmother passed recently, and Mum, as executive of the estate, has asked me to take... a lot of Grandma's books.

Science. Philosophy. How-to manuals. Textbooks. Classics. Religious texts. References. Children's books. The list goes on and on and on.

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Here's where it gets interesting.

We live in a very heavily religious, conservative community. What few public libraries that are functional around us are either censored by local governments, defunded, being forced to ditch their physical books and "go digital" due to budgets, or just freaking outright closing. Even the one bookstore within an hour's drive is being forced to sell more toys and movies than books, just to stay open.

It has been suggested that since I technically spent a summer helping my hometown's library build a card catalog back in the 90s, and we live in a house that's way too big for us, that it would be super-cool if I turned this collection of approximately a zillion books into a library that the children and adults of the family (and our friends) could have access to. Just kinda be the caretakers of the collection.

I am 1,000,000% down for this. We have kids in the family not learning jack in their public schools, and both my husband and I were teachers when we were abroad, so we want to help. We have cousins who homeschool and are always desperate for study material. Absolutely. I'm in.

Librarians of Tumblr.... NOW WHAT???????

Where do I start once I have set the boards onto the milk crates to make shelves? How do I sort these? I'm not loaning them, folks will have to come here to read, and I'm willing to set up a coffeemaker and cups for them. But... I'm kinda starting to panic here.

Halp.

#librarians #library #writeblr #homeschooler #books #librarians of tumblr

[sjwinklerart]

#kidlit #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart #doodles #sketchbook #illustration #kidsbooks #invertober2023 #invertober #bees #save the bees #timelapse art #teachersofinstagram #librarians of tumblr

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Reblog if you've ever worked at a bookstore or library and successfully helped someone find a book when all they remembered was the color of the cover.

#It was Peony in Love by Lisa See and when we found it she was so ecstatic it made my day #Library #Libraries #Librarians #librarians of tumblr #Books #bookblr #Bookstores #post o' mine

[theinquisitxor]

Pinging this out to the void:

Anyone have recs for bipoc lgbt run/focused Magazines, Zines, or Periodicals?

The library I work at is starting to think about subscribing and creating a collection of these, with the possibility of archiving them later on. But first we need to build a selection of titles!

Please feel free just to reblog to signal boost! If you have any recs, please feel free to comment or drop me a message, much appreciated!

#lgbt #bipoc #magazines #zines #periodicals #librarians of tumblr #librarians #library #books #lgbt books #signal boost please!

[gatsby-system-folks]

OK tumblr I need your help with something.

We volunteer in a library today, loved it, and are now very seriously considering changing our major to become a librarian.

Our current major is communication studies, aiming to get into an HR position, then later on go back to school for sociology and psycology.

My question to you, librarians of tumblr, do you think it's worth it?

I feel like it bears saying that we're autistic, plural, and queer; interact well with people but could be wayy better

#college student #librarian #library #librarians of tumblr #advice request #career decisions #first: no pressure! this is mostly an (if you want to tell me how great your job is/rant about how bad it is) thing. im absolutely going to #be getting more advice on this #but i figured tumblr was a good place to poke around! #second: we're (the system) all crap at communications. so while we enjoy it its not the best option career wise #it was mostly just a foot in the door anywY #*anyway #thirdly: we're all super literary and love to read and organize. and the library we'd be working for is one weve been going to for a decade #uh yeah i think thats it! again no pressure tumblr librarians! love yall! #actually autistic #plural

[ebookporn]

The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts

In addition to political censorship and budget cuts, libraries are being undermined by rapacious digital licensing agreements

by Brewster Kahle

The US library system, once the model for the world, is under assault from politicians, rightwing activists and corporate publishers. Book bans are at record levels, and libraries across the country are facing catastrophic budget cuts, a fate only narrowly avoided by New York City’s public libraries this summer. In a separate line of attack, library collections are being squeezed by draconian licensing deals, and even sued to stop lending digitized books.

This war on libraries – and on the traditional values of equal opportunity, universal education and cultural preservation they represent – directly contravenes the will of the majority in the United States. Polls reveal that public support for libraries is as strong as ever. But the profession of librarianship has become a hazardous one, because of the actions of a hostile minority. It’s time to reverse course.

Centuries ago, publishers, lawmakers and business leaders understood the value to society of libraries, and of making books accessible to anyone curious enough to read them. Mindful of a long history of autocratic tyranny over the dissemination of books, Benjamin Franklin – a publisher and printer by trade – started the first subscription library in the US to spread knowledge widely.

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#libraries #librarians of tumblr #support libraries #knowledge sharing #knowledge is power

[myalgias]

Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP) is a network of self-defined librarians, archivists, and information workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.

#librarians of tumblr #palestine #critical librarianship

[marblesarelost]

As absolutely stupid as this is gonna sound:

Librarians of Tumblr (because I know you’re here) do I “have” to have a degree in library science to work at a library?

And (gulps really hard) how hard is getting a library science degree?

Please take into consideration that I am 46 and have not been in a school for any sort of learning since 1995.

I’m starting over in everything and I’d really like to do something that I like and think I’d be good at for the rest of my life instead of just shuffling away the days.

#librarians #librarians of tumblr #help #I know it’s too late to be a historian #but maybe #just maybe #I could be a librarian

[thiaquiche]

Summary of my morning so far

This thing had the guts to keep what was good about DDC, make it better, and also unfuck the 200s section 👍 10/10 no notes

#tumblarians #librarians of tumblr #library memes #thia posts #thia memes #this post brought to you by my morning wikipedia rabbit hole and my internet friend not knowing what ddc was

[asundine]

Guys

I need to show you the best library display I've ever made

And a close up of the sign because I think that's best part

Anyways shout out to Danielle Steel and her incredibly creative portraits for inspiring this display

#april fools #librarians of tumblr #the perks of working in a library

[booksinmythorax]

"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

#books & libraries #booklr #bookblr #librarians of tumblr #public libraries #librarians

[authorofthelabyrinth]

If I missed one of your favorites, please leave it in the tags/comments! I’m always looking for more depictions of libraries in fiction!

#star trek #star wars #doctor who #jorge luis borges #discworld #terry pratchett #neal stephenson #librarians of tumblr #libraryblr #library memes #librarian problems #bookblr #hitchhikers guide to the galaxy #h2g2 #douglas adams

[sjwinklerart]

Nature is Strange Tho

Invertober Day 2: Little Fire Ant

#kidlit #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart #doodles #sketchbook #illustration #comics #stem education #invertober2023 #invertober #insects #animal facts #timelapse art #teachersofinstagram #librarians of tumblr #clip studio paint ex

[jay-avian]

So we're weeding out out books at the library, getting rid of a lot of the old, gross kids books currently. I'm going through a few Arthur books and I notice these two

Firstly...

Someone explain to me why there are human children in this universe, cause I am beyond confused.

And then

Look at this extremely old version of Arthur. This was his original design, you know, when he actually looked like an aardvark like he's supposed to

#someone please explain #i need answers #library life #librarians of tumblr #kids books

[discoverylover]

#librarians of tumblr #polls #librarian poll