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vintagelibraries · 5 months

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Fachada da Biblioteca Municipal Central Palácio Galveias (Facade of the Galveias Palace, Central Municipal Library), Portugal, 1931.

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readerupdated · 6 months

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Private libraries are becoming increasingly popular in Japan, with around 50 such facilities now established across the country.

The first library with private bookshelves was opened in March 2020 in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture.

(via Private libraries are popping up all over Japan)

#libraries #japan #libraries rock #librarian #books #bookshelves #reader updated

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cheshirelibrary · 2 years

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#cheshire library #the importance of libraries #libraries rock #libraries

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always-coffee · 2 months

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I Love Libraries: Cat Month!

This made me smile!

#Libraries #libraries rock #cats #cats also rock #again if it's got four legs and a tail I will want to hug it #March Meowness

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avikats66 · 1 year

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Just a library worker here reminding everyone to check out whatever online resources and e-library systems are available at your local library. From streaming services to databases to learning programs, you may very well be quite surprised by all the things a library card (or just using a library computer/wifi network) can give you access to!

#i love libraries #support local libraries #support libraries #libraries rock #online resources #real stuff

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somedayourocean · 1 year

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I love my local library!!!! Picked up these babies from the freebies shelf and I'm gonna gut them and fill them with filthy, filthy fanfic. They're already looking better without the dust jackets. (Garbage humans go in the garbage can!)

#bookbinding #fanbinding #binderary2023 #libraries rock #public libraries #i fucking love libraries!

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tiger-in-the-flightdeck · 5 months

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The library has a few other cool looking clubs I might take part in. There's a general crafting circle, a comic book club, and a bookbinding club.

It tells you a heck of a lot about me, seeing the list of things I consider Cool...

#tiger talks #libraries rock

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centuriespast · 1 year

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Printed on front: "A home run." Card has embossed edges. Handwritten on back: "Just tell them yes." Card is postmarked October 5, 1910.

Detroit Public Library

#just tell them yes #libraries rock

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noahhawthorneauthor · 6 months

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Did you know you can listen to Phantom and Rook thru your library? 🎧🏳️‍🌈🍁📚

Libby is an app where you can check out audiobooks and ebooks using your library card. Even if a book isn't available, you can request it which let's the librarians know there is a demand for it.

Phantom and Rook is available in a few libraries, and today it was added to the New York Public Library. (NYC) No matter where in NY you live, you can get an online card there. I think a few US states have this option with big city libraries, but I only know of NY for sure.

I love Libby, and a great way to support indie authors is simply by getting them added to a libraries catalog. Did you know they get paid each time their book is checked out?

Anyways, enjoy!

Phantom and Rook on Libby

Blurb:

Arlo Rook has decided it’s time to move out of Garren Castle, home for orphans of all races, magical or not, at 100 years old.

It’s not the first time he’s left home, but after a setback that landed the Hedge Witch in the hospital a year ago, he ended up right back at square one. But now he’s ready to strike out on his own, despite his friend’s worries that he’s not ready for the ‘real world.'

Then, he crashes into a mess of copper curls and bright eyes, sending apothecary goods and his life into a chaotic mess. Thatch is a mysterious and incredibly wealthy benefactor of Levena, only spoken of but never seen. He requests a night of Arlo’s company and a tour of the city, which Arlo immediately declines.

But that’s not the last time they see each other, and it certainly wasn’t the first. Arlo doesn’t remember him, no one remembers Thatch after he visits, but Thatch never forgot the Witch with a familiar soulmark on his face.

Thatch Phantom is an immortal, the last of his kind and perpetually bored. When he’s not closing inter-dimensional rifts and corralling demons, he’s visiting his favorite city of all, Levena. Centuries ago, when life was particularly dull, he set up a scavenger hunt for a starving village, providing them with a year’s worth of supplies.

He anonymously returned year after year, upping the ante and providing less practical things, as the village had become a city and was wealthy beyond belief. Festivals were thrown in his honor, and have continued every year since. Hundreds of years later, The Game is still put on by the fabled ‘Scarlet Illusionist’, but no one has figured out who blesses them with the puzzles.

Once again, Thatch is listless and has decided to throw a wild card into this year’s Game. Whoever discovers him will win one wish of their choice, no restrictions. Aside from the obvious, such as no falling in love, murder or resurrection.

What he didn’t anticipate was crashing into the one person whose soul mark flares like a beacon when Thatch is around, teasing the immortal with the one thing he wants most.

Someone to call home.

What follows is a wild chain of events filled with magical coffee shops, villains with vendettas against cheese makers, moving tattoos, grand puzzles, and second chances at love, and life.

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raspberryconverse · 9 months

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He says that like it's not something that happens at least once a week 😆

#love hate & clickbait #queer lit #queer books #gay literature #gay books #support your local library #support libraries #libraries rock #libraries are awesome #i married a librarian

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monkeymeghan · 2 years

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Tonight I attended a virtual event through my local library. It was given by Claire Evens and was about the Jurassic Coast in England and Mary Anning. Mary Anning was a fossil hunter and was so unappreciated in her time. Men mostly got credit for her finds, and she was somewhat lost in history. I can’t wait to go to the library to find some books about Mary Anning to learn more about her life and discoveries. I mean, she found the first ichthyosaur and plesiosaur, as well as the first pterosaur in England. I was so excited for this event, and it didn’t disappoint. Sorry for the babbling post, I just really enjoyed the presentation.

#public libraries #libraries rock #virtual events #Claire Evans #mary anning #jurassic coast #england #fossils #fossil hunting #ichthyosaur #plesiosaur #pterosaur #personal

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cheshirelibrary · 1 year

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Do love learning? Do you dream of taking college classes, but the cost and the time is too much? Are you taking a high school or college class and struggling to understand the material? Did you cut your cable, and can’t find anything decent to watch anymore?

Fear not! The Great Courses are here!

Cheshire Public Library has always had a handful of these delightful media, but through a generous donation, we’ve been able to greatly expand our holdings to more than 70 titles.

What are the Great Courses? Professional college-level lectures on audiobook or DVD on a variety of topics, given by actual college professors and experts (like Neil DeGrasse Tyson!), that will give you the equivalent of an entire college class in the comfort of your car or living room. Some come with study guides and questions to think about, but you will never have a test or a grade at the end!

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