#library displays

[cucubert]

Spooky season is upon us! To celebrate I put together a few designs promoting books and libraries. If you like them, feel free to use them! These are four of my poster designs! Again, these posters are absolutely free for you to print and use!

Schools and public libraries are under attack and need your support. They are facing quiet defunding, book bans, and acts of hate. Please consider contacting your local representative to ask that these institutions remain funded and protected, and show your support by stopping by your local library.

For additional Halloween freebies celebrating libraries and reading, click the link here!

If you would like to see more of my library/activism designs or would like to get these designs on a T-shirt, book bag, or sticker, you can visit my shop here.

#books #book banning #Halloween #library activism #spooky #spoopy #library displays #library posters #activism #public library #FREADom #ALA #Banned Books Week #support your local library

[massbaylibs]

November is National Native American Heritage Month

About National Native American Heritage Month: What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. (https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/about/)

National Day of Mourning

The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States; dispel myths surrounding the Thanksgiving story in the United States; and raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American tribes. Learn more about the National Day of Mourning and its close ties to Massachusetts history at the GBH news story: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/11/26/for-native-americans-its-not-thanksgiving-its-a-national-day-of-mourning 

MassBay Land Acknowledgement

Massachusetts Bay Community College wishes to acknowledge that the Wellesley, Framingham, Ashland campuses sit on land that was appropriated by the US Federal government from the Nipmuc, Massa-aschu-es-et (Massachusetts) and Pawtucket tribes. MassBay cannot change the past but what we can do is honor the land, the ancestors, and the indigenous traditions as we at MassBay use this sacred land as a communal place to nurture learners to move forward and make a more inclusive world.

Native Land Digital Interactive Map

You can take your first steps in honoring indigenous and native lands by learning about the land you currently live on and occupy. Take this step by visiting Native Land Digital Interactive Native Land map: https://native-land.ca/

The 2020 list of federally recognized tribes through the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Learn More at the Native American Heritage Libguide and View Resources at the MassBay Library

Celebrate and pay tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. Learn more at the Native American Heritage Libguide with links to eBooks, journals, articles, events, podcasts and websites that are sources of information on Native American culture and history.

You can also see our display of native American tribal maps in the study area near the computers at the Wellesley campus library.

#national day of mourning #national native american heritage month #native american heritage month #native american heritage #library displays #libguide

[banffcentrelibraryandarchives]

Artist Book Display for November 2023. Toiletpaper Volume II: Platinum Collection. Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari. Bologna, ITA: Damiani Editore. 2015. Sculls' Angles : A Novel. Michael Miranda. Toronto, ON: Parasitic Ventures Press. 2015.

WYSIWYG: 2004 fall Poetry Colloquium. Regina, SK: Sage Hill Chapbooks. 2004.

Survival: A Strobic Guide. Michael Turner. Vancouver, BC: Canlit Classics in Transition. 1997.

Safety Gear for Small Animals. Bill Burns. New York, NY: 303 Gallery. 1994.

Qaani Lore. J.W. Curry. Toronto, ON: Unfinished Monument Press. 1985.

The Page-Turner's Sister. Jean McKay. Stratford, ON: Trout Lily Press. 1999.

White Shadows. Christian Boltanski. Houston, TX: Bayou Books. 1992.

Pornography in the Urban World. Jean Gagnon; translated by James Boake & Jeanluc Svoboda. Toronto, ON: Art Metropole. 1986.

#artists' books #banff centre #books and libraries #library displays #book art #zines

[funny-gift]

Vintage I Read Banned Books Funny Book Lovers Button

#books #book banning #Halloween #library activism #spooky #spoopy #library displays #library posters #activism #public library #FREADom #Banned Books Week #support your local library

[yelyahnaloj]

My Hunch was Right (or was it?), Interesting Test

I decided to put the Israeli Feminist Scholarship book on the display, to see what would happen. I got back today and it is gone. It isn´t checked out, it is back on the shelves. All the other books were almost where I left them (maybe moved slightly from it´s original spot), none were checked out even though almost all of them are muslim/middle east focused and some directly talk about Palestine.

Even though it may have a lot of zionism in Israeli Feminist Scholarship, I picked it out specifically 1. Because even if it was, learning from a different angle could give context to why things are the way things are today and help with critical thinking skills. 2. I noticed there was criticism of Zionism in parts of the book.

I double checked by looking up some of the authors of the essays, and there is Ronit Lentin who "is an activist for Palestinian liberation and for the Palestinian right of return." Hanna Herzog whose work "consist mainly of ethnic and racial relations and women in politics, Palestinian women citizens of Israel, and gender, religion and politics." Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian who ¨On March 12, 2024, Shalhoub-Kevorkian was suspended from the Faculty of Law following her remarks on Israel's Channel 14 news, where she accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and cast doubt on reports of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on October 7.¨

[Edit: Alternatively, the book could have been the only one checked out an returned. Which is also a possibility- a librarian asked about it at the circulation desk for me because I was curious and that was their guess- either way, a little disappointed that the other books haven´t had as much interactions... It is still break though, so maybe that will change...]

#well... #library displays #middle east #feminism

[fulloffeels]

It was time to change the endcap display, so I saw my chance and I took it

#ides of march #julius caesar #book displays #libraries #we should totally just stab caesar #fun stuff happens at the library

[massbaylib-fram]

Happy Veterans Day!

Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For one day, despite the differences in our political affiliations or our political beliefs, we stand united in respect for our veterans.

See our displays for Veterans Day at the Wellesley Campus library, including a table of fiction pieces dedicated to military stories, as well as our non-fiction display.

Learn more about Veterans Day and find lots of resources for Veterans and on Veterans Day and the military at our MassBay Library Veterans Day Libguide.

#veterans day #libguides #library displays

[adreamthatsworthkeeping]

I put up our Pride display at work yesterday. It's not the best but it'll do.

#we have poor display areas but I tried #I like the butterflies but the wall is a slight disaster #library displays #pride #library #books

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Last month, the Milwaukee Public Library's Arts & Media Department held its first Art Book Club session. Intended as an informal art book appreciation club that meets once a month in the Art, Music, and Recreation room, each session explores a different theme by looking at the wide variety of art materials in the collection. The collection is historical, non-circulating, and vast. I attended and spent an hour and a half mesmerized by the array of luscious materials presented.

There was design, architecture, fashion, and much more. As a type nerd, I was especially drawn to the several late 19th- and early 20th-century type specimen books on the tables. Here, for example, are some pages of chromatic initials by various European and American companies from Schriften Atlas, compiled by Ludwig Petzendorfer and published in Stuttgart by Julius Hoffmann in 1898.

MPL held its second Art Book Club session on the theme of "Animals" last night, but I missed it because I was conducting an evening instruction session. Dang! But I'll be attending future sessions when I can and I'll keep y'all apprised.

View other type specimen books.

View more Typography Tuesday posts.

-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

#Typography Tuesday #typetuesday #chromatic type #type specimen books #type specimens #initials #type display books #Schriften Atlas #Ludwig Petzendorfer #Julius Hoffmann #Milwaukee Public Library #Art Book Club #19th century type

[lookingforabook]

One of the librarians has been sneakily removing books from the snowman to make it slowly melt over the last couple months, and he’s finally gone. I only got a couple pictures of the process, but the later stages are hilarious

#tumblarians #library #book display #library display #snowman #book snowman #not me this time

[cucubert]

Every year I print out a list of horror reading recommendations separated into its horror sub-genre. This is 2022′s list. I hope some of you find a new author to enjoy.

If any librarians here want to use this list for their own library, go right on ahead!

#horror #spooky season #libraries #library displays #book recommendations

[massbaylibs]

Happy Halloween from the MassBay Library! And Happy Samhain to Witches, Pagans, and Others Who Celebrate

It's Halloween! Time for costumes, merriment, candy, and spooky fun! It is also a holiday for witches, pagans, and others who celebrate the Wheel of the Year. From sunset tonight to sunset tomorrow, it is Samhain (pronounced "sow-in" or "sow-een"), the celebration of the halfway point between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice.

The MassBay Witchcraft Libguide

You can learn more Samahin and the other the Wheel of the Year Sabbats, and much more about modern day witchcraft, at our Witchcraft Libguide. It covers more serious information about modern day witchcraft and our accompanying Salem Witch trial Libguides, plus fun things, like exploring local sites of the Hocus Pocus 2 filming and a virtual field trip to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem:

#witchcraft #libguides #library displays #samhain #halloween

[banffcentrelibraryandarchives]

❤️FEBRUARY ARTIST BOOK DISPLAY❤️

Love poem. Kathy Slade, Michael Joseph Phillips. Vancouver, BC : Publication Studio Vancouver, 2015. Love Letter to Anatolia. Tanya Evanson. Vancouver, BC : Mother Tongue Media, 2012.

Johnny Jungleguts : Life, Sex Fandom: Collected Writings. Jonny Jungleguts, Leslie Dick. Closing, 2017.

Loveland. Charles Stankievech. Berlin : K. Verlag, 2011.

The P*rnographic Connect-the-dots Book. Michael Riley. Paranoid Productions, 1974.

This is Still a Love Story: (The Twos). Emilee Nimetz. Canada : Emilee Nimetz, 2014.

On Every Station, Someone Else's Heartache. Bren Simmers. Victoria, BC : Rubber Boot Rodeo, 2002.

Tatti Wattles : A Love Story. Rachel Rosenthal. Santa Monica, CA : Smart Art Press, 1996.

The Procedures of Love. Michael Hardt. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, 2012.

Relationship Stories from Tunnel Mountain. Andrea deBrujin. Banff, AB: The Banff Centre, 2015.

Everybody Deserves Love, Even You. Lynne Heller. Toronto : Lynne Heller, 2004.

#artists' books #banff centre #books and libraries #book art #zines #library displays #libraries #art

[sleepy-vix]

do you ever just get offended when your favourite book, a literary masterpiece that made you weep and cry and completely change the trajectory of your life, gets placed next to some young adult "what even is this?" generic-ass-plot book in a bookstore? cus i do

#ik its petty but seriously? iwwv needs its own display case #also ONCE i saw the secret history next to VERITY BY COLLEEN HOOVER??? #i nearly died #booklr #if we were villains #the secret history #colleen hoover #books #it's funny because it's true #vix's library

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Looking for some banned and challenged books to help celebrate BANNED BOOKS WEEK? Check out the display on our main floor by the service desk!

FYE, here’s a peek behind the scenes of what it looked like when we were prepping for our Banned Books Week displays!

To learn more about banned and challenged books, visit:

American Library Association: Banned & Challenged Books

Banned Books Week at the New York Public Library

bannedbooksweek.org

#Banned Books Week #banned and challenged books #UniteAgainstBookBans #classics #book displays #Kingsbridge Library #NYPL

[binah-beloved]

there's a variety of thoughts going through the minds of the employees of Lobotomy Corp when everything begins crumbling, being reshaped into a Library- victory, resignation, shock and dismay. the Sephirot are calmer, their agreement with Angela set and signed as the former facility begins shifting and warping, their consciousness being packed away, neatly stored in books until the AI calls for them- they'll get what they want in the end. it's okay, they believe, and close their eyes.

except for Binah, the Sephirah infamous for being so cold and sadistic, holding your hand in hers. she inhales sharply when she feels your form begin to dissolve into light, the memories of all your repeating deaths stored freshly in her mind, where everything else is hazy and vague from being poked and prodded at. her fingers only slip away when she tries to reach for you, a small frown on her face and a hint of fear in her eyes.

no. she wants to say, but her voice flutters away like pages. not again. not this again.

i can't lose you again.

#project moon #lobotomy corporation #library of ruina #binah #binah lobcorp #binah library of ruina #once her floor is opened and she's straightened herself out the first thing she does is look for you #and when she does find you she hugs you in front of everyone #rare display of public affection from her #before letting go and smoothing out your clothes #tells you very quietly that she's happy you're back