#today in libraries !!

[theriverbeyond]

they need to make more study places for bitches who don't want to expose their back to an open room

#in a diff library than usual today.... prey animal ass instinct #trb.txt #the only desks avalible r all facing the wall like no thanks!!!! #school blogging

[2wo-knav3s]

best notification possible

#Libby app my beloved #public library supremacy forever #Got a book today that was one of those ‘we actually don’t even have that as an ebook’ indefinite holds #but I guess they got a new copy and SEE this is why placing that hold is worth it anyway #db

[flowersforfrancis]

#autumm #Actually feels like autumn today. Wish it really was #autumn aesthetic #autumn leaves #autumn vibes #fall academia #fall aesthetic #autumn academia #chaotic academia #dark academia #romanticism #books and literature #academia #classic academia #aesthetic #the secret history #books and libraries #winter academia #winter aesthetic #cold aesthetic #green academia #brown academia #cafe aesthetic #coffee aesthetic #candelit #forest aesthetic #cozy aesthetic #cozy academia #rainy aesthetic

[kimbureh]

speaking of Ao3 not being a social medium:

it will always need money. It’s an archive. Even if they meet their yearly donation aim now without any problem doesn’t mean it will be like this in 5 years, in 10 years, in 80 years. Yeah you read that right. Ao3 is an Archive. It intends to be available forever. Like a library. Because Ao3 *is* a library. If you want to keep your library, you wouldn’t cut its budget just because it did well last year. Maintaining a library creates running expenses. The purpose of an archive is to preserve data indefinitely, and this costs money.

#ao3 #internet #okay the way we use the word library today is not the same as an archive; i mean library as in library of alexandria

[gothedrals]

I miss you blockbuster I miss you cds I miss you little buttons that played song previews in walmart I miss you vhs tapes I miss you blocky tv with rabbit ears that only had 10 channels I miss you scratched dvds from the library I miss you envelopes of developed photos from a film camera I miss you flip phones covered in stickers I miss you physical media

#edit for clarification: I do still engage in physical media. i know many of these things are still around today #i still buy cds and vinyl and read paper books from the library and I own a film camera #this is moreso about the culture as a whole shifting to value convenience over experience #listening to cds on my own will not change the culture back to when physical media was the norm for everyone #I’m a nostalgia-ridden person there’s a specific feeling I’m missing that I can’t achieve by myself #g

[theboarsbride]

i saw people saying how TikTok is turning reading and publishing into the next 'fast fashion' and I feel ill. Because. Yeah.

#you shouldn't have to become an influencer to publish books. #the over-consumption is INSANE. #just for that.......gonna go on a library trip today. #anti booktok #anti tiktok #jojo reads #jojo vents #booktok

[learnelle]

Trying to romanticise being stuck in stormy Paris weather, at least a 15 minute walk away from my metro stop. No umbrella, but happy to have a hot drink and colourful book.

#i used to listen to ‘rainy paris cafe’ background noise on YouTube while working- the vibe is not the same today looool #light academia #cottagecore #studyspo #dark academia #Studyblr #Chaotic academia #books & libraries #Paris #france #upthebaguette #Bookblr #bookish

[sovietpostcards]

Reading Hall No. 3 of the Lenin State Library. Photo by Fred Grinberg (Moscow, 1980).

#this is where i was today! #1980s #libraries

[spllwys]

endless ghifs 11/? ⛧ source — "I don't wanna end like this—"

#but the sting in the way you kisss meee #we are back to ghostposting! #i should be working but the fire alarm went off in the library so what can you do #work at home? nahh #lgifs #alltag #eg_series #ghost #the band ghost #papa emeritus iv #nameless ghouls #the source material was soo crusty i am actually thrilled with how these came out all things considered #added a bit of noise which is smth i started doing for s///up//ern- i cant say it #did not do many of those. just made some things for myself then ducked out #forgot about that trick until today #it really helps i recommend #just 1% to kind of hide the grainy smoke background #i don't know what i'm talking about ngl

[sojutrait]

sims from my libary aka The Graveyard

#ts4 #s #sims 4 cas #one day im gonna clean out my library but that day is not today #fun fact the last sim was when i tried to see how long itd take to woohoo greg but i did it in like. 10 minutes so i got bored KJFGKFG

[todayontumblr]

Tuesday, January 9.

Do tell.

Well, what else is there to do? It's cold, and awful dark outside, and the prospect of snuggling up in some comfortable clothes, wrapped in thick duvets, with a warm herbal beverage to one side and something cute, cuddly, and squishy to the other, is inviting to say the least. After all, #currently reading is, well, currently trending.

Just what is it that is so ensnaring and bewitching your attention? What is thrilling, moving, or challenging you? Which writers are moving the dial on your world?

@landsccape

#today on tumblr #currently reading #books and reading #bookworm #bookish #books #bookblr #writblr #book review #book recommendations #book quotes #reading #book nerd #book blog #book reviews #books & libraries

[fairydrowning]

"Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent."

– Virginia Woolf, The Waves

#today i enjoyed a lot with my friends and i hope y'all are also having a great week #if not then remember this dark phase of your life will end soon and happiness gonna visits you again and light phase of your life is just #ahead #dark academia #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #books & libraries #dark academism #light academism #words #literature quotes #english literature #classic literature #books and literature #positivity

[thedapperdemon]

Today I learned that @neil-gaiman—among others who I was happily surprised to see—modeled for a book of knitting patterns called Geek Knits (2015) by Joan of Dark [Toni Carr] with photographs by Kyle Cassidy (ISBN 9781250051387 for those of you interested in the patterns!).

The wild things you can find in your public libraries lmao.

The pattern modeled below is the Baker Street Hat by Joan of Dark (pp. 138–41)

#neil gaiman #knitting #crafting #public library finds #today i learned #hope he got to keep the hat

[agent37]

theyre dancing :)

[+ angela and limbus birthday :33]

#library of ruina #limbus company #angela lor #roland lor #gregor lcb #dante lcb #i started the. rolangela one after making that sprite edit a while ago. #and then just continued it today for her birthday. heart emoji #plus tiny greg and dante because. limbus 1 year :D

[single-nachtmahr-in-your-area]

Gentle reminder that weeding is a normal part of the day to day work in libraries, especially public libraries. We're not throwing out books (or DVDs, CDs etc.) because we're trying to censor anyone or because we're evil, evil bookburners.

We're throwing them out because

nobody wants to read them and they spend years on the shelves without anyone even touching them

they're old and need to be replaced

the information is completely outdated

they're damaged/dirty beyond repair (those usually also get replaced)

So maybe don't harrass library workers for doing their job? And maybe, just maybe, listen to them when they take the time to explain to you how libraries actually work.

#guess what happened at work today? #libraries

[bottombaron]

you know, i can handle a little bit of fun "Nandor is dumb" talk, but i have a net-zero tolerance for any implication that Nandor is not educated.

Nandor would have been incredibly educated in his lifetime.

even (or especially) as a soldier in the Islamic World. being a soldier was more like getting sent to boarding school that's also a military camp. they weren't just concerned with creating loyal fodder for war. they were building the next government officials, generals, accountants, advisors, etc. it was important that young men knew how to read, write, speak multiple languages, learn philosophy...sometimes even studying art and music was mandatory.

if he was nobility (and its most likely he was), take all that shit and multiply it exponentially. Nandor would have been reading Plato at the same age most people are still potty training. he would have been specifically groomed in such a way to not be just a brilliant strategist and warrior, but also diplomate and ambassador of literally the center of scientific and cultural excellence of the age.

so like yeah, he can be a big dummy sometimes, sure. but that bitch is probably more educated than any of us will ever be.

#wwdits #nandor the relentless #Nandor #what we do in the shadows #i think its obvious by how much Nandor loves to read that he grew up educated #it's one of my favorite character traits of his #anyways #this was just your local psa abt the depth of Nandor's character and intelligence #and how the medieval islamic world was like - so much more advanced than it's western counterpart it's hilarious how ppl mischaracterize it #(by hilarious i mean it makes me want to break something) #this was in my drafts lolol what did i read that made me vent this? idk #also 'islamic world' is just a term some historians use to describe a specific geographical location and historical age #kind of how 'western world' is used today #it doesn't mean it's specific to one religion or nation but the broader time and location #meaning that Al Qolindar or Persia or Ilkhanate or w/e you want to call where Nandor came from #the same expectations of education and it's vibrant social/cultural world remain an accurate image of the middle east in the medieval age #if you come from the west like me #think The Forum + The Library of Alexandria + Paris/Florence + and idk anything else u think of when u think of 'Western Excellence' #and then imagine of all of that in one place at one time and then u might get close to what the world Nandor was living in as a human