#Support your local library

[breelandwalker]

Get Thee To A Library!

Need something to do this summer? Or anytime? Visit your local public library! These institutions are pillars of education and accessibility to free resources for our communities and now more than ever, we need to protect them. The best thing you can do is VISIT. Get a free library card, borrow some books, attend a free event, or just go there and chill for a while. The more traffic and use these spaces see, the easier it is for them to maintain their funding.

Want a book? Ask a librarian! Need information or public resources? Ask a librarian! Can't find your local library? Try these helpful locators!

Find Your Library (National Library Service, USA)

Libraries.org (World Library Directory)

Little Free Library (World)

Library Finder (U.S. Dept of Labor)

Library Landscape (Latin America & the Caribbean)

Canadian Library Directory (Canada)

Lighthouse Libraries (EU)

Library Resources Outside the U.S. (Brown University Library resource)

Want something you can check out at home or on the go? Try these online resources for free or low-cost media!

Project Gutenberg (free public domain digital books)

Global Grey Ebooks (free public domain ebooks supported by donations)

Librivox (free volunteer-read public domain audiobooks)

Open Culture (online archive of free media)

Libby (app)

Scribd (subscription app)

Everand (subscription app)

Feel free to comment or reblog with your own suggestions!

[laughroditee]

"She's so beautiful! I bet she goes to the library."

- my 7 year old daughter

[thebibliosphere]

I've had a couple of messages over the last few days from folks saying things like, "Sorry, I can only afford to get your book through the library," and I need you to know I am gripping you by the shoulders, I am shaking you gently, and I am begging you stop apologizing for using library services.

After Amazon and Payhip, the quarterly checks I get from Overdrive/Libby are my biggest and most reliable source of income.

My readers have been nothing but feral in their quest to get Hunger Pangs into as many libraries as possible, and while library lending pays an exceptionally modest amount, if enough people do it (which many of you evidently are), those pennies add up.

I am guaranteed at least $20 a month in library lending royalties. That might not sound like much to some folks, but to me, that's my b12 supplements covered for the month. That's the thing I need to keep me alive paid for.

I will never resent anyone who uses libraries instead of buying books.

I'm a disabled author who lives month to month at the mercy of my medical expenses. Even though I have incredibly generous patrons and supporters, I know what it's like to not be able to afford things.

Use the library. Please.

Use it guilt-free. You're helping the library and the authors, probably more than you realize.

And if you're in the US and haven't signed up for a @queerliblib free library card yet, you should! it doesn't matter what state you're in, the Queer Liberation Library offers free access to their catalogue of queer media across the US.

And if you've got the means, maybe help them out with a little donation. They're only able to expand their collection via the support of their patrons, and the work they're doing is hugely important.

[victusinveritas]

[booksinmythorax]

Some of my library's most successful adult programs so far basically boil down to "come do things you could be doing at home, but in a Place with Other People".

Right now it's silent reading parties and writing clubs - what other kinds of stuff fits into this category?

[fangtastic-vampyra]

buying books & reading books..two different hobbies.

[bobastudy]

a public library and a sweet treat hate to see me coming

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

"BUT NO ONE READS BOOKS ANYMORE. WE DON'T NEED LIBRARIES."

Pshh. That's some loser behavior. Did you know having a library card gives you access to free online learning resources?

I'm using my library to avoid paying like $100 on a language learning app. (I've tried most of the free ones, some of my favorites include ClozeMaster, Busuu, Babbel, and Memrise. Duolingo has been one of the worst for me because it doesn't explain conjugations or sentence structure).

So far my favorite has been like... mixing a combination of resources because they all have their pros and cons.

Don't want to read a book? That's fine. Learn a skill or some shit. Don't got time for a skill? They got fucking movies. I could watch Spirited Away. Dude my library gives me free access to an app that teaches me to paint and knit and shit. I could find a new hobby here.

Dude... I just found out I could access LinkedIn Learning for free with this shit! I could learn Python!

This shit is fucking awesome! Support your library. Use all of the resources!

-fae

[leezlelatch]

I work for an Ohio Public Library. Ohio friends, please help. Spread the word. There is so much good libraries do for the world. So much good there still is to do.

I've already contacted these representatives. We're going to fight.

[ellierenae]

ay kid, you like readin? then keep your eye on the birdie cause all you need for this card trick is a US address, a phone number, the date your folks popped you out, and a first and last name

you put those figures in this form right here

then theyre gonna give you a little somethin under the table, pro bono

take that card number and pin and bring it over to this site right over here

badabing badaBOOM you now got access to every ebook, audiobook, and magazine under the sun PLUS those ebooks can go straight to kindle. yeah. a real soft on your eyes type

now scram

and dont say i never did nothin for ya

[studyaesstuff]

[thatsbelievable]

A Message From the That’s Believable Guy

Guess what? The spooky humor middle-grade book that I wrote and Robb Mommaerts illustrated, The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles, is on sale for 59% off HERE.

Mummy Man is a silly, spooky friendship adventure, filled-to-bursting with ridiculous B-movie monsters. There’s even a turtle named Frank!

If you’d like to support the work we do on That’s Believable, a great way to do that would be to order a copy! Or, you could ask for the book at your local library. We would be incredibly grateful. Thanks for reading!

[acoester-comics]

“And so am I”

I’ve loved night in the woods for years but was never happy with any of the fan art I made until now. Carved onto leather with a laser engraver at the local library for free! Support your libraries and take classes there folks! Make cool stuff and fight defunding!

[tailsfromthecrypt]

Support your local library. support a library that isn't local. support your niblings local library. support your grandparents local library. support libraries

they've got fucking everything. Books? Of course. Computer/internet access? Yes. Resources for LGBTQIA+? Most do. Activities to keep young children busy? Almost always. A place for teens to volunteer that'll help with college apps? Duh.

Most libraries have activities and events for more than just kids and teens. One library near me just did a tattoo fundraiser to raise money for the library, they also have a craft goods exchange coming up. Another library I know of gets wedding dress donations so brides can come pick out a dress for their special day at no cost! They can keep it or redonate it, alter it or get rid of it, completely up to them once they walk out with it

In conclusion, support libraries.

[clinttbartton]

give me your hand. if you liked the sinners movie you will like ring shout by p. djèjí clark. run not walk to your local library or bookstore to get a copy

[fanzines]

Beautiful Support Your Local Library illustration and print by artist @liberaljane (buy it on her site). Here are three ways to get started, which she recommends: 1) Get a library card (it’s free and usually just requires proof of residency!) 2) Attend your local library’s events and programming. 3) Advocate for increased support and funding. Someone on the original tweet also recommended donating books and materials, which you no longer use - always worth asking your local librarians what sort of things they need for the library. My suggestion: 4) Start a zine club at your local library, where you can share and / or read zines with others, or even make zines with others. Zine clubs are an awesome way to meet people, make friends and explore more zines. And, if you're lucky, your library may have a zine library or zine collection. If not, speak to your local librarians about setting one up! ✨