#library

[catbrarian]

cats and libraries ۫ ꣑ৎ

[allsortsoffuckedup]

Hey hey, as a librarian, can I just say don’t pace yourself at the library. I get a lot of customers saying “oh I shouldn’t get too many books out at once” but like you should!!!! Max out your card, take everything we have on a subject you’re interested in, make a book fort in your home. We love that shit! It doesn’t matter if you read them or not; just take them for an adventure and bring them back whenever they’re due!

For public libraries, one of the ways we secure funding year to year is lending. Governments don’t want to fund more books if they’re not being used and the way we measure use is by issues. Regardless of whether you read it or not, whether you have it for a day or a month, if you issue it to your library card, we get the stats! It makes the library look good!

Help your local library; get books out even if you know you can’t read them all!

[oliviawhen]

Some little illustrations of dogs reading to use up the last paint on my palette.

[doubtspirit]

Knowledge Wins - Public Library Books are Free, American Library Association (1918)

[missusruin]

witchsona for @/stormandzone; black cats / library / antiquity witch

[doctorslippery]

[learnelle]

Thinking about how overpriced drinks and midnight libraries really helped me get through that chaotic semester ☕️

[1109s]

[witchrealms]

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[mossworth]

Guys, queers. Specifically my fellow queers.

I work at a library. We do this thing where, every so often, we weed the collection. It hurts to see books go, but it's necessary to make sure there's room in the library for new materials.

I have seen so much support for the library in text, and I've seen folks pass around those beautiful "queer your library" flyers. Keep doing that. That's great. Nothing wrong with that. But you HAVE to turn your words into action. We MUST remember to actually go to our local organizations and libraries and actually, with our own fucking hands, interact with these materials we want to see more of.

My branch is medium-sized for a library, maybe a little small. We don't have as many materials as I'd like, but we have fundamentals. Tell me why, even with all the verbal support I've gotten from my local community for the library as a resource for our LGBT+ community, every single trans biography and a good chunk of our vaguely queer theory books were on the list. This isn't a scheme to take the books off the shelves, it isn't another bigoted American governmental push. The only thing we look at when we weed is how long it's been since the last time the item was checked out.

Three years.

No one in my community interacted in any meaningful way with the few books on trans life and history we physically had on the shelves for three fucking years.

I promise you the materials you want and need are there, but this isn't a horde. This isn't a static safety net. You have to use them. You MUST use them or, in the future, maybe in three years, they *won't* be there anymore.

This isn't a vague post, there's no one person I'm hinting at or calling out. I'm not even talking directly to anyone who's directly in my line of sight. I just want everyone to hear this. Big library, small library, whatever. Doesn't matter. Please, we cannot be losing our shelf visibility like this.

[spaceman-kai]

Oh god my library has started doing it too 🤣

It is extremely important to tell you all that they also had Dolly Carton and Keanu Reads

[librarypapa]

Being a caregiver while also healing your inner child . . 🧸

Playing games with my tiny — you want to play spies ? Yes please ! You want to pretend I’m a food taster and you are a chef ? Heck yeah !

Going to the pool , best know I won’t just be watching . This dad will be canonballing in !! Why don’t you get up on papa’s shoulders hm ? Ooh , or we can play the colors game !

You wanna watch some cartoons or a kids movie instead of something scary ? Count me in ! I’ll sing along to every song . ( and smile as you giggle , pointing out how I’m missing the notes and scrambling the lyrics )

Let’s go to the zoo , we can look at all the silly animals , and get yummy food !! Then afterwards we’ll get matching stuffies from the gift shop — a perfect day out !

[knithacker]

Hey Library Kids & Book Lovers, This Knit Vest Pattern Is For You - It's A Borrowing Card! 👉 https://buff.ly/4fTAIOm 📚

[climate-changing]

Nice one.

[mduck23]

Arcane Vi fanart