#Library books

[bookishfreedom]

on todays episode of “there aren’t enough hours in the day to read all of the books i want”

[gwydionmisha]

ACTION ITEM Missouri!

"If you use Libby app to read your library books, like many people do, Sec of State Danny Hoskins of Missouri is canceling funding for overdrive/ libby- the ebook services for public libraries, Allegedly to protect children from pornography

Seniors, disabled, and others without transportation, and many others depend on this service.  "

Call to complain: 573-751-4936.

The friend who alerted me to this adds:

Also, to some at least there may be a work around: 

"This is a link to the Bard App which is through the library of Congress.  It is a free service for the disabled to listen to audiobooks through the free bard app on their phone or tablet.  Not sure if it works on a full blown computer but it's worth looking into.  Let's get around their utter bollocks as well as forcing them to retract it!"

[rosered-schneeweisschens-sis]

can’t currently afford the print copy of the fabulous @lackadaisycats work?

maybe your local library will buy it in the meantime! hand for scale.

reading a hard copy of what I found years ago on the internet is cool in its own right, but the over 20 pages of bonus content are what’s really tempting.

note about the back cover: this is what was facing out as I carried the book in my arm out of the library and into the streets. certainly didn’t make me look like a psycho I’m sure.

[thegikitiki]

A lifetime of learning...

Your Tomorrow, Florida D.OE., 1971

[caffeinated-bibliophile]

Very curious about what library book sales are like in other places.

Info

For this poll, consider "all day" to mean at least most of the operating hours the library is open on that day. (Example: if your library is open from 9AM-3PM on Saturday and the book sale is from 10-2, that counts as "all day.")

"Morning" means all or most of the sale occurs during the morning hours. (Example: 8AM-1PM.)

"Afternoon" means all or most of the sale occurs in the afternoon. (Example: 11AM-4PM.)

[conservethis]

NO ❌❌❌❌

YES ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅

Sometimes I walk around the library and find little problems to solve.

[thethingivecometosay]

‘Wednesday's child is full of woe / Thursday's child has far to go’

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Seriously, you never know what you're gonna find in a library book.

[bookishfreedom]

friday shenanigans

[rockislandadultreads]

Happy National Library Week!

Celebrate National Library Week with us by learning more about the history of libraries!

The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree & Arthur der Weduwen

Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children's drawings - the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In this volume, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today. 

Freedom Libraries by Mike Selby

As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the United States, public libraries were not immune from racial segregation. Numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only: there would be no cards given to African-Americans, no books for them to read, and no furniture for them to use. It was these exact conditions that helped create Freedom Libraries. This book delves into how these libraries were the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the remarkable courage of the people who used them.  

Syria's Secret Library by Mike Thomson

Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden library. The story of this extraordinary place and the people who found purpose and refuge in it is one of hope, human resilience, and above all, the timeless, universal love of literature.

Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden

Libraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times, but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding, libraries are fighting for their very existence. More than simply repositories for knowledge, libraries and archives inspire and inform citizens. This book recounts the history that brought us to this point.

[nostalgicore]

2004 Barbie "School Days" Step Into Reading book

"Pack your lunch and grab your backpack! Barbie is going to help Stacie and Kelly get ready for school. Beginning readers will love following Barbie and her little sisters all the way to school, where—surprise!—she’s a teacher. With a favorite character, simple rhyming text, and clear illustrations, this Step 1 title guarantees reading success!"

[nemfrog]

Date due.

Source

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

While we prefer that you not put stickers on library books, we DO appreciate the sentiment!

[conservethis]

The next time you think to tell someone, “Oh, just donate it to the library…” know that this picture was almost a week of work*. A week to fill up 8 boxes with donated books that were duplicates of books we already owned (which are now slated for surplus), 2 boxes of books unsuitable for (or duplicates of books already in) the special collection they were donated to (but which will be good additions to our general collection), and 3 boxes of books [not pictured] that ARE suitable for said special collection.

It’s not even my job technically, but I’m good at this kind of sorting work and agreed to help because it’d probably be another 5 years before someone else got to it. And we needed the shelf space back!

Donating books can be helpful and generous in some circumstances, but dang if it isn’t a LOT of work for library staff to triage donations. It’s why a lot of libraries either no longer take donations, or why they only accept very particular things.

And because my library is at a state university, we are technically a state entity, and as such we cannot donate said books to some other non-state entity. So we can’t just donate them to a prison library or a homeless shelter or other such things. They have to go through the same process as all other university/state property, and be sold as surplus, hopefully to be purchased and resold by a third party (versus just getting chucked into the recycling bin).

*and that was a week with a spreadsheet I already had to check the donations against our holdings. Making that spreadsheet alone was probably another week’s worth of work in itself.