#Public Library

[v-rg1l]

A reminder.

This will impact you. This will hurt you, your friends, your friends friends, your family, your coworkers, your classmates, your teachers, your doctors and nurses, your neighbors, your lovers. If they do not come for you first, that does not mean you are safe. Once they are done with the rest of us, they will come for you. That does not, however, mean you should despair. Use your time. Use your voice. You have so much power in your every action. Use them.

You can no longer use the excuse of being too young or too unknowledgeable or not having any power. You do. Do not forget this. Do not let them convince you otherwise. Sit down during the pledge. Stay up-to-date on current events. Ask your friends to join you in raising awareness, even if it is limited to your small community. Put up posters and stickers around town and in public spaces. Cover up and tear down hate you see.

Educate yourself. Educate your friends and family. At the same time, do not fully trust anyone. Do not ever out someone - whether that be as queer or trans or as an undocumented person or someone who needs certain medical care currently being eliminated. If anyone asks you about someone's status (who they voted for, if they are queer, if they are getting/got an abortion, their citizenship status), you do not know anything. Do not forget what is going on around you and around the world. The suffering of others does not end just because yours has only begun. But together, the weight can be lessened.

Be prepared. Participate in mutual aid, even if that just means sharing food or comfort with those you know need it. If you cannot think of anyone, find them. Participate in local elections - and if you cannot, boost the voices of those who can. Go to your local library. Support public services. Start making copies of documents and videos and any media you can find online that is at risk of being eliminated. Save it to your device, print it out (many public libraries will do this for you, if at a small cost), burn it to a disk. Nothing is safe, nothing is permanent. They can and will take it away. Buy books and textbooks that are at risk. Make sure your friends are doing this too.

Never offer up information not specifically asked for. Know your rights. Be clear and specific in your requests and do not let them trick you. Ask for signed proof. Get your lawyer. Know your surroundings. Raise awareness. Stay safe.

These next years will be hell; it has already begun. But we will survive. We always have. If only on spite and anger we have done it. And we will do it again. By all that lives and dies we will do it again.

[oliviawhen]

Happy National Library Week!! A great time to ask everyone you know if they have a library card.

[theanticool]

10 ways to support your local library!

[lakecountylibrary]

Just the essentials!

Music credit: "Cinema Blockbuster Trailer 7" by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/329-cinema-blockbuster-trailer-7 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license (CC BY 4.0)

[Video Description: A 26 second video. Orchestral, cinematic music plays. Text reads The library is on fire! Grab the most important things!

A librarian at her computer spins around in her chair in slow motion, a look of horror on her face. Video cuts between various librarians frantically rescuing items. Each scene is labeled with the item:

The South Shore Posters: A librarian completely obscured by a framed South Shore Line poster she is carrying backs out of a room.

The hand chair: A librarian hauls away a large red plastic chair shaped like a hand.

Patron holds: A librarian shovels patron holds off the holds shelf onto a cart.

Benny the library skeleton: A librarian princess-carrying a large skeleton dressed in an oversized t-shirt frantically looks around for an exit before dashing away

The cardigan pile: A librarian almost completely obscured by the pile of cardigans in her arms runs toward the camera.

3D printer: A librarian dashes up to a large 3D printer and attempts to lift it off the table

Cecily the giraffe: A librarian pats a life size baby giraffe statue and then grabs it by the leg and begins slowwwly scooting backward to slide it across the carpet

The library tree: A librarian grips an enormous planter out of which springs an entire tree and pulls with all her might. It doesn't move.

James Patterson books? : The librarian carrying Benny sprints into frame between shelves loaded with endless Patterson books. Record scratch. The sound of a clock ticking as he considers the books for maybe two seconds.

Text changes to "Not enough hands". The dramatic music resumes as he sprints off frame with Benny.

End card with the library logo. The words 'Not actually on fire. Everything is fine.' are typed across the screen. End description]

[kentolvrs]

little snippets of a public library i visited <3

[doubtspirit]

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

[littlealienproducts]

I Love My Public Library Snoopy Sticker by KittyGurlDesign

[cosmonautroger]

[jstor]

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Image: A Philosopher Reading. Oil Painting. n.d. Wellcome Collection.

[eli-zab3th]

The librarian's magic: grabbing the book a visitor has been searching for within mere seconds

[oliviawhen]

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

[nutnoce]

I designed some stickers for Echo-lit ahead of National Public Library Week. This is one!

[nando161mando]

Behold.. Idaho becomes the first to require ID.. for the PUBLIC LIBRARY. Knowledge and Thinking is the enemy.

[roselovesbears]

april 6th ~ library day‧₊˚📖✩ ₊˚🕯️⊹♡

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[slowburningechoes]

Robert Sean Leonard reading and sharing memories at the Ridgewood Public Library’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (November 2023).

Video timestamps (starting at when he is introduced, not necessarily on stage): 46:23 and 1:33:50

(I can’t remember off the top of my head which oomf informed me about this video — but thank you!!!)