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!
Get a library card, even if you never use it. It helps secure funding.
Leave books on the “to be shelved” cart, as libraries use the counts of materials handled as part of their funding requests.
Register to vote and participate in your local elections, as local levies & bonds often fund libraries, parks, & recreation areas in your community.
(If you’re uncertain if you have knowledge/understanding of local measures & candidates, your local county party & many local chapter of social Justice organizations, like Indivisible for example, will have recommendations.)
Go volunteer—libraries are the best!
