An Tage Wie Diese

28 | Queer | Taurus Sun | Virgo Moon | Aries Rising | INFJ | Librarian

[mrghostrat]

mlem

[booksinmythorax]

"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

[woman-becomer]

tumblr users love reading. you literally stopped for this post just because it has words in it

[interpolationz]

this is one of my favorite bits about tumblr

the users seem to actually prefer text posts to anything else, and treat it as a chore to play a video especially with sound

[zetrystan]

Technically true.

[zetrystan]

He got the job.

[zetrystan]

He takes his job seriously.

[marshmallowlamb]

I fuckin’ love this comic. Makes me smile like crazy every time it pops up.

[yuhengwanye]

[infinitevariety]

[theunvanquishedzims]

The best part is it’s impossible to tell who’s arguing for legal weed

[its-not-a-pen]

friendly reminder that your local library has a wide range of FREE ebooks and audiobooks and a mobile app that lets you download and take them anywhere

[bigwarmth]

(x)

[somebluenovember]

Reblogging because you never know who might need to read this, right now. 

[the-haiku-bot]

Reblogging because

you never know who might need

to read this, right now.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[gullahch1ld]

Sometimes it is your fault.. Sometimes you don’t listen well enough, you’re selfish, you’re rude and you aren’t always right. Sometimes you fucked it up and tbh that’s okay. It happens, learn from it, apologize and keep it moving. Just because you fucked up doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. Don’t dwell on it

[moonlitswims-deactivated2024010]

no but this is so important.. it’s so important to just accept you can fuck up you’re allowed to fuck up. you’re allowed to be wrong and it won’t be shameful, it won’t be the worst thing to happen. you’ll either let it go or learn from it and not let it happen again and that’s good.

[girlbi-deactivated20220618]

im not immune to how corsets make breasts look

[starrylysaa]

[buttchan]

[ukulelekatie]

[puddox]

[justbadpuns]

this made me exhale loudly

[heartsnmagic]

[heartsnmagic]

[xmanicpanicx]

I have an important question: What is Paul?

[transgenderer]

the fact that the primary forum for politics in our age is a website defined by the mechanical inability to write a long, nuanced take is so absurdly on the nose

[crossstitchworld]

couldn’t stop thinking about this cottage until I had stitched it (pattern by LubaDaviesAtelier on Etsy) by gracejarvisohno

[anexperimentallife]

[meetnategreen]

[eviltessmacher]

Those idiots who keep saying "it's both sides" are part of the problem. In fact, they're most of the problem.

[waldos-art]

Crowley is a sleepy baby.

I am Crowley in this moment.