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Before the internet, librarians were the gatekeeper of knowledge. For your reading pleasure, the New York Public Library released a cache of queries and conundrums called in from the 1940s to the 1980s.

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#interlibrary loan #THIS IS WHAT REFERENCE LIBRARIANSHIP IS LIKE!!!

chaos! at the circ desk

#once in a great while one of us accidentally prints a regular document on the receipt printer #today that mistake was a collaboration between me and another coworker #horrible symbols from the library ghost (our first director from the '60s) all over the printout #as seen in the stacks

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2000)

#ils stands for infinite library shitposting #as per usual - orange smudge hides the name of where I work

folksingerslob

versions of selves that we thought were the best ones 'til versions of versions of others repeating come laughing at everything we thought was important while still making mistakes that you thought you had learned from. if you were wondering.

#ils stands for infinite library shitposting #from my main account. howdy!

I've been in shock over this book mend for ages. WHAT was the thought process!!!

Anyway I removed the batshit taping and replaced it with...clear tape?...and the book was so destroyed anyway it didn't make things much worse. Should've told the collections librarian so it could've been withdrawn, buuut I was stubborn.

#that book was beaten to shit. i think it went through the twelve trials of heracles or whatever #as seen in the stacks

Public libraries really do have everything

#ils stands for infinite library shitposting #i was very confused by this. still am. nobody said anything about it #personally? i would love a book cart full of watermelons

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“Public libraries are such important, lovely places!” Yes but do you GO there. Do you STUDY there. Do you meet friends and get coffee there. Do you borrow the FREE, ZERO SUBSCRIPTION, ZERO TRACKING books, audiobooks, ebooks, and films. Have you checked out their events and schemes. Do you sign up for the low cost courses in ASL or knitting or programming or writing your CV that they probably run. Do you know they probably have myriad of schemes to help low income families. Do you hire their low cost rooms if you need them. Have you joined their social groups. Do you use the FREE COMPUTERS. Do you even know what your library is trying to offer you. Listen, the library shouldn’t just exist for you as a nice idea. That’s why more libraries shut every year

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If this post persuades even one person to get a free library account and use it, my time on this hellsite will not have been spent in vain

#interlibrary loan

Today, as I was checking in books in the back office, my coworker strode into the room, grabbed a paper towel, and said, "I'm on wolf spider killing duty," before striding right back out.

#??? L** WHAT???#it was a special moment. i hate spiders. the little monster was hanging out in the primary section #my dude just wanted to get some books for his kids!!#ils stands for infinite library shitposting

clubolive

Bitch I am on the GROUND

hamletteprinceofdenmark

#TRULY #interlibrary loan #<- THATS GONNA BE MY TAG FOR THINGS THAT ARENT MINE AHHHH

Two CDs withdrawn from the collection and one mustard brochure left in a returned book. I kept the mustard guide because I would kill to go to the museum one day

#as seen in the stacks #these cd covers had me crying #graphic design is my passion vibes

Absolutely haunted by whichever coworker did this

#i hate it. juice used in weird ways is a horrible word it makes me SAD #as seen in the stacks

Picked this one up to write a readalike about it, ended up interested enough to check it out and read it, laughed the whole 400 pages through

#don't ask what a readalike is i have no idea lmao #book drop #early riser by jasper fforde #planning to read more by him now!!

Impeccable sticker placement on Forg(e)

#FORG!!!!!!#as seen in the stacks #i laugh EVERY time i see this. which is often

Somebody nerfed the audiobooks and didn't go for the James Pattersons :/

#as seen in the stacks

A very midwestern take on rubber band sizes

#as seen in the stacks #i'm in iowa so. very midwestern. today my coworker ope-ed at me. splendid

Hi hi I made this side blog to yammer on about library stuff without losing it in the mix on my main blog, @toastedcoconutchips.

Basically - I graduated with an MA in LIS in May of this year, and now I work part time at two public libraries. Yes I am financially unstable and yes I weep for my bank on the daily. I also volunteer at a lending library where I originally worked as a practicum student. My URL is winking at my original plan to become an archivist, which is still in the books! But for some time in the future - it's a hard field to get into, so I've heard and learned. I certainly didn't expect to fall in love with librarianship, but here I am, and I wouldn't be surprised if I stayed in this sphere for the rest of my forever, because GOD it's great.

Anyway I'm 27, bi, my name's Annie (check out that sexy sexy name tag in my pfp), and I'll probably tag my posts with annie library association bc ALA/American Library Association. So smart so funny so clever please praise my brilliance goodBYE.

#annie library association #and other tags for my own use:#as seen in the stacks #<- for the shit i find in the wilds of the shelves #ils stands for infinite library shitposting #<- for my general dumping ground of whatever??? an ILS is the software that kind of runs stuff like checking in and our and patron records #book drop #<- for when i (hopefully) post about what i'm reading bc i'm hoping #to read more and talking abt it helps a lot!!!#reference question #<- on the off chance that i ever get asks lmfao

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