Hopefully I Get That Internship

please

[artofelanor]

Have you seen the new movie? It's on library. It's literally on the library. It's on library without ads. It's literally on your local public library. You can probably ask for it on your library. Dude it's on your library. It's in the original case too. It's on library. You can watch it at the library. You can go to your local library and watch it. Register onto your local library right now. Go to your library. Dive into your library. You can watch it. It's on there. Your library has it for you. Your library has it for you.

[thatsbelievable]

[authorbettyadams]

@radioactivepeasant ... now I'm not saying I suspect you....but I'm not saying I don't suspect you either...

[radioactivepeasant]

It's national library card sign-up month! Even for wolves! 🤣

[aliteratepenguin]

PSA TO ALL READERS while wandering around a mall today I was ensnared by a powerful force that bade me enter a place called Barnes & Noble. in a daze I wandered the displays and was compelled to even pick up several books that this force attempted to foist upon me at great personal cost to myself. it was only through great strength of will that I was able to fight off this befouling force by withdrawing my cellular device from my pocket and logging into my library account to place requests for the same books at no cost that i was able to escape without grievous harm. truly it's crazy out there, stay safe and remember that libraries are always there to provide aid as you fight against such forces of darkness

[official-library-posts]

official library post

[lesbiansagainsttheatre]

actually i think graduates of a university should have access to the library databases forever and ever amen

[sheherlocked-deactivated2022083]

“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

[sheherlocked-deactivated2022083]

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

[certifiedlibraryposts]

Certified Library Post

[pyromanicdaydreamer]

some libraries have museum passes for free or heavily discounted rates

they have video games now!

they may even have a "library of things" with tools instruments and crafting supplies (mine even has kitchen supplies like a stand mixer and a few attachments!)

use your local libraries! they love you so much!

[yellbug]

best part of running games of jackbox for random library teens was definitely all the times when jackbox would prompt them to be vulgar and i would be like i hope everyone can really impress me with how clever and not obvious their jokes are and this completely worked on them they were like i must find a joke even better than cum. but is it possible...? i must try. for Her. a woman who i just met who works at the library

[marisatomay]

saw this thread and really loved it but what i liked most is that it taught this kid that if a book isn’t for you, even if you really want to like it, it’s okay to stop reading it and come back to it another time when you are ready. there were so many books i slogged through as a kid because i felt like i had to prove that i could read them since i *loved* reading so i simply had to finish this book or i didn’t actually love to read. silly, really. the more kids who don’t ascribe to that thinking the better. really great of both the dad and the librarian for allowing the kid access to the stephen king book and allowing him make the decision on whether or not it was for him by himself.

[unpretty]

How do you see overdrive library books on amazon? I have overdrive/libby and I’ve rented kindle books through amazon before but I was not aware you could browse amazon for library books

The #1 Browser Extension that lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local library

it works on amazon, kobo, and a bunch of other storefronts (but i usually get books recommended via amazon links so that's where i use it the most)

no way to use it on mobile, unfortunately, so i usually just send interesting books to a tab on my browser to look at when i get home

back when i had scribd/everand i also used it to tell me when a book was on there, and it tells me when a physical book is at my local library if that's a thing i want to do

[longseasons]

[elljayvee]

when I was in college in the 1990s I took a document design course and we had to go talk to an archivist at the university library

the library had a single page from a gutenberg bible (the bible had been damaged by fire and the remaining undamaged pieces cut apart and sold) and a CD sitting next to each other

we looked at the bible page, marveling at this 500+ year old page with its neatly set type, carefully kept under a sheet of glass to protect it

and then she held up the CD and pointed out that in 500 years, if a CD could even last that long, it was unlikely we'd possess the technology to read it

and we all got very quiet and look at the book page for a long time

and is evidenced by the fact I'm telling you about this almost 30 years later, I have never forgotten that blank-looking shiny piece of plastic sitting next to a beautiful, ancient piece of paper that someone pressed words into with a machine and left for me to read, hundreds of years before I was born.

[allsortsoffuckedup]

Public library work is crazy because one minute you’ll be helping a child find books on his latest hyperfixation (cattle breeds if you’re wondering) and the next you’ll be arguing with 70-something year old cult member because you won’t let them use your community display space for their recruitment materials (we’re not a cult! It’s spiritual enlightenment! But we call our leader the Master yes) and THEN suddenly you’ll be running a knitting programme where all the old ladies are hitting on the cop you had to call to come deal with the grown ass man who has developed beef with a literal child, is yelling swear words at said child even though you’ve taken the kid into the staff only area for safety, and will not leave the library without being literally arrested

[official-library-posts]

official library post

[elexuscal]

"it's concerning if university students are genuinely struggling to read full adult-level books for class" and "don't overstate the reporting of a single news article" and "if this shift is genuinely real, it's reflective of broad curriculum changes in lower education levels, probably at least in part due to remote schooling during COVID, and doesn't mean the new generation is being willfully Stupid and Vapid" and "when reading for personal pleasure people should read whatever they like without shame" and "reading from a broad variety of genres, styles, and authorial backgrounds will improve your understanding of both literature and the real world" and "actively mocking people for their tastes in books does not encourage them to become more adventurous you're just being mean" and also "but seriously adult books are not just boringly pretentious nothingburgers padded with pointless sex scenes, and claiming they are just shows how little you've read" all can and should co-exist.

[c3rvida3]

Done explaining what Library Science is to people when they ask what I majored in. Gonna start telling them, "It's almost like being an English major, but I'm really into BDSM." A statement that somehow feels true but absolutely isn't and means nothing.

[calmdowngorgeous]

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.

[gummybearattacktheworldofdespair]

[the-real-seebs]

one way to read this is "this man has no idea what he is saying"

another to read this is "this man is terminally online and has excellent comedic timing"

[depsidase]

[californiastatelibrary]

[californiastatelibrary]

thank you for your support

[californiastatelibrary]

@vampire-connoisseur it's mostly about the poison books actually!

There are a decent amount of early 19th century books out there with toxic green bookcloth that was dyed with a combination of arsenic and copper. These are poisonous and would require special handling. Other books from the early 1800s can also include barium, chromium, iron and mercury (in addition to the copper and arsenic, of course).

Human skin books are extremely rare, and many inaccurate rumors about them have been passed around over the years! It's a common theory that vellum-bound books may have contributed to these rumors because they look... well, they look super weird. People who don't work with/know about vellum are often a little creeped out by them — but vellum is made from calf, goat or lamb skin. Vellum-bound books were the equivalent of paperbacks, because it was easier and cheaper than creating an intricate leather-bound volume.

Here is a photo of a poisonous "Emerald Green" book (left) and a couple of vellum-bound volumes (right) from the first academic library in the Americas (c. 1536-1605). The library, Colegios de Tlatelolco, was located in "New Spain," or modern Mexico.

[youandsometimeswhy]

Just leaving the other best part in tags.

[californiastatelibrary]

listen a special collections librarian told me that and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since, so now it's everyone's problem

[bookwyrminspiration]

I can behave normally around books

[bookwyrminspiration]

I can be trusted in bookstores and libraries and you should take me to those locations