Lady Library's Lair

[ladylibraryslair]

You Can Reuse These Vintage Calendars in 2019

There are only 14 possible ways to arrange a calendar: the year either has 365 days or 366, and it starts on one of the seven days of the we

[punchthegoose]

Teachers: Wikipedia is very unreliable *Hands out 25 year old textbooks instead*

[greenhouse-nurse]

Alrighty guys ,gals, and other genders and lack thereof I’m gonna teach ya a thing.

A lot of teachers will go on about not using wikipedia as a source.

“It’s bad,” they say. “I will deduct points if you do it.”

Well wikipedia is actually a great source of information and fuck what your teacher said, you absolutely can use it.

The key though is knowing

A.How to use it.

B. How to source it.

and

C. whether it is good info or trash.

NowFirst Lets look up something on wikipedia. Say your writing a paper on Gregor Mendel and Mendelian Inheritance.

So you zoom over to the Wikipedia page on Mendelian Inheritance.

Now there is a lot of information here. Not all of it is strictly necessary for that essay you are writing. So you read through and suddenly you see something that is good info for your essay.

Boy oh boy this information is useful. To bad your teacher said No Wikipedia Ever.

However there is a loophole.

It’s right there.

No. Go closer.

You see that little four? Its a citation number. Think of wikipedia as it’s own essay. It got it’s information from other sources out there. Just like you are trying to right now. And since there is a citation, it’s going to be listed at the end of the wikipedia article.

Look at citation number 4

Look at that you have your first citation. From Wikipedia.

And look. Do you see it. There is a link. It’s the blue words with the boxy arrow thingamajig.

That thing. Click it.

Why did you leave wikipedia you ask? Wikipedia is great. You have several sources from there. But There is more than what the put in to that wiki article. Those sources Wikipedia gave you are helpful. And now that you are at the source, you can utilize it.

But what if its a book that’s the source.

You can either head to your local library and see if they have it, order it, or avoid the book source. Online sources are just as valuable.

Also do not quote directly from the wikipedia. Quote from the source and then use quote citation.

And MLA citation. Use MLA citation. Since you are linked to the sources cite them. Not the wikipedia.

Your teacher will never know. And now you can finish that sweet essay you got planned.

You’re on your way to greatness.

[shatterstag]

For anybody not aware you can abuse the absolute fuck out of Wikipedia for any papers!

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I’m an academic librarian and I 100% endorse this post

[gefionne]

I am also an academic librarian and I 100% endorse this post. CITATIONS are important.

[disastrid]

Archivist/reference archivist here, and I also endorse this post. 

(not sure i’d cite about.com in a paper, but there’s no reason not to use it for reference or mine it for further links, info etc) 

[ladylibraryslair]

All of this - but with a warning that not everything cited by wikipedia will be sources your professor will accept. But it’s still a great way to learn enough to know what keywords you should be using in a search of your library’s databases!

[entamewitchlulu]

from your friendly neighborhood librarian:

all books are good books.  you are not a “lesser reader” if you only read manga or comic books or a “better reader” for reading academic heavy texts.

reading is reading no matter what it is, be it a graphic novel, a romance, a classic, an audiobook, a picture book, a cookbook, fanfiction, fucking whatever, read what makes you happy

reading is supposed to be fun and don’t let elitism sap any joy out of it

[redpandaparadise]

Super cute things <3 Credit; Woodland Park Zoo

[untipoilustrado]

The ABC of Edgar Allan Poe (Part 1)

The ABC of Edgar Allan Poe (Part 2)

The ABC of Edgar Allan Poe (Part 3)

[Get the Book]

[ladylibraryslair]

LOOK AT THIS!!!

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Bram Stoker's reference materials for Dracula discovered at the London Library

Bram Stoker’s working notes for Dracula were discovered in 1913 (but not published until 2008); now researchers at the London Library have pulled the titles Stoker referenced and shown that these were the very books that Stoker used – they can tell because he defaced the library books, circling the phrases he later made notes on.

https://boingboing.net/2018/10/29/defaced-history.html

[ladylibraryslair]

See the First Photos of Olivia Colman in Les Misérables

Lily Collins will star as Fantine and David Oyelowo will play Javert in the new mini-series on PBS.

[jstor]

Remember when JSTOR had an advice column?

We did! On Tumblr no less. It was unceremoniously abandoned due to a lack of interest from certain people who shall not be named (Voldemort) but I WANT TO RESURRECT IT. 

Here’s how it works: send us your questions! We’ll research the answers and provide advice based on scholarship of the same. Be forewarned that not all topics have viable research on them, but we’ll do our best! Send us a message and start it “Dear JSTOR.” 

[plastic-pipes]

Muppet Pride and Prejudice WHEN 

[prideprejudce]

i hate reading this post for the sole reason that it made me realize against my will that kermit and miss piggy are literally mr. and mrs. bennet personified and this crossover would probably work 

[bemusedlybespectacled]

i am disturbed by how well this works

[prideprejudce]

alright now i’m just pissed off because that fits even better 

[impr0babledreamer]

@commoncraziness OH MY GOD.

[otherpens]

fozzie bear is bingley accept no substitutes

[thoodleoo]

no punctuation we read like romans

[caecilius-est-pater]

NOPUNCTUATIONORLOWERCASEORSPACESWEREADLIKEROMANS

[terpsikeraunos]

INTER·PVNCTVATION·WE·INSCRIBE·LIKE·ROMANS

[imaginarycircus]

words doesn’t classical matter order in greek;

[tanoraqui]

we, in a manner akin to that of a man who once was, in Rome, an orator of significant skill, who was then for his elegance of speech renowned and now for his elaborate structure of sentences cursed by generations of scholars of Latin, the language which he spoke and we now study, Cicero, write, rather than by any efficiency, functionality, or ease of legibility have our words, our honors, the breaths of our hearts, be besmirched.

[cevulusvoluptatemcapit-deactiva]

The fact that this has yet to devolve into boustrophedon is a miracle… or a challenge. I’m looking at you @terpsikeraunos @macdicilla @labellamordens

[rem-ir]

I’m up to it

[lawrencearabia]

Not many jnſtances of Punctuation - but for many Daſhes – et words Capitaliz’d for emphavſis, but not logicaly - ſpeeling and word Endings varied Gratelie - and the long S - ſ - vſed in at the ſtart and Centre of wordes - & the short “s” vſed only at the end - as with the U and V, and the I and J - but v and j only at the ſtart of wordes (we diſtinguishe not between Vouels and Conſonants, only decoratiue Letteres). Ye letter “y” being in lookes cloſe to an Olde letter “þ” which is vſed as “th” - Y may be vſed in the place of TH - but only ſparingly - and ſtill Pronounc’d the ſame as TH. Long and rambling ſentences - ſeeminglie without end - a paragraph can conſiſt of One whole ſentence, and ſhort ſentences are rare – we ſcribe like hiſtorical Modern English – and other european Languages.

[krabbydon]

And furthermore, Carthage is to be destroyed.

[evilsupplyco]

Things I love:

This unknown librarian’s penmanship – my anonymous love, if I had a larger sample, I’d make your writing into a font.

The small “Halloween” stickers on books

Old school, two color illustrations in books

Things I want:

Autumn. October.

Pumpkin fields with scarecrows and ghosts and haunted winds.

An app like Lyft that pairs me with a witch driving a giant pumpkin to take me places.

[ladylibraryslair]

Queen Alexandra's missing dress found in an attic to take pride of place at museum

Most of us have old clothes stashed in the attic.

[mysharona1987]

[dracogotgame]

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT I’M GONNA DO THIS TOO

[hollystopeverything]

Omg yes!!

[becausedragonage]

I had this exact experience. I worked in a bookstore and although the sci-fi/fantasy section was filled with books I’d read, I had to admit to a customer that I hadn’t read LOTR. 

Her eyes got wide and she gave me a big smile and said, “Oh! I’m so jealous of you! I wish I could it read it again for the first time.”

And yes, I read LOTR ASAP after that.

[a-guys-random-blog]

A better motivational thing to say

[whatthelibrarianwore]

Floral dress #whatthelibrarianwore #submission via @miss.margaret.reads on Instagram

“It is a part of the human experience to feel pain. Do not be afraid. Open yourself to it.” —Rupi Kaur, Evolving

[shezze-blog1]

I’m upset because I want to change the world but the world is too big and people are too mean

[wufflesvetinari]

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” - Rabbi Tarfon

[moggiepillar]

i can no longer take any description of a male protagonist seriously if the writer describes him as ‘brooding’

because i used to think ‘oh, that’s sexy and mysterious, etc’

and now i think of this

once you’ve been loudly cussed out by 2.5 lbs of feathers, that word only ever means one thing

[shrikestrike]

This is the kinda brooding i WANNA see

[consolecadet]

#so this behavior basically translates to nonstop cuddling of offspring and vocal aggression towards anything that tries to prevent that #tbh i would be delighted to see male protagonists do just this sort of thing (via starfoozle)

[perspicaciousembroiderist]

I just had to explain what I was cackling at to my roommate. It automatically passes the Laugh Rule.

[roachpatrol]

She found her reluctant fiance, Erstad, brooding out on the rainy moors. 

“Is that a baby rabbit?” she asked, observing his huddled form. 

“IT’S SIX BABY RABBITS AND YOU CAN’T TOUCH THEM,” replied Ernstad, contriving to look twice his usual size and at least three times his usual fierceness. 

“Whoah okay damn,” she said, and backed away. 

[jasmiinitee-deactivated20210610]

i’d read the gothic romance novel of ernstad and his baby rabbits like right now

[culturenlifestyle]

Impressionist Cityscapes Through Lovers’ Eyes by Leonid Afremov

A professional artist since 1978, American artist Leonid Afremov graduated from the prestigious school Vitebsk Art School, originally founded by classical artist Marc Chagall. Inspired by the work of the latter, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and Salvador Dalí, Afremov’s work is purely emotional. Every scene is a reflection of his feelings, emotions, passions and anything that feeds his soul. For this reason, he often chooses to cover the beauty of young love, romance, and the grandeur of cityscapes, which often glimmer as brightly as his paintings during the night.

The vibrant and highly saturated colors of Afremov’s work mimic his inspirations, although his technique emulates Camille Pissarro’s and Claude Monet’s impressionist brush and Georges Seurat’s pointillistic style. By combining the soft flare of depicting images and figures with the contrast of pixelated sharp colors, Afremov delivers stunning and stimulating pieces. You can find more of his work in his Etsy shop.

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