Librarian Gemma

A Librarian's collection of library and book themed pics and quotes. And the odd over opinionated piece :)

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A librarian saved the lives of 55 people when a gunman opened fire at a high school in Florida, killing 17. Diana Haneski, a library media specialist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, jumped into action when she heard the school was under lockdown on her radio. She was there that day in Sandy Hook and because of her I knew what to do, she said. Her friend Yvonne Cech, a 58-year-old librarian, had previously locked 18 children and four adults into a small cupboard during the shooting. Ms Haneski, who knew Cruz from her previous school, was a troubled child and called for gun laws to be changed.

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Posted at Sat Feb 17 21:50:20 2018

[amyofdoom]

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When you read a book, you hold another’s mind in your hands.

James Burke (via artannis)

[sesamestreet]

Books on books on books…

[not-petunias-again]

I’ve always dressed like a librarian, but now I actually work in a library.

[librariangemma]

And what does a librarian dress like? 

It’s funny, because the only times in my life I have ever worn a twin set and pearls was when I worked as a political aid in Parliament. 

[lonleydancerinthedark-deactivat]

[guardian]

NSA surveillance: how librarians have been on the front lines to protect privacy

In the hours before US senators voted to take on the might of the National Security Agency this week, their inboxes were deluged with more than 2,200 supportive emails from a most unlikely group of revolutionaries: America’s librarians. 

Keep reading

[librariangemma]

My favourite quote: “You can throw the attorney general up against us and we beat him because we are the ones spending every morning doing story time with your toddlers and we are the ones – when you have been given a devastating health report – who help you find information on what this means,” 

[booksromancesex]

[andallshallbewell]

Albert Einstein

[timemagazine]

See the 100 best young-adult books of all time.

[librariangemma]

I'm offering you a life of mystery, of misery, of loneliness, and adventure. More than that, I'm offering you the opportunity to make a difference and to save the world every week. Twice before Friday. Are you in?

Flynn "The Librarians"

-- because that's how we recruit library staff

[grumpycatbrarian]

[librariangemma]

[bookmania]

[naturallysteph-deactivated20170]

[librariangemma]

I'm not really wasting worktime on Tumblr, I'm finding awesome books to add to our library's collection, like this one. But if when it arrives it doesn't have skaters that actually skate I'll be hugely disappointed...

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[emmisnotshortforemma]