For Valentine's Day my local library set up a romance free collection in the YA section, complete with little ace and aro colored hearts with silly "eww" "nope" "not for me" messages, and I for one think that is incredibly asexy of them.
Image Descriptions: The first image is a photograph of a sign that has white text on a black background that reads, “Roses are red, violets are blue, these titles have no romance just for you!” In the middle of the sign is a pink heart symbol that's been crosssed out.
The second image is the aforemened library collection as a whole, featuring the sign shown in the first image and everything else described in the caption.
TWO DAYS ONLY! This Wed. Oct. 29 and Thurs. Oct. 30, 9:30am-4pm: visit the California History Reading Room for a rare opportunity to view some slightly creepy, somewhat weird, and mildly macabre items from our Special Collections. Come take a peek, just in time for spooky season! 900 N Street, Sacramento.
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.
I’m covered with “Librarians from Everywhere” but as a former museums professional “Tourists who think we’re the British Museum” really speaks to me on a personal level.
[Video description: "girlfriend" by hemlocke springs plays. A senior citizen approaches a library shelf. Text reads "You're 78, you can't read manga." She selects The Magic Fish from the shelf and looks at the cover. Text reads "I'm 90" as she swiftly looks up at the camera, sticks out her tongue, and makes a gesture that is pixelated. She walks away, puts on a pair of sunglasses, then looks back at the camera briefly to give the saltiest side-eye from behind her shades. She swaggers confidently off-camera. TikTok end screen: @ milwaukeepubliclibrary /description]
love the library. there's no risk. you can take out a book and go "wow this sucks" and just give it back. and when you do that you're still making the library's Number Go Up so you'll be able to roll the dice on even more books. all for the low low price of free/you already paid for it with your tax money so you might as well use it
I feel it in the water... I feel it in the earth... I smell it in the air... Summer Reading is coming.
But what's the theme??
So there you have it! We're going on an adventuuuure!! And you can come too. Sign up and see the prizes at www.lcplin.org/summer-reading.
Special thanks to Lumiere Tales for providing the music used in this video!
Video description under the cut:
[ID: A bearded man in a wizard hat and cloak walks down a row of bookshelves. At the end, a shorter person in an orange hood and akatsuki robe pops up and says 'You're late.' The wizard replies 'A librarian is never late. They always arrive precisely on time. When their books are do.' The pair continue to walk.
Frodo stand in: Everyone's going mad this year trying to figure out what the theme is.
The wizard nods.
Frodo stand in: All right then, keep your secrets. But you've been officially designated a disturber of the peace.
Wizard: Oh really!
The scene changes to a group of six people, including the wizard and Frodo, sitting on very short chairs around a very short table in what is clearly the children's department of a public library. A woman in a white robe says Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you have been summoned here to face the summer reading challenge. Lake County stands on the brink of summer and none can escape it. The video cuts to the wizard looking thoughtful and the white robe continues, you will unite or you will fall. Bring forth the theme, sir.
The wizard pulls out a poster from his cloak and unrolls it with a flourish on the table. It reads Adventure Begins at Your Library.
A woman in a blue robe gasps, So it is true?
A man in a black cloak says One does not simply adventure into the summer reading program. It is a program enjoyed by more than thousands. There are participants who do not sleep, and the clock is ever ticking.
The scene cuts to everyone around the table arguing. The Boromir stand in says It's too hot to read! A man in a felt viking helmet says I can't find any books! The wizard says You're in a library! General overlapping chaos ensues until Frodo jumps up and says I will do it! I will take the summer reading adventure! Though I do not know the way.
The wizard rises and pats his shoulder, his cloak totally obscuring the woman in the white rob, who pushes it aside to look up at them curiously.
Wizard: I will help you bear this adventure, through June and July
Boromir places a book on the table and says You have my search and reference skills.
Felt viking hat places an old wired mouse on the table and says And my tech savvy
The woman in blue reveals a Kermit puppet who says, with her, And my animal programs.
The woman in white rises and says so be it. You shall be the fellowship of the summer reading program. Triumphant music plays as the fellowship sweeps in a line out of the children's department. A slide appears and says Begin your Adventure June 1 through July 31. Another slide featuring a knight in a wheelchair pointing a sword says Start your Quest. Sign up or log in at lcplin.readsquared.com
The alien came to the library again, shortly before closing time, and quickly found a book.
"May this entity borrow The Complete History of Knitting?"
They always return the book they borrow after five minutes, but the ritual of checking it out seems important to them.
"Of course. Did you bring your card?"
I looked them up, after the first time I saw them for real. They first registered with us over ninety years ago. The senior librarian who first told me about them said I shouldn't stare, or pry.
"Whatever else they are, they are a patron, and should be treated as such," she said. "If they seek knowledge, it is our duty to help them find it."
There isn't an ancient and secret code of librarians, but that is definitely a core part of it. If such a code existed.
I scan the card and the book. "There you go," I say and hand them over. "Please return it within two weeks."
They tilt their head. "This entity will honour your terms."
"Oh! That reminds me, we have updated the terms since your last visit." I hand them the pamphlet we got from the printers last week. "It's mostly about internet usage, but I'll need you to read them and agree."
They study the pamphlet.
"These are terms this entity can abide by." They pause. "Is there no requirement to keep your existence secret?"
"Of course not," I say, "we always welcome new patrons."
They stand silent, long enough for me to realise the implications of what I have just said.
"This entity had made an assumption, based on prior experiences on countless worlds, where knowledge is always closely guarded and costly to obtain" they say at last. "You will provide knowledge for free to all who seek it?"
In my mind, I weigh humanity's ignorance of those countless worlds of alien civilisations against the code.
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