#library student

[tori-bee]

the library is the key to a lifetime love of knowledge and learning

the library is a space where generations collide for a singular interest

the library is a central space in the community

the library is also batshit insane due to the librarians being little gremlins all the time but ah well, 3 out of 4 isn't bad

[impossibleobservationkryptonite]

What can libraries do for you? I have so many resources I’m gonna share with you rn. Get wrecked. I’m back on my soap box y’all. Just ignore me if you want, or if you want can just get the tldr with the bolder stuff again!

1. If you still want to read books or listen to them, but you don’t want to come in and talk to anyone (I mean valid.) Libby!!! It works the same way as checking out physical copies of the books; just now as audiobooks and ebooks.

2. Are you currently screaming at your paper that you’re supposed to be writing? But it doesn’t have enough sources. Pls. All library websites have LISTS of different websites (they are reputable) that you can use to do research. (Or you can come chill and look at physical materials for your research too.)

3. Materials: we have so much stuff we will just give you for free. I handed out so much glitter, markers, paper to some patrons who were working on a final project that they could just have and work on. I have so much paint. Please use it so we can buy newer paint.

4. Free WiFi: sometimes you don’t even have to leave your car (or go inside) for that. (Message me and I’ll tell you my story of sitting in my car for an hour just outside of a library so I could check my grades and email professors because I was in a town that kept bouncing my phone to Canada.)

5. Email bb: again if you don'twant to come in but want book recs because for whatever reason: you can usually email the library with something called your next read. And a librarian will send you back book suggestions. (I also recc’ed a mbmbam podcast to someone)

6. Warming/cooling centers: if it’s hot/cold and you have nowhere else to go? Come chill with us. I have multiple patrons at my library who will be there for the full 12 hours that we’re open. It means that you’re using a space that your taxes paid for. And you can get out of the disgusting heat and frigid weather.

Do y’all want more stuff like this?

Ye

Nah

Hoe I am barely reading this rn do what you want from me

Voting ended onFeb 5, 2025

[andletforsakendidodie]

every ma library class group

- 15 alt girls with headscraves and hand-knitted vests

- 2 emos and 2 goths

-3 ex-lawyers

- 3 mums (1 with a sick bob cut)

- 2 imams and a rabbi

- Posh Guy from Cambridge

- 2 dungeon masters

- 1 loud american

- 4 nonbinary people

- 3 people who work for the university special collections somehow

- 3 autistics (1 alt girl, 1 dungeon master and 1 mum)

[nonbinaryavrage]

I'm a lesbrarian. A lesbian librarian.

[librarydate]

Currently Reading: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.

I started this book a few months ago, but school really took over my life, but I’m finally making time back to continue reading it! All I want to say so far is: it’s SO nice to be back in the cosmere with a new series (for me)! I didn’t realize how much I missed it!

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[heather--moors]

2.13.21// gray day of online classes and novel writing. It’s been too cold to go outside which is a real shame. Been lazy, but at least I’m knitting. IG: hmariemurray

[vindicatedvirgil]

Hey! I was wondering what you need to study to become a librarian?? Like, which degrees do you need? Sorry for bothering you with dumb questions lol

no don’t worry! no question is a dumb question. (also i apologize if you sent this message a while ago, i was on a zoom call with my friend!)

in order to have the title of “librarian” (at least in the US), you have to have a Master’s Degree in Library Science (MLS) or a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS). a lot of the course work has to do with collection development, programming, research, and IT work. people with these degrees can go on to do things outside of librarianship (you know those title screens on DVDs? they’re usually created by people with these degrees because they understand how to make things in a user-friendly fashion). 

with the way that libraries have evolved over the past decade or so, there’s more of an emphasis on community involvement, technology, and interactive programming. plus those who work in libraries have to be competent in lots of resources for their patrons, from Google Suite to Microsoft to navigating the unemployment websites and resources for parents, homeschooled kids, and homeless patrons. since you need a Master’s for this, and to enter Master’s programs you need to have a Bachelor’s, many librarians have different backgrounds. the most common undergraduate degrees for librarians are education, child development, computer science, english (which is what my undergrad degree is in), and history.

and since there’s so many different kinds of librarians from public librarianship to children’s librarianship, law librarianship and academic librarianship, there’s a huge range of the type of patrons and the type of services you could provide in a career in this.

there’s a huge issue with whiteness and race in librarianship because of the strict rules that librarians have to have a Master’s degree, and a lot of people are fighting to eliminate this rule because it excludes a lot of people of color from the profession, which means that the collections we develop might not serve every patron that comes in. 

if you have any more questions about librarianship or working in libraries or the kinds of things i’ve worked on as someone who works in libraries, please do not hesitate to ask! i love talking about my job and my career path because this is something i’ve been working towards for a long time.

(also sorry for the long response!)

read my logicality human au based around libraries here!

[littlewolflibrarian]

I came over this post, and looked at my own desk...

I also have a couple of books on the floor, and some notes on top of the rat-cage. I’m looking forward to finishing some of the exams/term papers now, so that I can clean this space up - before the last exam...