#savelibraries

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People Power Is True Power. #advocacy #peoplepower #people #savelibraries #savelives (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpf6OiYvCnI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[heartsdesire456]

If anybody ever doubts why libraries are one of the most important things in our society, this is what's waiting outside as I leave: several of these vans picking up children that we're here for story time to take them home, and as they're housing authority vans, it's poor children who probably would otherwise not be able to read enough and enrich their little minds. Libraries are one of the last institutions in American society that doesn't require money. Wealthy or homeless, every library patron gas the same opportunities to better themselves. #savelibraries https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4kWCtHVmd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7h16mrumb6l9

[lisaannejenkins]

#Repost @nshuklawhaaat (@get_repost) ・・・ Those @unbounders and those @penguinrhuk guys are donating all the leftover hardbacks of #thegoodimmigrant to school libraries across the UK. Here's how to claim one. Tell a librarian. X #books #bookstagram #authorsofinstagram #nonfiction #savelibraries #teachers #thegoodimmigrant #freecopies #fortheloveofbooks

[dizzielibrarian]

I usually don't do political posts, but libraries are in danger of losing all federal funding. This is something I cannot abide. Everyone should have free access to information. Everyone has a right to educate themselves. Libraries need funding to be able to provide the best materials and services for everyone in the community they serve. Speak up! Let your voice be heard! #loveyourlibrary #saveimls #savelibraries

[marian-the-librarian]

When you introduce yourself as a librarian at a dinner party — as I have been doing for my whole adult life — you usually receive one of two responses: either the dreaded “But wait … aren’t libraries, like … dying? Because of Google?” or the well-intentioned, but gently incorrect “You must love books, huh?” It’s not that librarians don’t typically love books — most of us do! But our (not even remotely dead) profession’s true backbone isn’t mere bookishness — it’s a near-pathological enthusiasm for helping people. And, contrary to the frequent reports of our demise at the hands of Google, Americans need the help libraries and librarians supply more than ever now. When previously, librarians were needed to answer questions as simple as “Did Jules Verne write Alice in Wonderland?”, the problems we’re needed to tackle now are much more complex, like what can we do to bridge “the word gap” between poor toddlers and their wealthy peers, or how can we bring broadband service to rural communities that otherwise lack access?

from the article by MARGARET H. WILLISON, “What Donald Trump Doesn't Understand About Libraries”

[jnpaquet]

Sit-in at Carnegie Library to keep it open.

One of my favourite libraries in the UK, Herne Hill's Carnegie Library, is being occupied by some local residents to halt its closure by London’s Lambeth Council.

"It will have a neighbourhood library service, health and fitness facilities (when it reopens in 2017)," a spokesman for Lambeth Council said.

What the Council means by:

- "Healthy Living Centre" is a gym which has a lounge.

- "Neighbourhood Library" is a self-service facility in the gym's lounge offering "a small selection of books," Wi-Fi access and computers.

In other words a "neighbourhood library" would not be a library.

(Lambeth Council Culture 2020 Report, as nicely explained by The Friends of Carnegie Library)

We are here talking about a beautiful Grade II listed building, built in 1906, that has hosted a public library for 110 years and that the council now wants to “transform” into a gym (?!?!) Absolutely revolting!

I was invited to read some of my books to the local children at the Carnegie Library during my UK Book Tour 2013 and I just loved the architecture, the style and the spacious rooms. What a lovely place!

I do hope the Council will think again about its plans for the library and not destroy this beautiful cultural hub to create a gym instead!

Don’t let Lambeth Council take away a fabulous place for children and adults to read and enjoy reading.

Don’t hesitate to show your support to The Friends of Carnegie Library.

#SaveLibraries

I was invited to read some of my books to the local children at the Carnegie Library during my UK Book Tour 2013.

Reading some of my books with one of my characters, The T-RRIBLE, at the Carnegie Library, during my UK Book Tour 2013.

The T-RRIBLE showing he too is against the closure of the Carnagie Library. 

[notenoughthumbs]

Once upon a time in the future...

[mchronister]

How did I miss this? It's a brilliant idea for a pro-library campaign and the video brought a tear to my eye.