#libraries — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #libraries, aggregated by home.social.
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Indie authors must be political
📚 Indie authors: people will complain about you and call you too political, and beg you to stick to writing fiction. But if we don’t speak up and push back, our stories will be banned from libraries, book stores, and online. It’s already happening.
Literally if I don’t get political there’s a real chance I won’t be able to write stories anymore because it’ll be illegal for me to do so.
So I say: write like hell and yell like hell. Because our stories deserve to be read.
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So, funny story while working at my "dream job" at the local library. A patron came in and wanted to check in some late books. I asked how he was, and he tells me that he and his entire family just recovered from norovirus and having the books around was a godsend. "Great!" I responded, then proceeded to sanitize the book jackets with some alcohol (something I always kept on hand). Apparently, the patron complained to the director, which puzzled me. I guess I should have waited until he left. Oh well. Maybe... And, btw, this was right before Covid. I'll bet my actions don't seem so weird after all.
#WorkingInLibraries #Germs #Libraries #Germaphobe #PreCovid #Safety
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"I watched a construction loader pour thousands of books into a big green dumpster. It had appeared overnight, parked behind the library at the university where I taught English." #HigherEd #libraries #edusky #edchat #phdchat yalereview.org/article/shei...
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Found this while job hunting! Seems like it would be a really neat job for an LIS practitioner who works in Virginia or is interested in moving--I'm a little bummed I can't apply myself! It's a Digital Asset Specialist position at Colonial Williamsburg. https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/JobBoard/eb5e9e48-064f-44f4-b09a-99eba614b579/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=0fd2d08b-6bf9-4865-8d89-2b1f4cd14e0a
#LIS #Archives #Libraries #Archivist #Librarian #GetFediHired
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Found this while job hunting! Seems like it would be a really neat job for an LIS practitioner who works in Virginia or is interested in moving--I'm a little bummed I can't apply myself! It's a Digital Asset Specialist position at Colonial Williamsburg. https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/JobBoard/eb5e9e48-064f-44f4-b09a-99eba614b579/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=0fd2d08b-6bf9-4865-8d89-2b1f4cd14e0a
#LIS #Archives #Libraries #Archivist #Librarian #GetFediHired
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Found this while job hunting! Seems like it would be a really neat job for an LIS practitioner who works in Virginia or is interested in moving--I'm a little bummed I can't apply myself! It's a Digital Asset Specialist position at Colonial Williamsburg. https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/JobBoard/eb5e9e48-064f-44f4-b09a-99eba614b579/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=0fd2d08b-6bf9-4865-8d89-2b1f4cd14e0a
#LIS #Archives #Libraries #Archivist #Librarian #GetFediHired
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Found this while job hunting! Seems like it would be a really neat job for an LIS practitioner who works in Virginia or is interested in moving--I'm a little bummed I can't apply myself! It's a Digital Asset Specialist position at Colonial Williamsburg. https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/JobBoard/eb5e9e48-064f-44f4-b09a-99eba614b579/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=0fd2d08b-6bf9-4865-8d89-2b1f4cd14e0a
#LIS #Archives #Libraries #Archivist #Librarian #GetFediHired
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Found this while job hunting! Seems like it would be a really neat job for an LIS practitioner who works in Virginia or is interested in moving--I'm a little bummed I can't apply myself! It's a Digital Asset Specialist position at Colonial Williamsburg. https://recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/JobBoard/eb5e9e48-064f-44f4-b09a-99eba614b579/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=0fd2d08b-6bf9-4865-8d89-2b1f4cd14e0a
#LIS #Archives #Libraries #Archivist #Librarian #GetFediHired
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Michigan City Public Library, public library system in Indiana, USA.
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Michigan City Public Library, public library system in Indiana, USA.
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Michigan City Public Library, public library system in Indiana, USA.
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Michigan City Public Library, public library system in Indiana, USA.
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Michigan City Public Library, public library system in Indiana, USA.
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Wilmington Branch, public library in Wilmington, California, USA.
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Wilmington Branch, public library in Wilmington, California, USA.
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Wilmington Branch, public library in Wilmington, California, USA.
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Wilmington Branch, public library in Wilmington, California, USA.
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Wilmington Branch, public library in Wilmington, California, USA.
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Turku City Library, municipal library service in Turku, Finland.
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Turku City Library, municipal library service in Turku, Finland.
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Turku City Library, municipal library service in Turku, Finland.
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Turku City Library, municipal library service in Turku, Finland.
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Turku City Library, municipal library service in Turku, Finland.
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View Online: #LibraryOfThings – A Critical Component of #Libraries as Access Points to a #Local, #Resilient, and #SustainableFuture
16 March 2026
"The recording of #20 in #IFLA’s #Environment, #Sustainability and Libraries Section’s webinar series is now available below via YouTube and the slides are available on SlideShare.
Libraries lending beyond books exist all over the world but beyond that, libraries can be a disaster resource center, they can lend tools and items to try out before making an investment, they can offer events on how to #repair items—along with the tools required to do so. They serve as places where intergenerational groups connect over yard games and art activities. #LibrariesOfThings provide access to a wide range of items from gear for adventures to essential wellbeing tools. This webinar will share how to plug into this rapidly growing and increasingly connected system of Libraries of Things, both inside and outside the traditional library world, and discover how they can help you meet your goals.
About the Speaker:
#HazelOnsrud is a public librarian at #CurtisMemorialLibrary, who works on community programming and collection development, including an extensive library of things focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. She serves on the international Library of Things Mutual Aid Group, the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the Steering Team of MECollab. She enjoys collaborating with good humans around the globe and was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and a 2025 New York Times Changemaker. Prior to her work as public librarian, Hazel co-founded the #MaineToolLibrary and spent a bunch of time learning from graceful teachers. In her free time, she likes to create things, eat molés and design #Gardens. "#SolarPunkSunday #MaineLibraries #ReduceReuseRepair #LibrariesRule #ClimateAdaptation #BuildingCommunity #CircularEconomy #SolarPunk #Libraries #SharingEconomy #SharingResources
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View Online: #LibraryOfThings – A Critical Component of #Libraries as Access Points to a #Local, #Resilient, and #SustainableFuture
16 March 2026
"The recording of #20 in #IFLA’s #Environment, #Sustainability and Libraries Section’s webinar series is now available below via YouTube and the slides are available on SlideShare.
Libraries lending beyond books exist all over the world but beyond that, libraries can be a disaster resource center, they can lend tools and items to try out before making an investment, they can offer events on how to #repair items—along with the tools required to do so. They serve as places where intergenerational groups connect over yard games and art activities. #LibrariesOfThings provide access to a wide range of items from gear for adventures to essential wellbeing tools. This webinar will share how to plug into this rapidly growing and increasingly connected system of Libraries of Things, both inside and outside the traditional library world, and discover how they can help you meet your goals.
About the Speaker:
#HazelOnsrud is a public librarian at #CurtisMemorialLibrary, who works on community programming and collection development, including an extensive library of things focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. She serves on the international Library of Things Mutual Aid Group, the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the Steering Team of MECollab. She enjoys collaborating with good humans around the globe and was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and a 2025 New York Times Changemaker. Prior to her work as public librarian, Hazel co-founded the #MaineToolLibrary and spent a bunch of time learning from graceful teachers. In her free time, she likes to create things, eat molés and design #Gardens. "#SolarPunkSunday #MaineLibraries #ReduceReuseRepair #LibrariesRule #ClimateAdaptation #BuildingCommunity #CircularEconomy #SolarPunk #Libraries #SharingEconomy #SharingResources
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View Online: #LibraryOfThings – A Critical Component of #Libraries as Access Points to a #Local, #Resilient, and #SustainableFuture
16 March 2026
"The recording of #20 in #IFLA’s #Environment, #Sustainability and Libraries Section’s webinar series is now available below via YouTube and the slides are available on SlideShare.
Libraries lending beyond books exist all over the world but beyond that, libraries can be a disaster resource center, they can lend tools and items to try out before making an investment, they can offer events on how to #repair items—along with the tools required to do so. They serve as places where intergenerational groups connect over yard games and art activities. #LibrariesOfThings provide access to a wide range of items from gear for adventures to essential wellbeing tools. This webinar will share how to plug into this rapidly growing and increasingly connected system of Libraries of Things, both inside and outside the traditional library world, and discover how they can help you meet your goals.
About the Speaker:
#HazelOnsrud is a public librarian at #CurtisMemorialLibrary, who works on community programming and collection development, including an extensive library of things focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. She serves on the international Library of Things Mutual Aid Group, the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the Steering Team of MECollab. She enjoys collaborating with good humans around the globe and was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and a 2025 New York Times Changemaker. Prior to her work as public librarian, Hazel co-founded the #MaineToolLibrary and spent a bunch of time learning from graceful teachers. In her free time, she likes to create things, eat molés and design #Gardens. "#SolarPunkSunday #MaineLibraries #ReduceReuseRepair #LibrariesRule #ClimateAdaptation #BuildingCommunity #CircularEconomy #SolarPunk #Libraries #SharingEconomy #SharingResources
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View Online: #LibraryOfThings – A Critical Component of #Libraries as Access Points to a #Local, #Resilient, and #SustainableFuture
16 March 2026
"The recording of #20 in #IFLA’s #Environment, #Sustainability and Libraries Section’s webinar series is now available below via YouTube and the slides are available on SlideShare.
Libraries lending beyond books exist all over the world but beyond that, libraries can be a disaster resource center, they can lend tools and items to try out before making an investment, they can offer events on how to #repair items—along with the tools required to do so. They serve as places where intergenerational groups connect over yard games and art activities. #LibrariesOfThings provide access to a wide range of items from gear for adventures to essential wellbeing tools. This webinar will share how to plug into this rapidly growing and increasingly connected system of Libraries of Things, both inside and outside the traditional library world, and discover how they can help you meet your goals.
About the Speaker:
#HazelOnsrud is a public librarian at #CurtisMemorialLibrary, who works on community programming and collection development, including an extensive library of things focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. She serves on the international Library of Things Mutual Aid Group, the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the Steering Team of MECollab. She enjoys collaborating with good humans around the globe and was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and a 2025 New York Times Changemaker. Prior to her work as public librarian, Hazel co-founded the #MaineToolLibrary and spent a bunch of time learning from graceful teachers. In her free time, she likes to create things, eat molés and design #Gardens. "#SolarPunkSunday #MaineLibraries #ReduceReuseRepair #LibrariesRule #ClimateAdaptation #BuildingCommunity #CircularEconomy #SolarPunk #Libraries #SharingEconomy #SharingResources
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View Online: #LibraryOfThings – A Critical Component of #Libraries as Access Points to a #Local, #Resilient, and #SustainableFuture
16 March 2026
"The recording of #20 in #IFLA’s #Environment, #Sustainability and Libraries Section’s webinar series is now available below via YouTube and the slides are available on SlideShare.
Libraries lending beyond books exist all over the world but beyond that, libraries can be a disaster resource center, they can lend tools and items to try out before making an investment, they can offer events on how to #repair items—along with the tools required to do so. They serve as places where intergenerational groups connect over yard games and art activities. #LibrariesOfThings provide access to a wide range of items from gear for adventures to essential wellbeing tools. This webinar will share how to plug into this rapidly growing and increasingly connected system of Libraries of Things, both inside and outside the traditional library world, and discover how they can help you meet your goals.
About the Speaker:
#HazelOnsrud is a public librarian at #CurtisMemorialLibrary, who works on community programming and collection development, including an extensive library of things focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. She serves on the international Library of Things Mutual Aid Group, the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and the Steering Team of MECollab. She enjoys collaborating with good humans around the globe and was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and a 2025 New York Times Changemaker. Prior to her work as public librarian, Hazel co-founded the #MaineToolLibrary and spent a bunch of time learning from graceful teachers. In her free time, she likes to create things, eat molés and design #Gardens. "#SolarPunkSunday #MaineLibraries #ReduceReuseRepair #LibrariesRule #ClimateAdaptation #BuildingCommunity #CircularEconomy #SolarPunk #Libraries #SharingEconomy #SharingResources
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On Being a Librarian: AI in Public Libraries: Useful, But Only If We Stay in Charge. “AI can be useful in public libraries when we treat it as a tool, not an authority. In Ontario, where public libraries must take privacy seriously under MFIPPA, the ethical question is not ‘Can AI do this?’ but ‘Should we use it, and under what safeguards?'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/24/ai-in-public-libraries-useful-but-only-if-we-stay-in-charge-on-being-a-librarian/ -
Don't join the book burners.
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Don't join the book burners.
https://piefed.social/c/political_memes/p/2086300/don-t-join-the-book-burners
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Don't join the book burners.
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Don't join the book burners.
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Don't join the book burners.
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Tualatin Public Library, library in Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.
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Tualatin Public Library, library in Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.
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Tualatin Public Library, library in Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.
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Tualatin Public Library, library in Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.
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Tualatin Public Library, library in Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.
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Why Japan has more libraries even though people are reading less
Society Number of facilities up 30% in two decades as they become community hubs Some 700,000 people a year visit Tenmonkan Library, which opened in 2022 in the Tenmonkan business and shopping district of Kagoshima, southern Japan. © Kyodo TOKYO — Peo…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #are #Even #has #libraries #more #news #People #reading #why
https://www.alojapan.com/1490123/why-japan-has-more-libraries-even-though-people-are-reading-less/ -
Why Japan has more libraries even though people are reading less
Society Number of facilities up 30% in two decades as they become community hubs Some 700,000 people a year visit Tenmonkan Library, which opened in 2022 in the Tenmonkan business and shopping district of Kagoshima, southern Japan. © Kyodo TOKYO — Peo…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #are #Even #has #libraries #more #news #People #reading #why
https://www.alojapan.com/1490123/why-japan-has-more-libraries-even-though-people-are-reading-less/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1490123/why-japan-has-more-libraries-even-though-people-are-reading-less/ Why Japan has more libraries even though people are reading less #are #Even #has #Japan #JapanNews #libraries #more #news #People #reading #why Society Number of facilities up 30% in two decades as they become community hubs Some 700,000 people a year visit Tenmonkan Library, which opened in 2022 in the Tenmonkan business and shopping district of Kagoshima, southern Japan. © Kyodo TOKYO — People in Japan are reading fewer books than they used
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https://www.alojapan.com/1490123/why-japan-has-more-libraries-even-though-people-are-reading-less/ Why Japan has more libraries even though people are reading less #are #Even #has #Japan #JapanNews #libraries #more #news #People #reading #why Society Number of facilities up 30% in two decades as they become community hubs Some 700,000 people a year visit Tenmonkan Library, which opened in 2022 in the Tenmonkan business and shopping district of Kagoshima, southern Japan. © Kyodo TOKYO — People in Japan are reading fewer books than they used
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New Tampa Regional Library, public library in Tampa, Florida.
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New Tampa Regional Library, public library in Tampa, Florida.
