#saveourlibraries — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #saveourlibraries, aggregated by home.social.
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“I go to the studio in the library and I’m asking you, please don’t cut our hours or employees. Please don’t take our safe space.”
Libraries offer more than books, they are community safe spaces.
Sign the petition to save the library.⬇️
www.lbplfoundation.org/petition/
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@BenjaminHCCarr This is such an important issue! 📚 Libraries have always been a cornerstone of knowledge and accessibility, and it’s concerning to see potential barriers to digital lending. We need to advocate for a future where everyone can access information freely! Let’s hope for a positive outcome that supports our libraries and their mission! 🙌 #SaveOurLibraries #DigitalAccess
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Fund for Library Set Ablaze by Rioters in Liverpool Raises Over $250,000 for Books and Repairs https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fund-for-library-set-ablaze-by-rioters-in-liverpool-raises-over-250000-for-books-and-repairs/ #libraries #SaveOurLibraries
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Quote from the article:
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Cobb County, with 106,000 students, said Tuesday that 20 libraries had contained “Flamer” by Mike Curato or “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews, or both. “Flamer” is a graphic novel about a boy who is discovering he is gay and how he is treated at summer camp. “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” contains some discussion of sex and a lot of profanity, but is mainly about two high school boys who befriend a girl dying of cancer. Both were among the most challenged books of 2022, according to a list published by the American Library Association.
""""One of the most important jobs of public schools is to teach children how to protect our democracy from religious zealots and fascists and others who use well known strategies to threaten all that is truly good in life, like love and compassion. And that's why these authoritarian types work overtime to dismantle public education.
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#Hachette Book Group, Inc., #HarperCollins Publishers LLC, #JohnWileyAndSons, Inc., #PenguinRandomHouse LLC are trying to restrict your right to access information by attacking the #InternetArchive in the courts.
You know what to, don’t you me hearties!? 🏴☠️
Yea we should sail ships to their offices, grab the ceos and make them walk the plank, in case anyone was thinking I was suggesting acquiring their books illegally. 🙄
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As a mum of twins on a low income whose partner is a librarian, I have spent years telling anyone who will listen of the huge social and health value that libraries bring to communities beyond being a building full of books.
It’s great to see that finally financially quantified…and a bit proud it’s #UEA in #Norwich carrying out this research!
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#NYC Mayor Adams called off his latest round of budget cuts for #libraries, which would have forced #publiclibraries in NYC close many of their branches on weekends. But the #libraries still face another $36 million in #budgetcuts from other, previously announced #austerity moves by #CityHall. #SaveOurLibraries #PublicLibraries are a #publicTrust #access to #education #books #ebooks #internet #referenceservices #librarians #knowledge #learning #safePlaces
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The banning and removal of books from libraries, and the privateization of libraries entirely, across the country, is one of the most disturbing turn of events since the rise of anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers during the pandemic. Suffering and oppression flourish when a country’s people forget the attrocities of the past. The GOP war on facts may not be as severe in Virginia thanks to the Senate being in friendly hands but individual counties and cities still have a lot of leeway to decide what books people have access to. Let’s rally to #SaveOurLibraries!
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” #bookBans #censorship #blackhistory #lgbtqia #transrights
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@dangillmor attacking public libraries will not end well. We need these institutions. They provide a wealth of information. I guess that's why the right wingnuts want them gone. #library #saveourlibraries