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Today's actions supporting the #library:
* requested 3 books to be added to library circulation
* put a hold on CONCLAVE (the pope movie)
* donated
* shared 10 Ways to Help
To Do Items:
* write to request renewal of passport program
10 Ways to Help the Library: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Womiwp1MIoCZMwN2Zn121sJjYXkRIs_a/view
The Toronto Public Library website is still having issues. I can’t log on to see the digital materials I’ve borrowed.
Is anyone else having this same issue?
"Feels like false authority and we get beat up and paid for the jobs we held 4 years ago… not the psychological Wild West we are and have been navigating. Libraries before and after are not dying, but they are NOT the same." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #Library
Hiring Librarians · “Managers like me are not equipped to lead so many people with mental health concerns on both sides of the desk”
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New and in English:
If you're new to the LMU, you'll want to know how the University Library can help you in your studies. 
In this short webinar you'll find out how to find e-media, how to borrow books, and much more - all in a nutshell.
: Wednesday, April 23 2025: 2.15 - 3.15 pm, the training takes place online as a webinar
More information here:
https://www.ub.uni-muenchen.de/kurse/studierende/librarybasics1/index.html
#ublmu #study #education #college #library #librarybasics #workshop #librarystudies #books #online #zoom (...)
I'm not sure how they decided on the "for suppository use only" recommendation, but who am I to argue with librarians? 
@libraries @librarians @bookbubble @bookstodon @humour
#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
Librarians are dangerous: A public service announcement by Brad Montague
Dear Enthusiasts,
I write to you today as a concerned citizen. Many aren’t brave enough to say it, but the time has come. So, I will say it:
Librarians are dangerous.
(Dramatic music should be playing in your head right now.)
You thought they were just keepers of the quiet. Guardians of the “shhh.” The ones who handed you a dusty book and pointed to a beanbag chair.
Wrong.
Sala Rusconi
In the Archiginnasio there is a room called the Sala Rusconi. Named after Pietro Giacomo Rusconi (1865-1916), it contains many rare and valuable books and manuscripts which were collected by him. These were donated to Bologna after the death of his wife Luisa Verzaglia in 1919 - as the couple had not had any children. You unfortunately cannot go into the room now but you can peek through the iron bar door from the Sala Stabat Mater.
The portrait you see over the door is Rusconi himself.
I wanted to give the photo the feel of an old-fashioned illustration to compliment the treasures and antiquities in this library.
(Per quelli che sanno un po' di dialetto bolognese, non trovate un po' ironico che ci sia una sala così piena di saggezza e storia e si chiama... Rusco... ni.)
#photography #amateurphotography #painting #books #history #library #corridor #bologna #travel #lighting #dark #moody #knowledge #manuscripts #theatre #science #portrait #collection #architecture #italy #italia #citta #old #illustration #retro #university #urbanarchitecture #travel #europe
In the Archiginnasio there is a room called the Sala Rusconi. Named after Pietro Giacomo Rusconi (1865-1916), it contains many rare and valuable books and manuscripts which were collected by him. These were donated to Bologna after the death of his wife Luisa Verzaglia in 1919 - as the couple had not had any children. You unfortunately cannot go into the room now but you can peek through the iron bar door from the Sala Stabat Mater.
The portrait you see over the door is Rusconi himself.
I wanted to give the photo the feel of an old-fashioned illustration to compliment the treasures and antiquities in this library.
(Per quelli che sanno un po' di dialetto bolognese, non trovate un po' ironico che ci sia una sala così piena di saggezza e storia e si chiama... Rusco... ni.
)#photography #amateurphotography #painting #books #history #library #corridor #bologna #travel #lighting #dark #moody #knowledge #manuscripts #theatre #science #portrait #collection #architecture #italy #italia #citta #old #illustration #retro #university #urbanarchitecture #travel #europe
ENL Conversation Group: An English language practice group for adults
Sunday, April 27: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Carmel Clay Public Library
Carmel, Indiana
https://carmelclaylibrary.org/event/12619832
new stuff this long weekend:
1. two coffee cups, handmade, sold by the public library, besides books the public library also has seeds, so the quote makes double sense
2. the board game Finspan, a fish version of Wingspan, it 20% simpler than the original Wingspan, plays differently enough to pay for it
I'm pretty open about being a #librarian fanboy. They're super heros. They really are. And my librarian she says what they're doing now is using Hoopla for access to some of those titles because Hoopla is a private company that holds their own collection and referring people there. The government can't regulate that and Hoopla sells by access not by title. So it's all or nothing. But they still hide things. I know where they are 
#books #library https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads
The Guardian · Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
#bloomscrolling #tree #Library #Iowa
Somewhere behind that flowering crabapple is a library. The sign says so.
#Librarians are dangerous - The Enthusiast by Brad Montague
Not in a “leap-out-of-the-shadows” kind of way. More in a “mercenaries of media literacy-knowers of where things are - masters of organized rebellion” way.
…
Let me be clear: these modern librarians are not the nostalgic memory you may have of a woman with a bun & a stamp. Today’s dangerous librarians are much more. They are part educator, part tech wizard, part data analyst, & part myth-slayer.
#library #ala
https://bradmontague.substack.com/p/librarians-are-dangerous
The Enthusiast by Brad Montague · Librarians are dangerous.
I'll never get tired of Helsinki Central Library Oodi. It was built as a present to people when Finland turned 100 a couple of years ago. It's across from the parliament so the power keepers would not who they work for. It has 3D printers, lazer cutters, sewing machines, instruments, audio and music studios, workspaces, and of course, a ton of books, all free to use and borrow with your library card. It's such a treat, so awesome values (the first picture is from the stairs where they have written who is welcome to Oodi - everyone), great symbolism, and neat things to do. And exceptional architecture!
#Helsinki #oodi #centrallibraryoodi #library #libraries #Finland #equality
#Helsinki #oodi #centrallibraryoodi #library #libraries #Finland #equality
#NowReading: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism
by Cory Doctorow
A tour of the last 30 years of #DigitalRights battles & the history of American monopoly - and where the two intersect. Through a deeply compelling & highly readable narrative, #Doctorow makes the case for breaking up Google, Facebook, Amazon, & Apple as a means of ending #SurveillanceCapitalism
Find a copy at your local #library or read it online:
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24243008W/How_to_Destroy_Surveillance_Capitalism?edition=key%3A/books/OL46610513M
Rare Catholic prayer book printed in 1596 uncovered at McMaster University had librarian 'freaking out'
Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, #McMasterUniversity Libraries' distinctive collections cataloguing librarian, uncovered a rare book titled Officium beatae Mariae virginis, which translates to The Book of Hours of the Virgin Mary, published by #PlantinPress in 1596.
#Library #Librarian #Book #Books #RareBooks #History #PrayerBooks #HamiltonOntario
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-mcmaster-university-rare-book-of-hours-1.7511938
CBCRare Catholic prayer book printed in 1596 uncovered at Canadian university had librarian 'freaking out' | CBC NewsRuth-Ellen St. Onge was checking books for an upcoming exhibit at McMaster University Libraries' archives that will showcase a variety of texts published by the Plantin Press, when she came across a rare book printed in 1596.
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Look at the gorgeous view from the #library!
Today’s #library passport score comes with a gorgeous view! And two lovely librarians that let me chat them up. <3
Libraries are under attack, and they provide incredible value to the community, prefiguring a #solarpunk future while safeguarding knowledge for everyone. Visit/support yours!
God fredag! Today I am going to take my name change order and go get my name changed on the most important document! My #library card! The librarians will be so excited since they helped print and scan and organize and all that.. being my nice little secretaries and cheerleaders. #books #librarians