I LOVE LIBRARIES - Tumblr Posts
Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.
After work I went to the library, renewed my card, and took out pride and prejudice by jane Austen. I'm so excited!! ššš¤š„³
unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.
I second that, libby and all the free ebook resources you can access through your library card are awesome! I have a card with my local library for libby, and cards with the two neighboring regions for when I want to compare wait times for more popular ebooks.
Also, fun thing I discovered a while back, some libraries let you suggest books for them to buy, and if they approve it the library orders it in to add to their collection and puts the book on hold for you to read as soon as it gets there. So if they don't have a book you want they might be able to order it in or even get it sent over from a nearby library. Which is very cool to me and my non-existent book budget.
I'm almost 30 and still amazed you can just walk into a library and pull a book off a shelf and read it, don't even need to ask anyone, can just sit down and read book for free until closing time. There is nothing that free anywhere else that isn't serreptitiouly religious or requiring registration. that's how stuff should be. Libraries are so good
A question I get asked a lot while working at a public library is "how do you deal with homeless people?"
And the answer is, we don't.
The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.
The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.
99% of the time, the people we need to ban are middle to upper-middle class white people while the homeless and mentally ill/disabled people mind their own damn business and are honestly some of the best patrons we have.