Tag: libraries

smallswingshoes:

diplotomodon:

caesiopeia:

tonelessmandarin:

Person with housemates can study.

Person who has spent all their cash on rent and food still has a place to get out of the house and do something interesting.

Cool community classes and community art shows.

ESL tutoring.

Tax prep and forms.

tbh fuck anyone who says a single bad thing about libraries

Not content I normally reblog but libraries are super important and our world would be diminished without them.

The library was how I was able to read so many books as a kid that my parents wouldn’t have been able to afford.

geobrarian:

Hey, so did you know that librarians tend to run liberal?

And that they’re really against censorship?

And that nearly all libraries have policies that prohibit people from harassing others inside?

And that nearly all libraries have free wifi and desktop computers that erase history when you’re done using them?

And that librarians are totally chill with you hanging out all day? (provided you don’t spill things on the books)

And that libraries often have huge offerings of dvds which you can watch on your laptop in the library?

And that libraries tend to have lots of resources for folks who find themselves in distress?

What I’m saying is, if shit hits the fan, go to the library, you’re welcome here.

How much does checking out books at a library help you, the author, if any?

maggie-stiefvater:

Dear yriafehtivan,

Why thank you for asking. If you can’t afford my book, you can check it out from the library without any guilt.

Checking out library books in the U.S. helps me in two ways: I get a royalty from the book itself, and my publisher can have access to solid circulation numbers to let them know what demand looks like. 

Checking out library books in the UK helps me out even more, as the UK has a snazzy royalty that happens each time you check out a book.

But more importantly, checking out books from your local library keeps the library alive. Public libraries need those circulation numbers to continue funding, and I can’t stress how strongly I believe that libraries are a crucial way to make stories and education available to everyone. If you can’t afford a book, check one out — such an act means that you’re helping lots of readers who can’t afford books, not just yourself. 

urs,

Stiefvater

kaylapocalypse:

I think a lot of people forget that a library is a giant room filled with free awesome shit that you can take home and play with, no questions asked. just as long as you tell them you’re gonna, and remind them if you want to spend more time with the stuff.

I think the US library system should have a once a year advertising spree where they just have the phrase

“Libraries. Don’t forget: Things are free in here.”

Posted literally everywhere.

This is so important? Because I have had people come into my library and they are TOTALLY, GENUINELY SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED when I tell them the books are free.

Go forth. Spread the word. Libraries are amazing!

25 Of the Most Magnificent Libraries Around the World – Right from the Pages of a Fairytale

culturenlifestyle:

There is an essence of timelessness when it comes to libraries and books. Even with the modern marvels of human technology, e-books, audio books, libraries have still preserved the atmosphere of exercising and feeding the human mind with rich text and pages of storytelling. These great feats of architecture we have featured below are the integration of great design and the age old love of ancient yellow pages that have the history of the world etched in them.

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