movallibrary:

We’ve really enjoyed the [regional] Gothic meme going around Tumblr. So much so that we tried to make a library version. Let us know what you think or add your own.

• There used to be more books on the shelf next to the collected works of H.P. Lovecraft. You like to think that they just got checked out. You try not to notice how your copy of the Cthulu Mythos looks thicker.

• Some library cards are plastic. Some library cards are paper. Some library cards are clay tablets; these are the hardest to scan.
• You are trying to do some cataloging, but you’re not sure which standard your records are in. It’s not RDA, it’s not AACR2. It might still be MARC, but what’s the field designation for ancient runes?
• You’re pretty sure that Dewey Decimal Classification numbers do not go into seven digit integers.
• The library programs include Storytime on Saturday mornings, Book Club on Monday evenings, and a meeting for beekeepers that happens only when the moon is full.
• The child who reads the most books during the Summer Reading Program gets a very special monkey’s paw.
• The library has many regular patrons. You assume. It’s kind of hard to see faces under all the hooded robes.
• A patron goes to the reference desk to look for a book on mountains. She is politely informed that mountains do not exist and is directed to the relevant area in the fiction section.
• THERE ARE NO WALLS. THERE IS NO CEILING. THERE ARE NEITHER TABLES NOR CHAIRS. THERE ARE ONLY BOOKS.