Print Published by Laurie and Whittle (1804)

View of the circulating library in the Women's City Club of Detroit building. Bookcases are visible through windows; "Circulating Library" sign over entrance. Elevator on left.

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

Hello, I am a big fan of your Universal Library AU! Question, what happens if Sun and Moon go through those rifts and what would happen if they are not closed? that's all I want to know, have a good day! :)

Oh my I haven’t thought about the au in a while.,,,

best case they escape they have the universe to explore,, worst case if they don’t close it the library gets destroyed and they’ll be no universe to explore… ngl it’s a lose lose situation

I hope u have a good day too :3

This is your reminder to go email your local library head/director to give them a list of Solarpunk books, and ask to see if they’re able to get them in large print and Braille. And! If you have an absolutely favorite book and your library doesn’t have it, either in the mass produced print, large print, or in Braille, you should email the library head/director to see if they will be able to get it in! Accessibility is important, and reading is fun! Share the joy!

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When you pull an item from the book drop and it’s sticky

I GOT A JOB IM A LIBRARY ASSISTANT

Free speech absolutists are absolutely insane. Like I get the principle you’re working on but as someone who has worked in libraries and seen what people can and want to access, I just think we should come up with a rational and democratic way to say “no, you can’t print and present race “science” as fact.” And “No, you fucking pervert (negative), you can’t read Mein Kapmft, cause you’re a “historian,” cause your fucking not! Name one fucking German from the mid-20th century that wasn’t a Nazi and then maybe you can get access that book because you might actually need to read it.”

And I get that right now the right is trying to ban books for talking about LGBTQ people and that it might seem like we just need to say that all information is protected and needs to be as available as possible but what’s the point of having LGBTQ books if we are creating Nazis at the same library? What’s the point of fighting injustice in the library and diversifying our collection if our collection has calls to and defense of genocide as easy to access as books about not being a total pos?

oh. bookoutlet has a copy of godkiller on sale but they ALSO have the anniversary edition of the bone season which i want for curiosity sake but definitely do not want to pay 30$ for. so. hm. I might make a stupid little purchase.

Print published by Sayer & Bennett (1782)

I did the smart thing for my mental health/existence and withdrew from nursing school, but I just applied for a big girl job. Which is kind of scary

Bookmark from the Hudson Circulating Library. c. 1935

Accidentally scared my coworker who somehow didn't see me sitting in the corner. Six years later apparently I am still the library cryptid

This pride month, I would like to come out as heterosexual*

*(sock nudist in a relationship with an eternal sock wearer)

when it comes to job prospects post-MLIS, work experience is equally if not more important (and getting as much of it as possible will help you get a better sense of what your area of interest is). some programs will have a "field experience" or capstone where you can do internships for credit, but those are often unpaid. if i could give my pre-MLIS self one piece of advice it would probably have been to pursue more library jobs during undergrad or take more time before starting grad school to feel out job stuff -- it's been tough to juggle both "resume" work and coursework. also, if you're asking because you're trying to decide on an undergrad major: i'd say definitely don't worry about it! just let your interests guide you. while most people in my program are from the humanities (esp public history on the archives side), there's no prerequisite in terms of academic credentials, and tbh there's nothing that will especially help you besides maybe compsci.

I did make that post bc I was trying to decide on what I wanted to do for undergrad, but I've settled on management and civic leadership which I'm hyped about (and it probably won't burn me out as much as doing a photography degree, which was my original plan!). I'm definitely gonna try to get a job at a library or maybe a museum if I can, but at the very least I'll volunteer at my local library because I've done that over the summers and it was super fun.

thanks for the advice! :D