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As a librarian I feel like it's my duty to ask
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LOVE IS REAL. chuck can see peaks and valleys in specific books sales and every once in a while there will be random instant spike in one book. like tonight chuck gets to nod and think 'dont know what EXACTLY is going on but a bunch of horny librarians are gettin riled up'
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you need a library card
Almost everyone I know doesn't have a library card, and some of them read less than they want to because they can't afford to buy the books they want???? GUYS BIG SOLUTION TIME
BOOKS! Audiobooks! DVDS! Movie/series/documentary streaming services! Ebooks! Video games! Magazines!
Air conditioning! Wifi! Heat! Meeting rooms to reserve! Copy machines! Printers! Quiet safe place!
FOR FREE! FOR FREE! NO COST! FOR FREE!!!
Let's face is inflation is killing us, and you may have had to sacrifice buying books for fun, keeping the heat at a comfortable temp, cancel a few subscriptions. Enter your library card
"I don't have time to go a library" me neither I use the audiobook and ebook app daily and check out digital books and get them on my phone immediately
"I want to support the author" If you like it then you buy it! You don't have to pay up front for something you might not like ten pages in! Buy a book you know you love even if you don't plan to reread it to support the author!
"I don't want to wait for a book" Fair enough then don't, check out the books you can wait for
This world has home, where you pay to be, and very very few places outside of the home that you don't have to pay to be. If you're losing your head and need to get out for a few hours, you have to pay to exist almost anywhere you want to go. Not libraries.
I've gone to libraries weekly, almost daily at times, my whole life and they have never once asked anything of me. They give.
This world takes and takes and takes and libraries give and give and give and you deserve to be given lovely things.
It is not hard to get a library card, for most people. In most places I've lived you need some form of evidence you live in the area the library serves, and I've brought in a piece of mail, a student ID or an electric bill and been good to go. Many libraries also work with people who don't have documentation like this to get one anyway.
Get a library card even if you don't think you'll use it. Because one day there will be a book you really want that your local bookstore doesn't have, but who has it? THE LIBRARY! GO GET IT!
This is a USA centric post, and also goes out to my non-American cousins who taught me that libraries are a beautiful gift and not a given, and we should take advantage of it more often than we do
Get a library card, love yourself
#i know multiple people who love reading and limit how much they read because they can't afford books!#i don't know where you live but i live in a small city and they could totally! be! rolling! in! library! books!#there are very few things i think people are living wrong if they don't do#i don't care who you date i don't care what you eat i don't care how you dress#i do care that you don't have a library card#libraries#library card
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seriously, please support your local library!
Songs used:
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
Library Card by Michael Yarmush from Arthur and聽The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)
YouTube link // SoundCloud link
#arthur#pbs kids#marc brown#arthur read#having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card#library card#library card song#tubthumping#chumbawamba#mashups#mashup#jams#me talking#oh yeah ziggy marley's in there too!#my mashups
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I'm so happy to see libraries working!
I have been on the waitlist for a book for almost 4 months now. My local library system only had one copy of it & that copy does not appear to have come back.
Generally, items can be checked out for 3 weeks at a time and will only renew if no one else is waiting for it. Something must have happened to this book because it never changed status-- did the last person just never give it back? Was it damaged? Was it lost? Who knows!
Today I checked, and now I see the library system has ordered 4 new copies of this book! That's 5 sales for this author, and 4 of those are in part because of me. And it cost me nothing! I could have been impatient and bought my own copy, but at best that's 2 sales for the author if I don't buy secondhand. Not that I take full credit for all 4 new copies, as there are 6 people currently on the waitlist, but because we increased the demand for this title, someone took notice. And because someone took notice, I benefit, 5 other patrons benefit, the library benefits, and the author benefits.
Can I get a W in the chat for libraries
#library#books#reading#book#authors#readers#publishing#writer#fiction#sale#sales#libraries#library card#books & libraries#local library
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#donghae#hannah murray#library card#wicca#ai#snake#harajuku#the carrie diaries#geology#submisive faggot#jason todd x reader#funny#mountain]
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The most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card. -- Michael Lipsey
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The Library Card Museum
Images: 1941 Newark System Charging Card for the National Teachers College Library, Manila [The Library Card Museum]
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Books Unbanned
Just learned about this initiative started by the Brooklyn Public Library that provides free non-residential library cards to teens and young adults ages 13-26 in the United States.
It was inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read statement and is geared toward fighting censorship, which is most often targeted within the teen audience at Black and LGBTQIA+ works.
The libraries below have followed the Books Unbanned initiative. Most offer a special library card that allows access each library's respective collection of contested books. As the available books are mainly e-books and audiobooks, the cards are perfect for use with Libby, a free e-book app that connects to your library.
How to Get a Books Unbanned Library Card
Brooklyn Public Library - Email the address provided to begin the application. (Not much info online.)
Seattle Public Library - Fill out the form at the bottom of the page. Allows access to their e-books and audiobooks. Allows 10 loans (21 days) & 5 holds. Card expires after 1 year but can be renewed.
Los Angeles County Library - Only available to residents of California. Fill out the form on the page. Allows access to their Books Unbanned e-book and audiobook collection. Allows 5 loans (21 days). Card expires after 1 year but can be renewed.
San Diego Public Library - Click the button and fill out the form. Allows access to their Books Unbanned e-book and audiobook collection. Allows 3 loans & 3 holds. Card never expires.
Boston Public Library - Click the button and fill out the form. Allows access to their Books Unbanned e-book and audiobook collection. Allows 10 loans (14 days) and 10 holds. Card expires after 1 year but can be renewed.
If you're over 26 and can't participate but support all of this, consider donating these libraries, donating to your local library, requesting frequently-challenged books at your library, etc. Let's all read something we love this year. 鉂わ笍
#resources#booklr#books & libraries#library card#library books#libby#overdrive#audiobooks#ebook#free ebooks#e books#books#library#books unbanned#banned books#censorship#free books#ya books#ya novels#ya fiction#public libraries#brooklyn#seattle#los angeles#san diego#boston
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My local library here in Clarksville, Tennessee had an open submission for library card art and I was one of the selected options! So if you're a local, you can get a library card with my art. And then you get access to free books, music, movies, computers, language classes, tax services, and more.
Libraries kick ass guys.
#library card#library love#library#dragon art#illutrator#larajeandoodles#art#artist#illustration#artists on tumblr#painting#book lover
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#library#library card#polls#I just got a new one#goodbye library of my childhood hello new city library
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Did you know...
If you鈥檙e a London* Public Library patron, your library card saves you on average $580 annually.聽
* Ontario, Canada London, not UK London.
#Did You Know#Little Known Fact#libraryland#librarylife#london#public libraries#ontario#canada#canadian libraries#return on investment#library card
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Hey, it鈥檚 Monday.
Go sign up for a library card. Idiot.
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My sister got her library card! She's so excited and so am I! She loves reading just like my family does.
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