Eggplant.place

1y

A bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.

#libraries #education #books #librarians #theocracy

AMERICA’S MOST WANTED LIBRARIANS
A series of Western-style wanted posters

“Broken Spine Barb” checked out Judy Blume and Toni Morrison titles to a 16-year-old

“Due Date” Donny placed art history book containing nudity where an 8th grader might glimpse it

“Reference Desk Annie” Notorious information dealer and fact smuggler

Sergio “The Circulator” Attended gathering of American Library Association militants

ALT

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

157d

Brewster Kahle, the internet’s librarian

Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, housed in a former San Francisco church with Greek columns that echo the ancient Library of Alexandria, discusses his three-decade mission to preserve humanity’s digital knowledge and culture. via @internetarchive

https://www.californiasun.co/podcast/brewster-kahle-the-internets-librarian/

Well done @brewsterkahle !!

#digital_library #librarians #publicdomain

ALT

4 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

154d

* "When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons' borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.

* We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason."

#Libraries #Librarians #Rwsist #Politics #Anarchist
1/6

The image shows a tweet thread by Jennifer Goodland, discussing the Patriot Act and its impact on libraries. The main subject of the image is the author's discussion of the Patriot Act and its effects on libraries.

ALT

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

90d

A Celebrated Librarian’s Concealed Life

Known as the “soul of the Morgan,” Belle da Costa Greene established the Morgan Library & Museum’s collection and lived as a “passing” Black woman in the early 20th century.

By Alexandra M. Thomas

https://hyperallergic.com/1001007/celebrated-librarian-belle-da-costa-greene-concealed-life-morgan-library/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Scholars%20Boycott%20Columbia%20University&utm_campaign=D040725

#librarians #publiclibrary

Black-and-white portrait of Belle da Costa Greene seated indoors, holding papers in her lap.

She wears a dark dress with a large white collar and a decorative hat or headpiece.

Light filters in through tall windows behind her, and a potted plant adds a graceful touch to the setting.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

68d

A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All'

by David Bianculli

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380803/free-for-all-library-documentary-pbs

#library #bannedbook #librarians

Artistic Rendering of the Library of Alexandria, based on some archaeological evidence.

The building is depicted with classical Greco-Egyptian design elements—tall columns, marble facades, and ornate friezes.

The scene shows the interior, with long, vaulted halls lined with wooden shelves, niches filled with scrolls, and skylights that bathe the room in warm light.

Scholars, scribes, and philosophers in flowing robes move through the space—engaged in reading, debating, or writing—evoking a vibrant intellectual culture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#/media/File:Ancientlibraryalex.jpg

ALT

2 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

51d

Library-pub, add a book quiz and a non-alcoholic bar and I'm in 😁

@libraries @librarians @bookbubble @bookstodon @humour

#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
#Repost #From #Old #Account

Post by iconawrites

It would be fun if public libraries were well- funded and open in the evenings and we built a culture where it’s normal to gather at the library after work and browse the shelves and chat about the latest books and read the Saturday night away.

ALT

5 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

31d

I wish I had public library energy 😁

@libraries @librarians @bookbubble @bookstodon

#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

Post by Jonathan Edward Durham

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is *all* the knowledge, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

ALT

9 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

41d

Yes, I know I've posted this before, but I really want one 😊
Public libraries could make this the door to their reading areas, then I could try it, get sick of it, and not be bothered 😁

@libraries @librarians @bookbubble @bookstodon @humour

#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
#Repost #From #Old #Account

A picture of a book case that opens into another library.
Caption:
Some dream of fame.
Some dream of traveling to space.
I dream of having a secret door in one library that leads to another hidden library.

ALT

13 1 1 View Post & Replies See Original

13d

#CallForPapers for #OnlineConference: Thinking of the Children: #BookBans, #Censorship, and #Literature for Young People

For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from #scholars at all career stages, from #librarians and #archivists, and from #teachers at all levels, to consider #BookBanning and censorship of literature for young people, past and present.
#YALit #YA #Resist #CFP #Books

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people

Edited 13d ago

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original