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What Is The Library of Congress and What Does the Librarian of Congress Do?: Book Censorship News

By Kelly Jensen May

https://bookriot.com/what-is-the-library-of-congress/

#books #libraries

The Library of Congress, then located in the Capitol Building in 1853.

The grand reading room features high ceilings, large arched windows that flood the space with light, and rows of bookshelves and desks arranged for scholarly work. The neoclassical architectural elements—such as columns and ornate detailing—reflect the period's reverence for knowledge and public institutions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#/media/File:The_Library_of_Congress_in_the_U.S._Capitol_Building_LCCN2010649528.jpg

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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
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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.

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Salt Lake City Public Library, public library in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Public_Library

#libraries #books #map

A photo of or from a library from the linked website, overlaid on a cropped world map where it's located.

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Love this sign on the road up to Dennistoun Public Library in the East End of Glasgow (the building in the background of the photo).

#glasgow #dennistoun #library #libraries #dennistounpubliclibrary #sign #streetart #books

A sign on the road up to a Glasgow public library which reads Caution Mind-expanding Stories Ahead.

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I wish I had public library energy 😁

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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

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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 😁

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#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
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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.

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Behind the Scenes Tour at the Mitchell Library
14 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Free, ticketed

An exclusive guided tour of the Mitchell Library – one of Europe’s largest public libraries. Dawn Vallance, Principal Librarian at the Mitchell Library, will lead a tour of the vast back stacks of the Mitchell, not usually accessible to the public.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the-scenes-tour-at-the-mitchell-library-tickets-1374282378589

#Scottish #literature #libraries #architecture #history #Glasgow #MitchellLibrary

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