I mean, would it kill you to let Cathy tell you about her ferrets?
#library #libraries #reader #readers #books #book #writingcommunity #ferrets #humor #humour
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“Librarians are being harassed in private Facebook groups. They’re receiving pressure from within and outside the school.”
But bookstores, libraries and book lovers of all kinds came together to fight back against the censorious, so-called READER act. From correspondent Matthew Patin: https://www.texasobserver.org/the-booksellers-revolt/
#news #politics #USpol #Texas #books @bookstodon #censorship #LGBTQIA+ #BookBans #library
#OTD in 1899.
Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.
LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification
Yesterday I started receiving targeted ads based on ebook borrows from my library (San Francisco Public Library). The content of those ads suggested that the targeters were aware of which books I chose to read.
🇵🇷A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.
source: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillLibrarian
#books #library #PublicWorks #WPA #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon
周六睡了个懒觉，十一点才爬起来，随手一搜发现旁边镇的图书馆在搞两年一届的 book sale，而图书馆星期六下午一点就关门了，赶快拉上娃们上路。去到发现又是这家“不讲理”的图书馆，售卖模式竟然是书尽管拿，然后按心情捐款！最后搞了一箱三十本书，捐了二十刀。其中比较喜欢的是下面这几本：
1）浅野一二〇的虹之原 holograph
2）Hans Rosling 的 Factfulness，因为他的 TED 演讲
3）R. Crumb 画的创世论
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Ancient Library in Tibet Creating Digital Archive of Its 84,000 Scriptures.
Tibet's Sakya Monastery is home to many wonders. Founded in 1073, its collection includes some of the oldest Tibetan artwork, as well as 84,000 ancient manuscripts and books.
By Regina Sienra via @mymodernmet
Photo taken at Sakya Monastery Library.
(Richard Mortel via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)
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Getting swag and stuff ready for my Happy For No Reason® presentation next week (July 16th) at the Crest Hill Branch of the White Oak Library District. The topic is “Happiness At A Cellular Level.” I’ll be sharing science-based tips and techniques designed to boost your happiness. It’s free to attend, but registration is required. Info at the link:
https://whiteoak.librarycalendar.com/event/happiness-cellular-level-2524
#happiness #speaker #HFNR #library #chicago #mindset #mentalHealth #author #stress #wellness #SelfCare #SelfHelp
The Theological Hall in Strahov Monastery library in Prague is one of the best historic places I've ever visited. The books, the globes, the intricate architecture, all of it a feast to the intellect. And our intellect could do with some inspiration...
Available with FREE SHIPPING to the US and Canada: https://www.pictorem.com/1961497/Prague%20Czech%20Republic%20-Strahov%20Monastery%20Library%20-%20Theological%20Hall%20.html?iframe=1
#library #monastery #prague #praha #czech #art #buyintoart #history #historic #fediverse
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Know what that is in that photo?
It's a dumpster full of books —mostly LGBT stuff but others too— heading to the landfill.
Know what *that* is?
It's goddamned fascism.
This is what hate looks like.
This is what hate does.
#USpol #USnews #DeSantis #Republicans #GOP #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #BookBurning #LGBTQIA
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2024/08/15/new-college-of-florida-throws-away-hundreds-of-library-books-diversity-lgbtq/74814756007/
#NewCollege of #Florida tosses hundreds of #library #books, empties #gender #diversity library
h/t to @alexwild and @futurebird
📢 New Blog Post: Django TemplateYaks
Thursday morning, I fell into a rabbit hole...
Inside the hole, there was a yak!
I started shaving the yak and only then did I see it was a Django TemplateYak!
A tale of a proof of concept for Class-Based Django TemplateTags
📖 4 min read
https://emma.has-a.blog/articles/django-template-yaks.html
#Django #Library
There's one week to go until the LGBTQ+ editathon at Brixton Library! Learn how to make a quick easy edit, contribute LGBTQ+ history from books and materials, learn about articles, images and other media and help us to rebalance information and build representation.
#OTD in 1851.
A fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroys 35,000 books, about two–thirds of the collection. Between 1890 and 1897, a new library building (Thomas Jefferson Building), was constructed. Two additional buildings, the John Adams Building (opened in 1939) and the James Madison Memorial Building (opened in 1980), were later added.
How many cats do you see? #CatsOfMastodon #cats #libraries #books #reading #amreading #booklovers #library #bookshelves
A Brief History of the Library of Congress
Today, the Library of Congress holds over 25 million cataloged books, has items in 470 languages, and is home to the papers of 23 presidents, a cuneiform tablet, and a Gutenberg Bible.
By Katie Moench
https://bookriot.com/a-brief-history-of-the-library-of-congress/
More information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress
Happy National #library Week to you all! #libraries need your love and support right now, just as they love and support you. #bookstodon
Did you know that the IAEA Lise Meitner Library collection contains more than 1.3 million print and electronic resources? It covers all areas of nuclear energy as well as non-nuclear topics such as international relations, information technology and project management. via @IAEA
Most of the collection is available online:
https://www.iaea.org/resources/library
18th-Century Portuguese Library Has Bats That Protect the Priceless Books Housed Inside
By Eva Baron
https://mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joanina-bats-pest-control/
The Bat, a poem by D.H. Lawrence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60337/pg60337-images.html#BAT
It's my pleasure to announce https://storyseedlibrary.org/ - a #library of #solarpunk #art and story seeds to help you imagine a better #climate future!
Huge thanks to all the artists who shared their art under various #creativeCommons licenses, including @the_lemonaut , @NiwlCraft and @jacobcoffin ! No AI will replace handcrafted art!
If you liked our @SolarpunkPrompts #podcast , the Story Seeds are expanding its concept - soon with more, unpublished ones!
What to learn more about the #fediverse and #ActivityPub? This tutorial (https://fedify.dev/tutorial/microblog) from @fedify is a really good starter. It explains how to implement a really simple #federated server and see how communication exchange are done with AP.
Looking to replace Duolingo?
Your library might provide you free access to Language Learning Apps.
No, not CDs or cassette tapes (when was the last time you were at the library? ).
Actual apps. That you download onto your phone.
My library provides me access to TWO language learning apps that compete directly with Duolingo. Mango Language App and Transparent Language App.
What apps does your library provide?
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-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
We're now in Trakt migration 2.0.
The move by Trakt that triggered Trakt Migrtation 1.0 was understandable, they have to make money.
But in this latest move, messing with grandfathered accounts, no, not understandable.
You just don't mess with grandfathered accounts ever in any service. That's your way of saying, "Thank you for always being with us since the beginning".
My mobile network plan is a grandfathered account, and the network have been trying to get us to "upgrade" to a "better" plan. Ad that's to mention one such.
Even in gaming, grandfathered accounts are not touched ever. If they cancel, that's the only time things change. Why? Simple, the current contract/subscription ended. So, the next time the user subscribe, it will be under the current scheme.
In addition, owners of grandfathered accounts will do everything to keep it. They'll borrow money if it comes to that. You have grandfathered accounts that are paying you but the owners are rarely using it. Compare that to the owners cancelling their grandfathered accounts because it no longer has any value for them.
Just like right now. Many are cancelling because.
Time to move to #NeoDB or #SIMKL
Pick NeoDB if you want to be in the #Fediverse. Or, pick SIMKL if you want free "Pro" just by logging-in at least 20 days.
Both NeoDB and SIMKL combines various databases into one easy to use interface.
