See if your public library has access to Freegal Music or other streaming services. You really don't need to spend money to stream music. #Library #Libraries
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*sigh* Hoopla's catalog system is broken. If I click on an audiobook narrator's link, only *some* of their titles appear, as an example. Same for authors. Unfortunately, Libby has a better catalog system but Hoopla has better audio quality. To fix this, download the Library Extension for your web browser and browse Audible. You will find titles neither system appears to have, but this extension finds them. https://www.libraryextension.com/ #Library #Libraries
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So, it's either keep buying more books or become a librarian? 🤔
It's a rare thing indeed to have life present us with two excellent choices 😊
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One more time for international folks, The Gospel of the Public Library, Sightless Scribbles https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250910/ #Library #Libraries
#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.
Ancient History Unfolded
Posted by: Neely Tucker
"The majority of Library’s physical collections are, as you might think, on paper. But before paper was invented in China and introduced globally, papyrus dominated as the writing surface of the Mediterranean world."
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/ancient-history-unfolded/
A fragment of the Egerton Gospel. Papyrus collection of the University of Cologne
This made me happy! I feel like their update is saying, yes yes yes Robert, we fuckin’ get it. Our catalog has bugs. Could you pretty please find a hobby or a man so you will quit pointing out bugs to our development team? Your constant nagging about our accessibility issues piss us off a lot, too! Go find a man or a hobby.
Our team is continually making improvements to the Hoopla app to make it faster and more reliable. This update includes minor updates to the store listing. Thanks for supporting your local library!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hoopla-digital/id580643740 #Hoopla #Library #Libraries #HooplaDigital #Librarian
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
I have to say I feel we're missing a few steps towards an explanation of how "for suppository use only" got in the mix of approprite warning lables 🤔😂
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The Gospel of the Public Library https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250910/ #Library #Libraries
Good news from the #SaltLakeCity Library system. Congratulations to the workers and management. I love the downtown library. It's great to have City and County library cards as you can find titles in one that aren't always in the other.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/02/05/slc-approves-union-contract/
#Library #Union #Labor
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
"This library has every book ever published." (in the UK)
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This *should* be an evergreen link to find me on Libby. I am also on Hoopla too, which is epic! https://libbyapp.com/search/plcmc/creator-1071868/scope-auto/page-1 #Library #Libraries #Author #Authors @bookstodon
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
Happy to see Hoopla buying my books! Or at least agreeing to put them on their servers at least https://www.hoopladigital.com/artist/robert-kingett/11645750187 #Hoopla #Library #Libraries
Inside Switzerland's extraordinary medieval library
By Mike MacEacheran
The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library
Medieval library at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+library
I've just released SharpSync, my pure .NET file synchronization library supporting multiple storage backends with bidirectional sync, conflict resolution, and progress reporting. It is needed for a future project I'm now working on, but I decided to #OpenSource it.
#GitHub: https://github.com/Oire/SharpSync
#NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Oire.SharpSync/1.0.0
#CSharp #DotNet #FileSync #Library
Library-pub, add a book quiz and a non-alcoholic bar and I'm in 😁
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Why would anyone want to be the king if they can be the librarian? 🤔😁
Source: https://www.patreon.com/HotPaperComics
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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.
