#Library Talk

[deacons-wig]

hey so your boyfriend hasn't circulated since 1996. no, yeah he's only been checked out once so I had to weed him to make room for new materials. he got donated to the Friends of the Library book sale so you can probably buy him there for three dollars. sorry about that.

[bashcrandicoot]

I give him this pass every thursday and he’s finally had enough of me

[bluedelliquanti]

August is a happenin' month for me! I've got no less than 4 events going on in the next two weeks here in the Twin Cities. (More details at my Patreon!)

SATURDAY 8/10

I will be the visiting the Columbia Heights Public Library as part of their Saturday Scribes author series to discuss my books and career as a comic artist!

10:30 am, Columbia Heights Public Library, Columbia Heights

FRIDAY 8/16

As the first event of Autoptic weekend, I will be doing a live reading of my short comic "Little Islands" from the anthology Failure to Launch! Join me and my fellow cartoonists Beth Hetland, Chad Bilyeu, Trung Le Nguyen, Anders Nilsen, and Bianca Xunise as we perform our work in front of an audience.

6:30 pm, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis

SATURDAY 8/17

This is my selling day during Autoptic weekend! Find me at Table 58A, where I'll be selling my graphic novels as well as copies of Failure to Launch and my entire Ghostbusters run.

11 am - 6 pm, Coffman Memorial Union, Minneapolis

SUNDAY 8/18

Panel day! I am moderating the "Queer Identity in Comics" panel at MCAD. Join me and fellow artists Sarah Evenson, Frannie Love, and Xiomar Luna as we talk about our journeys making LGBT+ comic work.

3 pm, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis

[missrandomdreamer]

friendly reminder: if you are looking for any assistance on anything the public library is one of the best places to look for resources or they know who to connect you with to get help.

Our library does it's best to help the community and I'm sure other libraries are the same.

We just learned lots of different resources for our city things I didn't even know existed so it never hurts to come to a public library and ask 💜

[evilneo]

back from the library BTW i went out with a maximum book cap of 1.

so anyway i got 4 books. ↓

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien

ive never actually read lotr LOL i think i watched some of the movies as a kid but i dont rember. excited to read some fantasy after a sci-fi kick! :)

Am I Trans Enough? How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find a Authentic Self - Alo Johnston

i need to read more trans books. PLEASE. also might make my mum read this, she made me read like, 6 articles about detrans-terfism* that were either misrepresented stats or personal anecdotes for why nobody should be trans. so its only fair.

*obviously she didnt pick the detrans ppls experiences that didnt benefit her terf agenda. :/

How to Read Paintings: A crash course in meaning and method - Liz Rideal

it looks really interesting but it only specializes in 15th-21st century western european paintings :p i wanna find books like that outside of europe and at any times, so if yous know of any lmk. also i <3 art analysis

The Northumbrian Pub: an architectural history - Lynn F. Pearson

I LITERALLY NEED TO GET INTO ARCHITECTURE MOREEEE, it looks really interesting and fun :)

[leannareneehieber]

Tomorrow! 6:30PM EST! Virtual! Come hear me talk about Sarah Winchester and her amazing house! Most of what you know / might think about her is wrong and I'd love to tell you all about this generous and inimitable woman!

As I wrote my "Unfinished Business" chapter about Sarah and the Winchester Mystery House for A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, I knew she would continue to haunt me in a unique, meaningful way. Let's talk about it!

Free VIRTUAL event, register here!

[artificial-condition]

There’s a part time LA position open but it’s all the way across the city (which I live outside of already) 😭

I’ve applied for four LA promotions so far and haven’t gotten any due to seniority. If I get this job (which I think I would if I applied) I would automatically have seniority over any clerks applying for LA jobs (since I would be transferring rather than promoting). So I could get this job and have a much better chance of getting any upcoming positions that open up near me

But it’s a 45 minute drive without traffic 😭 and only for a part time position (20 hours a week) 😭

Not sure what I’ll do

[talesfromawannabejournalist]

cool

[deacons-wig]

a very old lady called the reference desk and asked how many uninhabited islands there were in the world. being a diligent librarian i said MANY! and then asked if she was interested in any region of the world in particular because wow what a question, better narrow it down. she said no, that her ex husband used to say he wanted to go live alone on an island and she wanted to make sure he could find one. i told her he had hundreds of thousands of options and she said "good." and wished me a pleasant day and is honestly the most iconic woman of our time.

[bashcrandicoot]

Reminders

[bashcrandicoot]

Making me smile bc at my library we sell used books and paperbacks are $1 and hardcovers are $2

Paperbacks should be $1 and hardcovers should be $2

[thethirdcatmusketeers]

few days ago my friend and i found a cute local library that's very homey and cozy but the down part of it was the access through the place was so bad? it's like located on a quiet neighborhood which can not be reached by public transportation. BUT it is free and the owner slash the librarian was soooo nice to us. also their curated books screams taste chefs kiss i love it

[jakeperalta]

I'm curious. what job would you do if money was no object (you just automatically had an income you could live comfortably on)? including work like volunteering, studying etc. please share in the tags :)

[missrandomdreamer]

Not only that but there are lots of free resources! At our library we provide information about passports (will do passports as well), the upcoming year's tax papers , we also have online resources for free classes, with the use of the library card, genealogy research, wifi hot spots to check out, laptops, seeds for gardening, and so so much more! We are actually getting more classes for patrons that will help with just learning about computers and kind of how to adult but those are still in the works

Our library is basically the place people go to also get directed towards community centers to help the homeless and during the summer we give out water bottles and provide a cool place to get out of the sun

(though granted our library isn't very quiet >> downstairs)

Libraries are so important and we provide a lot of help for the community!

Libraries, dude

Libraries are the BEST. You're telling me I can borrow this book for FREE and I can use the computers for FREE??? You're telling me this whole space HAS TO BE QUIET??? This place is somewhere you can go FOR FREE???

[leannareneehieber]

Darlings! Tomorrow! 6:30pm EST! Virtual!

Do you want to hear more ghost stories & weird history? You can, thanks to the wonderful Monmouth Co. Library!

Registration required to get the Zoom link: Register Here

[august-racoone]

what in the welcome to night vale