#government librarian

[minilibrarian]

My room is my happy place and this is my favorite corner.

[californiastatelibrary]

"If we don't have them then we go back to the crappy status quo."

California State Librarian Greg Lucas speaks at the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education on 5/16/2024 in defense of Lunch at the Library (free summer lunches for kids under 18) and free 24/7 online tutoring.

[arrowheadedbitch]

Cassandra: Well, maybe they'll realise that their making a mistake and stop before they hurt anyone and apologize for the error of their ways!

Ezekiel: Cassandra

Ezekiel: They're the government

[booksinmythorax]

This has basically become a "DEAR GODS PLEASE VOTE AND VOTE BLUE" blog, but I feel justified in this because libraries and librarianship depend on not living under fascism. This applies to libraries everywhere, not just the USA.

[archivlibrarianist]

As it should be. ❤️📖

[storybookprincess]

my strategy thus far in life has primarily been to treat every opportunity as a test of how much silliness i can get away with. just taking it all as unseriously as possible. no imposter syndrome, only three year old testing boundaries syndrome

[nando161mando]

[whoblewboobear]

Rmr when Brennan tried to give Gilear the nickname Gil at the table and every time he’d say it one of the intrepid heroes would go “…Gilear-?” That’s me calling Porter ‘Port’ even though it’ll never happen.

[atopvisenyashill]

ultimate hater take is that there are two types of targ nation people, there's the rabid twitter people who think every single targ except like three or four (usually aegon ii, aemond, aegon iv, sometimes maegor and aerys ii) are Undisputed Uncomplicated Heroes Of The Story and that the series will end with a targ restoration happy ending. then there's the targ nation people who think basically every single historical targ was a villain EXCEPT FOR dany and she is not only the Undisputed Uncomplicated Hero Of The Story but will absolutely burn/sack both Vaes Dothrak and Volantis but these will be Good Things because she's killing slavers.

[cuubism]

Librarian!Dream from your cryptid Dream series is actually Retired!Dream who kept some semblance of his power and Hob is still immortal, he's just been meeting Death instead of Dream every century and thats why he isn't as freaked out by the supernatural as he should be, calling the shots right now

who's to say, really....

will I ever confirm what's "up" with Dream in this au? idk... maybe not :) it's much more fun to leave it all vague and hinted at and to let anyone who reads it imagine what they like

[morelikesignificantannoyance]

Absolutely astounded how wonderful libraries are and how most people just.. don’t use them?? Like I’m a culprit of this too, but today I found a new library in the city and I went into this youth section, and they let you do EVERYTHING for little to no cost. In a world where everything costs a fortune these days it was so refreshing to be able to work on my artistic projects and make bracelets and sew without actually having any of the materials?? And read without spending a fortune on it!!

I’m lucky to live in a country that gives its libraries enough funds to at least keep everything running as it is. Many other countries do not do the same. Please utilise your local library if you have the chance or opportunity!!

[minilibrarian]

Seriously thinking about applying for evening law school while working full time as a research librarian…am I crazy or driven? Is there a difference?

[campingwiththecharmings]

applying for a job you know you are not qualified for and, therefore, are definitely not going to get is weirdly exciting lol

[lith-myathar]

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[thebookewyrme]

Library Election Results: The Bad News and the Good News

Good news from Library Elections this spring! And a little bad, but mostly good!

First the bad news: I did not win election for FACRL DEI Officer this go around. That’s ok, although I did want to expand my state-specific service, there will be other opportunities no doubt. But the good news next! I was elected as ALA Councilor at Large! I’m very excited, although also a bit overwhelmed by this. I’ve never won an election for anything before, nor been chosen like this. I’m a…

[archivlibrarianist]

A couple of weeks ago, the ACLU, plus the Missouri Library Association (disclaimer: I am a member of the MLA) and the Missouri Association of School Librarians filed a lawsuit over newly-passed SB 775, that would ban "sexually explicit materials" from schools-- defining "sexually explicit" to mean "materials that acknowledge that queer people exist." It is already illegal in Missouri, as everywhere else in the United States, for people under the age of 18 to access pornography. Additionally, librarians, publishers, and teachers are all trained on how to evaluate and screen materials to help parents find something appropriate for their kids. So this happened: "Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith’s budget proposal, unveiled Tuesday, would cut all $4.5 million in state funding that libraries were slated to get next fiscal year.

"Smith said he’s upset that state and school libraries are suing to overturn a new Missouri law that bans sexually explicit material in school libraries. He said the state shouldn’t subsidize the lawsuit with funding." Rep. Smith: the Missouri Library Association is funded with member dues. *facepalm emoji*