#question for librarians

[skinnyhiker]

Does anyone know what it means for libraries if I use the apps that let me borrow digitally? Like if I borrow the same audiobook over and over because the narrator is wonderful, does that hurt or help, or mean nothing to the librarians?

[queenofthursday6599-blog]

Hey so I've got a question to all the people who work in public libraries.

Would a library accept the donation of like a painting that I painted myself?

I know various libraries will accept like historic works, but the painting I'm talking about is not that.

Because right now I'm making a painting for my baby niece (or at least I'm in the planning phase of the painting, meaning concept sketches, and practicing to get things to look how I want) but the focus of the painting is going to be various muppets.

Specifically those of Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, and Bear in The Big Blue House.

So while my niece is obsessed with the Bear and his house currently, it is undoubtable that she will outgrow said obsession.

Or at least table it until she wants to show Bear in The Big Blue House to her own kids.

The way my sister introduced it to her, as Bear was the Jim Henson show preferred by me and her as toddlers, vs our cousins (and parents) who favored the traditional Sesame Street (though our mom did like Fraggle Rock as an older kid).

Anyways, once she finally moves on from her mental death grip on Bear, be it in a year or five, we will be left with a 2 1/2 ft x 3 ft painting depicting the titular ursine alongside various other muppets, that will be left homeless in the inevitable wake of her disinterest.

So I would just like to know if a public library would likely be open to accepting such a painting to hang in their children's section as decoration.

Or if I just need to go ahead and make my peace with the fact that I will be the owner of some truly massive muppet crossover fan art for the rest of my life if I go through with making this painting.

And it's not like that'd be the end of the world.

I adore the muppets, and the Fraggles being included is an entirely selfish desire. Considering my niece is currently at the age where she finds them perfectly ignorable if they're not singing.

Which is understandable as she is an infant and Fraggle Rock is directed not at literal infants the way Sesame Street and Bear is, and more towards the 6+ crowd of kids.

I just need to know if I need to include this behemoth in like my death plan or not, because I don't think I could sell it considering it's literally fan art. Not to mention I'd feel weird selling it because it's fan art.

[thirdity]

The librarian (if not overworked or neurotic) is happy when he can demonstrate two things: the quality of his memory and erudition and the richness of his library, especially if it is small. The more isolated and disregarded the library, the more the librarian is consumed with sorrow for its underestimation. A person who asks for help makes the librarian happy.

Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis

[sillyturtleenjoyer]

nems from anemoia!tale by @bloobluee!! such a silly lad, bro radiates pure chill. not sure i quite got that here but he does look very dapper (and mildly scraped)

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Your grace under pressure is always admirable, sir."

The Librarians S03E01 And the Rise of Chaos.

[queenofglassbeliever]

[certifiedlibraryposts]

I've moved and want to get a library card, but my id doesn't have my current address and no mail has my name. Do I just have to wait

According to two of my local libraries' websites, they would also accept other proofs of address such as bank statements, utility bills, or rent/mortgage receipts.

That might not be universal though, so I would suggest getting in contact with your library or checking their website to get a more definite answer for you.

[independent-fics]

I know “The Last Dam Job” was a lot of Eliot and Quinn with their hacking counterparts comparisons. But I really would have loved a scene with Parker sneaking up on them and poking each of Quinn and Eliot’s bruises and asking about Eliot’s clone.

[cottagecore-raccoon]

what’s your favourite oscar wilde quote

I've been thinking on your lovely ask all week, funny enough. I'd love to be the sort of person who just knows quotes off the top of their head, but unfortunately I'm much more of paraphrasing person

Still, the one that I keep coming back to is "The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." from the Picture of Dorian Gray. Obviously, any quote taken out of its original context is doomed to be misinterpreted (looking at most Jane Austen quotes-), but I appreciate the second life this quote has taken on in response to book banning

September has a week dedicated to the issue of books being banned, and October is Banned Books Month. Because of my work in a library, fall has become the dedicated time when we all raise awareness about the trouble of book banning. One of the things we did this year was wrap all of our books for the display with descriptions of why they were challenged/banned and then decorated the display with bookmarks that had quotes on the issue of book banning on them. This quote, of course, was one of them

[aardvaark]

the librarians "and the eternal question" (s3e8) watch through:

spontaneous human combustion. i fear the creators spend the same ungodly amount of time going down wikipedia rabbit holes as i do.

cassandra is definitely hiding something about this doctor she wants to talk to… i have been informed (ty to @the-tomorrow-road 😊) that this is a cassie episode and im excited but worried because being the focus of the episode on this show usually means something traumatic as hell is about to happen to you

miraculous healing & bursting into flames? i’ve also been told the christian kane "i don’t like vampires" scene (angel reference) is from this ep so i’m guessing the property owners are the vampires? and maybe turning people into vampires?

oh cassandra :((

everyone automatically assuming cassandra’s hopped up on caffeine lol. guessing thats happened before

oh! i didn’t realise she felt that way about jenkins… seems like she’s starting to be incredibly spontaneous in general though. wait, ha, spontaneous like the human combustion lol

cassandra immediately pulling another woman she just met lmaooo. good for her!

yeah there it is! [jacob looks at his hand] "i don’t like vampires". (poor lindsey and his evil hand. oh well!)

i lowkey forgot that baird & flynn were on a trip of their own. thats cute, they get a lil vacation <3

i love the unsubtle glowing magic back door haha. makes me laugh whenever it’s in plain sight of other people. i mean it’s very brief, so people waking by probably don’t notice or think it was just a trick of the light, but it’s pretty funny that they barely try to hide it lol.

oooh if the vampires are telling the truth, then they’re genuinely trying to help people - and it’s been working up until now! very successfully in fact!

doctor-patient confidentiality once again does not exist in tv world haha

JENKINS SWORD FIGHTING VAMPIRES. hes the coolest person ever. i wanna see all his adventures from camelot to present day, that could be a series of its own. probably a sad series in many parts though…

them all waiting for cassandra at the hospital :(. damn this is probably the saddest/most emotional moment they’ve had on this show i think… the fact it’s a very possible, real-life situation adds to that imo. most of us won’t get permanently timetravelled or leave the ghost mirror (though of course those relate to many real life experiences of grief & loss) but waiting for someone to get out of surgery, sitting in the halls of a hospital… thats all too real.

very sweet to hear baird saying how cassandra is valuable to them regardless of her gift & how much they all care about her - but also glad on cassie’s behalf that her gift came back, as she’s come to appreciate it more & more as a gift and part of herself rather than a flaw or curse etc.

w. uh. hang on. what was that. telepathy??

omg YAY cassie finally kissed a woman on screen!!! confirmed bisexual icon!!!

[characters-at-the-library]

Redoing this poll with more options based on the tags

Had a lot of people talking about donating their books in the tags of the previous version of this post, and I cannot go back and edit it, so I’m dropping a new poll

[boyhood]

Starting a new body of work is really funny because I have to send a lot of emails to well respected scientists saying thing "Do you have any flat polar bears? Can I come and measure their feet? I don't really have a reason yet but also I am a professional okay bye."

[godblessthisfuckingfandom]

Melanie: I was actually a meme, for a day or two. You do know what that is, don’t you? Jon: >:( yesIknowwhatamemeis

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Spontaneous human combustion is a myth, okay?"

The Librarians S03E08 And the Eternal Question.

[queenofglassbeliever]

"I can't do this on my own!"

"You got me!"

The Librarians 3.08 "And the Eternal Question"

[jetcat-14]