#the main library card catalog

[archivist-goldfish]

The Main Library Card Catalog

My other blogs:

The Library of Paranormal Experience - Art, design, music, general weirdness, and my paranormal miniature photography.

The Library of a Former Bookseller - A catalogue of my library of illustrated books, mostly devoted to natural history, art, design, typography, and other general weirdness.

[detroitlib]

View of the card catalog room, Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Desk and tables in center of room. Label on back: "Card catalog room in the Main Detroit Public Library which opened to the public in 1922. The Detroit Public Library: 125 years of service, 1865-1990."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[faerunsbest]

On the subject of young Rolans very 1st crush

The boy is fair of face with ivory skin and honey brown hair blonde in the sun. Why does rolan know that? He looks away from the boy and back out the window... not down to his books.

Sitting at the library again, sharing a space, quietly with little happening bit for the flipping of pages. Rolan has already absorbed his book, a mind as voracious as his consumes tomes with ease. It seems that is not the case for everyone, the boy across the table huff in agitation before grumbling and looking up towards Rolan.

" You read this last week right?"

He flipped to the checkout card at the front tapping rolans name. Rolan nods once elbow perched on the edge of the table with his palm pressed to his chin.

The boy glances about, pink lips pressed to a thin line, agitation making an ear twitch.

" I don't understand it..."

"Did you read the previous volumes?"

Rolan blinked slowly at him, looking a bit tired. The boy stared up at him perplexed.

"What other volumes?"

Rolan shifts in his seat to stand and collect the books he'd already finished.

" I'll show you."

The boy huffs but follows him, trying not to look at rolans tail while it sways lazily behind him. He watches while Rolan places his books back on the shelves in cataloged order with one hand before stopping in front of a shelf of what appears to be encyclopedias.

"These ones. You don't need to read them all but it helps."

The boys face pales at the number of thick books weighing down the shelf.

" You read them all?"

Suddenly Rolan felt his face flush with warmth. Why was he suddenly so embarrassed?

"Of course I did. But some of it is a bit repetitive so you could probably skip this, this and this one."

He tapped the spine of a few particular volumes, trying not feel the way the boys eyes focused on his hands.

" how did you find the time? Didn't it take forever to read all that?"

Rolan blinked at him, one eyebrow going up slightly.

" I just multitask, read while I'm doing other things. It doesn't take long, maybe a week?"

He tried not to see how jarred the boy looked at his words. He tried not to pay attention to the way he put his hands over his mouth. Clean hands, well kept.

"I can help if you like. I took a fair few notes to clarify parts..."

Ah, why did he say that? Why did he make that offer? He has other things to do...

Suddenly the boy changed, from anxious to outraged. His face shifting from near colorless to pink and red, balling up his hands at his side.

"Oh you're gonna help? Cause you're so damn smart!?"

Rolan blinked at him, not sure what went wrong.

"I am smart, I am offering to be of assistance... or I was."

The boy suddenly shouted at him before slamming his hands against rolans chest, knocking him backwards into the shelf.

" I DONT NEED CHARITY FROM SOME SHOW OFF TIEFLING ORPHAN!"

Outraged and embarrassed, the boy stared down at Rolans shocked expression looking up at him.

" stop staring at me you pronged freak!"

He stomps hard as he can on Rolans tail before running for the door. Rolan yelps, jumping in place, knocking one of the heavier books loose from above him. It falls fast and lobs the top of his head.

Now with his eyes watering, he grips his injured tail and whimpers in pain. A small older woman peeks in around the shelf, gasping at the image he made laying in all that mess.

" boy what happened?"

She wrinkled her nose and squinted through thick lenses at him.

" I'll clean it up, don't worry."

Both of them turn their head at the sound of a loud scream, yelp, and thump.

Rolan sighs heavily before getting to go see what it is. Out in the hall just outs the main library door, he sees the boy scrambling to his feet, bawling while holding a quick forming bruise on his face.

Unsurprisingly there stands Lia huffing and puffing before kicking at the tile.

" Can't be nice to anyone, yeesh."

A few minutes later, they've found Cal and start the walk home. Cal glances up, trying not to see how tight Rolans jaw is set. Lia reaches over and puts her hand in Rolans, unsure how to help. A tear slips down his face, immediately followed by a silent parade of them. Lias hand tightens in his, with his free hand Rolan begins wiping his face.

Cal huffs crossing his arms over his small chest and says firmly.

" boys are stupid anyway."

Now caught quite off guard rolan stares at him, then suddenly can't stop laughing. Lia cracks up shouting

" yea! They're stupid!"

[kumamoto-division]

day in the life: Strange Magic workplaces

Aoba works as a librarian. he is responsible of restock shelves,acquiring things like database,journals and magazines for the library. organize program such a story our for children and cataloging and classyfing all the books. It's actually a busy work for him and Aoba hates people who think or say that be a librarian is something "easy" because isn't.

He also take online classes at the university studing universal literature and chinese history as a hobby. He also take some chemist classes,he mainly study online with just a few of pressencial

When Aoba is not busy with the library he works as a model. He model mainly for brands of goth and alternative fashion, wearing dark and fantasy style. He wear especially women clothes like dresses and tight-fitting clothes due to his female figure. and sometimes he model things like perfume and makeup. He started to model after school and just when he was not busy but since a year ago he models more oftem. Aumenting his fame

Of course that's just in the day because during the night Aoba dress up with a long wig,a masquerade gown and his venetian black mask and he out to made arsons and bomb buildings as the arsonist/terrorist bomber Bluefire but if Aoba is honest he preffer the arsons

Kunio works in Kumamoto's "Starless Theater" a theater well know by the musicals and fantasy dramas but also know for be a restaurant with "show nights". Besides his job there as actor he also helps with the theater props and teaching them youngest actors in rehearsals and perform better, Kunio is also the main singer and dancer during the "show nights" when the Starless is also a restaurant

He also has a "second job" as stage magician. Kunio often do street magic shows, sometimes he is hired to perform in restaurants or nightclubs. He even appeared in TV alongside other magicians like Queen Card of minato and a few of nights weekly Kunio started to host his own magic show online. His favorite type of magic is the horror magic because is the magic that's is the most alike theatre

Kunio also works for The Stella Maris as the group's main assasin know as "M" . He has a huge reputation in the underground as a assasin know for be dilligent and efficient but also very bloody with anyone who is hired for kill. But in the supernatural and mundane is know for be a great blood knight, always looking for strong opponents (humans and supernatural). enjoying of all the fights with maniac glee and sadism. the upper class feel a especially fear for him because "M" is know for his great hate towards them and his no mercy ending with rich ones lives

Natsume is a famous artist with several works in different museums and art galleries. Despite his paints are the most knows he also is very good in different types of art (like draws, statutes and ceramic). He also teach art classes in different universities, high schools and elementary schools, he also teach art to kids in orphanages and charity events

Natsume also owe and works in his mystical items and fortune-telling store named "The Pandora Box". Is a store where he sells items like jewels charms, kaychains and wicca stuffs like herbal inciense, homemade snacks,esscencals soils and clothes dessigned by him. But the store is decorated with his portraits and draws as a "gallery" to anyone can buy Natsume's art works. The Pandora Box is also a fortune-telling salon where Natsume works giving tarot card reading using a crystal ball or tea leafs reading. He acts very theatric, seductive and eccentric as fortune-teller but Natsume is very serious with his power of see someone's past,present, future and memories and is careful with the advices and warning he give to his clients. After all he don't want to made prophecy gods and fortune spirits angry

In the underground Natsume is know and dreaded as the infamous poisoner "Semiramis". He mix magic and science to make effective and very deadly poisons and potions. since the type that just provoke a simple paralysis to the poisons that provoke a very slow and painful death and simptoms. His services are very expensive to the ones who can pay it but Semiramis's services are free for poison people like abusive spouses or relatives

Bonus!: Aoba choosed show a few of images from his modeling works and photoshoots, he surely looks beautiful in all of them

[homenecromancer]

five years after graduating, i finally got around to obtaining an alumni library card, time to go figure out what databases might be useful/fun to me

it took me this long because to do so, i had to physically go to the alumni center, talk to the person there, and then physically go to the main library, in a town where i no longer live that's like an hour drive away. but i happened to be there for other reasons so... why not

edit: lmao apparently alumni straight up are not allowed to use online resources unless they are physically on campus... so while i can, like, search the library catalog, any database that's not accessible to the general public is still not accessible to me. well. good to know. at least i can poke around at research guides and get an idea of which resources might be useful to me if i do get a chance to spend some time in town

[mclteen]

Introducing our new Teen Wellness Kits! Each kit contains resources related to one of seven different topics for teenagers: anxiety, bullying, coming out, finding your direction, grief, healthy relationships, and self-esteem. Inside the kit you will find a variety of fiction and nonfiction books, stress relief and mindfulness tools, coloring supplies, a booklist, and other helpful resources. The kits can be found in the Teen area of the Main Library and are available to be checked out with your library card.

You can view the kits in our online catalog here:

Teen Wellness Kits

[iantimony]

tuezdai

i was thinking about crossposting this to dreamwidth and THEN i remembered that ive been looking for an excuse to make. a neocities website. so. :3 i am going to make a neocities page for weekly roundup hehe

relatedly look at this bizarre captcha i got when i went to make an account. like. any of these fools could be robots.

listening: not a lot of music this week but ive been listening to rangedtouch's just king things podcast! i'm listening in order from the beginning and im at about halfway through ep 8 (the dead zone). i really enjoyed their homestuck reread podcast so when that finished i was like. well. i want to listen to these clowns (appreciative) hang out more. time to peruse their back catalog. and ive been enjoying it so far! i wouldn't call myself a huge king-head, i've read carrie, salem's lot, the shining...pet sematary? cujo? a few other misc king stories. there's a short story about a cat that crawls its way down someone's throat i think was stephen king and that one lives in my head rent-free. so definitely a lot of books ive never even heard of in here, and i definitely haven't read the Big King books (the stand and dark tower, mainly) but it doesn't matter too much for podcasting :)

sidebar, i told my roommate about the podcast and she misunderstood the premise and thought it was like. audiobook style. like they were reading the books out loud. i was like babe the stand episode is less than 4 hours long. do you think it's on like 10x speed. lololol

music-wise, @delta-orionis has some DELICIOUS synthwave playlists that ive been working out and studying to. it's like 40 hours long. go nuts

reading: i went to the library with the intention of wandering the nonfiction section until i found something that looked fun but they're remodeling soon so a ton of the stacks aren't open for wandering rn...i can reserve stuff and pick it up but they're not accessible to the public :( the fiction section is though so i grabbed "the birthday of the world", a short story collection by ursula le guin! i thought short stories would be nice because of my lack of time to properly get engaged in a Book and i was right, it rules. i read the first three or so last weekend when i took myself to brunch at a new tea place on main street (3/5 for the brunch, the restaurant is brand new so there are definitely some things that went wrong - food took forever to come out, i was frequently forgotten, after i was seated i waited for like 10 minutes to be noticed by waitstaff, when i finally got my food the rice was crunchy, etc. i would go back to eat there but not any time soon, maybe in a few months after theyve been open for a while. the tea RULED though. their gimmick is like...travel? airplane? so all the staff introduce themselves as flight attendants, and their rewards card is formatted like a passport book where once you get a row of stamps for a certain continent you get a free tea, and once you fill out the whole book you get another free tea........it's so cute.......) actually now im not sure if it's the location the tea came from or the Type of tea? because that top column goes from japan to england which is not exactly a Region. eurasia????? idfk. still cute

anyways. the short stories. i read the first three ("Coming of Age in Karhide", "The Matter of Seggri", and "Unchosen Love") and really enjoyed them! i never finished Left Hand of Darkness (i will return to her one day i promise) but it definitely wasn't required reading even though the first story was set on that same planet. the next story is "Mountain Ways" which is actually available online for those interested :)

watching: more evangelion, and my roommate put on "cunk on earth" for me and it rules it's so funny. obsessed with her.

making: embroidery progress! about halfway done filling in the headphone cord.

as a self reminder, the task list for finishing this is:

fill in headphone cord

words along the side

fill stitch for hair

color in eyes

add misc hair flyaways

misc: quantum midterm thursday......it's open note so im not as frantic as last semester's exams but still. ah. ahhhh. :(

[apexinnovation]

An IT website typically serves as an online platform for businesses or organizations that provide information technology (IT) services and solutions. The main goal is to showcase their products, services, and expertise in areas such as software development, cloud services, cybersecurity, IT consulting, managed services, and other tech-driven solutions. Common features of an IT website include:

Services Overview: A detailed description of the IT services offered, such as custom software development, network solutions, and IT support.

Client Case Studies or Portfolio: Success stories or case studies showcasing how their IT solutions have helped other businesses.

Product Demos or Downloads: If the company develops software or tools, they may offer product demos, trials, or downloads directly from the website.

Blog or Resource Center: IT websites often include a blog or knowledge base to share insights on technology trends, tips, and how-to guides.

Support and Contact Information: Options for users to get in touch for technical support or to request service consultations.

About Us: Information about the company’s mission, values, team, and expertise.

School ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) System Summary

A School ERP system is a comprehensive software solution designed to manage and automate the day-to-day operations of educational institutions such as schools, colleges, and universities. The ERP system typically integrates various administrative, academic, and financial functions to streamline processes. The key features and modules of a school ERP system usually include:

Student Information Management: Centralized management of student data, including personal details, academic records, attendance, and performance reports.

Fee Management: Automating the collection of fees, generating receipts, tracking due payments, and handling online payments.

Attendance and Timetable: Automated attendance tracking for students and staff, along with scheduling classes and exams.

Examination and Result Management: Simplifies exam scheduling, grading, and report card generation.

Parent-Teacher Communication: Tools like portals or mobile apps that enable real-time communication between teachers, students, and parents about assignments, grades, and announcements.

Human Resource and Payroll: Managing staff details, leave applications, payroll generation, and employee attendance.

Library Management: Automation of book borrowing, return tracking, and library cataloging.

Transport Management: Managing school buses, routes, and student tracking for safety.

Inventory and Asset Management: Tracking and managing school assets like furniture, lab equipment, and IT resources.

The goal of a School ERP system is to reduce manual effort, minimize errors, and provide real-time access to data for better decision-making and communication.

[flutterdevs]

Flutter Widget Catalog: An In-Depth Exploration of Flutter Widgets

Flutter, Google's open-source UI toolkit, has gained immense popularity among developers for its cross-platform capabilities and extensive widget library. The widget library is one of the key strengths of Flutter, offering a wide range of ready-to-use components that enable developers to create stunning and interactive user interfaces. In this blog post, we will take a deep dive into the Flutter widget catalog, exploring some of the most commonly used widgets and their functionalities.

What are Flutter Widgets? Flutter widgets are the building blocks of a Flutter application's user interface. They are reusable UI elements that can be combined and customized to create visually appealing and interactive interfaces. Widgets can be classified into two main categories: Stateless and Stateful widgets.

Stateless Widgets: Stateless widgets are immutable and do not change their appearance based on user interactions or external data. They are ideal for representing static UI components. Some commonly used stateless widgets include Text, Image, Icon, and Button.

Stateful Widgets: Stateful widgets, on the other hand, can change their appearance or behavior based on user interactions or external data. They maintain their state and update their UI whenever the state changes. Examples of stateful widgets include Checkbox, TextField, Slider, and DropdownButton.

Layout Widgets: Layout widgets in Flutter help in organizing and positioning other widgets within the user interface. They provide a way to structure the UI elements in a specific layout pattern. Some popular layout widgets include Row, Column, Stack, Container, and ListView.

Material Design Widgets: Flutter provides a set of widgets that follow the Material Design guidelines, enabling developers to create visually consistent and aesthetically pleasing UIs. These widgets include AppBar, FloatingActionButton, BottomNavigationBar, Card, and Snackbar.

Cupertino Widgets: Cupertino widgets are designed to mimic the iOS-style interface, providing a native look and feel for iOS applications developed using Flutter. They include widgets like CupertinoNavigationBar, CupertinoButton, CupertinoTextField, and CupertinoDatePicker.

Animation and Gesture Widgets: Flutter offers a rich set of animation and gesture widgets that allow developers to create engaging and interactive user experiences. Some notable widgets in this category are AnimatedContainer, Hero, GestureDetector, and DragTarget.

Custom Widgets: In addition to the built-in widgets, Flutter allows developers to create their own custom widgets tailored to their specific needs. Custom widgets provide flexibility and reusability, allowing developers to encapsulate complex UI components into a single widget.

Testing and Debugging Widgets: Flutter provides a range of widgets specifically designed for testing and debugging purposes. These widgets assist in identifying and resolving UI-related issues during development. Widgets like Semantics, TestWidgetsFlutterBinding, and MediaQuery are commonly used for testing and debugging purposes.

Conclusion: In this blog post, we have explored the Flutter widget catalog, highlighting the different types of widgets available and their functionalities. Flutter's extensive widget library empowers developers to create visually stunning and highly interactive user interfaces for their applications. Whether you are building a simple static UI or a complex custom widget, Flutter offers a wide range of tools and components to meet your needs. By leveraging the power of Flutter widgets, developers can save time and effort while delivering top-notch user experiences.

[jpitha]

I turned the corner, walking past the rolling stacks. I paused for a minute and after looking around to see if anyone was nearby, - of course there wasn't - I unrolled it a few turns. Sure enough, it was filled. It looks like rebound journals. I knew some libraries rebound periodical journals into hardbacked editions for preservation, so I guess The Library did it too. The smell of the buckram and leather was familiar, comforting.

Chuckling at the thought of The Library needing rolling stacks to save space, I carefully rolled it closed and continued on.

I had been in what I was calling The Library nearly two months by my reckoning. It was tough to tell time here.

No, strike that.

It was easy to tell time, there were clocks on the wall everywhere. They had that 60hz hum and the smell of ozone when you got close to them which told me they ran on mains power. Where the mains power came from, I never figured out.

Anyway, telling time was easy, but telling the date was harder. Accounting for the passage of time was nearly impossible. I could walk into the periodicals and read newspapers all day, but the dates were... fuzzy. Every time I tried to concentrate on the masthead to get the date, my eyes wandered and I lost focus and would decide it wasn't worth the effort.

No matter, there was plenty to read.

I never got hungry either, so trying to keep track of days based on meals was useless as well. It was nice that I didn't have to use the bathroom, though I did find them early on. Clean, bright, and cheerful, the bathrooms were right there whenever you thought of them.

I think, that's how The Library worked. You just had to think of what you wanted to find, and around the next corner was that section. Want to read some classic 70s Science Fiction? Turn the corner and from Baen to Zelazny, they had it all. First editions, perfect bound, with no dogeared pages. Feeling like a Mystery? It's right around the next corner, with overstuffed chairs and a warm atmosphere.

The Library wasn't just for pleasure reading either. I wandered into Reference, and there wasn't anything I couldn't look up. Between the card catalogs, in their nostalgic smelling drawers, to the computer catalogs, on amber consoles, all the way up to web catalogs in tidy Small Form Factor PCs, I could find anything.

On a lark, I started to search for stuff that didn't exist back home. The Library dutifully provided me schematics of FTIL drives as well as treatises on the best rituals for summoning. It was all there, I just had to read it and learn.

Most of Reference was in cleanly bound volumes, but some of the more esoteric stuff was on microfiche. A few items were even on microfilm, but after I loaded the film backwards twice and rewound it all over the floor, The Library gently guided me towards the bound editions.

I can't say I saw anyone else either, which was too bad. I was hoping to find a reading group, or a book club. I won't say it was lonely at The Library - it wasn't - but I do wish I had someone to talk to while I was there. Someone to compare notes and someone to tell all the amazing things I learned. I'd tell you, but I just can't seem to remember them right now.

I can't wait to go back.

A creepypasta like the backrooms or the liminal pool but it's an infinite library.

It's not creepy. There's no monsters. It's great. It's a cozypasta

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Libraries and Librarians on Film: You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

This film is notable, not just just because it prominently features a library, but because it features the central research library of OUR library system! It features such NYPL treasures and landmarks as our famous reading room, the Patience and Fortitude lion statues, the Gutenberg Bible, the stacks beneath the library where staff members wear roller skates to get back and forth through the stacks quickly (wait ... what?), and the giant walk-in safe where the library keeps its classic pornography collection (wait ... WHAT???)

Needless to say, there is SOME fictionalizing of our library in this film!

Now, if I was going to discuss this entire film, it would take a LOT of posts, because there are so many topics worth discussing. I could share all of the New York City locations that are frozen in time, like the Automat, the last of the old Penn Station as it was being demolished, the "OLD" Times Square (if you know what I mean), and the Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park. I could also discuss the intricacies of the plot, like how a young man named Bernard Chanticleer who works for the New York Public Library feels overwhelmed by many things in his life, including his relationship with his parents, his desire for two different women, and the challenge of living in the same building as an aggressive rooster. Or I could talk about how this film is populated by a very strange cast of characters, including, I kid you not, an albino hypnotherapist with a wooden leg!

Okay, but since I'm NOT going to talk about all of that, let's focus on the vintage NYPL stuff, shall we?

No one will be seated during the gripping CARD CATALOG scene!

BTW, if you're wondering (like I was) what books she's looking up and requesting, WE NEVER FIND OUT!!!

Here's Francis Ford Coppola's credit, over a shot of the book elevator. Fun fact: you're only supposed to use this elevator for books, NOT staff members!

Here's our hero Bernard holding his roller skates, listening to his colleague Raef tell him why he shouldn't ride in the book elevator.

This is a cool shot of the interior of the library's main hall. If you come in through the main entrance on 5th Avenue, look up and you'll see these archways.

Ah, yes. THE VAULT. If the head of the library (I.H. Chanticleer, played by Rip Torn) wants you to go in THE VAULT with him, you should run in the other direction.

FYI, this plot point was one of the reasons that NYPL objected to having this movie filmed in this building. From IMDB trivia:

Francis Ford Coppola was desperate to film on location at the New York Public Library but the library refused because of the scene involving classic pornography locked up in a steel vault. However, Mayor John V. Lindsay was eager to promote the city and prevailed on the Library to change it's mind. This is why Lindsay gets a special thanks credit. The vault scene was eventually filmed on a sound stage.

Now, one of the movie's plot points that is technically true is that NYPL does own one of the famous Gutenberg Bibles. They don't leave it out in the open, though, which is probably a good thing ...

Because this makes it easy for Bernard to steal it ...

And run through the reading room ...

... and run outside with it down Fifth Avenue ...

... and this chase scene continues downtown, right through a department store where people apparently didn't realize that they were being filmed! From IMDB trivia:

The chase through the store occurred at the Mays department store on East 14th Street and Union Square. It happened during normal business hours and used hidden cameras.

I hope that you enjoyed this unusual tour through the yesteryear of the New York Public Library, where some ideas worked, but other ideas were sometimes a problem:

FYI, I can't find any evidence that NYPL staff ever used roller skates to get around the stacks. Mr. Coppola said in an interview on TCM that his older brother told him that "... below in the stacks, the young people who get the books are on roller skates. I don't think it was true." HOWEVER, it appears that this urban legend has some layer of truth, because it was reported in The New York Times that this technique was once employed at the NYU library!!!

If you would like to experience You're a Big Boy Now for yourself, you can check it out on DVD from the New York Public Library. It's available to watch through the Internet Archive, and you can also keep your eyes peeled in case TCM shows it again!

ETA: in case you’d like to get the vibe of this movie without watching the whole thing, TCM has a clip of the first several minutes of the movie on its website! Red-hot card catalog action! Walking through the reading room! PNEUMATIC TUBES!!!!! Plus, some amazing music!

[detroitlib]

View of Music and Performing Arts room, Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Tables and chairs in foreground; shelving with phonograph records in background. Librarian stands at card catalog on right. Handwritten on back: "1954."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[stepphase]

How to watch Disney Plus using a VPN?

Particularly popular for watching audiovisual content across borders, Private Virtual Networks (or VPNs) make it possible to relocate the connection in order to access services that are not yet available in France.

If you're a fan of the Walt Disney Company designs, find out how to bypass geographic restrictions to access the entire catalog using a VPN for Disney Plus .

How to explain the boom of Disney Plus?

In early March, the streaming service reached the 100 million subscriber level, just 18 months after its launch. Available in France since the spring of 2020, the video-on-demand network seems to seduce its audience, in particular with a catalog that is constantly filling up: Disney creations, Marvel films, documentaries, and, more recently, with the Star extension which offers a wide choice of series ... This success is also explained by the closure of cinemas and screening rooms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Forced to stay at home, Disney Plus subscribers had time to discover or rediscover many films. But one of the main disappointments of users is not being able to access all the content offered by this service due to national limitations ...

Why does the Disney Plus catalog change depending on the country?

Depending on the country of residence, geographic restrictions prevent users from accessing the entire Disney Plus library. This is in part because of the broadcast licenses.  Some contracts are strictly reserved for specific countries and are therefore not visible to all subscribers around the world. Using a VPN for Disney Plus allows, among other things, to locate your connection virtually in another country. Thus, you bypass geo-restrictions and you can discover the American or Australian Disney Plus library, for example.

A VPN to discover the Australian or American Disney Plus library. © Cottonbro, Pexels

In addition, certain legal restrictions also impact access to new products. In France, the media chronology defines the exploitation of films after their theatrical release until their arrival on the SVoD platform (which can be translated as " Video-on-demand service"). Currently, the waiting period is 36 months but, with the use of VPNs, the game cards are redistributed. It is the opportunity to discover exclusives before the general public in a way!

How to access the entire library?

To consult the range of content offered by Disney Plus, the process is relatively simple.

First step: subscribe to a free or paid VPN. But keep in mind that the free versions are more restrictive and sometimes less secure… On average, paid VPNs cost € 5 per month.

When launching, you will be able to connect to a remote server by choosing its location. This step allows you to change your IP address and make your connection anonymous and untraceable. This practice allows the Disney Plus platform to believe that you live in another country.

Nothing's easier! For example, by virtually connecting to a server located in the United Kingdom, you will have privileged access to the Disney Plus library. It's all the more interesting to see films that are not yet available in France such as  Solo: A Star Wars Story which was exclusively reserved for Disney Plus UK users!

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[digitaliteracyandlibraries]

Libraries are progressing

When most people think about libraries, they tend to imagine outdated gadgets, stiff furniture, dusty smelly books, and an intimidating staff that wants everyone in the building to be quiet at all times.

In reality, libraries have changed from the typical media perception. As these institutions are including more digital services for patrons to enjoy and creating more activities to incentivize people to visit and hang out in the communal spaces, libraries are "no longer silent" places.

"Libraries provide valuable services for residents of all ages, incomes, and ethnic backgrounds," Johnnie Sue Saylor Hawley states in her article for East Tennessee State University ("Introduction," p. 10).

Prior to her current role as an elementary school librarian, Hawley taught English to elementary and middle school students for 8 years. She earned her "master's degree in Educational Media and School Library Services" ("Statement of Research Bias and Limitations," 13). She claims that libraries "have evolved and adapted to the current technology-rich needs of their patrons" ("Statement of the Problem," p. 11).

For her research in determining "how community and school library services are evolving," Hawley chose to investigate her local community's usage of their public and school libraries in Johnson City, Tennessee ("Statement of the Problem," p. 11).

Library Services in the Past

"[Libraries] were rare and expensive [in the 1730s, thus] Americans had little or no access to books . . . [By the 1930s] the role of the library was a warehouse of books where patrons could choose and borrow a book, and based on the honor system, were expected to return the item before selecting a new one." ("Past: Origin to 2000 AD," p. 16, 17-18)

Books are the main characteristic of a library. They "cover virtually all topics, both fact and fiction" ("Sources Available in Libraries," 22). Libraries also provide other forms of printed material such as magazines, newspapers, and reference materials.

According to Hawley, libraries used to offer patrons a physical collection of items, known as a vertical file, "that contained ... copies of images collected for patrons to ... view places, people, and items ... they had no previous knowledge [of]" ("Sources Available in Libraries," 24)

Card catalogues were a crucial part of libraries, too. These index cards contained "a list of materials" and detailed "where each item [was] located" for the convivence of library staff and patrons ("Sources Available in Libraries," 24).

As expected, this catalogue process was tedious.

Library Services in the Present

"While [disagreements exist] . . . there are four recognized types of libraries: academic, public, school, and special. Each offers some similar resources, programs, and services, but each has unique offerings and specified patrons . . . academic libraries serve colleges and universities, public libraries serve communities, school libraries serve a specific school, and special libraries are created for specific entities such as corporations, hospitals, or even private businesses." ("Current: 2000 to 2015 AD," pg. 19)

Like books, the internet has become an important part of libraries. Hawley states that access to the internet allows "patrons the ability to [receive] information and quickly [find links] to related information" ("Sources Available in Libraries," 23). But, she believes that people have to be aware of how to use the internet "not all [the available] information is reviewed before posted on the web" ("Sources Available in Libraries," 23).

With frequent public use of the internet, online catalogs have been implemented in libraries, removing the need for card catalogues as "this electronic database has made searching for items easier for the majority of patrons" and staff alike ("Sources Available in Libraries," 25).

At my library, there are four computers stationed throughout the building that only display our county's library catalog. Not only do these computers grant patrons the independence to search for their own materials, but it allows staff on the floor to quickly research an item or it's location when we are stopped by a patron.

Library Services in the Future

"Libraries have the luxury of time to reinvent themselves . . Librarians have realized that their role is more about connecting learners and helping them construct knowledge rather than simply house sources . . . the library would be a louder place full of people working, talking, and learning where there are no preconceptions of physical barriers and where curiosity is encouraged." ("Projected Future...," p. 28, 29, 30)

In the section of Hawley's projections for future library services, she details libraries utilizing their available spaces in the building, access to video games, new technologies, 3D printers, e-books, introductions of learning centers and makerspaces, and a new library classification system.

Hawley wrote her article in 2016, and it is fascinating that her future ideas are commonplace in libraries today.

Some libraries have video games that can be checked-out, but my library does not. Instead, we have multiple consoles available for patrons to use during open hours. We also have a 3D printer that is used often (especially when it's not overheating). There are several areas in our library that are meant for prolong time such as a kid's playroom, a teen hang-out spot, study rooms, and several tables and private desks for people to hang out or work.

My library still relies on the Dewey Decimal System, but there are several libraries that are transitioning to genre-based classifications as this allows patrons easier browsing for books they might enjoy.

Hawley mentions a several perspectives on the removal of the Dewey Decimal System, and she agrees that "they key factor [should] always be the patron" ("New Organization...," 41).

"Libraries cannot only become a resource for ... new technologies but also must be the ones to help the public learn how to best use these devices" ("Makerspaces," p. 32).

Source: Johnnie Sue Saylor Hawley in "The Evolution of the Library Media Center: A Study of the Past, Current, and Projected Future of Library Services Available in Johnson City, Tennessee."

[iowacitypast]

Card catalog in Main Library, The University of Iowa, 1970s

Creator: Kent, Frederick W.

Source: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Aictcs_17813

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Librarian Idyll - May 2022

Librarian Idyll is a game myself and a few others are developing where you are a mage who has been task with building and running a magical library in a small town.

Finally wrapped up Pre-Alpha 4.5 a couple days ago, and decently happy with out it turned out. It has featured an overhaul of the backend of the dialogue system, along with new graphics for dialogue and the core conversation menu.

I’m not 100% of these still - will do more tweaking when I go in and add animation and transitions to the various UI elements.

Expanding on the new summaries of books in the new catalog card popup format I showed last check-in here, the game finally supports fully readable books as well, which while not super relevant to gameplay, really needed to be included in a game about a library.

Looking towards 4.6 now (in a few days once I rest enough so my girlfriend stops wagging her finger at me disapprovingly), I’m focusing on three main features: Renown System - Depending on the size of the library's collections, you'll gain renown. This is used to purchase services from the Council of Bibliomancy, such as ordering books from the archives, having the Council promote your library so it gets more visitors from abroad, and later on, acquiring additional specialized staff to help with library operations as it grows (things like additional librarians - jobs like gardening and general housekeeping will be filled by locals you hire). As you grow the library, you will also increase in library rank based on your renown, which will unlock more features of the library, increase your regular funding, more things you can acquire from the CoB, and attract more scholars and other visitors. End of Day Screen - Your character doesn't end the day by going to sleep - they're closing up the library and wrapping up whatever records are there for the evening. When the player ends the day, instead of just fading to black and coming back at the end of the day, it will show the general notes on what happened the day - changes to library's funds, additions to the library's collection, any unread mail that came in during the day, any notable visitors that came by today (as well as collecting any patronage they left) and so on. Mail - The player needs to be able to receive stuff they get from the Council of Bibliomancy, as well as receive letters from people in town, people who came to town in the past, and contacts/friends back in Layan. There's not as much to say - it's a mail system. It'll be delivered to the library's front desk for the bibliomancer to pick up.

I’m fairly confident that I’ll be able to get these done in the month I try to aim for in each update - only went 2 days over for 4.5! - and in fact I might end up adding some more smaller things on top of these once they’re squared away.