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glendover · 7 months ago

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people who have a library card I hope you know how hot you are. *seductively leans in closer* come here and tell me about all the books you’ve checked out

#I’m so real #only pretty and smart people own a library card #and I want to know what you read!!!#personal #library #working at a library #booklr

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deadlypoetacademia · 2 months ago

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jakeperalta · 10 months ago

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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 :)

#under this premise part time work is valid too!#personally i think i'd probably study. maybe do another masters maybe part time across two years this time #if i were to do a job job i think i'd try out working in a library (ideally an academic library). which would technically be more studying #since i'd need to get a library qualification first #i'm just very curious what people would choose if it was purely a choice of what appeals to you over the practicality/necessity #talking

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euphonious-night · 7 months ago

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my library is undergoing renovations. it sucks, it's miserable, everybody's unhappy with admin, there's a bunch of poor decisions being made.

anyway. Saturday before the interior closed for a week.

I spot a woman wandering in the area under construction. "ma'am, I think you want the area of the library that isn't under construction!" she's looking for the bathroom. "you should put signs up so you don't have to talk to clients like they're stupid." [we have a sign up in front of the door. it is obviously an area under construction.]

she goes up and uses the bathroom, then comes back down, gets on a computer. I'm talking with a coworker. this loud, 5-7 second long bugle call text notification alarm goes off. I say, "Charming." she whips around to look at me; I'm looking off to the side.

I was tired that day.

#library #working at a library #i just work customer service #we like to joke that our patrons are illiterate

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july-19th-club · 2 years ago

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seriously have been thinking about this all night long. call me autistic but the fact that 90% of workplaces the point is not to get your work done and then be done doing it but to instead perform an elaborate social dance in which you find something to do even when you're done doing everything you need to do in order to show your fellow workers that you, too, are Working . because you are at Work . disgusting why cant we all agree that if there is no work immediately to be done. we just dont do anything

#i personally like to not be doing things constantly at all times. it stresses me out #i know there are ppl who thrive on cosntant activity #but me i like to chill out.#and the problem then becomes that i only ACTIVELY remember to do work and Find More Work To Do when im stressed #at the thought that others might want to see me working #if im ever relaxed i just dont look for stuff to do #catch 22 of modern work culture which permeates even ostensibly noncapitalist structures like public libraries #for instance: will it really kill anybody if the books get shelved by me now after a very busy day?#or shelved tomorrow morning by. well probably me since i'll be the one at the desk #not in the slightest #but it was work that wasnt being immediately done by me. therefore it was incorrect behavior #that i failed to identify because my instinct is to relax when not immediately presented with a Situation #this got me labeled as 'having no initiative' by my dad from a very early age #and even as an adult i still feel like im a child with no initiative

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anotherpapercut · 1 year ago

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yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said "well I bet they don't have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library" and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said "oh well I bet they don't in [nearby rural county]" and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here's a quick reminder that if you don't think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you're not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don't know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can't win without vocal public support

#literally maddening thing to hear #we were fucking at pride this year #i know missouri is a hell hole but there are people working really fucking hard to make it better and we could use some support here #just fucking go to your local libraries website right now literally right this second #and look around #you may be shocked at the stuff you discover there

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botanyshitposts · 6 months ago

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public libraries are so crazy man. like you’re telling me I can read this book for free

#not plonts #since I no longer work at the university I lost my access to the university library #which is a massive F but it means I have been going to the public library #and you know what. it’s a good vibe #they do not have the hyperspecific plant research books I was checking out from the old library but dude it’s so nice #at the public library there are also old ladies playing mahjong and kids going NO WAY over a dinosaur book etc

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twilightknight17 · 2 years ago

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Today was my last day of work at the library, so I went full Chaos Goblin, photoshopped a Goncharov DVD cover with the poster, screenshots from posts in the tag, part of the Polygon article, and some vague plot insinuations, and I left it on the shelf for whoever to find. Only one coworker knows what I did, and we're friends, so she's all for it.

For bonus points, I photoshopped the spine to look like it had a library spine label on it. Let the games begin.