New from @josephinelee: At a moment when our institutions of learning seem to be engulfed in flames, incited by right-wing witch hunts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, The Librarians reminds us how we got here and reveals, perhaps, how we can get out. https://www.texasobserver.org/librarians-movie-sxsw-book-bans/
#documentary #film #SXSW #censorship #library #books #bookstodon #politics #USpol @film @bookstodon
Enjoying The Bezzle by @pluralistic in the reading room of Manchester Central Library today.
Is this what they call the Streisand Effect?
My local library has ~1200 holds on copies of Careless People:
A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
by Wynn-Williams, Sarah
Good Job, Meta / Facebook
How I find most books these days is just browsing my libraries genre tag or seeing if my favorite narrators narrated something new. #Books #Library #Libraries @bookstodon
#ElkRapidsMI #library starts seed library, offers #FreeSeeds for #CommunityGardening
by Marc Schollett, March 16th 2025
ANTRIM COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - "With temperatures rising across northern #Michigan, folks with green thumbs are gardens are already thinking of what they'll plant this spring, but a northern Michigan library maybe one step ahead of them and lending a helping hand at the same time.
"'Libraries are a place where people come together for community,' said Emily Spielbauer, Elk Rapids District Library.
"The Elk Rapids District Library isn't huge, but what it offers the community it serves is gigantic.
"'I mean, it feels great to know that you're serving the community or feeling a need,' said Spielbauer.
"Inside, a ton of books, but it's what just appeared in their lobby this week that may have folks stopping to take a second look.
"Ultimately right now we're really excited about the opening of our seed library in which people can come and get seeds," said Spielbauer.
"It is a library inside a library.
"So we've got a lot of produce, a lot of different types of things that you can eat. We have a small section of flowers, but the idea is that we're offering a source of food for the community," said Spielbauer.
"Right in the corner, is the library's seed library, hundreds of packets, of dozens of different things you can grow in your garden.
"'So the seeds are a self-service station. People do not have to give their name or anything. They can just come in and take what they will use,' said Spielbauer.
"The seeds are free, but there is a tremendous perk for getting them here that you just don't get buying them at the store.
"'You get these green thumbs together and they start talking about their favorite things to grow. And like I said, sharing tips and tricks together,' said Spielbauer.
"The seed library offers all the things you might expect to grow here in Northern Michigan...and a few that have sparked some curiosity.
"'One thing that I've not seen go and I'm really interested if someone would report back is the okra. Like I don't know how to grow it and we've got a lot of okra seeds,' said Spielbauer.
"A lot of seeds, thanks to a lot of donations."
Read more:
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/elk-rapids-library-starts-seed-library-offers-free-seeds-for-community-gardening
#SolarPunkSunday #LibrariesRule #SeedLibrary #SeedSharing #BuildingCommunity
@hywan@fosstodon.org`async-std` has been discontinued, https://crates.io/crates/async-std.
The authors suggest to use `smol` instead, which is a great advice! https://crates.io/crates/smol
@molly0xfff @commonst #hoopladigital.com is a great way to borrow things - find out if your #library supports it.
The concept of community and sharing has been lost in society. Libraries are great because they are for the community. Buy a book for everyone to share. The selfishness is disturbing and shameful.
@markwyner@mas.toA little library humor to brighten your day. Seen at my local library.
Thank you, mysterious Cathy.
I made a new super cute bookplate sticker from my little painting of a fox reading! These paper stickers are 3 x 4 inches in size and come in packs of 10, perfect for labeling the books in your personal library! Find them at http://albaillustration.etsy.com 
The #Indiana State #Library has a book scanner. It is one of these:
https://thecrowleycompany.com/digitization-products/large-format-book-scanners/a3-overhead-scanners/zeta-book-scanner/
I was able to scan a 156 page magazine in about 20m. Not entirely successfully tho. I need to play with settings more. I would prefer it did NOT try to auto-select and crop, rather give me raw full scans. I think it can do this, but need to read more. It has 3 save formats: JPG, TIF, PDF
The JPG output worked, but it crops. Maybe TIF does not? The PDF output crashed.
A friend sent me a pic of a library cart labelled "Wheeliam Shakespeare," so I came up with a few other library cart puns:
Magna Carter
Percy Shelfy
The Trolley Problem
CartGPT
The Carterbury Tales
Trolleyus and Cressida
How to Support Your Local Library https://blog.libro.fm/supporting-your-local-library/ #Library #Libraries
YAY! Someone said their library bought Pass the Salt! https://share.libbyapp.com/title/10584475 #Books #EBooks #EBook #Library #Libraries #Gay #Dating #Disability @bookstodon @reading
Btw, my #library offers free tickets to local attractions! And did you know most have subscriptions you can use to read paywalled newspapers? You can borrow CDs and rebuild the kickass music library you used to have!
Stop in to your library today and ask what bennies you don't yet know about! :O
A good day only to my neighbor who stopped me outside to ask where I was going and gave me a fist bump and said "Go learn something" when I said I was walking to the #library
Next week's movie, have requested a hold on this at the library so I can go bicycle down and pick it up at some point next weekend maybe. People on the Fediverse seem to like this movie. #library #DVD #bicycling #BikeTooter
My kind of librarian...
#cartoon #animation #solarpunk
#library #librarian #permaculture #RegenerativeAgriculture
#regenerativemedicine #fallout
#regenerativeenergy
#antifa #antifascism #humour #humorous #humor #energycrisis #project2025
Animation by Luke Humphris. Thanks #Whollypoddesign
Librarians, oh please convince your boards to use the Palace Project instead of #Libby / #OverDrive! It is a far better experience and just all the chef's kisses, and it appears to treat libraries better too! I'm subscribed to 9 non-resident libraries and none of them use this! Here's a sample page. https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/6367851 #Library #Libraries #Librarian #PalaceProject #ThePalaceProject
