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@Treppenwitz@sfba.social
2025-09-02 01:36:01

Happy #LibraryCardSignupMonth! Even if you never use your library (which is bonkers, but to each their own), the more members a library has, the more funding they get!
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Library Card Sign-up Month
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide join together to remind parents, caregivers and students that signing up for a library card is the first step towards academic achievement and lifelong learning.

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2025-06-23 15:41:16

"Rethinking #Wikipedia from a #Library Perspective" @ ACRLog: acrlo…

Rethinking Wikipedia from a Library Perspective - ACRLog
Editor’s note: We welcome a guest blog post from Nathan Sonnenschein, User Services & Experience Librarian at Montana State University Billings. During my first year as an undergraduate, my community college's library handed out folders bearing a catchphrase: "Faster than Google. Better than Wikipedia. Your college library." This gave me the impression that academic libraries

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-08-29 16:22:34

Full on autumn weather & mood today, so went to the library, followed by a short hike in the rain...
(St. Mang monastery, Füssen)
#Photography #Library #StMang

Wide-angle view of the baroque library at St. Mang monastery in Füssen: An oval room with rose/pink walls, white bay windows, floor to ceiling bookshelves filled with books from 1780s onward. A narrow gangway along the walls with carved wooden railings and angels is forming a second level. Yellow ceiling decorated with beautiful frescoes and a false cupola with additional windows to let in more light. Below it there's an small oval cut-out in the floor to view the concert room below...
@frankel@mastodon.top
2025-06-24 16:15:02

Carrot Cache: High-Performance, SSD-Friendly #Caching #Library for #Java

🚀 Carrot Cache: High-Performance, SSD-Friendly Caching Library for Java
We are happy to announce that Carrot Data has officially open-sourced Carrot Cache under the Apache 2.0 license. After two years of intense development, testing, and benchmarking, we’re making this…

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2025-08-19 20:42:29

"Creative library spaces: The future of the academic #library #makerspace" creativel…

Creative library spaces: The future of the academic library makerspace
by Jean Bossart Engineering Librarian University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries jean.bossart@ufl.edu Abstract Although makerspaces have been around for nearly 20 years, they are continuall…

@mlawton@mstdn.social
2025-08-12 14:06:14

Your library only has compelling stories on the inside.
#library #libraries

A metal book drop with an open slot is mounted on a textured wall. A sign below warns that "Bees may still be in the area," and advises users to "Use at your own risk."
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2025-07-14 19:01:33

I went to the #library yesterday to print some stuff and was surprised at how loud it seemed as I walked in. Turned out there was a Kids Reading to Dogs session going on. Adorable af.

@paulbusch@mstdn.ca
2025-07-09 15:54:21

Just borrowed my 1st digital book using my new #Innisfil Library card.
#WhatImReadingNow #Library

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2025-07-25 08:54:40

"#Serendipity is generally defined as the accidental discovery of something valuable while searching for something else. It’s also a hotly contested component of the library research process: is it a failure of #library systems or facilitated by the physical design of libraries, the cat…

Magic, Serendipity, Discovery, and the Poetry Machine
Joshua Finnell Associate University Librarian Director of Research & Scholarly Initiatives Colgate University A Brief History of Vending Machines The Hellenistic Age is not often considered a g…

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2025-07-21 07:43:06

"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxford

The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project
Introduction: The Collection and I At some point between the invention of writing and the modern day, the Law Library received a donation. This donation consisted of close to a thousand books from …

@paulbusch@mstdn.ca
2025-06-14 11:39:15

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1946, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) was founded in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1946 and incorporated on November 26, 1947. The CLA represented #Library workers and advocated for funding and improvements. Due to declining membership, it was replaced by the Canadian Federation of Library Associations. Here are 6 of Canada’s most beautiful libraries.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ReadABook
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