beaubooks: (via)

beaubooks:

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mishahasherpes: joy-joyous: Badass motherfucker of the century. My hero  #another motherfucker wanna tell me we don’t need libraries? #another person want to tell me that librarians fighting for social justice is not my calling? #kiss my ass #this is where i need to be

mishahasherpes:

joy-joyous:

Badass motherfucker of the century.

My hero

 #another motherfucker wanna tell me we don’t need libraries? #another person want to tell me that librarians fighting for social justice is not my calling? #kiss my ass #this is where i need to be

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librarier: John Allison (Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery) argues against public library closures to protect the world from the greatest threat it has faced yet: bored librarians.(source)

librarier:

John Allison (Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery) argues against public library closures to protect the world from the greatest threat it has faced yet: bored librarians.
(source)

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teachingliteracy: © Huub Keulers

teachingliteracy:

© Huub Keulers

milkshakemlle: Meanwhile, The San Francisco Public Library drawn by Wendy MacNaughton will always reblog

milkshakemlle:

Meanwhile, The San Francisco Public Library

drawn by Wendy MacNaughton

will always reblog

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Whether libraries should continue to exist has almost nothing to do with what format the information comes in. It has everything to do with free public access to well-curated, well-organised, unbiased information; it has everything to do with libraries as part of the local community; it has everything to do with libraries as a source of entertainment that doesn’t presume everyone’s lives are an endless race to acquire wealth and possessions. Librarians aren’t out to sell you anything.

Are Public Libraries Obsolete?: The Shelf Life of a “Dream Vision” - seattlepi.com (via infoneer-pulse)

if anyone comes to me and asks me this question in person i will punch them in the face.

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Libraries embody everything conservatives hate: things that are free, things that benefit poor people, things that don’t make money, and learning.

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I could write a three-thousand-word screed on what my local library has done for my town but it would still be too short.

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This library in Japan is made with bookshelves. Which doesn’t sound all that cool, right? A library in ordinary town, middle America has freaking bookshelves. But these bookshelves are 30 feet tall, line the walls and tower over the library. What’s impressive is that instead of having bookshelves placed against the walls of the library, the walls are the bookshelves. The architect, Sou Fujimoto, wanted to create a colossally long bookshelf that would spiral inward to create a seemingly never ending wall of books. Hell, he even made the outside of the library a bookshelf too. The idea, for him, was to create a library where it’s not just a home for books but a shelter provided by books. Located in Musashino Art University Museum in Japan, the library is two stories tall and will be home to over 200,000 books within a 6,500 square meter floor space.

This library in Japan is made with bookshelves. Which doesn’t sound all that cool, right? A library in ordinary town, middle America has freaking bookshelves. But these bookshelves are 30 feet tall, line the walls and tower over the library.

What’s impressive is that instead of having bookshelves placed against the walls of the library, the walls are the bookshelves. The architect, Sou Fujimoto, wanted to create a colossally long bookshelf that would spiral inward to create a seemingly never ending wall of books. Hell, he even made the outside of the library a bookshelf too. The idea, for him, was to create a library where it’s not just a home for books but a shelter provided by books.

Located in Musashino Art University Museum in Japan, the library is two stories tall and will be home to over 200,000 books within a 6,500 square meter floor space.

(Source: yitzytaughtme, via librarianista)

teachingliteracy: Almere Library

teachingliteracy:

Almere Library

librarianista: therainebowgoddess: Well, isn’t this a very lovely library. :) (via rainetheescapist)

librarianista:

therainebowgoddess:

Well, isn’t this a very lovely library. :)

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teachingliteracy: reading. by David Jablonski

teachingliteracy:

reading.

by David Jablonski


musicspeakswhenwordscannot: teachingliteracy: by joiseyshowaa Meghan…wantt… 

musicspeakswhenwordscannot:

teachingliteracy:

by joiseyshowaa

Meghan…wantt… 

infoneer-pulse: Nathan Sawaya Builds N.Y. Library Lions in Legos “This was a special challenge,” he said. “The lions are so iconic. Everyone who lives in the city has walked past those lions at some point, so there’s this challenge of doing them justice. If I’m creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want and nobody will say it’s wrong. But here, I have to make sure it looks right. There was definitely some pressure there.” » via The New York Times (Subscription may be required for some content)

infoneer-pulse:

Nathan Sawaya Builds N.Y. Library Lions in Legos

“This was a special challenge,” he said. “The lions are so iconic. Everyone who lives in the city has walked past those lions at some point, so there’s this challenge of doing them justice. If I’m creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want and nobody will say it’s wrong. But here, I have to make sure it looks right. There was definitely some pressure there.”

» via The New York Times (Subscription may be required for some content)

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teachingliteracy: Central Library Children’s Area by Nancy Cheairs by urbanart73

teachingliteracy:

Central Library Children’s Area by Nancy Cheairs

by urbanart73

fireflyinthesky: Meanwhile, The San Francisco Public Library - The Rumpus.net Okay, this is just AWESOME. Click through to see the whole thing by Wendy MacNaughton - it is so worth it. Yay for libraries! This is so fucking beautiful I nearly cried.

fireflyinthesky:

Meanwhile, The San Francisco Public Library - The Rumpus.net

Okay, this is just AWESOME. Click through to see the whole thing by Wendy MacNaughton - it is so worth it.

Yay for libraries!

This is so fucking beautiful I nearly cried.

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nypl: Libraries open only four days a week - or closed altogether. Book and DVD budgets slashed by 1/3. Thousands of programs and classes gone. Is this the kind of future you want? If not, write your elected officials, because NYPL is facing a $40 million city budget cut that would cripple the system and hurt the New Yorkers who rely on its services more than ever. If you love us, then let the city hear it! Keep libraries open and Find Your Future right now. Pass it on - the Library needs you!

nypl:

Libraries open only four days a week - or closed altogether. Book and DVD budgets slashed by 1/3. Thousands of programs and classes gone. Is this the kind of future you want? If not, write your elected officials, because NYPL is facing a $40 million city budget cut that would cripple the system and hurt the New Yorkers who rely on its services more than ever. If you love us, then let the city hear it! Keep libraries open and Find Your Future right now. Pass it on - the Library needs you!

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