Month: July 2017

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Libraries are free, mostly. Pretty much everything millennials are “killing” costs money.

Plus, unlike half the stuff we’re killing, libraries actually have a practical use

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Not to be *that* millennial, but as a librarian I’d just like to say that the greatest thing you can do to support your local library is to understand how they are funded and to support their funding with your vote.

Libraries can do a lot all on their own but quite often they cannot legally “toot their own horn” so-to-speak when it comes to advocating for sustaining or increasing funding, getting levies or bond issues passed, etc.  Libraries need you to love them not just with your checkouts and attendance at programs.

We can do that too.

build libraries on dead golf courses.

We Are Dewey’s Army X3

Friendly reminder that many Libraries double function as free schools and other free resources, sometimes including otherwise inaccessible technology, like 3D printers.

The libraries in my city host ‘English as a Secondary Language’ classes, cooking classes, classes on how to use that 3D printer, local history classes, responsible naturalistic gardening classes, beekeeping classes, and all sorts of other fun topics. Plus the plethora of clubs that use the library conference rooms as their meeting place. 

All for free. 

Support and visit your local library. Ask about their services and classes. VOTE TO KEEP THEM FUNDED

Support libraries also that don’t have as many fancy functions and programs – where I work, we’re long on books (we have a lot that nobody even reads anymore) but short on programs, so we’re trying to phase it in as neatly as we can. Right now we have computer classes, and we’re about to do some renovation and begin supplying laptops for patrons to check out, in building, for a range of time. In smaller libraries, the best way to help out is (unfortunately) monetarily – we get most of our revenue not from the state, but from patrons during book sales, print/copying/fax/fines, local-business candy sales, and donations. And circs still count! The more circulations (of books, movies, games, etc, obvs) your library gets, the more the state and the library boards will agree that your library is worth funding, and worth supporting monetarily – because it’s a visual representation of how much the library is in use. And guys, I love ‘Dewey’s Army’. 

@darthteia library appreciation post