If you were building a mini reference library for home, what would you include?
I'm thinking at least:
- first aid manual
- maps
- big dictionary (or multiple, if multilingual)
- some sort of chemical reference (I know nothing here, but I'm thinking for avoiding poisons, useful dilutions etc)
- cookbooks
- standard measurements and conversions
???
Would you have an encyclopaedia? Other things?
Your periodic reminder that you too can wear your support for the freedom to read, with the (not huge but it all counts) profits going to support Australian libraries #libraries #Reading https://www.redbubble.com/people/aliamerch/shop?asc=u
I use my holds list like a TBR because I think tags, in Libby, is just fundamentally broken in a number of ways. I seemingly can't edit a tag list in bulk, I can't set an option for books to be removed when I check out a book, unless I'm missing something somewhere, and a whole host of other things! I wrote an email to all my libraries asking them to use the Palace Project instead. Their app is also far more accessible too! #Libby #LibbyApp #Library #Libraries #PalaceProject
I wonder 
when you say librarian, do you picture a woman with glasses? I picture a woman with short hair, no glasses #stereotypes #libraries #Biblioteques #bibliothek #liburuak
I've made this argument before, but hear me out.
Another reason why libraries are great are because you don't feel guilty about not finishing books anymore
https://caffeineandlasers.com/blogs/anotherReasonWhyLibrariesAreGreat.html
Today, the #PAE #Libraries #STEM team explained #rocket #science to 20 children and their families. The children then built and launched their own air-water rockets on Semaphore Beach.
Israeli strikes devastate Gaza’s libraries, erasing resources and heritage
Palestinians in Gaza are describing the mass destruction of libraries in the enclave by Israel’s military as a direct attack on the future of the Palestinian people and their identity.
Places which were once quiet spaces for learning have been destroyed across the Strip.
New climate crisis book display up in the Scott Library at York University. I printed zines by @Aepasek and @hakan_geijer to give away. (Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and the film adaptation, on also on the table.)
(None of these displays ever look good in photos, but the space is grim and we do the best we can.)
"Variety Is the Spice of Life: Bibliodiversity, Scholarly Publishing and the Inexact Science of Making Ends Meet" @ DeGruyter Conversations: https://blog.degruyter.com/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-bibliodiversity-scholarly-publishing-and-the-inexact-science-of-making-ends-meet/
"What does bibliodiversity mean for libraries and academia today? Last month, an international panel explored how diverse voices, open access and local publishing initiatives can transform scholarly communication and advance equity worldwide." #publishing #academia #libraries #bibliodiversity
I'm not sure how they decided on the "for suppository use only" recommendation, but who am I to argue with librarians? 
@libraries @librarians @bookbubble @bookstodon @humour
#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
The Internet Archive has utter contempt for authors and libraries. A great test for any nominal online “leftist” is whether they were filled with seething rage at Chuck Wendig—an outspokenly leftist author who opposed the IA’s illegal lending scheme—rather than at the various libertarians like Brewster Kahle who run the IA. #book #books #libraries #bookrecommendations #booksToRead #booklover #bookstodon
Pitlochry Library, public library in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.
Beyond Molotovs - A Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Strategies #Book #OpenAccess 2024
“Authoritarianism operates on a visceral level rather than relying on arguments. How can we counter authoritarian affects? This publication brings together more than 50 first-hand accounts of anti-authoritarian movements, activists, artists, and scholars from around the world, focusing on the sensuous and emotional dimension of their strategies. From the collective art and aesthetics of feminist movements in India, Iran, Mexico, and Poland, to sewing collectives, subversive internet art in Hong Kong, and even anti-authoritarian board games, the contributions open new perspectives on moments of resistance, subversion, and creation”.
#Activism #bookstodon #Politics #Feminism #AntiAuthoritarian #libraries
Schulreden am Alten Gymnasium Oldenburg. Oldenburg: Isensee Verlag, 2023. Rezension
The Internet Archive is once again under assault, this time by large corporate record companies: https://www.change.org/p/defend-the-internet-archive
OCLC Sues Baker & Taylor For “Allegedly Using Its Data to Create Competing Product” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/04/19/oclc-sues-baker-taylor-for-allegedly-using-its-data-to-create-competing-product/ #libraries
In #film: The librarians experience an awakening upon realizing they are not alone. From #Texas to Florida, Louisiana, and New Jersey, the film reveals how librarians across the country have become victims of a crisis manufactured by national organizations bent on infiltrating and disrupting local school boards. https://www.texasobserver.org/librarians-movie-sxsw-book-bans/
