Hello from Dublin!

Yesterday we went to Marsh’s Library, a reference library with some of the oldest printed books in the world! We couldn’t touch the books, but photos were allowed.

This library was also caught in the crosshairs of the rebellion in 1916, so some of the books have bullet holes in them (none shown).

Such a cool place!

Other things we did:
-Dublin Castle
-St. Patrick’s Cathedral
-Various gardens
-Tasty food

@securingdev
#library #OldBooks #Books #Ireland #WritingCommunity

A little library humor to brighten your day. Seen at my local library.

Thank you, mysterious Cathy.

Central St Martins library, London, UK.

Since 2011, the Central St Martins School of Art and Design occupies a former granary and train sheds just north of the King's Cross and St. Pancras railway stations.

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#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography #AdaptiveReuse

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

Public #libraries should host #Mastodon servers. I really think this could be a good thing.

The county (or city/town depending on how it works in your area) IT department could host it, and people would use their library card to access the server. Or, alternatively, perhaps some kind of private-public partnership could be arranged where a non-profit organization handles the hosting and library staff can administer it.

My thinking is: #fediverse platforms like Mastodon offer a high quality, ad-free social media experience, but there are barriers to entry that will keep most people from benefitting from it. It’s been discussed ad nauseam, but there are the technical barriers. I don’t see financial barriers discussed as often though. It costs money to maintain your own server, and even with many people chipping in, most people aren’t going to pay a few bucks or more a month to use a social media platform. There are of course free client apps, but the best ones cost money, at least in my opinion.

Maybe this isn’t the strongest point to make at a time when libraries are struggling to stay funded and are likely at risk of losing a significant amount of funding, but assuming that’s a problem with a solution, allocating funds to #library budgets to run a Mastodon server (I’m guessing a relatively small line item) seems doable. Content moderation is another issue to be dealt with, but again, I think one not without a solution.

Thoughts?

Die Kolleg:innen vom #BalticUKH Projekt (u.a. an der @stabihh) haben mit vielen Beteiligten (zu denen ich gehöre) einen Artikel zum Thema "**Engaging Users in Creating the Next Library Space"** in @obibJournal veröffentlicht, der jetzt auch online ist:
https://www.o-bib.de/bib/article/view/6091

Mit einem Blick auf den Altbau der Stabi wünschen wir einen guten Start in den Donnerstag. #bibliothek #hamburg #welovehamburg #library #stabihh

Hi, I'm Babette. I work in #communications at the University of #Groningen #Library @Bibliothecaris, developing ways to share knowledge across academic and public spaces - hopefully with meaningful impact.

Interested in open and ethical approaches to research communication and how mass #media shape the public sphere.

Tweebronnen Public Library, Leuven, Belgium.

This library occupies the former Leuven Technical School compound, designed by renowned Modernist architect Henry van de Velde and built between 1937 and 1940. When the school closed in 1984, the building stood vacant until a grassroots campaign managed to save it. Since 2000, it serves both the Leuven city library and the town archives.

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#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography #modernism

"What I'm trying to do above all is be patient with myself (and with the process), forgive myself when I'm having a hard time, and remember how far I've come and all the great skills and experiences I've acquired over time." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #Library

http://hiringlibrarians.com/2025/03/12/the-right-opportunity-will-come-but-not-if-i-just-curl-into-a-ball-and-give-up/

How to Support Your Local Library https://blog.libro.fm/supporting-your-local-library/ #Library #Libraries