Happiness is not good enough. Don’t rest on happiness. I mean it’s okay and I hope you are all happy, but we got to do more than that. Toni MorrisonJust one of many thought-provoking statements by Morrison in a 2010 conversation with Angela Davis on libraries, literacy, and liberation (and so much more) The discussion …
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Almost as important as the words were the ways the books felt and smelled. In turning the thick pages of old books, in heavy, cracked cardboard covers or vellum bindings, or the crumbling, flaky pages of other volumes, one could imagine what Marx might have felt as he held a particular tome in his hands …
butyoudontlooklikealibrarian: iworkatapubliclibrary: Happy Halloween from the Truro Public Library in Truro, Massachusetts! *Slow clap coupled with seriously impressed nodding for the folks at the Truro Public Library* This might be the most amazing pumpkin I’ve ever seen
Me, in the bus to the library this morning.
A library doesn’t need windows. A library is a window. Stewart Brand (via 336bc) The architectural principle of the university library in Konstanz.
Libraries tend to become more cozy, relaxing and communicative places. Other than public spaces like museums, they have a certain private character, which makes them a living room for their community. CNN debunks the myth that libraries are dying. Complement with this wonderful photographic love letter to public libraries. (via explore-blog)
vintagelibraries: Story time, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, year unknown.
My library is an archive of longings. Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 (h/t to Jeffrey)
When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you. Lemony Snicket (via witchqueen)
…a library is not just a reference service: it is also a place for the vulnerable. From the elderly gentleman whose only remaining human interaction is with library staff, to the isolated young mother who relishes the support and friendship that grows from a Baby Rhyme Time session, to a slow moving 30-something woman collecting …
