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Librarians in the news
By: northbayteky Date: January 12, 2024, 11:23 am
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I didn't really know where to put this. I didn't want it to get
lost in a daily thread.
Gift link:
HTML https://wapo.st/3RWJSiD
I know Mychal. Such a great guy, truly. I was fortunate enough
to witness his rise in the library.
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Re: Librarians in the news
By: muskrat Date: January 12, 2024, 12:20 pm
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[quote author=northbayteky link=topic=2456.msg229790#msg229790
date=1705080181]
I didn't really know where to put this. I didn't want it to get
lost in a daily thread.
Gift link:
HTML https://wapo.st/3RWJSiD
I know Mychal. Such a great guy, truly. I was fortunate enough
to witness his rise in the library.
[/quote]
i saw the nyt feature on him first & now this follow-up.
trolls who stoop to criticize a community librarian - esp
someone as positive and inspiring as this - exist at the lowest
part of the food chain.
yay for him.
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Re: Librarians in the news
By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: January 12, 2024, 12:20 pm
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He sounds remarkable. Libraries can use more voices like his.
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Re: Librarians in the news
By: muskrat Date: January 12, 2024, 12:28 pm
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[quote author=MidwestmikkiJ link=topic=2456.msg229807#msg229807
date=1705083639]
He sounds remarkable. Libraries can use more voices like his.
[/quote]
loving our local library as a kid, i remember being sad about
ebooks when they started catching on and worrying about the
future of libraries.
during the early pandemic when everything was closed, county
libraries offered curbside service: you could reserve a book
online & they'd bring it outside to you so there was no/little
personal contact. living alone, seeing the librarian for a
brief hand-off was my only personal contact for a couple months
and i was so grateful for their service.
so my previous fears came to nothing: because libraries
reinvented themselves and became a real community resource for
so many things.
and that immeasurably warms my cold heart.
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Re: Librarians in the news
By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: January 12, 2024, 2:12 pm
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I’ve been on a library kick recently. I try not to buy books
unless they are my favorite authors so I go to the library for
most of my book club books. It’s also a nice walk. I recently
bought a new e reader for ebooks from the library. My old one
works but is too old for the apps the libraries use. So I’ve
been excited to use it for books on my list.
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Re: Librarians in the news
By: acl-ny Date: January 12, 2024, 4:34 pm
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The post continued with additional tweets, including one that
used a slur implying people at libraries have developmental
delays.
WTF?
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