Do you think libraries will NOT survive and eventually become obsolete? Please respond why below and share. If there's enough respondents, it will be used for an article.
If people are smart, it's time to archive the Archive right now. In other words, fork it and turn it unto a decentralized platform. I hope someone out there is working on that.
Plus you have to think libraries need some decentralization as well as this lawsuit could kill libraries as we know them.
Recently I posted that some libraries in southern Oregon were under attack. Racist, bigoted fascists were trying to infiltrate their Board so they could ban books.
Well, the voters have spoken. Our candidates—kind people with integrity—won the election. They won!
Small elections are huge. They mean so very much. Just wanted to share, because these victories have been few and far between.
Eugen Rochko recently posted a thought:
"I think it comes down to, AI has no place in the arts. Machine-generated art has the appearance of what it is emulating, but no substance. Like cake made entirely of fondant. Or cardboard."
'Aiono' replied: "Also even if it could, like why would you automate one of the most entertaining part of being a human?"
Allows you to create a list of #libraries where you have a card (borrowing privileges), and then displays ebook / audiobook availability when you visit certain book pages.
It's very cool and has saved me alot of money (borrowing vs buying).
A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they
live.
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
It is both pathetic and frightening that MAGA types are vilifying the American Library Association for being a conduit for pornography and that red states are therefore severing ties with this esteemed organization. Gift access to Washington Post coverage at https://wapo.st/3ZomNsQ. The right in this country knows it benefits from keeping people ignorant and uneducated. #library#censorship
Day 1 of road trip over. Crossed the north of Tasmania and am shattered in my hotel in Stanley. An early night will be good as I'm hoping to see a sunrise from the top of Stanley's Nut tomorrow morning.
My favourite image today was of this Exchange Library in the town of Penguin in the shape of a Tardis 😀
I think it's funny how much animosity there is in #library -land against sorting shelves by spine color. We sorted our home shelves by spine color (her, a credentialed librarian, me, an uncredentialed librarian) and it's kind of awesome. You should give it a try sometime!
Bicycling task of the day complete. 80 lbs or more of books (cookbooks we collected but never used) donated to the local library. Thankfully, downhill... uphill would have been quite a task. The trailer alone was about 30% more effort than usual to get back uphill. Glad I only took one box!!! #BikeTooter#cycling#library#CarryShitOlympics