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lakecountylibrary · 21 hours
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Hi Tumblr,
What's the best way to tag a video that contains flashing lights? Is tagging flashing lights and eyestrain sufficient or are there other commonly used tags that will help folks filter?
Love,
your library who wants everyone to be safe
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lakecountylibrary · 6 days
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🌹 What live author would you invite over for tea?
Kate DiCamillo! I’ve written a couple letters to her over the years and she’s always written back! I love her books and I feel like she’d have some great things to say.
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lakecountylibrary · 20 days
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Hey Tumblr, we're Queer Liberation Library (QLL)
we're a queer digital library, by & for the LGBTQ+ community
Our Mission: Queer Liberation Library fights to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.
Learn more about us on our website: https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/
or other socials:
Twitter: @queerliblib 
Instagram: @queerliblib 
Tiktok: @queerliblib
QLL launched on October 23rd, 2023, and are currently accepting membership applications on an ongoing basis! Please note we are a US-based organization and are currently only able to make our library available to patrons in the USA. If we are ever able to expand internationally we promise to shout the news from our proverbial rooftops <3
we’re a 501(c)3 non-profit, and are currently funded entirely by donations - you can support our mission by donating here.
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lakecountylibrary · 21 days
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ID: Fortune cookie fortune reading The answers you seek may be found at the library. /ID
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They usually are . 😊
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lakecountylibrary · 22 days
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Nothing quite like picking up your holds at the library 🥰
[ID: Librarian at desk: Hello, oh I think your holds are ready
Another librarian hands her a few books
Patron off-screen: Thank you! Oh, I did not want that one.
Librarian: Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.
Librarian picks up the book and winds up to yeet it into the horizon when the video cuts off abruptly. /ID]
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lakecountylibrary · 23 days
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“I can’t emphasize enough how everyone's COVID-19 experience is valuable,” AFC Director Nicole Saylor said. “It’s worth preserving. It doesn’t matter your zip code, your community, whether you contracted it. Everyone has a story.”
Hard to believe it has been almost four years since the pandemic shutdown.
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lakecountylibrary · 24 days
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according to goodreads i just finished reading my 300th ebook from the library 🥰 thank you library for allowing me to read 300 books without leaving my house
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lakecountylibrary · 29 days
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ID: The dedication reads To My Wife, Sweetest of Singers. The open book is pictured with light red, yellow, and purple tulips spread across the pages. The facing page says copyright 1931 by J.D. Townsend, all rights reserved - no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. /ID
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A sweet dedication
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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I’ve seen yards with “I ❤️ library” signs and I was wondering how do I get such a sign?
We gave those out as a National Library Week promo last year - and we are thrilled to report that they will return in 2024!
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These stylish indicators of good taste will be coming to every LCPL branch beginning the week of April 7 and we'll give them away until we run out.
They're free - all you have to do is visit a branch and ask. Mark your calendar!
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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Do you have any tattoos? ⚓️ I have a bunch, so I was very excited to come across these 19th century tattoo flash books in the Winterthur Library – and they’re digitized! You can see them here 📚
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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i love you libraries i love you overdrive i love you libby i love you free and accessible audiobooks i love you listening to books at 2x speed for $0 while walking around in circles or cleaning or creating scrumptious little handicrafts
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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Read -> Reading -> To-Read
Here's what's been in Beth's TBR pile lately!
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✅ Just Finished:
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
This magical novel is a love letter to books, readers, authors, libraries and bookshops. Traveling between 1922 and a modern timeline, Woods captivates the reader by weaving magic with reality. She builds extremely strong, passionate and complex women in Opaline, Martha and Madame Bowden while keeping in line with the events evolving around them. Small but special appearances by James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway will delight readers, as will locations in France, England and Ireland.
Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
A charming rom-com, especially perfect for March (set in Cobh)! Raine and Jack's charisma and connection will have readers chuckling and cheering. Jack has OCD and runs the LOCAL pub. Raine has recently dropped out of medical school, copes with ADHD and travels the world playing music. Full of lovable characters, readers will breeze through this novel and feel full-hearted after.
♾️ Currently Listening: Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen
Perfect match for viewers of series Derry Girls. Maeve Murray and her friends work in the local factory as they await the results of their exams and what they hope will be the start of their new lives—away from their small town and The Troubles.
🔮 To Read: We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole
I'm looking forward to reading this author's viewpoints on growing up in a changing Ireland. The prelude indicates a promising journey through his experiences.
See more of Beth's recs
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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every night, i fall asleep to the gentle lull of my beautiful wife (libby) reading me a bedtime story (audiobook)
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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okay like many people on tumblr i work in a public library, & currently one project of mine is to put together "sensory kits" that any visitor to the library can use. the kits will include passive noise cancelling headphones, dark sunglasses, fidget toys, weighted lap pads, and desktop privacy screens (my library has very few study rooms, and we can't guarantee that we will be able to find a private space for someone who is overstimulated). the question is: would it also be helpful to have a printed communication board? i haven't seen sensory kits elsewhere that include them, but i know that many people who are overstimulated find it difficult to verbalize. does anyone have thoughts?
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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Everyone needs to read/watch Persepolis. It's about a girl growing up in Iran in from the 70s and onward. It's one of the most challenged books (ppl are trying to ban it from schools). I can't describe how important these books are to me you just gotta read them
"Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity."
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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Read -> Reading -> To-Read: Black History Month Graphic Novel Round Up
Check out these awesome graphic novels reader's advisor Ashley has been picking up for Black History Month!
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Read: Kindred by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy
This graphic novel was adapted from the book Kindred by Octavia Butler. This story more recently has also been made into a TV series for Hulu. In this twisted tale, Dana is living in the 1970s when she begins having dizzy spells shake her to the core. These dizzy spells lead to her waking up in the 1800s helping a boy who she refers to as “Rufe.” While Dana is not sure what brings these spells on at first, she has an even harder time time trying to figure out how to make it stop.
Ms. Davis: A Graphic Biography by Sybille Titeux de la Croix, art by Amazing Ameziane
The story of Angela Davis is filled with resistance and unwillingness to accept unfair treatment and judgment. She is infamous for being a part of the FBI's Most Wanted List in 1971 due to an incident that occurred where she was accused as the main conspirator.
Reading her story as a graphic novel does not take away the seriousness of her story. I appreciate that the book provides explanations of key events; that is helpful if you are only hearing about some of the events for the first time, as I was. This book was a random find but it sent me down a research hole that made me want to learn more, and that is what any good book does.
Reading: Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound by Dave Chisholm
Miles Davis was an extremely talented musician. He thought outside of the box when it came to his music, so it is fitting that this graphic novel tells his story in an eclectic way.
The story begins as Miles has just gotten a piece of life-altering news in 1982. From there, he reminisces and begins telling his origin story. The artwork and illustrations of this graphic novel are beautiful. The colors truly jump off the page and speak to you, as clear as the words do. The funky art and the insight of Miles' fascinating yet tumultuous life make this book a true learning experience that explores the cool world of jazz and many of its legends.
To-Read: Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History by C.L.R. James, adapted by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee
This graphic novel details the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint Louverture. This graphic novel is based on the play by C.L.R. James, produced in 1936. If you love history, and revolutions, this graphic novel my pique your interest.
See more of Ashley's recs
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lakecountylibrary · 1 month
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a cartoon for the guardian
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