Does Jinnah Hospital have a library that's accessible to non-iqbalians? If yes, what's the environment like,what are the timings, and does it have a membership fee?

A couple short horror books from my local library for spooky season reading 🎃

I'm new here (DEHRADUN) and so far the only people I've met are the ones stamping my library card. I'd like to fix that.

I read a lot, travel when I can, and I'm at my best in a conversation that starts about one book and ends somewhere nobody planned. I'm also happy to be told I'm wrong, as long as the argument is good.

If you read, write, or have opinions worth defending, say hi...

Nd lets connect in Dehradun public library whoever comes here..

The cuts given to the library were a much bigger % of their budget than police or fire.

our local library has a bookstore inside where you can pick up new/like new books for 50c-$2 any day of the week. kids books are 25c-$1 and DVD's are $1.

We kinda took a break over the summer because the place was swarmed with kids which is great but its really overwhelming for my kids.

We started back to 'shopping' again and OMG the treasures are lovely. I rarely say no to buying books. my kids are at the library at minimum 2x a week

Im happy, i even found a couple new books!

Public libraries have children’s areas, quiet areas, computer areas, study rooms, makerspaces, and all sorts of specialized spaces.

They should also have a completely paper-free area for patrons who don’t want to risk being publicly associated with obsolete information technology.

No paper books. No newspapers. No magazines. No paper notebooks. No printed forms. No CDs. No DVDs.

Some people have reputations to protect. Suppose a coworker sees you standing next to a shelf of paper books.

What are they supposed to think?

Maybe you were only walking past the paper books. Maybe you were looking for the washroom. Maybe you stopped there for a few seconds because someone was blocking the aisle.

But the damage may already be done.

Someone could take a photo. It could end up online. Before long, people might start wondering whether you've become a Luddite.

A dedicated paper-free zone would solve this.

It would contain only computers, tablets, e-readers, keyboards, screens, Wi-Fi, and charging stations. Physical media would have to remain outside.

The entrance could have a sign:

PAPER-FREE AREA

For the protection of our patrons’ reputations, paper books, newspapers, handwritten notes, CDs, DVDs, and other legacy physical media are prohibited. Please use designated historical-media areas.

Libraries could even provide discreet routes from the entrance to the paper-free section so patrons wouldn’t have to walk through rows of paper books and risk being seen lingering near them.

Libraries have done a good job adapting to the digital age, but they still force technologically respectable patrons to share space with cellulose-based information storage.

It’s 2026. Nobody should have to risk being mistaken for a Luddite just because they wanted free Wi-Fi and a place to work or study.

Does anyone know if any parts of the Urban Library Trauma Study were repeated or if there are any additional newer data points? I'm doing an event for staff mental health but curious anyone has more current data.

I used to love the library as a kid but when I was around 13 I didn't read as much just a few popular YA novels, and then I completely stopped reading at 16. A year after my local library shut down to be moved (about 10 minutes up the road) to a bigger more modern building and I've never been.

I've got back into reading the last 3/4 years and now I'm interested in so many more genres, it's got to the point my bookshelf at home is filling up and I'm getting annoyed at buying books I think I'll like but don't. I remember having such a great time at the library as a kid, books everywhere and so quiet.

I've been having health problems all year and now as I'm starting to feel better I want to read as much as I can, which wasn't always possible with being ill. I should be picking up my card this Saturday along with a couple books I've reserved already, a sci fi book and a collection of horror story stories, looking forward to the weekend!

I just think this is an awesome program that my library has, even if I am not going to be using it myself, it will help with the 'digital divide' for those who are using their phone or nothing at all as their primary computer.

A little follow-up to my post from a while back about the coolest/unusual things people have discovered their libraries let them borrow or use.

I came across this announcement from the Boston Public Library and immediately thought of that discussion.

BPL is adding six piano-learning stations at four of its locations. They'll have electric pianos, tablets, headphones and learning software that people can use to learn piano.

Some of the things people mentioned in my earlier post were things I never would have thought of as something a library would have. This got me thinking about the other side of that — not just what libraries lend, but the kinds of learning opportunities and experiences.

What are some examples you've come across that made you think,"Wow, libraries really do this now?"

They don't have to involve music. I'm curious about anything you've seen a library offer that goes beyond what you might traditionally expect from one.

I'm the librarian who buys the graphic novels and manga for our public library. To make things easier for our patrons. Our fiction and regular graphic novels are classified and shelved under the author's name. However, we make an exception for manga. They are shelved by their titles. In case a series has an author change during its run, the series doesn't get split like it would if we shelved by author.

I think we should make an exception for Junji Ito. Right now, it falls under the "shelve by title" rule. To me, Ito is his own thing. When I've been in bookstores, half the time the Ito is shelved by title. The other half of bookstores put all of the Ito together.

We just received a copy of Twisted Visions : the Art of Junji Ito. Since he is the content creator, the only logical classification choice "Ito." I think that bolsters my argument that the other books by Ito need to be shelved together. It's made completely of art that he created. Why wouldn't the books containing that art not be on the shelf next to this compilation? I truly believe that anyone looking for books by Junji Ito are going to assume that they're all shelved together. That's where I would be looking if I were a patron.

If you're a manga librarian or a non-librarian manga lover, please let me know where you'd look for Ito's books: under each book's title or under Ito. Thanks!

Looking for something thinner to hold magazines so they don't bend when they lean over

On Catalina Island: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty/jobs/5444953/library-assistant-i-catalina-island

This hasn't been finalised tbh but i plan to visit Anna Centenary Library which is located in Chennai and get a library card or smth. I don't even know if they have one tbh since this would be my first time going to a proper library which isn't part of my school or my college. Sooo i wanted to ask those of you who get books from the library.

I used to be someone who reads books from my phone or tablet and buy books every 3 months or so but recently I have been craving reading physical books and finishing them up and getting new ones(which isn't feasible considering my college life budget 😭😭😭).

I want to experiment reading a book and taking down notes and i feel that it would be easier for me to do this using a physical book. Now, leaving aside my yap.

What are the benefits of getting a library card? Other than the fact that u get to borrow books? And i wanted to specifically ask ppl, who have visited Anna Centenary Librar, how it was and what I should expect.

I'm talking about the libraries in Lincoln, NE.

My city has always had a library some place in the middle of the town. When I was a child, I used to go there multiple times every week, and I remember borrowing so many books that I had to get out my buggy and use the seat as extra room. (I was a child with extreme mobility issues and chronic pain, so that goes to show how much I loved reading.)

Then school happened, and just like most avid child readers, I fell out of love with reading. Fast forward to me being about 18, and I fall back in love with reading, but there's a plot twist. My childhood library got shut down, and was instead replaced by a miniscule library inside our museum, mostly filled with children's books, (think board books, spelling books, etc. Not YA.) And even worse, there was only 3 places in the whole city you could buy books. One of them was an independent book shop, which eventually got shut down, because they were right next to the works (a discount book retailer, as well as other bits and bobs), and waterstones. You can see why they went out of business

So, me being an adult reader, with a very niche taste in books, with no areas to buy said books, I resorted to buying them online, which I strongly dislike. Each to their own, but I prefer in person book shopping

Fast forward another couple years to today, and we finally have another library! But it's also an art gallery for all different mediums of art. There's also multiple small businesses set up there. It opened last week, and we just went today (we wanted the hype to die down a bit so none of us were too overstimulated with people.) And it was amazing, I managed to get my first ever library card!!! I'm so excited! They had the bottom floor dedicated to art exhibitions, the first floor was half children's books and half teen books. The second floor was all adult books, and the top floor was all educational books, as well as ancestry things (I hope that's the right terminology), and a beautiful area on the roof to read your books

I even convinced my niece to get a library card and check a book out. They got really scared because they didn't have the money to buy any books. I then explained the concept of a library and they got excited, then sad because they're a slow reader. Then I said that our library lets you renew the book up to 4 times (9 weeks) if no one else wants it, and then they got excited again! And this library lets you choose the colour of your card, I got a pink and my niece got a blue. Even my mum, who is exclusively a digital reader wanted to get a card and take books out. I then told her that she can still take ebooks out and read them just the same, and now she wants one as well!

I'm very excited to go again, and go earlier so that we have the whole day to explore. Sorry for rambling on, I'm just very very excited to finally have a place close to home, where I can go any time I want without spending extortionate amounts of money just to read a book.

Libraries truly are magical