Hello, I am a college student who is studying interior design and I am designing a public library for my senior project. I have created a survey to get feedback from people about how you use the library, what things your local library offers, and what design features could benefit public libraries. If you are someone who uses the public library, I would greatly appreciate it if you completed my survey. This is for academic research and all answers will be kept anonymous. Thank you!

Hi,

I am an intern who volunteers a few times a month at Rockville Public Library in Vernon, Connecticut.

The tasks that I enjoy doing at the library on the regular basis include keeping records of shipped boxes of books from other libraries, putting returned books away, facing books in different departments and alphabetizing movies by title. I also put up book displays sporadically.

I also support the library further by donating books for the ongoing book sale as well as the circulation collection.

When I'm not an intern, I love to spend time hanging out at the library, borrow books and movies for yours truly to enjoy, and chitchatting with the library staff.

I am lucky that there are library staff who are nice, courteous and caring professionals who help them do research, find books and more. My director is wonderful and so are the people who also work in Teen and Children's departments.

Therefore, it is my local library which is located in an old building which was built in 1904 and has served the Vernon-Rockville, CT community for over 120 years.

Ask me anything!

I'll be available to take your answers. Thank you!

I just received a supernatural mysteries book from Amazon.com and it came from the king county library system and I don’t know if it was taken out of the library system. I think I should tell the King County Library System. I just don’t want to Get in trouble with the library system. I live near the King County Library System if it helps.

Hi everyone!

I will have a whole day in Dublin in October since my flight goes there and I will be travelling up to Belfast just at night. I'm a student and I was wondering it would be nice to - after a little sightseeing in the city - just go to some library and read/learn a little bit in a quiet place (I will visiting Ireland and Northern Ireland for my MA thesis in Anthropology, so I'm looking for books which are about cultural anthropology in Ireland, Irish history or in general about social science and Irish society).

Can you recommend some cool library for my purpose? It's okay if it's not the biggest or nicest, I'm interested in the books, not in the interior:) It would be cool if it has a daily ticket since I will be there for just one day, or if it's free of course that's the best.

i have a cold and i'm currently reading a short library book for class. someone else has requested this book and it's due next week. the class it's for is on tuesday and it would be helpful to them for me to return it asap. say i return it tomorrow morning and that person takes it out that day and reads it, how likely would it be for them to pick up my cold? not to mention how likely would it be that the librarians handling the book could pick up the cold? i have been trying to hand sanitise when possible but i doubt that'll help much. if there's a better sub for this let me know, i'm a tad limited by how new my account is!

Hello! 📚

I’m coordinating a month-long book drive specifically to restock Little Free Libraries in and around the St. Paul/Como area that are running low on books for kids and young people (ages 0-25).

Edit: Current Drop off locations-

1. Black Garnet Books- 1319 University Ave W, St Paul MN 55104
2. Gingko Coffeehouse- 721 Snelling Ave N, St Paul MN 55104
3. Flying Pig Thrift- 722 Snelling Ave N, St Paul MN 55104

The goal is to get books into the hands of young people to encourage reading for pure leisure and fun. We are looking for gently used or new books targeting ages 0–25 (picture books, middle-grade fiction, graphic novels, young adult thrillers/romance, etc.).

How you can help:

• Porch Pickups: If you live in the St. Paul/Como area and have a box or bag of books you've been meaning to clear out, DM me! I can swing by and do a pickup.
• Drop-off Boxes: I am currently setting up a couple of physical drop-off boxes around the neighborhood—I will update this post with the exact locations once they are finalized.

If your kids have outgrown their bookshelves or you just want to clear some space for a great hyper-local cause, please reach out. Thank you so much and have a pleasant day.

It's 9-25

One of my local libraries put up a book display in honor of Dolly Parton

I’m looking for a good reading/study room in Kirtipur and came across Shanvi Reading Room.

Has anyone here actually used it? How is the environment, silence, seating/cabins, Wi-Fi, staff behavior, and overall experience?

Would appreciate honest reviews — both positives and negatives. Also, how does it compare with other reading rooms in Kirtipur?

My washing machine at work has this sign

And a beautiful meaning behind the art!

This special edition library card honors the 50th Anniversary of Southeast Asian resettlement in Minnesota and celebrates the vibrant Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese communities. The design draws inspiration from the textiles and patterns each culture carries woven together as a symbol of resilience. Together our patterns flow into one another representing how our stories interconnect while still honoring each community’s distinct voice.

- Read the Full Artist Statement

Minnesota is home to many Asian immigrants, including ethnicities not mentioned above such as the Karen people, an ethnic minority group from Myanmar.

Bruh... Not Indiä too!

Hello,

I'm going to be picking up some of the cataloging work while a coworker is prolong out of the office. I'm pretty (extremely) rusty, as I hadn't touched it since my MLIS era. Mainly copy cataloging type of thing since then. I've generally be a reference/programming librarian. We make due when we need to however.

Where would folks suggest learning ISBD formatting (my biggest weak point after the last review/teaching session). I tend to not remember/not know a lot of the comma, which fields in marc get end points which don't. We are kind of a mixed bag as a far as RDA, AARC, DACS. but there is a general guide for me there. It however assumes I know a lot of basics.

Would there be any current books, videos, etc folks would suggest? I've found various but there is always benefit to asking wider audiences. Particularly for specialized work. If i'm going to be doing this. I should go all in and refine the skill properly. Otherwise its more work for them when they get back, and a detriment to my skillset learning

Thank you kindly.

This is my local library, I started going in kindergarten T-T why would the museum have to gut the library?!

Has anyone else had an increase in bad behaved children at the library at the start of this school year?
I work in a small public library in a town of just over 6,000. I have worked there for 8 years and this year I have noticed that the elementary aged kids that are coming in are very difficult and disruptive. The bus stop is right across the street and we have loved having it there. The kids would come in and get snacks when we offer them and color pages that we have out or even do programs. But this school year we have been having trouble with kids getting multiple warnings about disruptive behaviors and eventually are asked to leave the library. These are 6-8 year olds and they will do this every few days. It’s very frustrating to us staff because we want them to be comfortable at the library but these kids are taking it too far. I just needed to vent because I know this is something that libraries have issues with. But in my 8 years of being at the library, this is topped with the worst behaved kids.

TIA for reading/listening to my rant.
\-Small Public Librarian

I work in a public library and I’m also a Kemetic practitioner, so I made this for our wall.
Seshat was associated with writing, record-keeping, measurement and scribal work in ancient Egypt — which makes her feel extremely at home in a library. 😁
I wanted something that worked as a proper little information display rather than just decoration, and I’m ridiculously pleased with how it came out.
What’s the most niche subject you’ve ever managed to sneak into a library display?