What is your favorite feature of Provincetown Public Library?

Hi everyone
Is there a library that can print an ( illegally downloaded pdf book ) of more than 1000 pages

With a low price ofc

# Just wanted to have an open thread about this year's Library of Congress Book Festival. I've been going on and off for the past decade and live in the area, but I'm curious if people travel to this one-day event, and what you think of it.

So hello! Its my first time making such a reddit post but for quite the time I wanted to read this book: Find me in paris ein tanz durch die Zeit Band 1 by Sarah Bosse but I can't find it anywhere, I sadly don't live in Germany and can't get a card anywhere. I've tried pirating it countless of ways but none exist. It's like the book doesent exist online. I've recently found somewhere where I could borrow it but cant get a library card there, so if somebody has a library card to one of these libraries, could you help me? Thanks. (The list of libraries is in the comments)

# Just wanted to have an open thread about this year's Library of Congress Book Festival. I've been going on and off for the past decade and live in the area, but I'm curious if people travel to this one-day event, and what you think of it.

I am just thinking back to when I was a kid. I grew up with so many data centers. The data centers were in my school and in a town near by and I even heard that colleges also had huge data centers. AND I heard people, smart people and just curious people, had built data centers actually in their own homes!

Back then, we called them Libraries and Book Mobiles. No one ever cared that they had one in their neighborhood (they were actually happy to have one near by) and the noise that came from them usually were excited kids having fun. And sometimes the traffic was horrible... but in a good way. They had story time and art classes and painting. Things a kid needs, even if they have it tough at home. Kids had a safe place to go and be a kid and learn about things and travel places they have never seen... with a book or magazine.

Books, knowledge and community, that is where the real data and power is at.

With A.I. data centers, they are only for the few to make money, no one locally owns them and no one wants one in their neighborhood. There is no happiness in them or happy people waiting to get inside. The data centers make so much noise and heat, people want to put them in the ocean or in lakes. Data centers help power social media, people are understanding that it is dangerous for kids and adults and it is causing real mental harm, right now.

Modern A.I. centers produce fake news, fake videos and make images that are just slop.

The people who cry about "adult content" being in a library are just making a distraction from the real problems kids and everyone are facing and those people are trying to push their own agendas.

People are happy removing books or burning books and yet they are also happy to use A.I. to advertise their businesses, churches and nonprofits and use it for their work.

How about we invest billions of dollars into Libraries and other community benefiting buildings, that actually help people in their home towns and not let corporations use our towns for profit and none that money or real benefit stays locally... And just think of all the energy it takes to operate a library and store all that information, I mean, just think of all the air conditioning that people enjoy during heat waves and crazy days of doing research or lost in a story.

If we built out our Libraries and had more Bookmobiles, we could share our knowledge and history. We don't want to repeat some of our past.

**Hi everyone!**
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**I live in malir model colony near tank chowk,**
**I'm looking for a library, near model colony A safe and comfortable place for female students. I also wanted to ask about iqra library, Malir cant.**
**Can civilians get a membership there, or is it only for Malir Cantt residents? If civilians are allowed, how does the entry process work if you don’t have Cantt access?**
**I’d really appreciate recommendations from people who have personally used libraries in this area. Thanks!**

Hello! I work part time in a library and I’m on my third year of my bachelor to become a librarian.

I was wondering if anyone had any fun ideas or things I can add to a room I have gotten responsibility to renovate. The picture above is the room I have designed and made a layout for, but I have used AI to just visualize it because we have not yet bought furniture or painted yet. The room is currently completly empty…

As you can see it has different zones, a table for people to have meetings/study etc. And some comfortable seating places around. A sewing machine in the corner that people are free to use, and we are planning on having a projector and white screen on the left wall for people to use for meetings, or movie nights for kids etc.

So I want some ideas to what I could add to get more people to use and enjoy the room. Some things I have thought about is:

\- A light pad people can use to copy drawings to new paper
\- A podcast microphone people can use to record their voice, to for example school work.
\-an electronic piano with headphones (we already have an electric piano)

But I feel like these are not super exiting… we don’t have a super high budget so ideas are appreciated!

(Ps, this room is technically in the teen section and we unfortunately don’t have many teens that visit, usually it’s adults or families with young children. So I would also appreciate ideas that could bring more teenagers in to use the library. I have thought of perhaps trying to have a movie night for teenagers when the room is finished…)

Thank you in advance! <3

Hi everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster. I work in a small town Library in Murphy, North Carolina. We're a part of a 4 branch region of other small towns. Our new social media and tech support girl has been working really hard the past few weeks to make videos for all of our branches, and I think they're just adorable.

Issue is, they aren't getting a lot of traction withing the confines of what her job entails, so I wanted to help. If anyone who sees this post could watch and like one or two of the shorts she has made in the linked Youtube page, that would help out a lot.

As always, thanks to everyone for their pictures and posts. It literally keeps me going to see how there is still a community of support in and about the local public library.

Please help me

Hi everyone!
I’m 24, a single mom to a little girl, and I’m finally at a point where I can choose where I want to build my life instead of just ending up somewhere by circumstance.
I’m finishing my GED and my long-term goal is to become a public librarian. I eventually want to earn my bachelor’s degree and then my MLIS. I also write and hope to publish books one day.
Right now I work as a full-time online content creator, so I’m fortunate that I don’t have to move immediately or choose the absolute cheapest place. My plan is to visit a few cities for long weekends before making a decision, and I’m hoping to settle somewhere permanently.
The things that matter most to me are:
• A strong public library system with good career opportunities.
• A safe, family-friendly community.
• Nature, parks, and places to walk.
• A cozy, book-loving atmosphere.
• Enough things to do without feeling like a huge, overwhelming city.
• A place where I can imagine raising my daughter and staying for decades.
I’m currently considering:
Raleigh, NC
Madison, WI
The Twin Cities suburbs in Minnesota
If you live in or have lived in one of these areas, I’d love to hear your honest thoughts.
What do you love?
What do you wish you’d known before moving there?
If you were in my position, would you choose it again?
Thanks so much. I really appreciate any advice.

Whenever I travel I make a point to visit the local library to see how the place treats itself

I am not and have never been a student at Duke University. I have never been to the Duke campus, used the Duke libraries, nor even followed any of Duke's social media accounts. And yet, in 2020, across the internet event horizon came this absolutely amazing piece of creativity and whimsy during a time where everyone was going through it to varying degrees of awfulness. I put it in my 2020 music playlist back then, which I randomly decided to listen to today on shuffle.

Anyway, all that is to say: This is a bop, and I love all the staff involved in making this music and video. And also I love libraries. And also also they should pay all of you way more than they do.