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    LW
    wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 01:05 last edited by
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    I use it for audiobooks. I've listened to so many books while I work. I just finished one yesterday. I've listened to about 15 books in the last 6 weeks, thanks to my local library and the Libby app.

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 01:43 last edited by
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      Besides… No libraries = no sexy librarians…

      The Brad

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        Klaus
        wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 04:40 last edited by
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        I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

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          Jolly
          wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 11:13 last edited by
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          Dunno.

          Nothing like holding a book in your hand.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 14:16 last edited by
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            I’m sure back in the sixth century or so there were old timers who wouldn’t let go of their scrolls and adopt the new-fangled codex, too.

            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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              28 Aug 2022, 04:40

              I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

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              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 22:36 last edited by
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              @Klaus said in Public Libraries ...:

              I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

              A buddy of mine has a degree in LIS. Are you sure you know everything that libraries do, or are you basing your assessment only on what you see from the street?

              Please love yourself.

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                Copper
                wrote on 28 Aug 2022, 22:49 last edited by
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                Homeless shelters for example.

                The archives are important, analog and digital.

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                • A Aqua Letifer
                  28 Aug 2022, 22:36

                  @Klaus said in Public Libraries ...:

                  I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

                  A buddy of mine has a degree in LIS. Are you sure you know everything that libraries do, or are you basing your assessment only on what you see from the street?

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                  wrote on 29 Aug 2022, 01:45 last edited by
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                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Public Libraries ...:

                  @Klaus said in Public Libraries ...:

                  I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

                  A buddy of mine has a degree in LIS. Are you sure you know everything that libraries do, or are you basing your assessment only on what you see from the street?

                  I don't need to know everything that libraries do. It is sufficient to observe how library after library is downsized a couple of times and then finally closed for good. My department's research library has just been stripped of any personell, and these days it is almost exclusively used as a work room for students who don't give a shit about the books in it.

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                  • K Klaus
                    29 Aug 2022, 01:45

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Public Libraries ...:

                    @Klaus said in Public Libraries ...:

                    I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

                    A buddy of mine has a degree in LIS. Are you sure you know everything that libraries do, or are you basing your assessment only on what you see from the street?

                    I don't need to know everything that libraries do. It is sufficient to observe how library after library is downsized a couple of times and then finally closed for good. My department's research library has just been stripped of any personell, and these days it is almost exclusively used as a work room for students who don't give a shit about the books in it.

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                    Aqua Letifer
                    wrote on 29 Aug 2022, 01:53 last edited by
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                    @Klaus said in Public Libraries ...:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Public Libraries ...:

                    @Klaus said in Public Libraries ...:

                    I love physical books and libraries, and I'm sad to see them go, but their time is over.

                    A buddy of mine has a degree in LIS. Are you sure you know everything that libraries do, or are you basing your assessment only on what you see from the street?

                    I don't need to know everything that libraries do. It is sufficient to observe how library after library is downsized a couple of times and then finally closed for good. My department's research library has just been stripped of any personell, and these days it is almost exclusively used as a work room for students who don't give a shit about the books in it.

                    The number of public libraries in America has stayed relatively the same since '96. In fact there are more today than in '96.

                    Please love yourself.

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                      bachophile
                      wrote on 29 Aug 2022, 07:22 last edited by
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                      My hospital has a library. When I first started out we would read articles in actual journals. And photocopy reams of pages.

                      Now, it’s the most useless building in the institution. No one, I mean no one reads real paper journals.
                      Its only use is a quiet space for residents to study for exams. Which is important in of itself but it’s not really used as a repository of information.

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                      • A Axtremus
                        27 Aug 2022, 16:00

                        How essential are public libraries to the public these days?

                        The last time I went to a library, I was there to donate some 3D printing supplies that I no longer needed. I try to think if there are still many "low income" folks who would rely on the public libraries for essential functions, even that is shrinking once you subsidize their Internet access some other ways. I can imagine young parents occasionally taking their young children to the public library for story time, though that's more like a "nice to have" rather than an essential function.

                        When did you last visited a public library, and why?

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                        89th
                        wrote on 29 Aug 2022, 13:51 last edited by
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                        @Axtremus said in Public Libraries ...:

                        When did you last visited a public library, and why?

                        About a month ago. We take the kids about once a month to return ~15 books and check out another ~15.

                        You should also know there are many, many books in the kids section that are focused on lesbian, gay, and trans subjects. Like, a surprising amount.

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                          29 Aug 2022, 13:51

                          @Axtremus said in Public Libraries ...:

                          When did you last visited a public library, and why?

                          About a month ago. We take the kids about once a month to return ~15 books and check out another ~15.

                          You should also know there are many, many books in the kids section that are focused on lesbian, gay, and trans subjects. Like, a surprising amount.

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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 29 Aug 2022, 13:57 last edited by
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                          @89th said in Public Libraries ...:

                          You should also know there are many, many books in the kids section that are focused on lesbian, gay, and trans subjects. Like, a surprising amount.

                          Yeah, recently read a news article about a town voting to defund its only public library because the staff refused to remove LGBTQ titles from the library:
                          https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/26/patmos-library-jamestown-close-lgbt-book-ban/7906130001/

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