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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?
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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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@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.
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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. -
@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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@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/