Library Enjoyers!

[VulgarAlien]

i love my local library ! i frequent it just as much as i can get a ride. i would go there more too for the events they hold if they didnt hold the events on the one day a week i have something  .

my mom made sure me and my brothers really understood the importance of reading, and as lame as that sounds it really stuck with me  . also they just have more manga and other assorted comics than ill ever be able to afford  . (they also have color printers, costs a little but i dont have a printer with color ink, just black and white. So very nice for printing things i need in color.)
 

[levya]

I recently discovered that some libraries have a seed library, where you can use seeds for your garden and donate any seeds that you collect! I found one near me that I'm planning on checking out sometime next year~

that same library also has a library of things where you can borrow miscellaneous items you might need, like a power washer or a sewing machine. libraries are super cool, you never know what you might find!

[mozelle]

I love the library      iys probly smth to do with autism, cus its so quiet, and there's BOOKS!! AND I LOVE BOOKS!! currently in the process of gettim a job there . ippie       

they also do plays and stuff in the center next door . which are a really nice treat once in a while    back when I used 2 dance I would have like 'practice' performances at there and I remember going 2 read at the library afterwards . such happie memories ARGH!!   

I need 2 start going out more often, i'me just always so sick 

[bewithmatz]

i am so happy to see people enjoy the library. I work at a local public library and i love seeing parents bring their children in   there are so many regulars and its so special because it makes the newer generations continue to appreciate them.

libraries are very useful and important tools for society and i hope people can continue to see that they are not just for reading books!!!  

[Memory]

I recently discovered that some libraries have a seed library, where you can use seeds for your garden and donate any seeds that you collect! I found one near me that I'm planning on checking out sometime next year~

that same library also has a library of things where you can borrow miscellaneous items you might need, like a power washer or a sewing machine. libraries are super cool, you never know what you might find!

I love seed libraries! I lived near a library branch that was very garden oriented (the community garden was a street over) and I try to make contributions whenever I can. They also have an almanac people can read through to learn when is the best time to plant.

I have always struggled with leaving the house, but I always enjoyed riding my bike to the library. It always feels like a safe environment and being able to have access to every book I can think of is so amazing. Thinking of volunteering at one as branch circulation someday when a spot opens up. I recently received an e-reader so I've been using Libby and Hoopla, it's so surreal how much is just available to the public for free.

[candycanearter07]

I also get (and rip) CDs from there and if you like video games I implore you to check if they have any at your local library! Especially Nintendo games

Ey, so I know this is a really old post but I just wanted to update: TURNS OUT my university has a "media archeology library" that has a ton of old games!! It's actually wild they have like arcade games up to the WiiU! The only issue is that the times are pretty limited and you have to play the games in the library but still its so cool!

[marsworms]

Woooooo!!! Love to see all the love for libraries!! I'm such a library enjoyer that I currently work in a college library, and am attending online graduate school in library science to hopefully do this as a career :3 I love books, obv, but also love helping people in the library, genuinely, I hope all y'all that expressed how much joy and usefulness library resources and services bring you know that the librarians have their days made by seeing patrons be happy, use books and other resources, and even just be in the space. You can take it for granted, IDK

I work at a uni library!! And it's amazing to see how many people here still love and go to their libraries!
After the pandemic a lot less people came back to use the library and so our funding has been cut a lot lately, so please please please go to your library and use it!!!! Tell your friends and get them to use it too!! Around four different people got library cards because of me already and I dare you to beat me!! :DD

Fellow college library person omg!!! Youre so right that things have gone down in terms of numbers of patrons since the pandemic, so yeah everyone please do go to your local library, the nearest university library near you (a lot of them have way more available for local community patrons than you might think!!), etc etc!!

I could live in a library! I've spent hundreds of hours in them. Not so much for borrowing anymore but in the reference or archive sections, usually in the basement, especially Bristol Central library, Bristol Archives and now the local university library.

It's pretty cool asking the staff for whatever copies of things the "Bristol Gazette" from 1820 they have or Archive Box 84932 and they bring out a trolley of stuff for you to go through. It's pretty neat being able to handle the original documents or even just the onionskin copies.

Reference libraries are the physical equivilent of the deep web. Most of these documents were never digitized and very unlikely to ever be. I think they are also more likely to last and be available longer than any digital archive. Places like Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive do a great job but cannot capture everything.

Bristol Archives is massive. It's an old bonded warehouse, where things like tobacco and spirits were held after importation, but before tax was paid on them.

I looooooove archives and special collections. I read a great (but pretty simple) blogpost that made me realize just how easy it is to just go and read cool stuff at archives, special collections, etc. After reading that post back in January, I sent a request to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at Ohio State University to pop over and check out some materials from this collection of items related to UFOs and UFO research that they have, I was surprised to see they even have anything like that but it was such a fun experience to just go down there and sit in their reading room and read obscure rare stuff for a few hours.

[☆ cordless !!]

i really wanna start going to the library again like i did as a kid.. who wanna go to the library with me!!  i wonder if my library has CD loaning too now

[haumeaGeth]

Not only do I love my library, I'm actually going to be going to university to become a librarian or archivist!

The libraries in my city are hugely important to the community. I'm subscribed to their monthly newsletter, and they're forever hosting interesting workshops on different topics or activities. Having a library card also gives you access to discounts on local educational attractions, like the zoo or various museums. I think some branches also lend musical instruments? I love going to the library though, very much a safe space for me when I'm able to go. I just wish it was within walking distance.

[mychemicalvyvanse]

i love the library so dang much! i've always spent a lot of time there bc i was a Weird Homeschooler Kid. lots of fuzzy memories of borrowing weird old VHS tapes. started going to the central branch in the city every weekend in high school bc it's this huge building you can wander around and they have all these cool collections, like a zine library!!!

also i'm autistic and i rly love that i can rely on there being a building in the city where i can sit down and charge my phone and ppl Have to be quiet. ideal habitat for me tbh   

[pencilz]

I love picking out a random book and either finding a hidden gem or the craziest writing I've ever read. Good times.

[haunted-cherries]

Funnily enough I got a library card for two of my local libraries (b/c it was two different counties and they make you do that for some reason xD), and I've REALLY enjoyed grabbing a ton of books and reading again now that I've condensed a lot of the socmed I was on!! The last few days it's been pretty warm, so I've been going out into the garden to read and enjoy nature!! Putting my mind on reading sometimes has honestly been super healing since I've been running into a string of Bad Brain Days lately!

Plus having a building that is just quiet and peaceful where I can occasionally rent some video games, too? CHEF'S KISS

[Scootarooni]

It's wonderful seeing all the library love here! I'm going to start working at one the branches in my local system and I'm very excited for it. I have many fond memories of going to the library as a kid and the librarians really made an impression on me. I've always wanted to do something like what they do: helping out the community.

I remember as a kid watching every pokemon VHS tape and reading every Beverly Cleary book my library had Nowadays I go there to work on my digital art, sketchbook or crochet but I don't want to be stuck in my house. The atmosphere is really nice for that!

A few people have already mentioned libraries typically have more than just books! My system has video games, including new releases! I've taken out a switch game or two.

I also really love the programs and events at my library. There's the stuff you would expect like book clubs but there are also informational sessions, movies (one of the libraries has a little theater), dungeons and dragons groups and I attend a monthly art social. Last month there was a book festival with a bunch of local writers and come September my library is hosting a fandom fest (basically a little comic con). I'm so excited for that!

[xolta]

Love the library! So much so I joined a book club there and thinking of donating my time there to read to children.

[Milo The Bun]

Funny this comes up because about a couple weeks ago, my wife and I started going to the library on wednesday afternoons. I’ve been to libraries a number of times growing up, but she almost never went to any of the public libraries.

It’s sort of a new place for us to hang out on our day off. We’ve checked out a few books here and then. I still have to read the one I checked out the last time, but I don’t have to return it till some time in June.