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Librarians are not here to play!
updated 1 year, 8 months ago
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Proper librarians in the US are basically frontline defenders of American democracy. They’re all about making information accessible to everybody across a huge range of media (print, online, film/fiche, video, even video games!), as well as providing a meeting place, bulletin board/help wanted board, and coordinating community programs like tax prep assistance, parent & toddler storytimes, and social groups for adults. Social equity is a big driver behind library services. Their job is huge, I don’t even know what kinds of the behind-the-scenes stuff they do!
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Librarians are awesome. Post apocalypse, you want librarians and late night New York slice pizza workers.
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I think I’ve grossly misunderestimated the power that librarians hold. I knew they were powerful but *this* is beyond what I thought.
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Could someone kindly share more on it? I’ve unplugged from news for a while because that shit was bringing me down, but good news would be nice to hear.
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Don’t fuck with Librarians
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reminds me of the fact that Librarians can’t tell you if the FBI have visited / accessed computer records. Some librarians allegedly have a sign up saying ” The FBI have not visited (pay attention if this sign is no longer here)”
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And this is why we stan Librarians.
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There’s a smoke shop down the street from me that I’ve been going to for at least a year, maybe a bit longer. Super sweet Ethiopian woman runs it and we know each other enough to ask how we’re doing and chat a bit about a life. Today I learned she’s a trump supporter and I’m like 💀 what do I do lol and also how can you support a man who was so vocal about hating immigrants and women?
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i’m currently working on a Library Assistant course – so over working in IT and could do with being asked silly questions by a wider variety of people.
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Jonathan Simms would be proud. 😁
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The IRS got Capone, so this isn’t too far off from hilariousness
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There is a TV series from a few years ago called The Librarians! It’s all about a secret library underground that is used to collect magical objects so they can’t be used to do evil. I found it fun and entertaining, with a kind of Scooby gang vibe. One of my favorite parts was when a lead character would show up at a crime scene or investigation and the authorities would ask who are you, what are you doing here, and he would answer “I’m the Librarian.” And they would respectfully let him in lol.
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I’m so delighted the world is waking up to what badasses librarians are. They are soooo subversive. They do. not. play.
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Fuck, I would love to be a librarian.
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Archivists and librarians are not always the same thing! Source: I just got a master’s in archival studies. There’s a reason that NARA is different from the Library of Congress.
