We got an anonymous call at our library giving us a heads up that the 1st Amendment Auditors are coming sometime next week. Any advice? Has anyone gone through this?

My local library's books has stickers on the spines for different genres, (Romance, Fantasy, Historical, etc)

This also includes a bright colorful "Lgbt" sticker for books with Queer characters and romance

Which is what I want to read

But, my parents are homophobic and could get upset at seeing the lgbt sticker, and would make me put it back,

Is there a way to temporarily hide or cover the sticker?

Without damaging the book, obviously

edit: Tysm for all the support and help 💞

hi, so i am 13, but in 4ish months with turn 14 and will be able to work, i want a quiet not-too-stressful job and working at a library seems perfect (and i love libraries.) I wanted to ask a couple questions:

1. Will i be able to get hired at a library with no prior work experience?

2. What kind of jobs can a 14 year old get in a library?

3. How does the dewey decimal system/organizing books really work because i have a hard time understanding it (and websites/apps to practice maybe)

4. What would be expected on my resume?

I’m honestly kind of introverted/asocial, and working at library seems to lesser social than working somewhere like walmart.

Dear Community,

I'm a great reader and want to go to my local library near my place of work,but I'm scared that its empty or you can only enter via card.

For specification my library has a yearly fee for the library card. And I'm a very shy person. Please give me the courage i need to do it and some tips for my first library trip. And I'm thankful of every comment I get.

Not sure who to ask about this, but I was just gifted a box of a hundred DVDs and VHS from my old political science professor. We originally thought I could upload them to YouTube but they are burned DVDs that are playable in a DVD player, not just video files. Would a library want these as a donation? Neither of us are sure what exactly to do with them.

They are basically DVDs and VHS from the late 90s to early 2000s by Democracy Digest I’ll include a photo so you can get an idea of the content.

I grew up drilled in me since elementary school that food and drinks were BIG NO NOS around books. But I’m an adult now, right? Adult enough to handle it if you tell me to leave my coffee in the car, but just wondering if in this day and age where everyone is carrying around some sort of beverage or water bottle, is coffee a little more acceptable in the library than it used to be? 😬 I promise to be careful

Please delete if this is too stupid of a question for this sub, I have a ton of respect for the library and librarians.

Have you ever lost a book you borrowed from the library? I can’t find mine at all and I’ve searched every corner of my room even places I’d never normally put a book. I’m starting to worry because I don’t know if I should tell the library now or keep looking. Has anyone else dealt with this before and how did you handle it? I feel really bad about it and next time I’ll definitely be much more careful because I truly didn’t mean to be careless. I’m honestly sorry for my mistake and just want to fix things the right way. I’m hoping it turns up somewhere unexpected but right now I’m out of ideas. I guess this is a good reminder to keep better track of my things. If anyone has advice or a similar experience, I’d really appreciate hearing it.

Books are physical things they can’t just disappear without a trace. 😭😭

Can someone please tell library skills to get a seat in the library? Please. My roommate and I went to the library today and we were not able to find a seat for ourselves. A few (2-3) empty chairs were there but their stuff was lying on the table. Sadly we had to return to our room without doing anything productive.

I'm about to release a large print edition of my cozy mystery (indie author), but I want to do it right, and I'm finding contradictory information both online, and in the large print books I browsed through at my local library.

Are your patrons ever complaining about large print books, for example italics being hard to read, or the line spacing not being wide enough, margin sizes, font used, anything really?

Thank you for your help!

I recently found out that I have a $30 fine on my account from a book I returned back in February. My local library said it was from water damage to some of the pages. I could have sworn it was like that when I picked it up and I didn't spill any water or liquid on it while I had it. I definitely would have remembered.

The library that owns the book and that issued the fine is closed so I can't contact them until tomorrow. Am I screwed? Or is there any way to dispute this?

And would they let me purchase my own replacement book? $30 is absurd the book goes for maximum $15 online brand new.

Edit: Thank you all for the advice and information. I've learned to always do a self-check of these books upon pick up. I will be reaching out to them tomorrow!

I am the sole volunteer for my kid's private-school library, and I'm working to undo literal years of neglect. Part of my job is to organize the books, but it's been left to my discretion how to label/organize it all. And as someone who has never worked a library before now I'm a little overwhelmed.

Librarians, my biggest question right now is where do I put the chapter books that are too "big" to be those early first readers, but so full of illustrations and large text that they don't really seem appropriate next to books like Maze Runner or The Giver. Should I separate them so it's easier for littler kids to find? Or should I put them all together for the sake of my sanity and simplicity?

The school goes from infant care to 8th grade.

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Hi! I've been looking for something for awhile, and I haven't had any luck. I'm hoping branching out may help more.

When I was a kid, there was a library book I was obsessed with.

I mainly just remember the cover. It was laminated and a dark brown color and textured (not like. Physically textured, but visually textured, if that makes sense). In the middle of it, there was an illustration of a sea creature. It was some kind if prehistoric fish or sea creature. I think it was brown in color, but I'm not 100% sure.

I think the contents of the book was just illustrations/images and explainations of different prehistoric creatures. I mainly remember just looking at the images. I remember there being trilobites in it. Despite the cover being of a fish, I don't think it was specifically aquatic-themed, but I won't rule out the possibility.

Ive been searching on Google, but haven't found anything resembling it.

I went to the library and didn't find it. It also wasn't on their system. The librarian is helping me look for it now, but so far nothing. I've also checked my school library, asked multiple people, and asked basically every discord server im in. I've used both Google and Yandex image search using various similar images but haven't had any luck. I've made multiple posts to r/tipofmytongue and similar subreddits but got little to no traction.

I think it was published anywhere from the 1990s to the early 2010s. I'm thinking pre-2012.

My mom thinks it was an Ichthyosaurs on the cover, but im not 100% sure.

Details in point format:

• cover featured a prehistoric sea creature with big/sharp teeth. My mom remembers it as having a long snout. I believe it was a closeup on its face with its head turned slightly. Mouth was open and teeth were visible. An illustration (potentially realistic-looking), not a fossil.
• it was only the one creature on the cover. Maybe theres a chance it was chasing fish? Not sure.
• the book was tall, and probably had under 100 pages. It was hardcover and maybe had a laminated cover jacket thing with the mosasaurus image on it.
• content was pretty much images/illustrations of different prehistoric/extinct animals with text explaining them. I never properly read it, just looked at the pictures. There was most likely a page on trilobites.
• my mom said she thinks the earliest I would read it was 2010, so it was likely made before then (100% pre-2012), so I'm thinking anywhere from the 90s-early 2010s.
• my mom remembers there being words on the cover, but cant remember what. The title is probably basic/forgettable.
• unsure if its relevant, but im in Canada.

I edited multiple images to look similar to how I think the cover may have looked, as well as a rough sketch of how i think the page layouts would be. The second mockup is whats the most accurate in my opinion.

Im a bit uncomfortable sharing my local library, but I will say its in a town in Nova Scotia, Canada.

As the title suggests, what are some websites or services that a library card can grant you that might not be advertised directly on your own library's website? For example, I know about Hoopla and Libby and Kanopy, those and more are listed online, but what else is out there?

Do libraries typically accept donated music/history books?

I need to free up some space on bookshelves?

Includes statistics on number of volumes held, biggest libraries etc.

I'm leaving on a trip soon and tried using Libby offline and I'm having issues.

Even though there is loads of time left on my book loans, Libby is telling me the loans are expired. I clearly have 12 days left and the item is downloaded. Then I switch my phone to airplane mode and try to read any of the books and they all say they are expired.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi, I am from pakistan and there is no library that I can access from here. Can I get anyone library cards so that I can read some new books please!!!

I can't play that fast :(

I'm a student for an online SLIS program in North Carolina, in my last semester before graduation. I work a server job to pay for classes, and it feels like I'm the only one with a non-library job in all of them. The only experience I have in working in a library are years of volunteer work at an elementary school library, and a summer of practicum at my local library.

I can't get any job in my county because they all require a Masters I don't have yet, and 2+ years of professional experience. I've tried reaching outside my county with a 40+ minute commute, but I'm getting rejected there too. I can't afford to move and rent.

I'm scared at what's going to happen after graduation, if I'll be stuck in a dead end job with a degree I can't even use. I don't know what to do with what limited time I have to make myself more hire-able. Can someone please give me some advice?