I certainly don't want to make it harder to read eBooks at the library, but... I suspect we are paying a lot more per-reader for eBooks than for print books, even when you factor in staff time and transport costs.
Print books still dominate in the U.S., but use of e-books and audiobooks has grown over the past decade % of U.S. adults who say they have __ in the past 12 months 2011 2015 2020 2025 Note: Dashed lines indicate a change in survey mode. We conducted the poll via phone from 2011 to 2021, and via web and phone in 2025. Those who did not answer or said that they did not read any books either all or part of the way through in the past 12 months are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Oct. 6-16, 2025.
Audiobooks continue to see big gains, but print remains the preferred reading format for most US readers.
Given this... the way we allocate funds for different book formats in libraries makes little sense to me.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
I once heard a friend say that he didn't believe a woman should be President because we're too emotional. Name ONE woman who has ever gone on a shooting rampage out of anger.
congratulations!
From the archives 😊🌸
Miss #FosterCatSkye says hi! 💕😊💕
Please feel free to share - TY ❤️
#NewfoundlandAndLabrador
Just offered my years of experience in cancer research and public engagement to help address the information needs of the NL population on cancer & asked for government funding for public engagement
@govnl.bsky.social
#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicEngagement #Advocacy #Funding #WeCanWorkTogether
Related to this topic, see my email sent to government officials @Telegram
"Government of NL can change this by working with groups like us or by initiating funding programs for public engagement in our province to benefit the NL population"
www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...
#NewfoundlandAndLabrador
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do you know what it means? folks says it means something...
Collage of purple hyacinth with trace of blue in different stages of bloom and close up of flower to the right.
Blu-tiful and fragrant!
#BlueSkyMonday
#MyGarden
#macromonday
#bloomscrolling
#hyacinth
#flowers
#gardening
#coloraday
#colouraday
📸 April 16-18, 2026
Pink and yellow daisy
Bellis perennis, happy Monday sky-folk 🌱
#Bloomscrolling #MagentaMonday #MacroMonday #plantsky #PinkMon #ColorADay #EastCoastKin
We are proud
We are strong
And we will go as far as we can
We thank staff at now-abolished Office of Public Engagement, NLsupport, and my colleagues at Discipline of Oncology for their support that has enabled us to form & achieve
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#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicInterestGroupOnCancer
Since 2021 our Group has undersigned a significant number of accomplishments in public engagement, advocacy & public outreach on cancer
This year brings an exciting project - we are about to start a research study on the vision of cancer in NL
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#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicInterestGroupOnCancer
May 2026 is an important date for us the Public Interest Group on Cancer, when we will be celebrating our 5th anniversary 💓
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#NewfoundlandAndLabrador #Cancer #Advocacy #PublicEngagement #PublicOutreach #Proud #PublicInterestGroupOnCancer
Some more forget me not flowers
In 2024, Premier Wakeham said abandoning Memorial University and telling it to 'go fix your problems' was 'not good enough.' These are his own words, on the record with CBC. Budget-2026 is his chance to prove he believed them.
Source in our Bio.
#WeAreMUN
Who?
universityaffairs.ca/news/program...
#WeAreMUN #WorthFunding
More of this, less of bombing other countries
(From @acyn.bsky.social )
For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.
As I age, I find myself caring for past places and experiences more
Nowadays I have this burning sensation to visit the boarding school that I spent six years in educating, ages 11 - 17, in #Istanbul 💕
