A picture of a hoodie is cropped to highlight the text and logos on the front. The hoodie fabric is grey, and the text reads, "FREE PEOPLE READ FREELY" in all caps. Below that are the words Freedom to Read Foundation and ALA American Library Association depicted as logos. The font for, "FREE PEOPLE" is all black. The font for, "READ FREELY" is made up of letters in a variety of colors.

The #library30 Photo Challenge prompt for Day 6 is "favorite sweater". It turns out my favorite sweater is actually a hoodie; a hoodie to remind us that, "Free People Read Freely". That's an important message, especially now! #libraries #library #librarylife #skybrarians #publibs

Hi library folks, I'm librarylovestories on Instagram and post mainly about libraries and reading but also about running, cider making and my band, Father Wood

Which great library people should I follow?

www.instagram.com/libraryloves... #librarytwitter #librarylove #librarylife

A picture of a middle aged man taken in the selfie style. He is pictured from the shoulders up, smiling, wearing glasses and a floral backpack. Behind him are library books on a shelf. That makes this particular type of selfie a shelfie.

Two shelves of library books are pictured. Most of these books are large or oversized art books and feature artists like Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt and Bruegel. They are older and contain labels on their spines to indicate their shelf location.

Today's #library30 prompt: "take a shelfie". I work at the State Library Of Ohio and we have an amazing collection! I manage grants and don't get my hands in the collection much, but I do walk past some really cool oversized books on my way to my cube. #skybrarians #library #libraries #librarylife

youtu.be/B_dzd18f-9U?... 💕 Zinn Foundation, Educators, and Librarians! Real His/Her Stories, free resources, Save as an educational resource - carrying on The work of Howard Zinn @zinnedproject.bsky.social #LibraryLife #FreeResources #LessonPlans #HowardZinn

1. Your library 2. Your workspace 3. Your happy place 4. Take a shelfie 5. Favorite book 6. Favorite sweater 7. Snack time 8. Rare and unusual 9. Before we open 10. After we close 11. Lost and found 12. The past 13. The future 14. Displays 15. Inclusion 16. Weeding 17. Community 18. Open to all 19. Controversial 20. Play time 21. Beverage of choice 22. Access and accessibility 23. Programs 24. Services 25. Collections 26. #saturdaylibrarian 27. What we stand for 28. What’s next? 29. Dare to dream 30. Why libraries?

If you need a quick reference to the #library30 Photo Challenge prompts, here's an image with alt text. We're on Day Two and running through April. So, show us your workspace! #library #libraries #skybrarians #librarylife

A picture of a cubicle workstation with desk, chair, two monitors and filing cabinets. Papers are strewn about and it's kind of a mess.

Today's #library30 prompt is "my workspace". So, we're pulling back the curtain to reveal the inner workings of library grants management. #libraries #library #skybrarians #librarylife

The Sioux by Irene Handl

I always remembered the odd detail in Irene Handl’s obituary that she had written two novels, and filed it away. Now I finally treated myself to the first of them, The Sioux, published in 1965. Have you read it?
#irenehandl #thesioux #librarylife

Thank you to all of you who came to our Fairytale Story Carousel! We had lots of fun telling stories and spending time with you.


#TheHiveWorcs #WorcestershireLibraries #Storytelling #LibraryLife

Und immer, wenn du denkst, absurder geht es nicht mehr, kommt das Fachreferat Sport mit den #Neuerscheinungen daher: "Handball Impressionismus, Künstlerische Handballaktionen im KI-Pinselstrich, Monatskalender" #LibraryLife

Mid-Continent Public Library Staff Announce Organizing Effort with CWA - Labor Heritage Foundation Librarians and staff in the Mid-Continent Public Library system, serving Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri, have announced their intent to form a union. Approximately 60% of the union-eligible staff members have signed a public petition supporting efforts to organize with Communica

Mid-Continent Public Library Staff Announce Organizing Effort with @cwaunion.bsky.social

The workers are organizing to win better wages, more time off, safety protections at work and full staffing across the library system.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/3837cctu

#LibraryLife #Missouri #ShowMeState

Large sign says "PROTECT PUBLIC LIBRARIES"

Speaker Bryan Stevenson, Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative

Speaker, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey

PLA 2026!
#freadom #librarylife #MNProud
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@eji.org
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social

Patron: I want to live forever because it's the only way I'll get to read all the books in the world! Martin: How do you plan to acquire and archive all of the books in the world so you can eventually read them?

Patron: I can't rely on the library? Martin: We only have a small sammple of all book published. Plus "forever" is a long time. Paper crumbles, digital data becomes corupted.

Martin: Books go missing. And there are things like asteroids and solar events to worry about in the long term.

Patron: I'm confused. Should I become an astronaut? An astronomer? A data scientist? Martin: I'm not sure anything is going to help you keep reading past the heat death of the universe.

#libraries #librarylife #pla2026

See you at booth 1544 if you're in Minneapolis!

During our last table at TUS LSAD library, some silly answers had our staff in fits of giggles!🤣
Check out some of our favourites!
#TUSLibrary #librarylife #tablequiz #funnyanswers #aprilfools #laughteristhebestmedicine

The Librarian's Secret Diary <p>Nina is the new librarian on the block. She’s learning the shelves with her buzzword-spouting boss and the senior librarian who hates reading and can’t wait to retire. She records the crazy reader ...

The latest episode of "The Librarian's Secret Diary" is now live on Channillo for subscribers. This week Nina brings Bob the Library Bear to the national library conference, partly as a prop for her speech, but also for moral support. channillo.com/series/the-l... #serial #irishfiction #librarylife

#librarylife

In The Overgrown Library, knowledge inevitably returns to the earth. 🌿📖 Pages rot, ink bleeds into soil, and human stories transform into the living forest. What was once written is now grown. Nature is the ultimate archivist.

#TheOvergrownLibrary #Nature #Books #Folklore #Art #LibraryLife

At the very least reduce the emphasis on (racist, elitist, disappearing) using reviews to buy books/defend book buying decisions. There are plenty of other selection criteria we use. #LibraryLife #CollectionDevelopment

Groups of children are sitting on the floor of a library meeting room, clustered around colorful robots and color-coded mats. A few adults are circulating around to help them. Children’s faces are obscured with robot emojis for privacy.

Spring Break robotics at the library today! Just packed with kiddos; absolute chaos of the best kind. We’ve got the Botleys and the Sphero Indis out for the younger set, and later we’ll busy out the Ozobots for the tweens. 🤖 #LibraryLife #STEAMeducation

Just got to Minneapolis and I’m excited to be here for the Public Library Association Conference!

Looking forward to learning new ideas, meeting fellow library folks, and having some great conversations along the way.

#PLA2026 #LibraryLife

Stronger Together: See how libraries cultivate community through literacy!
Tuesday, March 31 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM #LibraryLife #CommunityLiteracy #CRTsponsored #CRTxLA

A stack of hardcover books on a desk next to a reem of jacket covers. The books are ready to be processed for the shelf.

When people donate popular books in really good condition, we often use them as replacements for our worn-out copies. I've added *so many* replacements these past few weeks!

Only one book in this image was an actual purchase!

#PubLibs #LibraryLife

In the style of Gary Larson's The Far Side. There's a man in a coffin with a few books. Another man has armloads of books, and a third seems to be trying to stop him. Caption: "I don't care what you say, I'm sticking in a few more books. It's what he would have wanted."

#thefarlibrary #librarylife #libraries #pla2026

See you at PLA in Minneapolis! We'll be a booth 1544.

» RFC Editor

Ein bunter Themenstrauß heute mit viel #TIL:
- Die RFC Series (https://www.rfc-editor.org haben eine ISSN, aber bislang keinen EZB-Eintrag.
- Für die Broschüre mit laminierten Karten zu Hula-Hoop in der Grundschule gibt es einen Platz in unserer Systematik: Gymnastik mit Geräten. #LibraryLife

Wenn eine Zeitschrift, die "Sozialer Fortschritt" heißt, ein Abomodell aus dem letzten Jahrhundert hat #LibraryLife

I suppose I’m ready
to go back
to work
tomorrow…
I guess…?

Actually love my #LibraryLife job, but also really love my holiday time. And it was a great one: made several new zines; saw a play; older son visited; my wife & I had a three-day adventure afterward; read a pile of different books.

Sigh.

My favorite thing about conferences like TLA is lugging around a giant suitcase and everyone immediately knowing what’s in it and why you have it 🤣 #librarylife

School Year Read 43 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #lgbtqia #weneeddiversebooks @annzhao.bsky.social

My Big Gay Book Display has grown too large! I have run out of wire book easels!

#LibraryLife

there's something very surreal about doing something you've done literally thousands of times over 20 years and knowing that it's the last time you're ever gonna do it

#librarylife #RIPBarker

Hard getting into this Friday morning. I think I shall have Mark Lanegan serenade me while I shelve..... #librarylife #ScreamingTrees