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Candida H๖fer
Candida H๖fer: Libraries | Umberto Eco
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This striking book shows the world's most beautiful libraries through Candida H๖fer's mesmerizing photographs. No one photographs spaces quite like Candida H๖fer and no one has captured better the majesty, stillness, and eloquence of libraries. Traveling around the world, H๖fer shows the exquisite beauty to be found in order, repetition, and form--rows of books, lines of desks, soaring shelves, and even stacks of paper create patterns that are both hypnotic and soothing. Photographed with a large-format camera and a small aperture, these razor-sharp images of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, the Escorial in Spain, Villa Medici in Rome, the Hamburg University library, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris, and the Museo Archeologico in Madrid, to name a few, communicate more than just the superb architecture. Glowing with subtle color and natural light, H๖fer's photographs, while devoid of people, shimmer with life and remind us again and again that libraries are more than just repositories for books. Umberto Eco's essay about his own attachment to libraries is the perfect introduction to an otherwise wordless, but sublimely reverent journey.
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Slowly perusing this sumptuous tome of photographs taken in various libraries around the western worldโ€ฆ gorgeousness and stillness throughout. I would love to visit many of these libraries - some to revel in the beauty, others to see how they‘ve changed since the photographs were taken (mostly in the 90s and very early 2000s).

Nute Wow! Each is stunning!๐Ÿคฉ 2y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Celebrating a milestone today. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

My brother-in-law got me this beautiful coffee table book to mark the occasion.

wanderinglynn Happy, happy birthday! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‚ 3y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @wanderinglynn thank you!! โ˜บโ˜บ 3y
LeahBergen Happy Birthday!! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ๐Ÿ“š That book looks gorgeous! 3y
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Penny_LiteraryHoarders @LeahBergen thank you!! ๐Ÿ˜š 3y
Jess Happy birthday! I hope you had a fantastic day! 3y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders @Jess thanks! It was a perfect day to stay home - windy with rain/snow mix. Just right for staying home, not working to celebrate 3y
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rustoryhuf
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Hanging out with librarians. Love Conference time.

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Areader2
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Library book sale , it was a quick run through I had to get home,going back tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜

CouronneDhiver Ooo, I loved the Orchardist 5y
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Readergrrl
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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My husband is a carpenter working in some very upscale homes and took me to look at his latest job. This house is incredible! While he was closing up, I explored the library. This is a relatively powerful and respected financial leader in New England (the opposite of me๐Ÿ˜‚) but our book tastes? Identical! I kept saying โ€œI read that! I read that!โ€ I‘ve found my new best book loving friend whom I‘ll never meet! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Kind of like Litsy TBH! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

rwmg So husband says to homeowner, "Do you need someone to help you catalogue and expand your library?" 5y
Readergrrl I have to admit @rwmg to being more than a little jealous: dark wood, fireplace, rolling ladder, huge soft leather chairs, with a floor to ceiling window looking out across the mountains, but most of the books were clearly well-loved and worn, lots of thrift and library sale books, very well loved children‘s books clearly from their own kids to children‘s books that must have belonged to the owners. Absolute heaven! 5y
BooknerdsLife Wow! I‘d love to have books loving friends in real life like that with beautiful library at home so I could visit them all the time! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ“š But I‘m grateful for all the books loving friends Ive met here on Litsy & on Instagram too ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ“š 5y
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Megabooks
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Me, me! ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ #litsyloveslibraries

Susanita Yes, but I'm usually stalking the hold list so hard I sometimes pick up the book before I even get the email! 5y
CrowCAH ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
MelissaSue81 ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
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Dolly โœ‹๐Ÿผ I must add: why do they often come in bunches !!! 5y
Christine Yup! ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
jmtrivera ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
guinsgirlreads ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
BiblioLitten ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
lauriedslack ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
CoverToCoverGirl ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
BradCarl Yeah baby! 5y
Megabooks @Susanita I am a fellow stalker!! ๐Ÿ‘€ 5y
Megabooks @Dolly So true about the bunches!! Idk why though! ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
NeedsMoreBooks ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 5y
Cinfhen I MISS those days!!!!! 5y
Megabooks @Cinfhen No libraries in Israel?? If so, that just seems so different!! 5y
Cinfhen No, they have libraries but it kind of ends there. The selections in English are minimal and rather old, you can only check out 2 books (๐Ÿ˜ณ) on your account and there is no online requesting or interloan system in place. I spoke to a librarian and a lot has to do with publishing rights ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ฃ 5y
Megabooks @Cinfhen Wow! Two books, no online, no interlibrary loan. Smh! Get with it Israel!! I can imagine why they have a small English section. I‘m sure you hear many languages everyday in addition to Hebrew. I‘d miss American libraries, too! 5y
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tournevis
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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1๏ธโƒฃ What kind of library? The answer is different if it's a local library or a rare books library. As a patron of research libraries, I'd say I'd save whatever book I'm pouring over at that time.
2๏ธโƒฃ Any Stephanie Meyer or Dan Brown book. Gleefully.
3๏ธโƒฃ S'mores have chocolate.
#whatwouldyoudo @DannyHattan

Sarah83 What an idea ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ 5y
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The.Intentional.Reader
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Purrfectpages ๐Ÿ˜‚ 5y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Susannah Who‘s running the libraries? ๐Ÿ˜ข 5y
BoleyBooks Appalling! ๐Ÿ˜ข 5y
Suet624 What?? This makes my stomach and heart hurt. 5y
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ravenlee This is terrible. 5y
That-Bookish-Hiker @Susannah I‘m guessing they will probably ask for volunteers. 5y
valeriegeary ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ 5y
Exbrarian Volunteers that don‘t know what they‘re doing. 5y
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TheBookgeekFrau
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Here you go @kaye the library in Old Colorado City

Such a cute building. I'm bummed I didn't have time to go inside

#Libraries

CarolynM Great to see another Carnegie Library! This is pretty one @Centique 5y
Centique @CarolynM isn‘t it just! ๐Ÿ˜ 5y
rather_be_reading ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ 5y
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BiblioLitten Pretty place to visit. ๐Ÿ˜ 5y
Kaye Very nice ! How old is the building, do you know ? 5y
TheBookgeekFrau @kaye The 1904 Carnegie building - now part of the Old Colorado City Historic District - was renovated in 1980, and received additional parking and handicapped access in 1994. A renovation campaign was launched in early 2003 to preserve its historic architecture. [Wikipedia] 5y
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Eyelit
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Some Friday evening funnies... ๐Ÿ˜‚

https://www.sadanduseless.com/funny-library-gallery/

Moray_Reads I recommend Orkney and Shetland libraries on Twitter. They have a hilarious friendly rivalry and post some brilliant things! 5y
readordierachel Those were great ๐Ÿ˜† 5y
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Amiable
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Moved to a new town about three weeks ago. Finally had the chance today to get my card from the public library. #Home

Crazeedi Nice! Looks like a big one, lucky you! 5y
CouronneDhiver Woohoo! I hope it‘s an awesome hangout. Do you like that new town so far? 5y
Amiable @Crazeedi It is! @CouronneDhiver Yes! It's only about 20 minutes from where we used to live, so we were down here quite a bit anyway before we moved. But I've always liked this town better, and I'm happy to have been able to finally move here. ๐Ÿ™‚ 5y
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CouronneDhiver Awesome! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ 5y
tracey38 ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ“š 5y
readordierachel Yay! Isn't that a great feeling? 5y
Amiable @readordierachel It really is! It doesn't feel like I can call a place "home" until I have my library card. ? 5y
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Thndrstd
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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A friend saw this on Facebook and tagged me of course. Larger version here: https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/35519201_1016059999...

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SassyBookworm
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Our wonderful library tonight showed the movie Coco and had a fun photo booth for the kids! Ava & Macy had a blast! The theme for this summers reading program is Library‘s Rock! And we sure think ours does!
#BestFriends #RaisingReaders #LibrarysRock #SummerReadingProgram

CourtElla4 We definitely love our library and librarians! They're growing up to love the library (almost) as much as we do. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ“š 6y
DebinHawaii Adorable! ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’• 6y
SassyBookworm @CourtElla4 yes!!! & I love how Ms. Susie knows they are best friends!!! 6y
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SassyBookworm @DebinHawaii thank you โ˜บ๏ธ 6y
Crazeedi Darling! 6y
SassyBookworm @Crazeedi thank you โ˜บ๏ธ 6y
SaturnDoo I think most of the libraries across the country are using that theme of Libraries Rock....I think my library rocks too ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๐Ÿ’œ 6y
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Crystallinegirl
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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One corner of my personal library! #librarylove #riotgrams @bookriot

JenniferEgnor Love all the dragons! 4y
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Eggs
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Need some bathroom reading? Push on that bookcase LOL

JennAndrew There‘s a bar in Edinburgh called Jekyll & Hyde that has bathrooms hidden behind bookcases like this. It‘s blinking awesome. ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ–ค 6y
wanderinglynn That‘s fantastic! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿปโค๏ธ 6y
Chrissyreadit NYC has a Jekyll and Hyde‘s too. It‘s so much fun! 6y
ReadZenRites Dream home ideas!!๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’• 6y
Eggs @JennAndrew How fun!! @wanderinglynn @Chrissyreadit @ReadZenRites ๐Ÿ˜Šโค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’™ 6y
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Eggs
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Love a doorway to another reading room

tonyahoswalt Love this one! 6y
wanderinglynn That‘s beautiful! I would definitely pick this for my house. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿปโค๏ธ 6y
Soubhiville Wow ๐Ÿ˜ 6y
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Craftylikefox ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’• 6y
ReadZenRites Yessss!!๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉโœจโœจ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’• 6y
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RealBooks4ever
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Visited this library and museum today in the tiny town of Heppner, Oregon. Spent two hours in their amazing museum. Found items relating to at least one ancestor! He died in the Great Flood of 1903.

Texreader And that is why libraries are the best!!!! Finding ancestors there is so rewarding!! 6y
RealBooks4ever @Texreader ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ 6y
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callunakeep
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Just sayin...๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ‰

JoScho Truth!! 6y
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Thndrstd
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Saw this on Facebook and wanted to share

readinginthedark ๐Ÿ˜‚People are allowed to talk in my library, sometimes unfortunately... (edited) 6y
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Eggs
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Need a "sharing size" ottoman though...

AmyG Agreed. But nice and cozy. 6y
youneverarrived Lovely! 6y
tammysue Nice! 6y
Zelma That one is amazing. Love the wood paneling. Real wood paneling ๐Ÿ˜ 6y
Eggs @AmyG @youneverarrived @whatshesreadingnow @zelma ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿปโฃ๏ธโฃ๏ธ 6y
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MelissaSue81
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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First day as a librarian part 2.

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swishandflick
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Ok you guys, this is embarrassing. I've lived in my current apartment for two years and have just discovered that there's a library a 15 min walk away ?. It's small and there isn't a huge fiction selection, but I'll take it! Operation "spend less" is looking up!

mrozzz Yay!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 6y
dariazeoli I‘m an out-of-state member. I love their ebook selection. 6y
JaclynW @dariazeoli Wait! What?! You can be an out-of-state member!? How so?? 6y
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dariazeoli @JaclynW there is a $50 annual fee but itโ€˜s worth it! My local library stopped using Overdrive last year. https://bpl.bklynlibrary.org/patron_card/registration.aspx?ref=outofstate 6y
JaclynW @dariazeoli Thanks! I'm going to have to look into this. I get frustrated by my local library online situation. I'm often 20th, 40th, or 70th person in line for an ebook or audio book. It is ridiculous! It should be more accessible!! There is just no excuse I feel in this day and age to have to wait that long for a book! (Yikes! I sound like a crotchety old lady! ๐Ÿ˜ฃ๐Ÿ˜‚) 6y
tournevis ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 6y
JoScho @dariazeoli I want to do that! 6y
I.readalot They mail out cards? Wow. How about out of country? Iol There is sometimes 250 people in line ahead of me for an ebook. ๐Ÿ˜” 6y
RadicalReader @swishandflick absolutely love the wonderful joys one gets from going to the library 6y
dariazeoli @JaclynW Ha Ha! I feel your crotchety ways ๐Ÿ˜‚ 6y
L_auren Go girl!!! 6y
L_auren All you need is a location and then you can order everything you want to pick up there! 6y
Q84 @swishandflick that's awesome! We move often and I have made it a point to find the libraries close by before we actually move so I will be prepared! @Monica.readsalot I have the same problem 6y
JessieReadsInBK My branch is small too so I put a lot on hold and they come in pretty quickly! 6y
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Mitch
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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It‘s my last day as a resident at the Gladstone Library - it‘s been the most wonderfully bookish weekend ever!
After 3 days of the silent reading rooms - the world outside is going to feel awfully noisy!

Image:- Do Not Disturb - I‘m Reading ( in Welsh!).
#livinginalibraryisthebest #leavingparadise

Cathythoughts Sounds heavenly โœจ 6y
PictureandBook What a dream! 6y
Tamra A reading retreat. ๐Ÿ’œ 6y
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MallenNC I've heard about this but haven't ever heard from someone who actually stayed at the library. It must have been amazing! 6y
Mitch It was great- I‘m sitting on the train now, heading back to real life and making a resolve to go annually for a silent reading retreat! (edited) 6y
Suet624 Oh my. How lovely. 6y
PatriciaU totally jealous! That must have been an amazing experience! 6y
Mitch It so was - @PatriciaU I took some work to do, as well as pleasure reading but would love to go back next year for a few days of pure reading - guilt free, no distractions, with nothing of normal life begging for attention! It was super good! 6y
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candority
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In early 1971 a childrenโ€˜s librarian in Troy, Michigan reached out to several notable people and asked them to write a letter to the children of the town to encourage them to visit the new library. She received responses from Neil Armstrong, Dr. Seuss, E.B. White and others! I love their letters and I think we would all agree with what they have to say! http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/05/library-is-many-things.html #litsyloveslibraries

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Bklover
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1. Heck yeah!
2. Ummm... you won‘t believe this but my town is small and has no library. There is a library in a nearby town but they won‘t let me borrow books. ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ข
3. See #2
4. No. Of course not. Horrors!
5. Oh definitely!

RadicalReader @Bklover what‘s your favorite book you‘ve read that‘s over 500 pages? 6y
EchoLogical No library?! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ 6y
GripLitGrl Messed up the library from a town over won't let you borrow no consideration your town has no library so unfair๐Ÿ˜• 6y
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Bklover @RadicalReader Lonesome Dove. Without a doubt. Every time I read it it‘s like visiting a place, not reading a book. 6y
TricksyTails Oh man, I thought I had it bad when I moved to this small town with its sad library. To have no library at all? ๐Ÿ˜ž 6y
Bklover @TricksyTails I know. I buy waaaay too many books. Which is okay too. ๐Ÿ˜‰ 6y
xicanti I'm deeply offended your town has let you languish without a library and the neighbouring town won't help out. Bad towns! Bad! 6y
Bklover @xicanti Thank you! They said since I don‘t pay taxes in their town I can‘t borrow books. I can borrow ebooks from my previous employer (a high school) though. They have an ebook service called Axis. I don‘t think they realize I‘m still using the service ! 6y
Erika13137 No library?! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ The horror! What about the little free libraries? 6y
Bklover @Erika13137 I did find a little free library in the area, but mostly has children‘s book and romances, which are fine but not my regular cup of tea. 6y
IheartYA Is there a county library? I would call town hall and ask someone to call a nearby library for permission. That's an outrage! You pay taxes and should receive the full benefit. 6y
Bklover @IheartYA our property taxes don‘t cover the library so I‘m out of luck. 6y
tonyahoswalt I wish I could change your library situation :( 6y
Bklover @tonyahoswalt โค๏ธโค๏ธThank you!โค๏ธโค๏ธ 6y
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Roselyn_Reads
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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My state, Connecticut, hasn't been able to pass a budget. The Governor's proposed budget is looking to cut funding to local libraries. These cards are from kids from ages 8 - 13 advocating against these cuts. I love the graphics and their letters to their senator is so inspiring. It makes me so sad but at the same time proud to see our young kids fighting for what they believe & advocating for libraries.

Laura317 Makes me sad children are having to write, but glad they have parents who've raised them to fight! 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Kids need libraries! It's too bad they have to fight already. ๐Ÿ˜ญ 7y
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Lacythebookworm
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We're celebrating National Library Week at our library by showcasing photos of librarians, staff, and students with how #librariestransform their lives. Here's mine!

LeahBergen Awesome! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 7y
minkyb Beautiful smile! 7y
Lacythebookworm @LeahBergen @minkyb Thank you! ๐Ÿ˜ 7y
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angrylilasian
Libraries | Umberto Eco, Candida H๖fer
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Can I just talk about how much I love my library? Not only do we have a bookmobile but now there's a machine at the gym where I can pick up my holds!! My husband asked if I would be going to the gym more often now. Cuz other than free food, this could be the motivation I was looking for! I haven't had a chance to use it yet so I'm putting stuff on hold today. I'm so excited!! ๐Ÿ˜†

8little_paws Whhhhhhhhhat 7y
8little_paws Boundless jealousy here 7y
MatildaBaggins Omg that's amazing!!! 7y
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PandaPanda I'm so incredibly jealous 7y
ReadingsByTheC That is so awesome! 7y
Christine Cool!! 7y
EvieBee That is so cool!!!! 7y
LectricSheep whoa! How does this work?! 7y
Yournewfriendsams Very cool!! 7y
Zelma Very cool! I recently traveled through Seattle and they had a digital library kiosks in the airport (ebooks and audios). Free two-day lending on a set number of books for non-residents too. 7y
Hooked_on_books This is genius! 7y
angrylilasian @LectricSheep I haven't picked up yet but it looks like when my hold comes in, I scan my card and my book is dispensed. Like a free book vending machine!! 7y
angrylilasian @Zelma That is amazing!! Now I have another reason to visit Seattle again! 7y
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Joriebooks
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Saw this at my local library today. A local artist designed it for the library using the library's acronym. I hope there's stickers.
#loveourpubliclibraries

Lmstraubie ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’– 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 1! This is an amazingly gorgeous coffee table book that combines libraries with one of the best photographers in the world. CH traveled all over the US & Europe to capture these magnificent images--the Escorial, the Whitney Museum's, the Villa Medici, the Pierpont, the Bibliotheque nationale de France, etc. And all of her pictures have zero people, for that glow of serenity and calm. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ๐Ÿ˜Ž

LitsyGoesPostal ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 7y
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