Mastodawn

It's just as important to educate kids on how to look at news sources as it is to teach them literacy. Libraries and their dedicated staff help parents, educators, and students on how to be literate about the media, news, and what they see online. https://action.everylibrary.org/alarmed_about_fake_news_the_librarians_can_help
#Library #Libraries #Services #Resources #TeachingSkills #FightingFakeNews #CombatingMisinformation #VerifiableInformation #MediaLiteracy

EveryLibrary 5h ago

Many people don't know that specialized library staff connect young people, and their parents, to age and skill-appropriate reading. It's their labor that raises libraries above being a simple item-storage facility. Here are five reasons why: https://action.everylibrary.org/5_intriguing_reasons_public_library_staff_is_crucial_to_communities
#Library #Libraries #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraryStaff #YouthLibrarians #Connections #Community #Communities

Nils Hörrmann 5h ago

Replacing #search results with #AI is like closing the #library and let random people summarize what they think they have read in a #book.

I‘m living in a house full of books. I think books are important. They store knowledge. They‘re beautiful.

I hope people without books know what they will be loosing if they can no longer see the sources of information on the internet.

Robiscuit 🌈

7h ago

Studying some teapots. I love the library for borrowing nice references of things so I don't always have to look at everything on a screen!

#MastoArt #sketch #teapot #library #art

Paul Arnheim-Projekt 10h ago

As a German, I agree with @[email protected] who nailed it. TY for sharing! I added #ALText, because we are #strongerTogether thanks to #inclusion:) #BookSky #ReadingAddicts #Bikesky #Library for free:) #SpringVibes

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tzon4hw6hqsxca2ippazyj2r/post/3mmddfqfuak2y

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨10h ago

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🤝📚 Aaron visits his family's local #library and finds James and the Giant Peach missing, along with dozens of others.

He learns about book banning and the principle that people have the right to read widely and form their own opinions. The #FirstAmendment protects authors' rights to write what they want and readers' rights to read those #stories.

👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/book-bans-censorship-first-amendment-kids-video

#animation #books #civics #communication #community #culture #literacy #ethics #government #humanrights #ideas #journalism #literature #kids #reading #religion #school #stopmotion #teaching #writing #constitution #USA #tksst #video

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stuart yeates 16h ago

@v_i_o_l_a

Apparently BNMM (Argentine national library) used labour that couldn't be used for other things during the pandemic to contact authors directly ask them for their preferred gender for name authority records.

Is there a decent write up of this somewhere in English?

#library #gender

DOAJ 20h ago

🧰The University-Based Publishing Futures community has just released an Advocacy Toolkit for University-Based Publishing #Library #ScholarlyComms #DOAJ
📅Launch webinar on June 1
▶️Details and Registration
https://publishingfutures.hcommons.org/advocacy-working-group/

Keira (She/Her)23h ago

PSA: in Australia pretty much anyone can join the various State libraries, and when you do you get access to nearly every big academic database.

You don't have to be part of a uni or school.

Mentioning it here because I've seen people worry about information collapse (me too), what might happen to Google Scholar, and the like, and no one in my uni course knew this yesterday when there was trouble having everyone access something at once through the uni library.

#libraries #library

🌷 marz 🌷1d ago

Curious to hear from library workers:

Do you think it's okay to leave a couple zines at the library?

If so, what's the best way to leave them so someone might pick them up but not disrupt the work of the library?

Are there any ways they shouldn't be left out? (Don't shelve them, put them in books, etc.)

Are there any types of zines you'd be excited to find in the library you work in?

For the purposes of this, assume there's no local zine collection or zine library.

#library #zines