Not sure who needs to hear this today, but remember, your local public library benefits from being used! Usage statistics are how librarians argue for funding! By using this shared service more, you are making it BETTER for everyone else!
It's the glory of the commons, not the tragedy of the commons. Go to the library!!!
@joannarifkin I'm legitimately worried about the lack of infectious countermeasures in basically all public & private spaces near me.
We really need to ensure public spaces remain hospitable for all.
Agreed. I would love to hang at my local library for a few hours knitting frogs or studying Japanese. But I'm not hanging inside somewhere that I'm the only masked person, that has poor ventilation.
@lispi314 @joannarifkin While it's true that public spaces need to be safe spaces, libraries have services you don't need to go into their buildings to use. I'm sure those count as well.
There's a branch of my local library specifically for people who have disabilities and can't go in person. They mail materials out.
Check out your library's website and see how they can make your life better!
@joannarifkin I love the library. I'm watching a DVD that I checked out earlier this week.
Does checking out e-books help? Because I've been checking out a lot of those! I got into that habit at the start of the pandemic when my local library was closed.
yes, checking out ebooks help, sometimes ebooks licensing is more expensive to libraries than you realize so it helps to let them know people understand how to use them, check them out, & value them
@joannarifkin This is so important. If you really want a book don't order it from Amazon, order it from a library, they'll happily get a copy.
Then it can be read by countless people for years. You can read it whenever you want.
You don't have to own something to enjoy it.
In my experience you are lucky to have a library that will happily order a book they don't have. But it is definitely worth a try!
@sentient_water @SnerkRabbledauber @joannarifkin
Yep, I volunteered at our local library for over 10 years. Anytime anyone wanted a book we didn't have it was immediately ordered and added to the collection.
Also, my husband reads ebooks one after another. We get those from the library too. I can't imagine what it would have cost us for all the books he's read.
And it's FREE!!
And you can request that they order books you may want to read but not necessarily want to (or cannot afford to) buy!!
(I find that the more I use the library, the more attention they pay to my purchase suggestions)
Did I say it's FREE?? 👍
Adding to the chorus of people who agree with you, and also currently reside in places that are pretending there is no pandemic. :/
@joannarifkin wanted to give an insider perspective on this - 100% correct. never apologize for checking out so many books, asking lots of questions at reference, requesting interlibrary loans/purchases, needing help using our eResources or stopping by in the last few minutes, we count all those things, include them in monthly/annual reports, and most of the time* we enjoy helping.
*everybody has that one patron that bugs them but it probably isn't you 
#Libraries are awesome!
#PublicLibraries #PublicLibrary #Library
#Peanuts #ComicStrips are far from wishy-washy. They can be very philosophically deep and influential.
You're right, #libraries are awesome!
But images without #ImageDescription aren't #inclusive: People using a #ScreenReader hear just one frustrating word: "image"
It depends on the tool you use for writing your posts.
The Webbrowser interface allows to (a) add an image description during writing the post and also (b) to add it later, when editing your post after you have sent it.
I do not know how the different apps handle both cases but I assume at least the first case should work in up-to-date versions of most apps.
@AnneTheWriter1 @joannarifkin More important than any driving licence.
#alttext though?
These days, I always do. But way back when I first posted that, I didn't always include it. And on my current Mastodon app, I can't edit AltText after posting. My apologies.
@AnneTheWriter1 Yes, yes they are.
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