(Please boost for the folks who may not realize all the stuff their library has for them) 7 surprising ways the public library can help you save money

#museum #VideoGames #games #puzzles #camera #3Dprinter #tutoring #TestPrep #classes #free #ESL #citizenship #books #ebooks #audiobooks #streaming @libraries #PublicLibrary #libraries

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/16/1199885817/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-library

Some #libraries on Mastodon -

Franklin Park Library @fppld
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary
Ottawa Trans Library @OttawaTransLibrary
Poudre Libraries @poudrelibraries
Ringmer Village Library @rvl
Rutgers University Libraries @rutgerslibraries
Vernon Area Public Library @VernonLibrary

#mastolibraries #LibrariesOfMastodon #library #libraries

Every news outlet should stand up a Mastondon instance for their reporters & staff.

It’ll be great to see [email protected] or whatever domain they want to use.

Built in verification. Every reporter for the Washington Post on a washpo domain. Every reporter for the New York Times on an NYTimes domain. Etc, etc.

Plus the “local” feed for each instance becomes a feed of all the posts from that institution mixed together — providing extra discovery.

Someone created a list of 1,000+ journalists on Mastodon

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/htmlview?resourcekey=undefined&pru=AAABhH2W2zA*V1PG7hJSTbifNCcDu40zLA#gid=1320898902

We look forward to Tumblr joining the fediverse!

#tumblr #activityPub #fediverse

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub-the-social-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/amp/

The Internet Archive fulfills lots of #ILL requests each day (and on holidays/weekends).

Each one takes a person to do it, so we spread it out to staff around the world.

I love that the highest years are the 1990's...

Keeping our cultural memory alive!

The latest Mastodon update lets you follow hashtags. When you follow, posts with a tag appear in your timeline automatically.

Try following #Gardening to make posts about gardening appear in your timeline.

This can be REALLY useful for discovering interesting accounts.

To follow a hashtag:
1. Log in through your server's website
2. Search for hashtag
3. Click it to see its results
4. Click on 👤+ icon in top right (click again to unfollow)

Posts from followed tags are visible in the apps too.

Hello, #library friends! We are a #US #PublicLibrary trying to build a home on #LibraryMastodon for library patrons and colleagues in the literary ecosystem. We love the social part of social media. The invasion of privacy, misinformation, and divisiveness we're seeing on some platforms - not so much.

Very ✨ new ✨ to Mastodon. Just diving in and giving it a go. Appreciate any suggestions.