public library 'Don't be THAT person!': 15+ public library stories where entitled Karens, parents, and kids ruined everyone else's experience By cheezburger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0800 Going to one's local public library should be a pleasant experience. Unfortunately, as is the case with any public setting, one's experience can be profoundly affected by the actions and behavior of random strangers. You could be in a movie theater, a coffee shop, or the post office and find similar entitled behavior from Karens, parents, and kids that has the potential to ruin your day. Let's take a moment to assess the myriad of ways in which the same phenomenon can occur in public libraries.First, there's the strange people who sit next to you despite there being plenty of space for them to sit elsewhere. Then, there's the mess a group of kids may leave at a communal table. And, of course, there is the junk food that fully grown adults refuse to clean up after they are finished. This is the kind of entitlement that makes picking up a book feel like a Sisyphean endeavor. Keep scrolling below for this collection of mildly infuriating library moments. For more content like this, check out these frustrating movie theater fails. Full Article public entitled people karma books library mildly infuriating entitled reddit thread Reddit librarian funny entitled people
public library 5 things you didn’t know about the Boston Public Library By www.boston.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:00:29 +0000 There's so much history to be discovered right in the heart of Boston. The post 5 things you didn’t know about the Boston Public Library appeared first on Boston.com. Full Article Culture Back Bay-Bay Village Books History Neighborhoods Things to Do
public library Book returned to Worcester Public Library after 51 years By www.boston.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 03:42:12 +0000 In a Facebook post, the WPL thanked the Cambridge Public Library for their help in returning the book to its 'rightful collection.' The post Book returned to Worcester Public Library after 51 years appeared first on Boston.com. Full Article News Books Cambridge Local News
public library Catawba County Library system wins two awards from the North Carolina Public Library Directors� Association. By www.catawbacountync.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:20:00 EST The Catawba County Library System has received two awards from the North Carolina Public Library Directors� Association. Library Director Karen Foss was on hand to accept honors for the new Conover Branch facility and Battle of the Books programming presented at the NCPLDA annual awards banquet December 6 in Winston-Salem. Full Article News Release FYI Please Choose
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public library I assure you, we're open: A.C. Hunter Public Library welcomes guests despite closure of main entrance By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:30:00 EST People using the library in the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's are being forced to use alternate entrances due to an unsafe staircase in front of the building. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
public library Dover’s business history on display at the Dover Public Library through spring By history.delaware.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:11:22 +0000 Visit the Dover Public Library to check out some Dover-centric business artifacts temporarily on display through Spring 2025. Full Article News business dover historic sites Historical & Cultural Affairs History Newsroom
public library Delaware Children Wish Smokey Bear Happy 80th Birthday at Dover Public Library By news.delaware.gov Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:18:42 +0000 More than 100 Delawareans, from newborns to seniors, attended story time at the Dover Public Library to wish Smokey Bear a happy 80th birthday on August 9, which marks Smokey’s official birthday. Full Article Delaware Libraries Department of Agriculture Forest Service News birthday Delaware Forest Service Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse Dover Public Library Smokey Bear State Librarian Dr. Annie Norman
public library How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music By www.jpost.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:23 GMT Netsky said he thinks the Yiddish theater music in the archive files is particularly valuable because it was maligned by the classical composers as shund (trash) and neglected. Full Article Israel Judaism United States music New York Yiddish jews
public library Homewood Public Library Awarded 2020 Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant By www.ala.org Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:45:12 +0000 The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2020 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant to Homewood Public Library in Homewood, Alabama. Full Article
public library The Roxbury Public Library receives the Gale Cengage Financial Development Award By www.ala.org Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:40:29 +0000 CHICAGO — The Roxbury Public Library, Succasunna, New Jersey, is the recipient of the 2020 American Library Association Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award. The annual award is presented to a library organization that exhibited meritorious achievement in carrying out a library financial development project to secure new funding resources for a public or academic library. The award includes a check for $2500 and a framed citation. The award will be presented Jan. 24, at the Midwinter Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, preceding the ALA Presidents Program. Full Article
public library Rockford Public Library Offers Curbside Pick-Up By www.northernpublicradio.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:33:06 +0000 Attention bibliophiles! If you like e-books, but have missed holding and reading real books, the Rockford Public Library is providing curbside pick-up by appointment at all of their branches. Bridget Finn is the marketing director for RPL and she says customers can reserve items through the website or by phone. "After that," Finn said, "the staff will pull the items -- if they're available -- sanitize them, call the customer, set an appointment for them to come pick up the items, and get them ready for retrieval." Customers will get called up to the door and asked to show their library card or State ID through the window. Once the staff verifies the customer's identity and items, they will ask that person to step back six feet. The staff member will then place the items on a cart and roll it outside. When the staff member is back inside the building, the customer may retrieve the items. Customers may also reserve DVDs and CDs. To reserve items from the library and learn more about Full Article
public library 2019 public library training wrap-up By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 05:02:00 +0000 It's been another busy year of training, with nearly 30 training sessions delivered to over 300 public library staf Full Article
public library State Treasurer to Celebrate National Library Week at Frankford Public Library By news.delaware.gov Published On :: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:54:53 +0000 State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis will join the Frankford Public Library for their Community Connect Night on Monday, April 8 to celebrate National Library Week. National Library Week is an annual celebration that began in 1958 to highlight the valuable role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and communities. “Libraries in Delaware […] Full Article Delaware Libraries State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis
public library Justice Department Signs Agreement with Des Moines, Iowa, and Des Moines Public Library to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:13:12 EST An agreement has been reached with the city of Des Moines, Iowa, and the Des Moines Public Library, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
public library Justice Department Settles with Sacramento, Calif., Public Library Authority Over Inaccessible “E-Reader” Devices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:21:04 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it and the National Federation of the Blind have reached a settlement with the Sacramento Public Library Authority in Sacramento, Calif., to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement resolves allegations that the library violated the ADA by using inaccessible Barnes & Noble NOOK electronic reader devices in a patron lending program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
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