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"Libraries and librarians…are…a kind of secular clergy, a trusted ear and an unbiased source of information and support to anyone who walks in the door. This is the compact we have at the deeper levels of our engagement with our communities past the bestsellers and free internet. There is a web of trust. Our users know, or should know, that they can come to us with issues and concerns and that we will leverage our best abilities to their ends. No matter what crazy crap is going on in your life the librarian will figure it out and set you up with at least some better understanding and a direction to go in."

Christian Zabriskie - Urban Librarians Unite founder and assistant community library manager at Queens Library at Baisley Park (via queenslibrary)

Here here!

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— 3 weeks ago with 141 notes
"People are so fucking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture that they were brought up in. People have attention spans of 5 seconds and as much depth as a glass of water."
David Bowie (via dulcetdecember)

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— 2 months ago with 3678 notes
West Main Street church keeps 'historic' label →

It is impossible to express how awesome I feel. Well, maybe not…

*victory dance*

— 2 months ago
Looks like the old, battered copies I first snuck off my parents’ bookshelf.

Looks like the old, battered copies I first snuck off my parents’ bookshelf.

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— 2 months ago with 2080 notes
2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults →

“Each year, YALSA presents the Best Fiction for Young Adults list after ALA’s Midwinter Meeting. This year’s list of 102 books was drawn from 200 official nominations. The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. The list comprises a wide range of genres and styles, including contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, horror, science fiction and novels in verse.

In addition to the full list, the Best Fiction for Young Adults committee also created a Top Ten list of titles from the final list, denoted here by an asterisk.”

— 3 months ago

readingisfabulous:

Outdoor library in Ghent, Belgium

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— 3 months ago with 415 notes
"Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they’ll tell us that we make sense?"
Rudy Francisco (via dulcetdecember)

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— 3 months ago with 18812 notes