Montana
@bigskybrarian.bsky.social
children's librarian and moo deng enthusiast
I am back just for #LibFaves25 !!
Running a few days behind but I have my top ten! Day 1:
THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke
Running a few days behind but I have my top ten! Day 1:
THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I am back just for #LibFaves25 !!
Running a few days behind but I have my top ten! Day 1:
THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke
Running a few days behind but I have my top ten! Day 1:
THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke
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me when the library book i've checked out has a waitlist and i decide to return it early
January 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
me when the library book i've checked out has a waitlist and i decide to return it early
very nice email from a patron today after she requested that we order the Big Words biographies series and then realized we already have some 🥰
January 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
very nice email from a patron today after she requested that we order the Big Words biographies series and then realized we already have some 🥰
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Libraries across the US are gearing up for #TakeYourChildtotheLibraryDay on Sat, Feb 1, 2025.
Find out if your local library is participating at the link below.
Find out if your local library is participating at the link below.
TYCLD
Take Your Child to the Library Day: an international initiative to encourage families everywhere to take their children to their local library
takeyourchildtothelibrary.org
January 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Libraries across the US are gearing up for #TakeYourChildtotheLibraryDay on Sat, Feb 1, 2025.
Find out if your local library is participating at the link below.
Find out if your local library is participating at the link below.
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This is my chance to convince everyone what they really need is a library card.
January 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is my chance to convince everyone what they really need is a library card.
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Books are expensive but you know what’s free?
✨library✨cards✨
✨library✨cards✨
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Books are expensive but you know what’s free?
✨library✨cards✨
✨library✨cards✨
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If you don’t have a library card, go get one today. They’re free!
a cartoon of a girl holding a book that says library
ALT: a cartoon of a girl holding a book that says library
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you don’t have a library card, go get one today. They’re free!
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we have these! they are called books
January 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
we have these! they are called books
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Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
January 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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Harry Potter was a millionaire wizard who became a policeman. Boring. The Baudelaire orphans lose a fortune, are abandoned and betrayed by every adult in their lives, and only survive by being bookish and inventive. Legendary behavior. Iconic.
January 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Harry Potter was a millionaire wizard who became a policeman. Boring. The Baudelaire orphans lose a fortune, are abandoned and betrayed by every adult in their lives, and only survive by being bookish and inventive. Legendary behavior. Iconic.
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(our holds ratio is 20:1 ... because of cost)
(our holds ratio is 20:1 ... because of cost)
There are 190 people waiting for the next Rebecca Yarros book on our Overdrive. That means, with a holds ratio of 7:1 we need to buy 27 copies. At $60/copy. That's $1620 for 27 copies of 1 book.
That is fucking ridiculous and I would like to buy 0 copies. I'm contemplating it.
That is fucking ridiculous and I would like to buy 0 copies. I'm contemplating it.
December 30, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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(our holds ratio is 20:1 ... because of cost)
(our holds ratio is 20:1 ... because of cost)
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I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.
December 27, 2024 at 2:12 AM
I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.
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Yup, it works. Want a book the library doesn’t have? Ask ‘em for it.
I don't have a good understanding of the behind-the-scenes workings of libraries, but mine keeps buying the books that I request, and my librarian friends have told me that I should keep doing that.
December 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Yup, it works. Want a book the library doesn’t have? Ask ‘em for it.
tfw u have bumblefoot for the second time
December 22, 2024 at 1:32 AM
tfw u have bumblefoot for the second time
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the thing about being cold is that it should be illegal
December 21, 2024 at 10:05 PM
the thing about being cold is that it should be illegal
Only
10.5 hours
18k steps
and 550 people later
and I can rest from our library's annual Polar Express Festival (aka the best day of the year)
🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂
#LibraryLife #Skybrarians
10.5 hours
18k steps
and 550 people later
and I can rest from our library's annual Polar Express Festival (aka the best day of the year)
🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂
#LibraryLife #Skybrarians
December 22, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Only
10.5 hours
18k steps
and 550 people later
and I can rest from our library's annual Polar Express Festival (aka the best day of the year)
🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂
#LibraryLife #Skybrarians
10.5 hours
18k steps
and 550 people later
and I can rest from our library's annual Polar Express Festival (aka the best day of the year)
🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂❄️🚂
#LibraryLife #Skybrarians
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Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your résumé?
Public librarian: sorry the printer ran out of toner
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Public librarian: sorry the printer ran out of toner
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your résumé?
Historical lexicographer: I assume it was in oral use, but simply not found in the written record.
Historical lexicographer: I assume it was in oral use, but simply not found in the written record.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Comic book writer: I was thinking.
Comic book writer: I was thinking.
December 20, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your résumé?
Public librarian: sorry the printer ran out of toner
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Public librarian: sorry the printer ran out of toner
📚
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And the moment we've been waiting for *drum roll*... The most popular #LibFaves24 books with 8 votes each were JAMES and THE MINISTRY OF TIME! 🎉 FUNNY STORY and SANDWICH had 7 votes, THE MESSAGE had 6, and with 5 votes each: MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, THE MIGHTY RED, THE SPELLSHOP, and THE WOMEN
December 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
And the moment we've been waiting for *drum roll*... The most popular #LibFaves24 books with 8 votes each were JAMES and THE MINISTRY OF TIME! 🎉 FUNNY STORY and SANDWICH had 7 votes, THE MESSAGE had 6, and with 5 votes each: MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, THE MIGHTY RED, THE SPELLSHOP, and THE WOMEN
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I placed the top mentioned #LibFaves24 titles in 3 tiers. Bronze, Silver, Gold if you will. Our 3rd tier Bronze titles were mentioned either 3 or 4 times:
December 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
I placed the top mentioned #LibFaves24 titles in 3 tiers. Bronze, Silver, Gold if you will. Our 3rd tier Bronze titles were mentioned either 3 or 4 times:
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First, some fun #LibFaves24 numbers: We had 464 votes total with 346 unique book titles! Wow!
December 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
First, some fun #LibFaves24 numbers: We had 464 votes total with 346 unique book titles! Wow!
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The spreadsheet of all titles mentioned. So many wonderful books! Thanks again everyone! #LibFaves24 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#LibFaves24
docs.google.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The spreadsheet of all titles mentioned. So many wonderful books! Thanks again everyone! #LibFaves24 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...