Happy National Library Week to each and every one of you, regardless of country of origin. At Book Riot, we celebrated libraries all week long, and we wanted to send you a special edition of “Check Your Shelf” to remind you the power of your work. Find some of our pieces from this week, from posts past, and some other fun finds from this week of library love. If you can’t get the Tweets included here to populate in your inbox, click the time stamp and they’ll pop up for you.
Enjoy!
- We’re giving away a Kindle for reading all of those ebooks that you can borrow from the local collection.
- How to support your library this week (& every week). This might be a nice reminder for your patrons who are following you across social media.
Did we do this right? #NationalLibraryWeek pic.twitter.com/e100WyCSAK
— College Library (@college_library) April 9, 2018
- On keeping your personal book collection at the public library. No worries — it’s about the mentality of making the public library your personal collection, not about storing your stuff there.
- Genderqueerness in the library.
- The observations of a former Fine Arts Library page on her work and experiences in the library.
- Who is your favorite fierce fictional librarian?
Librarians are the true superheroes – they can help us find our best selves & carve out the future we want, instead of what's thrown at us. Thank a librarian today & bug your elected officials to fund libraries robustly!@ALALibrary #LibrariesLead #NationalLibraryWeek https://t.co/AwxEymIpkn
— Laurie Halse Anderson (@halseanderson) April 10, 2018
- On the magic of a community investing in its local library.
- A newly minted librarian talks about how to best love your local librarian. Another nice reminder for your patrons, maybe?
- Chances are you’re familiar with the work of EveryLibrary. But if not, check out what it is they do and consider making a small donation.
#tbt: We pity the fool who doesn't love #NationalLibraryWeek!
Mr. T visits Chicago’s Cook County Department of Corrections’ Clarence Darrow Library, 1983. pic.twitter.com/iBZEoVarXV
— American Libraries (@amlibraries) April 12, 2018
- That time one of our writers WAS the library ghost.
- Libraries as a constant.
- Get your workout on while you’re at work with the fun librarian workout.
The library is dangerous, full
Of answers. If you go inside,You may not come out
The same person who went in.—Alberto Ríos#NationalLibraryWeek https://t.co/5qH1M7Hho9 pic.twitter.com/eDIS8uKfdd
— Academy of American Poets (@POETSorg) April 9, 2018
- 50 excellent quotes about how great libraries are.
- Get inspired by the social justice themed book displays put together by libraries around the world.
- 16 great library scenes from film.
Tradition holds that on the first night of #NationalLibraryWeek, information professionals leave out their cardigans in the hopes that Melvil Dewey will leave hand sanitizer in the pockets.
— Lousy Librarian (@LousyLibrarian) April 9, 2018
- Add some flair to your tote bag, purse, or clothes with these great library-themed enamel pins.
- A love letter to the library holds system.
Grab One ASAP…
Up in the Book Riot Store, you can snag a Hogwarts House specific library-themed tee. But if you want one, you have to grab it fast: the sale ends on Sunday.
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Thanks for all you do, librarians and library lovers. We’ll be back with our regular edition of curated news and pieces of interest for you next Friday.
–Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars on Twitter and Instagram