Everyone should read our Public Libraries 101 zine for basic information about how public libraries function, are funded etc... in the US: static1.squarespace.com/static/64063... - ThreadSky

prisonculture.bsky.social • 10 days ago

Everyone should read our Public Libraries 101 zine for basic information about how public libraries function, are funded etc... in the US: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64063be39637e16c30d774ef/t/67303df9932af1200bf3aeef/1731214855888/Public+Libraries+101+v2+%28digital%29.pdf

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nattybowditch.bsky.social•10 days ago

Very helpful. Thanks

zdroberts.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is amazing. Great simple to understand and amazingly well designed.

prisonculture.bsky.social•10 days ago

feel free to print and distribute in your communities.

russwalker.bsky.social•10 days ago

Perhaps a PA version is needed, given the unique approach to public library organization and finance here. Most are not run by officials elected by the public, but are nonprofits that must go hat-in-hand to local govts and public to raise $.

prisonculture.bsky.social•10 days ago

Go to it. Make the PA specific one. Our offers a general view and includes the caveats about local contexts.

sarahpaira.bsky.social•10 days ago

Saw this recent article on LinkedIn and thought of your FTP libraries: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bv114zh?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

prisonculture.bsky.social•10 days ago

thank you for sharing with me

lafternews.bsky.social•9 days ago

And please watch the upcoming documentary “Free for All: The Public Library “ coming to @pbs.org April 29, 2025.

why2cake.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thank you for this!

venusdechicago.bsky.social•9 days ago

Doing my MLIS right now and I am definitely sharing this with my class! 😍

prisonculture.bsky.social•9 days ago

Great. They are also invited to this virtual event on 3/27 if interested: https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/criminalization-202-for-information-workers

toomanythreads.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is incredibly useful

prisonculture.bsky.social•10 days ago

So glad

praisethe-sun.bsky.social•10 days ago

Neat

blogofnikki.bsky.social•10 days ago

Dopeee. Is it okay if I get copies of these printed to hand out at an event I’m planning?

prisonculture.bsky.social•10 days ago

Absolutely. That's what we hope people will do in their local communities.

parasocialora.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thank you for this.

prisonculture.bsky.social•10 days ago

sure. We hope people actually read it and also distribute it in their own communities.

lynnerz.bsky.social•10 days ago

📌

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