jumpingjacktrash:

teaandspite:

teaandspite:

teaandspite:

She doesn’t know it yet, but she will soon. You see, the midterm paper on calls for students to write a collection evaluation for a library of our choosing. Now, I know that when she said that library does not need to be real, she meant that we didn’t need to pick a specific one. But what I heardwas… 

For those of you requesting the full paper, I’ll see what I can do once I get the grade back!

I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

For the sake of this evaluation, only the official, present collection of the Unseen University will be examined. Collections belonging to other libraries that are accessible via L-Space will be considered as part of the Interlibrary Loan System, as will materials available by time-travel and other such means.

Relatedly:

Whether or not acquiring books that have not yet been written is a violation of copyright law has yet to be legally clarified, but faculty and students should not expect to be permitted to cite them in their own work (see also Library Rule 3: Do Not Interfere With The Nature Of Causality). 

Alright, here is the full paper, stripped of all incriminating details. 

this is a Joy To Behold

omg this is solid platinum

kryptaria:

robotmango:

roguewrld:

robotmango:

so I am not sure if the captain america fandom knows that “hydra” is also the name of an open source digital repository framework (like, it’s the architecture that certain museum/archive/library collections databases are built on)

but on an unrelated note, I am not allowed to dramatically whisper “hail hydra” at content management meetings anymore

Somewhere in the Marvel Universe, a very confused archivist ended up being interrogated by the CIA for several hours because of course she worked with HYDRA. All the archivists were working with HYDRA. 

REPORT: operative has confessed to a “full knowledge” and “high level of expertise” regarding hydra operations. was apparently recruited by hydra at a clandestine gathering under the guise of a digital humanities conference. subject showed zero remorse and even offered to show both interviewing agents “how to get started” working under hydra’s basic command structures. subject displays a high degree of infiltration capability; civilian dress at intake included a cardigan and a handmade wooden pin of a siamese cat. the latter was acquired via “etsy" (coded equipment drop site?) when questioned regarding the deployment of the asset, subject indicated close control over multiple assets “catalogued” within diverse fields (geographic coordinates?). subject indicated over 9,000 individual records for assets. we were not prepared for this. 9,000 assets. 9,000??? Jesus Christ i quit do you hear me shield

Everything about this is perfect.

theamateur-professional:

Library Court.

Because justice is overdue.

theprofessional-amateur:

theprofessional-amateur:

theprofessional-amateur:

theprofessional-amateur:

Explaining to my bosses why using our collection to mirror memes is a good thing

Them still not understanding but checking the engagement numbers

I like to hang out on both sides of the Why I Should/Should Not be in charge of our social media argument

Back on my bullshit at work.

Back on my bullshit.

Today’s find

Dusty old archives? I think you mean red hot memes

Honestly… this is me. Getting all dolled up to go read a book.

I feel you, Francis Bacon.

This frontispiece is found in Of the advancement and proficience of learning or the partitions of sciences(1640).

tikkunolamorgtfo:

lesbianvenom:

last week a guy came in and idk how the conversation came up but the guy was like “I don’t know how young people — present company excluded — are socialists” like sir this is a library and the young librarian is in fact a socialist

From sarahcakes613: #wait til he learns how libraries are funded