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I use my libary card to download and read free ebooks on my Kobo all the time. Absolutely love it.
The Los Angeles Public Library offers:
- Free Museums tickets
- Free Zoo tickets (LA city residence only)
- Free state park passes
- You can borrow laptop, tablet, or even portable a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Free education software (Mango and Linkedin Learning)
- Free Comics, Music, Magazines, and Movies
- Free and cheap 3D printing
Obviously not every library offers all this, but check in with your local branch, and you might be pleasantly surprised.
One of the “protect our children” protests in the UK yesterday involved burning down a brand new library because…reasons, I guess?
If you ever had any doubts about the right wing protests affecting the UK, remember they burned down a local community library for no fucking reason.
protect the children from learning!
Protect the children from finding out we suck
My wife is a library administrator in (depending on how you want to look at it) a large town or a small city.
Some of the things the library offers people might not expect:
• Free 3D printing.
• Free large format printing.
• Free sewing machines.
• A ‘libary of things’ where you can check out things like tools or musical instruments.
• Tabletop RPGs you can take home or play there with people.
• A teen room with an XBox and a Playstation and a bunch of games, but adults are welcome too.
• eBooks and streaming audiobooks, movies and TV. My wife listens to audiobooks constantly and hasn’t paid for one in years.
You can also book a librarian to basically be your own personal researcher for a certain amount of time and they will even deliver books to you and pick them up later if you need them to.
Soon, a new branch will be opening. It will have a room with a lockable door and a signup sheet, one person allowed at a time. Inside will be a shower, a washer and a dryer, free to use.
By the way, if a library doesn’t have the item you want but another library has it, they can get it for you from that library.
Libraries are amazing.
I love the musical instrument loan programs. I loaned a violin for a month to test out whether I wanted to learn to play it.
I like it and the experience gave me enough of an understanding of the instrument to feel comfortable buying a used one to continue on with.
I don’t think I ever would have started learning it without the library program, the instrument is so intimidating
That’s awesome! My wife brought home a ukulele to try, but then she never tried it and brought it home. On the other hand, she’s already very good on piano, so that’s not the worst thing in the world.
Y’all should all
That’s grammatically correct in the neck of the woods I grew up.
Same thing for surveys and stuff at museums and similar places. Help them get more funding with them, even if you don’t have time to write something sincere. Numbers say a lot.
I think libraries should get improved internet connections and some up to date web browsing capable computers for people who don’t have Internet or computers at home.
Now hear me out before I get stabbed. Libraries shouldn’t have to provide this service. In fact I wish more libraries were specialized in locking down their systems to be only used for knowledge gathering. Think a terminal that an only access reliable web sources for information.
We need a separate public space for free Internet access. Most libraries see funding hits because they are used as resources for the less fortunate to get back on their feet.
Large metro libraries right now sort of act as a “get a job center” which the unfortunate fact is drives off anyone else who wants to use the library for it’s actual resources. And also puts other costs on the library.
They don’t already? My library system has since at least the early '00s.
Libby app uses your library card for digital loans on books and audiobooks.
Don’t get too used to this. Libby was bought by the same vulture capital firm that bought Toys R Us among other businesses they killed
Libby isn’t the only app though! My library uses Libby and overdrive and maybe even a third one
Overdrive and Libby are the same company, just a heads up.
Well that sucks. I did not know that.
My library card means I don’t need to buy a printer.
That’s what I use mine for too lol
And also, they have toilets.
A new public library place recently opened very near to where I live. I’ve nothing to say, am just a bit comforted that when the world is crashing and burning, at least I can be happy about this.
Also some libraries provide 3D printers which is really cool
edit: I didn’t notice how many people were commenting about 3D printers
Libraries around here also have free passes to museums among other things.
I always go grab the latest video game from my library. I don’t pay for em. You get them for 3 weeks at a time and can borrow them as much as you want. This is how I managed to play the entire PS4 library pretty much.
📚 📖 🫲😃 = 😎 👍 🪙
and even if they don’t know how to read, they could always pretend.
Some have 3D printers!
Our main branch has a whole mini-maker space in it. No wood, metal, or pottery stuff but there are 3d printers, cricut-like cutters, looms, knitting machines, and things like that.
And a Library of Things that can be checkout out that include games, STEAM toys, baking pans, musical instruments, and more.
My library offers free accounts for online courses like Coursera and Udemy. Saved me a few hundred bucks when I was trying to get into UX and web development. All I had to give was an email and choose my local library from a list, that was literally it. I was surprised these things were readily available for free with no hassle.
Mine lets me borrow eBooks and audiobooks via smartphone app, very useful and convenient.
