good idea!!
libraryoasis:
Yes! EVERY SINGLE LIBRARY NEEDS TO DO THIS! It’s so hard advocating for libraries in the community, reminding people just how valuable libraries are. This is an amazing way to remind people of how much they save by going to the library rather than downloading a book from Amazon to their Kindle or visiting their local Barnes and Noble.
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libraryoasis:
marissa1982:
so please give me a job.
Oh please tell this to my roommates who don’t get my need for a bookcase full of books.
Lovely!!
(Source: rubymart)
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It seems so simple, but it’s not!
yourathenaeum:
Some good advice on opening new books. “It needs gentle treatment, much the same as a machine needs lubricating.”
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lily-harlequin:
“Out of the Game” by Rufus Wainwright.
Rufus Wainwright, Helena Bonham Carter, and a library. This was a video made for me. <3
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mediumaevum:
The binding of the 7th century St Cuthbert Gospel
As the earliest surviving intact Western book, the St Cuthbert Gospel is the starting point for the history of the book as we know it today.
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