Library-Ann
@library-ann.bsky.social
Librarian, amateur photographer, funny girl. Tattooed hippie chick. I draw sometimes. I write sometimes. I have liberal tendencies all the time. 💙🩵💙🩵 #k80s All photos and poems my own unless otherwise credited. Ask me about books! 💙📚 🚫DMs. 🚫creepers.
Award winning historical fiction. A story of intrigue on a 9 mile train after Will witnesses a murder while searching for a circus girl. Full of circus tricks, fantasy creatures, and personal relationships. A good story told well. Appropriate for ages 8+ 💙📚 💙🎧 #railroadfiction #circusfiction
Thankful always for active parents who take a deep interest in their child's life and development. How I love witnessing you all singing along at storytime, listening quietly to book club discussions, and gently wrangling on field trips. You are making a difference in this world. #librarylife #win
Like an expansion of George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words McWhorter, a linguist, goes deep into academic etymologies to explain where several of our favorite *taboo words came from. He is very funny and a huge theater nerd. I learned so much! Highly recommend! *Listen with headphones in public! 📚💙 🎧💙
A staffer sent this to me: Once upon a time...a long long time ago...I wrote some rhyme and told you so: Children's librarians are a breed apart from all the rest They have a sharing congenital spirit as vast as Everest Stay happy stay blest...I wish you all the best! for Boss's Day #poetry
Under the ADA, only dogs and miniature horses can be considered "service animals." Official service animals are allowed into the public library. Every staff member I have ever managed was well acquainted with and reminded of this rule: 🧵
On Wednesday, I took 3 apples from our kitchen and put them on the "free" spot at work. By that afternoon, only 1 remained - on a white placemat. When I got to work this morning, the one apple and placemat had been joined by a small orange. It was clearly the beginning of a still life. 🧵
We were finishing up a game of bingo at our hippie grocery store when a young couple came in to eat dinner. She was lovely and he had a glorious head of long reddish-blonde hair and a trim beard ala Gregg Allman. They asked about the bingo schedule, and we invited them to join next time. 🧵
I was in the clearance books when two young woman came over. One pointed to a title and said, "I tried to get through this one, but I just couldn't do it. I mean, I really tried." I said in a friendy/conspirtorial voice, "You know, you don't have to finish a book you don't enjoy." 🧵
Looking for something in your life? Let me talk you into going to Library School. Seriously. #librarylife #nerds #LibrarySky 📚💙
Today, staff got to see (not touch) a 28-star American flag that was in use from July 4, 1846 to July 3, 1847 - the one year between Texas and Iowa becoming states. It will be framed and on display for the America 250 celebration at the State History Museum. #librarylife
Our State Archivist handed me an original copy of the excerpts of the first Continental Congress. 1774. Tears. I was overcome! Also, reaffirmed in my choice of public service librarian because clearly I would get *zero* work done in the archives. #nerd #librarylife #booksky 📚💙 📚🩵
I was standing near two twenty-something men at Half Price Books when I overheard one telling the other about the Ranger's Apprentice series. He said, "It's really good." I turned and agreed with him. I loved that series. 🧵
He's not wrong. Have you? 📚💙 🎧📚 #fundlibraries #keepreading www.facebook.com/share/p/1CLv...
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Guess what we did today - I'll give you some hints: "Mime is money." "These go to 11." "You know what I n-n-neeed." "None more black." "To the stage!" "He was the patron saint of quality footwear." "Have a good time...ALL the time." 41 years old. Still holds up (to 11). #ThisisSpinalTap
Found Dreams I dream of knowing all the answers being up on stage large open spaces where I can lose myself finding myself around each corner finally belonging . . . twinkies. 2009 #poetry #originalpoetry
I was reminded of this post on Saturday when a complete stranger approached me in a restaurant and complimented me on my tattoos. He was so lovely and the lady with him had a radiant smile. If they had been there sooner - we probably would have bought their dinner. #conversationswithstrangers
This #WizardWednesday is too damn warm!!! Repost the ice mage to increase his power and reach, and you too, will feel a nice breeze and a drastically reduced nocturnal temperatures
Moon Walk, 2020. By Wilf Perreault (Canadian, b. 1947), acrylic on aluminum, 24 x 24 in. #art #painting #illustration
The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump admin broke the law when it withheld funding for the nation's libraries. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds
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Had a student linger after our evening class to ask me about a book he might read to his class of afterschool kids. I packed up, and we headed out of the building talking. We just kept moving discussing kids/books/school across a dark campus, and pretty soon, we were at my parking garage. 🧵
www.linkedin.com/posts/mychal... Mychal Threets is a damn national treasure! Please support libraries and PBS always. #dowhatyoucanwhenyoucan 📚💙 🎧📚 #libsky #library #bethechange
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The U.S. House of Representatives may have voted to approve the “rescission” bill, which would cut nearly $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for PBS and NPR… But we will NEVER give up on PBS...
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Are you an audiobook fan? Check this out! youtu.be/C-rKFOyOKN8?... #accessibilitymatters 🎧📚 📚💙 #libsky #booksky
Audiobooks and the accessibility revolution
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How does Woodson pack SO MUCH in just 196 pages?! This story follows 2 families from an unplanned pregnancy through that baby's 16th birthday. We are treated to the families created, the joys celebrated, and the dreams realized. A stunning story. Highly recommend the full-cast audio. 💙📚 💙🎧
May 2020 - early COVID (Leaving the) Building Dreams As I sit in front of the computer for one more hour of one more work day And think about how many weeks this work-from-home situation and quarantine has taken to seem normal, I dream of going just about anywhere. #poetry 🧵
We moved into this house nearly 20 years ago and our older neighbors across the street were the first to welcome us. Don brought over a grocery bag with bananas and yogurt and oj on our first morning. It was a thoughtful thing as we had zero food in the house and a long day of unpacking ahead. 🧵
