Monday, May 18, 2020

Twitter Thread: Librarian's Insights About The General Public


This librarian offered up their various insights they've picked up from observing the general public that flows in and out of the library. All kinds of endearing moments. Whether it's the couple bickering over each other's competing tastes, or the young adult who just had their world open up upon graduating to an "adult", and being able to read anything. 

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @grumpwitch Things I have learned about the general public whilst working at the library: 1. A huge number of people under 20 can't read face clocks, having grown with only digital one. dn 2. Many people don't know how to spell "library." It's in our email address. This causes problems 16:41 · 15/05/2019 · Twitter for Android 11.2K Retweets 26.2K Likes

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h Replying to @grumpwitch 3. A disturbing number of young people don't actually know how book-lending at the library works. They assume it costs money! Teach your children about libraries! 4. Crime and thriller are basically the same thing in many cases. In fact, we have doubles of books because of that. Q 21 27 294 ♡ 3,210 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h v 5. People use hidden codes like asterisks to mark which books they've read. Please don't do tha

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru.. · 22h 7. Libraries are a godsend for blind and deaf people and not just for audiobooks. They can come for help with filling out forms and getting directions. 8. Some elderly people go through books at a TERRIFYING rate. They are to be feared and respected. 25 27432 O 6,683 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h 9. Some people are so afraid of computers that they will come to you with a query and then become upset if you offer to look it up on the computer instead

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h 12. The Jobcentre regularly lie to people and like to tell them they can get services at libraries that simply do not exist. We will try our very best to help you get what you should have been given at the Jobcentre. 13 27379 O 3,722 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h 13. Most banks assume that everyone has an email now. In fact, some people have trouble proving that they exist at all without one. 14. Library folk are good folk. We do this because we a

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h v 16. Libraries remain the only place where you can spend hours in a publicly- accessible building without being expected to spend money. Parents come to entertain their children for free on wet days. People in poverty come for a warm place to sit. Libraries are a haven. 48 27 1,688 O 8,844 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru.. · 22h 17. Some people will go their entire lives only reading 2-3 authors but still have enough material to read a book every month. (Se

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h 19. We're funded based on footfall. I've seen staff cry because we lost a youth group to a private hall that has fancier facilities like a cafe. We need all the footfall we can get. O 24 27 220 ♡ 2,748 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h v 20. Staff are hitting their heads against walls volunteering to create events, classes and groups only to have them shot down because local councils don't understand social media or want to charge for it. I can't over

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2, @gru... · 22h v 22. Authors don't like to visit little libraries because they don't get paid. Bookstores often pay. 23. The "sexy librarian" trope has actually done a LOT of harm and has caused countless incidences of sexual assault by men who can't tell the difference between porn and reality. 28 27223 ♡ 2,870 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h v 24. Old ladies keep libraries in business. Old ladies who read are the best. Old ladies who can tell you exactly which

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2, @gru... · 22h 26. I'm not supposed to have favourite library users but I do: I love library couples, who bicker over each others' reading tastes or share books and then argue about the themes. 5 27 126 ♡ 2,732 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru... · 22h I also love the autistic kids with special interests. I will crawl over hot coals to get you a book about the specific type of train you are interested in, tiny child. I wil| listen to you tell me about it in great detail. I

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Text - 21st Century Gorgon 2 @gru.. · 22h v 28. And finally, because l've spammed you long enough and because my typos are mounting up, remember this: Library staff can overcome many challenges but Book Gods help you if you deprive us of caffeine. You don't want to see what happens then. O 237 27414 ♡ 7,601

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