The former Hutchesontown District Library on the southside of Glasgow. It was designed by J.R. Rhind in a French Renaissance style and was built in 1904. It's topped with a winged figure by William Kellock Brown.
My local #library didn't have a copy of Jordan Mechner's #book Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family, so I submitted a purchase request. I'm really looking forward to reading it.
I'll admit it, I got the idea from someone else on Mastodon, and I can't remember who. Hopefully someone reading this will be inspired to check out their own library. They are precious resources and should be supported with our patronage.
It's aimed at anyone who fits the aforementioned bill and is interesting in exploring the mathematical potential of their stories, objects and exhibitions, with participation in Maths Week Scotland in mind.
You can still read and learn for free if you can’t afford a book. Read a book. Get a library card. Teach your kids that libraries are theirs to explore.
I'm looking to borrow (it's $200 and I'm not buying it) a copy of an extremely niche book from a law school library for a week or so. It's called "Cybersecurity and the Courthouse: Safeguarding the Judicial Process".
Archivist/Photographer question: My Dad, who was a professional photographer for 50 years, has moved into a memory care facility. I'm trying to organize his catalog. For photographers with 1TB+ of photos, do you use a system? Archivists same question. I may build a sqlite application to identify images by keywords but flat file system isn't going to work. Could be by date? by subject? by something else? Storage is a 2TB NVME SSD in USB-3.0 adapter.
I'm teaching a new #class "Solidarity Memory Work"
We'll learn about #solidarity#movements in allied professions (academic history, journalism, etc.) then discuss (1) how to actively #document and #preserve current movements and organizations, and (2) activate that #records already in #collections to motivate and guide contemporary organizers
Volunteer bingo! In a characteristically fun and creative event, the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library thanked the dozens of volunteers who assist staff in making our libraries so consistently excellent. Most played “volunteer appreciation bingo” and several brought service animals.
Volunteers help with everything from cataloging to programming to book sales (both in-person and online). We are very fortunate for the Friends, and for such fine libraries.
Buah-eh... until the TypeScript ran the way I had to have it for WebComponents it had taken me forever to search for libraries and I hadn't even started writing the code tests yet… 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Walking in style in a library in 1654. The shoes he's wearing while transporting 4 big books in Wolfenbüttel's Herzog August Bibliothek were trending in mid-seventeenth century Europe.