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Not even a bait thread, why do we never talk about IRL stuff? Have you ever even been to a library anon?
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In school I was in libraries all the time. Now I haven't been out much the last ten years because it's too challenging with my disability.
The public libraries I've been to in my area are pretty shoddy. DFW, Texas. My university library is a blessing, though.
I just want a book gf bros.
so go to a library
There are no men my age in the library, except in the study halls.
Ive promised myself to approach the next boy i see (assuming he's in an adequate section) but there are literally none.
Met a proper qt in a used book store the other day. She wasn't even looking at goodreads newsletter tier chick lit trash but actually interesting stuff. I have a gf so none that for me but I was thinking about my lonely IQfybros for sure. Go outside more, fellas. There are likeminded girls out there.
>have a gf
>doesn't branch out
you will stay a reader, authorship is not for you
get rid of the faux intellectual cuckservative incel crybabies from these kind of circles and you might get more women in them
The only libraries worth visiting are islamic libraries and I barely know Arabic
Too many Scary homeless schizos, black and mexican kids running around and riding bikes in the aisles screaming, and boomers that looklike Stephen king giving me dirty looks for being under 40.
>boomers that looklike Stephen king giving me dirty looks for being under 40
underrated
Sorry, the establishment did this to you, Anon.
or they are probably just as stressed as I am. Please have a good day Mr.Stephen King!
>Have you ever even been to a library anon?
Yes, the one in the photo multiple times. I also used to work for one of the largest public library systems in the world and had an office to myself at the central library.
which library is that
OP's photo is the Pembroke College library at Cambridge University. It's a small but nice library. Picture is of the second floor.
Can you tell me a little about working in a library? I'm quite interested. Thanks.
I was a library administrator, not a librarian, so I'm not sure if I can give you exactly the information you're looking for.
If you're interested in being a librarian—which often requires a master's degree in library science if you're working for a large library system—I'd recommend first trying to get a job as an assistant worker at a library to see if you like it before trying to become an actual librarian. Of course the experience will vary from location to location, and whether you're working for a public or private (academic) library. The upshot to becoming a librarian is that some library systems pay somewhat well. The downside is that if you get a library sciences degree and work as a librarian your work options will be severely restricted. Whatever area you're in will typically only have one dominant public library system, so it's not like working in other industries where there's other companies or organizations in the same area you can leave to if you don't like the job you have. I've met plenty of miserable middle aged librarians who are stuck because there's nowhere else to go.
Of course there are also some librarians who really seem to enjoy the library work they do. At my library these tended to be the subject matter experts, so senior librarians who specialized in things like history, cartography, genealogy, etc. (This would only be applicable to larger libraries though.) Being in a library and surrounded by books is also enjoyable. The thing I liked most about the job was being physically present at the library, and obviously the access to books that it gave me.
i have worked in quite advanced datascience projects. i had no education. are you telling me i need 5 years of studying to scan barcodes and olace books in shelves?
>are you telling me i need 5 years of studying to scan barcodes and olace books in shelves?
No. The bar code scanning and shelving is often people who aren't librarians, but rather are ancillary workers without much education who help the librarians. Librarians do work like catalog curation.
Dear God in heaven I find it incredible that people say they're interested in a field and can't even be bothered to Google it. First figure out what kind of library you want to work in and what job you want to do, and then I can make some suggestions on what educational background would help. Here are some examples, with some being subfields of others:
>public library
>academic library
>rare books and special collections
>law library
>Corporate library
>legislative/government library
>Medical library
I second this but it's also a good way to get stuck as a "sub-librarian sorta-librarian" for 50 years. A lot of people who work at university libraries are people who fell through the cracks of the academic system and either wanted to stay close to it, or already had the job and just fell into the rhythm of it and never left. It attracts a lot of oddballs.
This would be fine, in fact it used to be part of the charm of uni libraries. However these charming neurotics have gradually tended over the last 20-30 years away from your archetypal "cranky but genuine old coot who loves books" toward "cranky old cat lady who barely does her job." Tons and tons of office drama, made even worse than usual offices because everybody is a neurotic.
Now add to this an additional element: actual librarians, as in people with degrees in library and information science and related fields, have ALSO been replaced by a new breed of HR ladies who know nothing about libraries or books, and do not care to know. Overwhelmingly women, they are trained to visualize libraries as "public engagement centers" and other nebulous managerial buzzwords. All they are capable of doing is having meetings about meetings about budgets and then squandering the budget on catering for meetings about further squandering of the budget on a FUN-ZONE in the lobby for kids, or $37b remodelling that takes 15 years and turns the nice old neoclassical building into a glass wiener that shoots an arc of piss across campus into a giant glass anus.
Now imagine you aren't even a real librarian, technically, you're some loveable coot who WORKS in a library because you were told other loveable coots who fell through the cracks worked there, but all those coots have quit as the HR ladies made life more and more unpleasant, and now all that's left is the HR ladies, and you. And these HR ladies look down on you because you don't have a degree in ordering catered lunches for meetings to talk about repairing the LGBT awareness kiosks in the lobby, and how half the books in the actual book stacks are going to be put in long term storage because the usage statistics indicate that nobody has checked out an actual book in 4 years, except that one homeless guy who checks books out and returns them two hours later while he isn't jerking off at the broken computers and repeatedly asking for printer access (the printer access station breaks every day).
If there's any profession you really want to get hands-on experience with before taking the plunge, make it this one.
I feel like society in general has taken on this quality of being run by HR.
>Tons and tons of office drama, made even worse than usual offices because everybody is a neurotic.
That was a big part of why I stopped doing library admin work. Dealing with people like that can be very draining and it makes the work week seem as though it will never come to an end. The pandemic also didn't help many of the librarians' neuroticisms. Also a lot of the people who work at public libraries in supporting roles don't really give a shit about books; to them it's just a job. They're just as dumb and uneducated as regular people and just as annoying to deal with.
There were also the unpleasant realities of handling administrative cases with older people, which librarians often are. We had multiple cases were employees developed cognitive disorders like Alzheimers, which generally leads to that person being fired, which means if you're in admin you're the one doing the firing. Thankfully I was able to find a better job before that situation polluted my soul too much.
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Is it true american libraries are full of homeless?
It depends on what city you're in and if it's a public library, but the simple answer is yes.
Yes. It’s a clean Wi-Fi hub for lost souls.
In smaller counties it's not necessarily homeless but it's definitely low income people who just use the free internet all day while some old ladies sew in the back while the grandkids play with Lego or something. The actual books aren't really looked at besides maybe the kids books.
my local library is shit, it rarely has book I want to read so I have to rely on libgen and books I own
I do vist book fares however
I live in """university city""" btw
My library will stay closed indefinitely thanks to the coronameme. They only lend books now, which I'm not interested in since they have nothing useful. When people talk about books they will ask me if I have read volume 6 of the Shadowsong Saga by Dahlia Wanderton or some other thing written by a literal who woman I've never heard before. The only popular books that are ever mentioned are Harry Potter, ASOIAF, LOTR but I am pretty sure that people go off their knowledge of the movies/TV shows instead of the actual books.
Generally speaking, men in my country do not read outside of what is required of them in college. They play videogames or watch sports. I imagine there are types like on IQfy but they're probably the maladjusted schizos I avoid talking to or people who hide their power level substantially. Reading is a purely female hobby, it has been for at least two decades, and the only reason why a dude would read a book is to impress the local art-thot. This includes talking about your degree in literature/philosophy until you hit 30 and women stop pretending they care about your intellect and would rather have a man with a job.
>Reading is a purely female hobby
holy macaroni this is big if true
imagine a book gf
>holy macaroni this is big if true
Anon it's obviously true but they do not read Dostoevsky and the Greeks. They read the Shadowsong Saga by Dahlia Wanderton and they will try to get you to read it too as a test of submission.
considering they are women surely a few afternoons listening to an audiobook on 1,8x speed will suffice
a small price to pay
>surely a few afternoons listening to an audiobook on 1,8x speed will suffice
you are not supposed to entertain this wish you fool, you need to pretend you're too much of a savage troglodyte to read her complicated fantasy books. you are supposed to act like Gaston. it makes her feel better about herself and it makes you look like a worthy man to breed with
It's true but they only pretend to like the classics or worse- and I've seen instances of this personally- frame every classical author in a feminist or social justice narrative.
But if that's fine with you go ahead and have your book gf that reads 7 Days in June by Tia Williams, 7 Husbands by Evelyn Hugo, or everything by James Patterson. I'd rather jump into a volcano.
Have you guys ever met someone at a library? I go to try to meet people and it's always just people in private booths looking busy doing homework never had any chances to meet someone.
i have an idea:
a café
with books
and when you order a coffee you get a maluable sign that turns red/yellow/green depending on your mood and approachability. if you really are busy you can drink coffee and study/read on your own. if you're eager to talk about stuff you can tell everyone
one section is quiet, another is normal café.
Funny I wrote down a plan for a similar thing. A book cafe where by entering you accept to be approached and approach others. A specific place to meet people and converse. Everyone sits around and there would be things for people to do with each other. I think it would be a hit in any city because people are always starving for friends and there is no where outside of college or work where it is easy
A book pub/bar? The problem is that literally nobody reads except holes reading YA about white fragility. If you want to invest in a IQfy business, then devise something that gets young men to read.
It's not about reading I could give two shots about it. It's about having a place where likeminded people can interact with each other with ease. The books are just to keep jocks and children out
I go to the library every week. It's great to stumble on an interesting book and check it out. I used to go on the weekends and spend the afternoon reading when I lived somewhere with a proper library. Now I just go to browse the small local collection.
all the time. how are you supposed to read if you're not rich?
Because I don't go to libraries and the last thing I want is to meet other people.
>in high school
>have to get an unpaid internship for a gay business club my b***h of a father signed me up for
>like reading, frick it let’s try my local library
>I actually get it, pretty excited because the library is a beautiful building and it’s near the soccer fields so after wagecage I can go smoke behind them
>and maybe I can meet a cute girl there and have sex with her (if you know what I mean)
>there’s only a few workers there, so I instantly become the shelf stacker
>I don’t mind, it’s easy and I get the work done crazy fast leaving plenty of time to read in a corner
>this continues three days a week all winter long, I never once see a woman under 45 in the library
>end of internship, I talk to the boss lady about librarian careers
>she says I’ve done a great job but almost all librarians are unpaid volunteers, and if you want to actually get paid you need to go to a big city library with some moron degree
>my fricking face when I realize that I wagecaged for free, made no worthwhile job experience, and did not have sex in a library
But it’s all good because I get first dibs on their book fair. I can come in a day early and get any used book for twenty five cents. Back home I got a massive shelf on Native American history just for kicks
The libraries where I live tend to be 95% junk filler books and 5% anything I'd be interested in reading. The books that were worth reading, or are considered classics tend to be donated from 50+ years ago. Most people don't use libraries for the books there and its a glorified study hall in some aspect. When I was in school the library there would be completely packed and very loud and there was no quiet areas. Then again I'm sure academic libraries would be quite different.
When I was in hs, I used to skip boring classes and read in the library everytime. I can remember reading Homer and the librarian complimented my reading as "mature". I often saw qt girl highschoolers my age but they were just boring normies who dont read and just came to the library for research so I never interacted with them
these mfers think a public library is supposed to be a social scene or something
never interact
never connect
stay on the grind
this. its not a night club. where i live the libraries get plenty of traffic but no one talks to each other (obviously). you'll just end up creeping people out if you think its a place to find girls like this guy
a used book store is probably a better place to meet people as one anon mentioned.
I live in the third world, in a rural part nonetheless
Libraries were a thing in my childhood, my grandfather was the benefactor of most kids and academia libraries in my town, now I hardly ever enter in one or even a bookshop
I'm glad I've got the internet so I can buy all I need online and Kindle has helped me sort out my physical stuff greatly
Every public library is completely fricking empty, there's never anyone there
everyone on reddit and /adv/ talks about how you can meet girls there but there are none, it's an empty building with bad books and some old shit working there at a desk
every reading club I've ever seen was old dying people who have no one to talk to
Just today I visited an affiliated club of the local city library. Instead of actual library stuff you can buy books there. Once a week they accept book donations and twice a month they open the house for the day so that people can wander through and buy books. I guess you could say it's a used bookstore/antiquary sort of thing. Bought 20-30 books for 20 bucks.
Libriaries only have the newest garbage. You need to go to your local antiquarians if you have any. That's where the good books are.
Off-topic question but I didn't want to kill another thread. Does reading aloud help with comprehension and visualization?