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Winner of the Goodreads Poetry Contest, December 2012. —upon hearing of a bill to ban books with gay characters in Alabama libraries
"You think of Mr. Rochester, mad wives
in attics, Jane herself, as plain as flan.
You don’t remember Helen Burns, Jane’s friend
from school. Reader, I married her. I pressed
my eighth-grade self between those pages like
a flower, left for later hands. Helen."
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Here are some images from numerous resources that typify something unexpected in a library. They draw attention to libraries and open up the idea of "library" to new understanding and new customers... Via Karen du Toit, Patrick Provencher Delete the scoop?
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RT @sallyheroes: "It appears that the number one thing patrons use the library for is (prepare yourself) books":
"[...] surprised they would select books when they have so many other things to choose from. I imagine he’s even more surprised to learn that something else patrons rate highly is personal interaction with the staff. No one disputes that technology has improved the library experience for the patron. You can search the catalog from home and access our subscribed databases. You can place your own holds, request your own interlibrary loan materials, download books to your own devices.The library is working towards self-checkout, presumably so you can conduct all your library business without ever having to interact with the staff...but for patrons, there’s more to the library than just the delivery of materials. They like human contact." Via Karen du Toit, Patrick Provencher Delete the scoop?
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