Sometimes a #nonprofit org will buy an ailing #newspaper to keep it from failing or being acquired by a for-profit corporation. -- See my old Twitter thread on a few examples:
https://x.com/petersuber/status/1356266979452203008

But I haven't heard of an ailing newspaper being bought by a 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆.

Good luck to the Ann Arbor Observer and its new owner, the Ann Arbor District Library!
https://aadl.org/node/647334

BTW, the newspaper will "continue to be available free to all permanent residents."

#Libraries #Journalism #Newspapers

Sometimes a #nonprofit org will buy an ailing #newspaper to keep it from failing or being acquired by a for-profit corporation. -- See my old Twitter thread on a few examples:
https://x.com/petersuber/status/1356266979452203008

But I haven't heard of an ailing newspaper being bought by a 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆.

Good luck to the Ann Arbor Observer and its new owner, the Ann Arbor District Library!
https://aadl.org/node/647334

BTW, the newspaper will "continue to be available free to all permanent residents."

#Libraries #Journalism #Newspapers

Qu’est-ce qu'un magasin de bibliothèque ? Comment sont stockés les documents auxquels vous n’avez pas d’accès direct ?
La BDL vous propose des visites guidées de ses magasins.
📆 Deux prochaines visites mardi 30/09 à 12h30 et lundi 06/10 à 11h
Sur inscription 👉 https://www.bibliotheque-diderot.fr/acces-rapides/actualites/decouverte-des-magasins
#bibliothèque #library #libraries #bibliothèqueuniversitaire #Patrimoine

Expert question: When did the Europeans started stamping (library stamps) into library collections? In other words: who knows the oldest library stamp? And did non-European libraries did this stamping too? #bookhistory #libraries

Expert question: When did the Europeans started stamping (library stamps) into library collections? In other words: who knows the oldest library stamp? And did non-European libraries did this stamping too? #bookhistory #libraries

Qu’est-ce qu'un magasin de bibliothèque ? Comment sont stockés les documents auxquels vous n’avez pas d’accès direct ?
La BDL vous propose des visites guidées de ses magasins.
📆 Deux prochaines visites mardi 30/09 à 12h30 et lundi 06/10 à 11h
Sur inscription 👉 https://www.bibliotheque-diderot.fr/acces-rapides/actualites/decouverte-des-magasins
#bibliothèque #library #libraries #bibliothèqueuniversitaire #Patrimoine

Is this where the librarians keep the existential dread? 😂

@philosophy@lemmy.ml @philosophy@lemmy.world @psychology
@humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop
@libraries @library

#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes
#Thinking #Memes
#Libraries #Librarians
#Philosophy #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

wow! so wonderful!

George Takei (Lt Sulu on the original Star Trek series) will be the honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025

#ALA #libraries #books #BannedBooks #ILoveLibraries

wow! so wonderful!

George Takei (Lt Sulu on the original Star Trek series) will be the honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025

#ALA #libraries #books #BannedBooks #ILoveLibraries

Open Book Collective and Open Monograph Press: An Interview with Joe Deville (via #PKP) https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/23/obc-interview/ #scholcomm #books #libraries #publishing @openbookcollect

Is this where the librarians keep the existential dread? 😂

@philosophy@lemmy.ml @philosophy@lemmy.world @psychology
@humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop
@libraries @library

#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes
#Thinking #Memes
#Libraries #Librarians
#Philosophy #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

Burlington County, New Jersey Library System Launches Free Online Tutoring Service
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/bordentown/sections/burlington-county-news/articles/burlington-county-library-system-launches-free-online-tutoring-service

More info: https://southjersey.media/cinnaminson-news/county-libraries-launch-free-online-tutoring/
#GoodNews #BurlingtonCounty #NewJersey #libraries #LibrariesRock #education #PublicEducation