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Happy #NationalLibraryWeek! Libraries date to around 3000 BC! This chart from Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra (Let Light, Let Refuge) highlights the 7 ages of librarianship, and the changing roles of libraries in Western societies https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/3861/gslisoccasionalpv00000i00209.pdf?sequence=1
I'm going to share some of my favorite library things this week. First up: @MacaulayLibrary's collection of 681,058 bird calls https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?mediaType=a&sort=rating_rank_desc
The @NYUGameCenter Open Library Inventory https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R11_VvmYepsvQUcpjs4ZuMsYWdMNwegc1Gg1BebtU4Y/edit#gid=571633664
@BKLYNlibrary's TeleStory Program https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/01/03/libraries-prisoner-reentry-keeping-inmates-outside/
@internetarchive Moving Image Archive https://archive.org/details/movies
All of @hathitrust but today's find, especially https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101066022086&view=1up&seq=8
My bibliocomrades on @AREdotNA https://www.are.na/we-librarians
This presentation, which is where I first laid eyes on the beautiful chart that started this thread, and every resource @lisalibrarian shares relating to open access resources https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/105430/From%20One%20Big%20Deal%20to%20Another-Hinchliffe-Presented.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
The pest control bats that are let loose every night at Mafra Palace Library in Mafra, Portugal https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mafra-palace-library-bats
