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Libraries: Quiet spaces, ✨big energy✨ #rcsj #librariesmatter #vibing

Part 1 | Found footage of two weird ghost hunters in their local library... Will they survive the Library Ghost? Part 2 posts tomorrow! #librarysky #booksky #ghosts

We finally did it. We did the viral ghost trend but as Library Jack-O'-Lanterns... Happy Spooky Season! #booksky #librarysky #halloween

“The library had become her solace. Her refuge. Books did not question or judge. They made safe companions.” ― Inglath Cooper #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Somewhere between moonlit pages and whispered spells, these fiction and nonfiction books will sweep you into journeys where ancient wisdom stirs, shadows speak, and witch hunts spark. #booksky #librarysky #halloween

“First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.” ― Charles Bukowski #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Banned Books Week is this week from October 4th to 10th! These book recommendations include adult and young adult nonfiction, including novels and graphic novels. #booksky #librarysky #bannedbooks

Banned Books Week is this week from October 4th to 10th! These book recommendations include adult and young adult fiction, including novels and graphic novels. #booksky #librarysky #bannedbooks

This week is Banned Books Week! (October 4th-10th). Make a button celebrating your freedom to read. Here's how: 1. Visit the RCSJ Cumberland Campus Library. 2. Choose a design. 3. Cut it out. 4. Have a staff member pop it into our button press. #bannedbooksweek #bannedbooks #librarysky

Releasing someday, somewhere, soonish at some point in October. (And the movie might be as long as the trailer). #booksky #librarysky #movies

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” ― Charles Baudelaire #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with your family with these children's books! From civil rights to ballet dancers and immigration to Frida Kahlo's animals, there's sure to be a book for you. #bookrecs #hispanicheritage #booksky

“She didn't read books so she didn't know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop.” ― Zora Neale Hurston #booksky #rcsj #amreading

“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” ― Malcolm X #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Part 2 | Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these book recommendations, where history comes alive through memoirs, book recommendations, and nonfiction that reads like novels. #booksky #librarysky #bookrecs

Part 1 | Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these book recommendations, where history comes alive through memoirs, biographies, and nonfiction that reads like novels. Part 2 will post tomorrow! #booksky #bookrecs #hispanicheritage

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” ― Maya Angelou #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Between battlefield maps, coded messages, and impossible choices, World War II defined an era and shaped the modern world. These books don't just tell the story of the war. They fill the gaps between and bring silent stories to the forefront. #booksky #bookrecs #wwii

“And besides, libraries aren't just about books. They are one of the few public spaces we have left which don't like our wallets more than us.” ― Matt Haig #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Anthologies are where a single book opens a dozen doors. Anticipate many voices, many worlds, and no wasted ink. #booksky #librarysky #amreading

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Cicero #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Even better when books are free! And they're always free to checkout at your local library. #booksky #librarysky #amreading

“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.” ― Jo Walton #booksky #librarysky #books

We're here to help you with your library questions and needs! Library cards? Research help? Databases? Books and media material? Library technology and resources? Don't be afraid to ask. #librarysky #booksky #fallsemester

“Some say they get lost in books, but I find myself, again and again, in the pages of a good book. Humanly speaking, there is no greater teacher, no greater therapist, no greater healer of the soul, than a well-stocked library.” ― L.R.Knost #booksky #librarysky #quotes

“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor." ― John F. Kennedy #booksky #librarysky #quotes

“She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.” ― Catherynne M. Valente #booksky #librarysky #quotes

If you've followed us for a while, you know about our master of wiggly necks and beauty with beady eyes. For those new here, meet the fabulous LuLu the Library Flamingo. #booksky #librarysky #memes

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.” ― Lemony Snicket #booksky #librarysky #quotes

Part 2 | Great children's nonfiction books turn a simple "Why?" into a whole new adventure. There are plenty of fascinating facts and stories for curious minds to discover in these book recommendations! #booksky #librarysky #childrensbooks

Part 1 | Great children's nonfiction books turn a simple "Why?" into a whole new adventure. There are plenty of fascinating facts and stories for curious minds to discover in these book recommendations! #booksky #librarysky #childrensbooks

“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” ― Walter Cronkite #booksky #librarysky #quotes

“I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far less interesting than the adventures and dialogues I read in my books.” ― Alberto Manguel #rcsj #booksky #reading

Seeking to expand your knowledge on the Da Vincis, Savages, Picassos, and Murakamis of the world? Then check out these art history books with more in our Part 1 of this series. #booksky #librarysky #bookrecs

Part 2 drops Wednesday! #bookrecs #booksky #arthistory

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón #rcsj #booksky #reading

Stories don't always end on the last page. Sometimes they come alive on the screen. If you're looking for a book after hitting the cinema, try these reads! #bookrecs #booksky #movies

Need a creative breakthrough? Looking to start an artistic hobby? These art technique books offer different ways to think, practice, and create across a variety of mediums. #bookrecs #booksky #artistsky

Wild About Wildlife Month stresses the importance of protecting wildlife and the habitats they call home. These books highlight wildlife conservation, animal stories and histories, and the wonders of the natural world. #bookrecs #booksky #wildlife

“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.” ― Harper Lee #rcsj #booksky #amreading

Disability Pride Month honors disability as a vital part of human diversity and identity. These book recommendations amplify the perspectives, histories, and lived experiences of those with disabilities, both visible and invisible. #bookrecs #booksky #disabilitypride

“Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.” ― Samuel Butler #rcsj #booksky #quotes

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Libraries provide everyone with equal access to knowledge regardless of income. We preserve history, promote lifelong learning, and empower people to succeed through our resources and services. Strong libraries create stronger, connected communities. #booksky #librarysky #memes

“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is—it’s to imagine what is possible.” ― belle hooks #booksky #libraries #libsky

For Minority Mental Health Month, these book recommendations encourage empathy, understanding, and awareness through diverse perspectives. #rcsj #bookrecs #booksky

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.” ― Sherman Alexie #rcsj #booksky #reading

“Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.” ― Alberto Manguel #rcsj #booksky #libraries

Meet LuLu the Library Flamingo. She's our beloved mascot who goes on weird adventures, like whatever this is. Need context? Context is overrated. Just enjoy LuLu's wiggly neck and beady eyes. Oh, and grab a book. LuLu gives extra wiggles when you read. #booksky #libraries #mascot

Today might be the last day of June, but Pride is every day, 24/7/365. Enjoy these book recs over the next year! #bookrecs #booksky #lgbt

“To make it a crime for public institutions to serve the undocumented simply isolated people and drove them into poverty, she wrote. From then on, people who came looking for a library card received one, regardless of whether their papers were in order.” ― Lawrence Hill #rcsj #booksky #libraries

“A library at night is full of sounds: the unread books can't stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boasting, some shy, some devious.” ― Helen Oyeyemi #rcsj #booksky #amreading