@LiberalLibrarian

Library of Congress.

*Takes off gloves*

@corlin

@TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @corlin *giggle*

@LiberalLibrarian

@corlin

@TheAbbotTrithemius @corlin Funny story: My bestie @slirt was in Chicago late last year. And, of course, being a librarian, he went to the Harold Washington main library. At which point he told me that they used LC classification. That... is rare. Public libraries use Dewey, for the most part, aside from the ones who have eschewed Dewey and replaced it with a bookstore-type cataloging system.

@LiberalLibrarian

Yes with LC being used exclusively by academic (college and university) libraries.

I worked at a few different libraries, right after college, both public and university and liked both systems just loved everything about libraries really and still think they're amazing.

@corlin @slirt

@TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @corlin @slirt
It really depends on the depth of your collection. If there are a few books on many different subjects, then DD will do.
If you specialize on a topic and have 350 books on knitting (don't look at me), then LC would be a better choice. DD would end up decimalizing around the back of the book for such a collection.
Most public libraries use DD and most academic libraries LC. Cool note: LC is based off of organizational work by Jefferson.

@TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @corlin @slirt

💯

In another life I would like to just live in a library.

@ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @slirt

With a full time, well paid librarian on staff.

@corlin

I would call her the gardener of the realm.

@corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @slirt
Well paid? This is an outrage and cannot be!

@MelissaHDavis @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @slirt
Ok.
I missed this.
Don’t you think librarians should be well paid?

@corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @slirt
Absolutely. But most libraries' budgets don't -- MLS necessary, starting @ 32k

@MelissaHDavis @corlin @TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @slirt

We know that typically a job's social status and compensation are directly correlated. In my inner universe, this changes. Value, worth, and contribution correlate with pay. (And doctors have to actually listen with respect and care to women and BIPOC.)

@ATXJane @corlin @TheAbbotTrithemius @LiberalLibrarian @slirt
I like that universe.
I am a librarian married to a teacher, so you know we make the bug bucks.

@MelissaHDavis I'm very well remunerated. But, LA County and a strong union. When I belonged to a library job listserv, I'd get postings for a Librarian II position in Fayetteville. Salary? $47K. I was a Librarian I at the time and making almost twice as much. @corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @slirt

@LiberalLibrarian @corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @slirt
I was 15 years a librarian before I made that.

@MelissaHDavis Ugh, that's awful. IIRC, I began at 54k. Living in LA has many benefits, that being one of them. @corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius @slirt

@LiberalLibrarian @corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius
While the cost of living is lower in my part of VA, offering $32k for a grad degree is ridiculous. It's very unfortunately like that in much of the country -- PT library associates make about $15; you can make more at fast food.
Librarians are important in leveling the digital divide and protecting the freedom to learn, but they aren't paid as if they were.
Stepping down off my library ladder now (no soapbox for me).

@MelissaHDavis Agree with this in its totality. @corlin @ATXJane @TheAbbotTrithemius

@LiberalLibrarian @TheAbbotTrithemius @corlin @slirt
How do you all organize your libraries? Mine is by topic; fiction by author more or less.

@MelissaHDavis @LiberalLibrarian @TheAbbotTrithemius @corlin @slirt
I used to say unrepeatables about personal shelves organized by color but then...
#Gorman

@b4cks4w @LiberalLibrarian @TheAbbotTrithemius @corlin @slirt
Whatever floats your boat!

@corlin

I usually attempt to keep books by one author together, but it's frequently unfeasible. Buckminster Fuller's "Tensegrity" books are gigantic, "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth" is a little mass-market paperback.

The largest single book I own is the "Codex Seraphinianus".

@mcfate

The largest single book I own is a pre-World War II, Websters unabridged international dictionary. It was my moms..
I also own the Oxford unabridged, in micro print.

@corlin

We had that for some time, but it proved to be something of a doorstop, and didn't survive some move or other.

I've got the "Compact OED" now. More practical.

@corlin @mcfate

You just reminded me of the Oxford Unabridged my grandparents had when I was little.

It was my booster seat at their table.

Once I could read, my grandmother made me read three words out of it every day. 😂

@Tarnagh @corlin

I had a cousin who, when he was offered a Manhattan phone book to sit on as a small child at some family dinner, protested that he didn't know how to read.

@Tarnagh @corlin @mcfate phone book booster seat for me. Good flashback.

@corlin

I'm pretty sure the LONGEST book I have has got to be "Tensegrity", that's two 900-1200 page volumes. I only have three volumes of "The Art of Programming", those run more like 500-600 pages. Collectively, Stephen Wolfram is giving Fuller and Knuth a run for their money.

same @mcfate @corlin