Hi all. I'm having some big feels today and I thought, who better to commiserate with than Boundlings?

I work for a small public library in the US. We have been fighting our governing body on a monthly basis, begging them not to cut our funding, but last night our luck finally ran out. We will be losing roughly 1/3 of our total budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

As is the case in many other libraries worldwide, we're already operating on the thinnest margin possible, so bearing the brunt of such a sweeping reduction is going to HURT. Our staff members are underpaid and don't have benefits, our building hasn't been renovated in something like 60 years, and we don't have nearly enough space or money to consistently serve our patrons/community in the ways they deserve.

I'm not really going anywhere important with this thread - I just feel extremely disheartened, scared, and annoyed. An alarming percentage of the general public is functionally illiterate and you're eliminating LIBRARY FUNDING as your first line of defense?! What a world.......................

I just find it kinda silly that they expect their godly parents to be regular parents. Like they're gods! Of course they aren't around all the time!

Any of you guys have bookish tattoos?

I have a sleeve in black and gray made to look like book pages layered on top of each other and each page has some kind of imagery from one of my favorite books. I'm up to 16 i think?

Any of you guys have bookish tattoos?

I have a sleeve in black and gray made to look like book pages layered on top of each other and each page has some kind of imagery from one of my favorite books. I'm up to 16 i think?

A chalet like that and they didn't have a back up generator? Seems unlikely.

Hey everyone! Has any one else had an issue importing books? I used to be able to import books and they'd show up in a flash, but for the last 2 days or so any time I've tried to import a book it hasn't worked. Am I doing something wrong or are other people experiencing this too? If you could let me know that would be greatly appreciated