This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection

https://www.wired.com/story/new-book-sorting-algorithm-almost-reaches-perfection/

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.

#INDEX #LIBRARY #COMPUTERSCIENCE #PRESS

So, schauen wir mal, was das #fedivers kann.

Ich suche solch ein Stempelset, wie es auf den Bildern zu sehen ist. Das gehört schon ewig zu unserem Bürobestand und ich fürchte ständig, dass uns was kaputt geht und wir dann keinen vergleichbaren Ersatz finden.

Wer also sowas hat und nicht braucht oder jemanden weiß, der eines ungenutzt rumliegen hat... Ich würde mich freuen und es wäre sehr beruhigend...

#library #librarians #librarianday

NYU Library is hiring a collection manager for its Avery Fisher Center (Music and Media department, incl. large film collection).
https://uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/14380/manager%2c-media-collections/job
#GetFediHired #GLAM #Library #Music #Media #Collections #NYC
(HT friend not on here)

#RepairCafé In #EastBrunswickNJ Will Help Keep Items Out Of Landfills

by Sarah Salvadore, January 9, 2025

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — "The East Brunswick Public #Library and the East Brunswick #Sustainability Task Force are organizing their first-ever Repair Café.

"This community-based initiative will help residents keep still usable items out of landfills by promoting repairs instead of throwing them out.

"Any item in need of repairs can be brought in to be fixed on the spot. Volunteer repairers will be on hand to help.

"Residents can bring clothing/textiles (shirts, pants, sweaters, knitted blankets, etc.) and jewelry (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, etc.).

"Examples of repairs can be an afghan with moth holes, pants with a tear in the knee, broken links on necklaces and bracelets that are coming undone.

"The Repair Café will be held at the library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive, on Sunday, Jan. 26 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/repair-caf%C3%A9-in-east-brunswick-will-help-keep-items-out-of-landfills/ar-BB1rbcY6
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #RightToRepair #DIY #PlannedObsolescence #FixIt

New at my Patreon... The corridors of Fitzroy Library act as an informal art gallery, and this time round they featured brooches - some with quirky crocodiles:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/dateline-put-pin-119754161

#Melbourne #art #craft #library #libraries #crocodile

Support your radical militant librarians....
and ALL librarians who are under attack.

#FreeSpeech #library #censorship #bannedbooks #books #bookban

Sarah Jessica Parker is executive producing a feature documentary that follows a group of librarians, dubbed FReadom Fighters, who have resisted book bans in Texas, Florida and beyond. #freedom #library #libraries #Reading https://variety.com/2024/film/global/sarah-jessica-parker-the-librarians-sundance-executive-producer-1236246900/

Request a copy of my latest book at your local or university library w/ this info:

Title: The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze
Author: Julie Carpenter
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/Routledge
Date of Publication: November 13, 2024
ISBN: 9780367772529
Subject: Science and technology; robotics; AI

Libraries typically have short online forms for new book purchase requests or ask a librarian in person for assistance. As an author, I'm happiest when interested readers can access my book! #ai #libraries #library #authors #robotics #technology #ux

https://www.routledge.com/The-Naked-Android-Synthetic-Socialness-and-the-Human-Gaze/Carpenter/p/book/9780367772529?srsltid=AfmBOopQJoG0mdSYV8EiUj1XYNuKSWxhh17iXnLGseL_Kjf_CDVRQmmD&utm_source=cjaffiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&cjevent=d4e192139eda11ef817202430a1eba23

https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/picture-a-day-nov-29/

#photography #blog #iPhone #LosAngeles #library

I am resisting in place. I won’t march, and I already hold public office, it’s called Public Librarian. I make queer and trans people feel at home and change their name in the catalog and if my coworkers change it back, I change it again. I make rainbow brochures and when they get stolen and trashed I make more. I put book challenge info on the website. I’m safe zone trained and in the trenches. We may need extra funding soon so please remember and support us.
#libraries #librarian #library

My quest on curating a respectable physical media library continues.

Though not the original big cardboard box packaging PC games used to come in, I'm happy with these that I managed to get today.

I'm using the MyLibrary app (android) to keep track of my movies, games, books and CDs

#media #library #PhysicalMedia #DVD #CD #Games

I am hiring right now! Two university librarian positions and three staff positions (one entry level and two big positions for exceptional library folks). I am amazing! The rest of our team is amazing! Plymouth State is persisting! New Hampshire is doing its very best! The mountains are lovely! Check out the gigs: https://library.plymouth.edu/blogs/jobs. Apply by 11/22. Questions? Let me know!

#library #jobs #libraryjobs #NewHampshire #HigherEd

PLEASE SHARE! COME WORK WITH ME! LIBRARIES ARE OUR BEST HOPE!

I have cancelled all but one of my streaming video subscriptions in an effort to save money. I wanted to watch a certain movie but didn’t have a physical or digital copy, and didn’t want to purchase it. Suddenly, I remembered that libraries exist. Today I walked to the library and checked out a few movies on Blu-ray and DVD. For free. I feel strangely powerful. Support - and use - your local library.

#streaming #library #physicalMedia #DVD #Bluray #saveMoney

Tom Gauld Cartoon

The role of librarians in the education system

#Gauld #Cartoon #Bookstadon #Librarians #Library

Dies ist Conway, #Massachusetts. Obwohl sie weniger als 2.000 Einwohner hat, verfügt sie über diese Bibliothek:

#library #NewEngland

I mean, would it kill you to let Cathy tell you about her ferrets?

#library #libraries #reader #readers #books #book #writingcommunity #ferrets #humor #humour

I went to the Academy of Sciences library, and found that the card catalog has been replaced by computers at last. At one of these computers sat an elegant elderly lady, sporting a Retro Academia look. As I walked past her station, she looked up and snapped:

"What the hell are you looking at?! I won't quit until I find the damn thing!!!" And kept smashing furiously at the keyboard.

I think I just encountered academic road rage.

#academia #research #library #AcademicRoadRage

A good example of why #libraries exist. A #library contains the #books we need, when we need them. There was nothing available to me as a sexually abused 11-year-old in the 1970s. I am grateful my kids have been able to find their way to the books they needed, and I will work to protect that access for my grandkids.
#BannedBooks #BookChallenge

#caturday, coming thru!

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #library #books #bookstore #humor #humour