* smell of books

* comfy chairs

* local art/history displays

* access to community resources

* quiet atmosphere

* community events

* cute kids

* helpful staff

* commitment to intellectual freedom

* the fact that it’s all FREE!

* OP how could you make me CHOSE?!?!?

* I’m a jerk with bad taste who doesn’t like libraries

- Yes

- No

- I don’t have a local library

- I mainly use my university’s library services instead of my local library’s

Could you put the following into a poll for me, please?

Question: Fellow librarians and library workers of tumblr, what is your preferred term for non/staff people in the library?

Options: Customers, Patrons, Users, Members, I can’t believe you forgot this one that I will put in the tags

Thanks so much! <3

yes, yes

yes, no

no, yes

no, no

To borrow a book

To borrow other physical media

To use the internet

To use other things offered there

To read for pleasure

To study

To do research

To attend events

To have a place to be

Other

Multiple

None

Feel free to go to the other poll for more specific usage periods! No one has to give any personal details! If you want to specify what kind of libraries you traverse and/or often use their online resources (public library, school library, academic library, special libraries, etc.), feel free to say what kind in the tags!

And for any library workers, feel free to put your job position you're in (only if you want to, do not feel pressured to!)

(Plugging @queerliblib for their fantastic selection of queer books through Libby! Here's their website!)

Here's a few pics of my cats with books I've read 😊:

Risa is next to Amanda Gorman's poetry book, Call Us What We Carry, which was FANTASTIC! She is an amazing writer!

Luffy in next to The Library Book by Susan Orlean, but #1 FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL-TIME! 😁💖

IDs in the alt (I tried my best, I hope they're good for the most part 😅)

Anyhow:

The last option is an update from last time, because I had seen a lot of folks in the tags saying they only used the online resources that their library offers. Completely valid, and very much library worker approved!