To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

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All the UK local authorities responsible for running public libraries could learn from this.

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

Wow. Malta. Rocky horror with space hoppers. #eurovision2025

Wow, that's quite the dress Hazel! #eurovision2025

This is really troubling for those of us in the library community mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

43% of adults in England struggle with low #HealthLiteracy, that number jumps to 61% when the information includes numbers as well as words. This means many people find it hard to navigate the healthcare system, especially online

Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes. They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going. Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Just a reminder. The library is free to use. Free to check out books and DVDs. Free to take your kid to Story Time. Free to ask a question. Free to sit quietly for a minute. Or an hour. #supportyourlocallibrary

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

Hello Blue sky. Hopefully the algorithm will help me find people that love music, books (particularly fantasy fiction), photography, ornithology, and Scotland!