We invited the Dynasty Wrestling team to the library today and they understood the assignment 🫡

Amazon prime days start today which means it’s a perfect time to visit the library and borrow some books

What a perfect, beautiful day ✨✨✨ Happy pride today and every day. Love yall 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Join us for our first ever Gender-Affirming Clothing Event, where you can “shop” for clothes that feel like you! We’re also looking for volunteer Safe Shopping Buddies and Clothing Sorters. Visit our United to Volunteer page to learn more and sign up: www.unitedtovolunteer.org/agency/detai...

Libraries are for drag queens 🌈✨🌈✨

The mood

A bunch of our staff met @mychal3ts.bsky.social today which means we're more powerful than ever

Just visited a restaurant that had this framed photo of the National Library of Thailand hanging in the restroom. All other restaurants in the area need to step their game up

Hi, we have a seed library now 🌱 We’re really excited for this and think you should come get some seeds because flowers and vegetables and fruits yall

I hope you like applesauce

Sometimes you’re reading a good book and you just gotta plop down right where you are and get after it 🫡

We have never felt more inspired.

It never hurts to ask for cupcakes

3/28 update: I have been told Maeve got her cupcake ✅

Dear Maeve, I couldn’t agree more. We will take this suggestion under serious consideration

Sometimes the librarians leave the library and if you see them you are required to say “hey I love the library!” Just fyi

I made this video to promote our spring reading program and am really proud of the sound effects so you should watch it

Ran into a library patron I hadn't seen in 6 years and she immediately started reminiscing about a program "back then" that she found meaningful and when I tell you that made my day 🥹🥹🥹 I love being a library

Our mascot is a bird. The Egg is, well, in the shape of an egg. If you thought we’d never team up I don’t know what to tell you 🦉💞🥚 Presenting... The Egg Presents Performance Pass! www.albanypubliclibrary.org/blog/apl-add...

We have a "Can AI write poetry?" workshop coming up, and I was thinking about breaking my no-AI rule to create a lead image for the promotion. So I prompted Adobe's image generator: "Can AI write poetry?" Guys, are we sure AI is computers and not cats? Maybe AI is cats.

indeed. books are the best!

We have green books, just fyi 📗

Just me and the homies at the book club

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Love these guys and glad to find them on Bluesky. #BooksAreTheBest

I love my library system-and its social channels-so much. Stay golden, APL.

Also don’t judge a library by its posting 🙏

It’s cool that “don‘t judge a book by its cover” is the figure of speech for not judging by appearances. Like, that could have been anything. Don’t judge a nut by its shell. Don’t judge an orange by its peel. But we got it. Books are the best.

Weaving Comminity with @albanynylibrary.bsky.social The neighbors in Arbor and West Hills have been busy weaving this month. The traveling art project moves to North Albany next week. #community

Big shout out to the librarians at the Albany Public Library @albanynylibrary.bsky.social While always fabulous, today they spent almost an hour w my partner and I queuing up the next series for our nightly read-alongs with the little, who is not so little anymore. Here’s my pick:

I think I am Earth’s most based members-only club? www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/inside-ear...

APL is kind of a big deal.

So umm guys they kinda made a movie about me?? Well, not me specifically. But about public libraries! I am that! Cool! Pine Hills Branch January 25 be there!

Reading at work 🫡 www.espn.com/video/clip?i...

I think I’m finally ready to admit that I’m a little jealous of New Jersey for this mystery drones thing

A sitcom called “Books” about working in a bookstore being filmed in Troy??? Is someone reading my diary? Are they in love with me? Do they owe me something? The world is… good?

Love you Dad

So, um guys, I think I'm a millionaire?! Got word from Upper Hudson Library System that you all borrowed over ONE MILLION items through Libby this year. One million. I feel like Scrooge McDuck swimming through piles of ebook checkouts. Well done Albany people 🙌🙌🙌

Got this picture from the Pine Hills Branch and was told these are reindeer horns. But they look like nanny nanny poo poos to me 🤔

Move over Emmy, Tony, and Grammy, we've got the SWEATY ✨ The Sweaty is the most prestigious holiday sweater award in the world. Probably the most prestigious award of any kind, really.

So I just had this great idea. You come to the library. Check out a movie. Make some popcorn. Then watch the movie while eating your popcorn. I’m calling it Movie Night While Eating Popcorn. I think I’m onto something here.

I have received grainy footage with the intel that this past weekend’s Disney on ice performance began with Belle skating around reading a book followed by a big library reveal. Well done and thank you Mickey Mouse 🫡

READING BOOKIES IN THE LIBRARY STACKS

The green flag in question

You are so much more than just a library.

I am a library 👍

Starting a business called “Crime” just so every other week I can look my employees right in the eye and say “would you look at that, it seems that crime does pay”