Post-Incarceration Syndrome (PICS) ?
Hey these are great suggestions, I’ll get child custody for today
You won’t see this in a red state I can assure you
I really feel being somewhat neuro divergent when my first though was, ‘wtf Is that font’, it’s like someone made comic sans worse.
Sign at end of library shelf:
Nervous about asking
ABORTION 363.46
ABUSE 362.76
ALCOHOL 362.29, 813.81
ANXIETY 152.46, 155.5, 616.85 BULLYING 303.69
CANCER 616.99
CHILD CUSTODY 343.73 CUTTING/SELF HARM 616.85 DEPRESSION 616.85
DIVORCE 306.89
DRUGS 362.29, 613.8
EATING DISORDERS 616.85
HIV/AIDS 616.97
LOSS OF A PARENT 306.87, 155.9
MENTAL ILLNESS 616.89
POST TRAMATIC STRESS 616.85
PREGNANCY 306.87, 618.2
RAPE 362.88
SELF-ESTEEM 185.1, 305.23 SEX 613.9
STIs 616.951/2
SUICIDE 362.28, 616.85
As a library, we’re not here to judge, we’re here to help
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So refreshing seeing those words actually used in a public setting. Suicide instead of “self unaliving”, rape instead of “grape”, etc. Maybe I really am chronically online
Even “chronically online” seems a bit euphemistic… it’s like we’re all living under oppressive technofascism.
Maybe I really am chronically online
Perhaps. It is kind of nice to know that a lot of the drivel we read on these forums doesn’t necessarily translate to how people behave in the real world.
I’ve gotten way better at identifying users whose brains are “shot” from spending too much time on social media. At some point, I’ve realized I may as well not be discussing with a human; they’re walking memes.
We don’t deserve librarians
We do deserve librarians.
For people dealing with or processing systemic trauma, this directory isn’t a luxury or a stretch goal feature, it’s an essential accessibilty feature.
There are a few things I’d add to that list, like burnout, disability, and neurodivergence, but it’s a good start.
We gotta raise the bar, it’s been in hell for too long now.
what exactly do these numbers mean?
Dewey decimal system for finding books on the shelves.
yeah multiple people have answered it by now
Conan the Librarian:
Ah Lemmy, downvoting an honest question. Daddy Reddit would be proud.
Upvoted to offset the stupidity.
People were seriously downvoting this? People need to be more aware that what used to be common knowledge is not so common in either younger generations or other parts of the world. We should not discourage people from asking genuine questions.
38 upvotes 1 downvote. Theres always going to be people who downvote things. Could be someone who doesn’t realize that system isn’t used everywhere, or maybe their app uses a swipe feature they haven’t turned off. Sometimes when I scroll down I’ll accidentally have it slide left or right and up/downvote something without me ever really noticing it happened. I wouldn’t hate on all of Lemmy because 1 downvote though, seems overzealous
As an online community, we’re not here to help, we’re here to judge.
Where to find the books, shelves are indexed.
books have category numbers and libraries sort their books by this
Federal library funding is under threat— So go support one of the last remaining public spaces. It’s an outdated idea, somewhere a human can exist without having to spend money.
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I took my young kid to a recent library event - the first time I’ve been to a library in several years, to be honest - and overheard the organizer (or leader or whatever) of the event saying “that’s why we’re here: to give people somewhere safe they can have entertainment for free.”
I didn’t have much in the way of an opinion on that person prior to that, positive or negative, but I respected the hell out of them after hearing them say that.
Good now trump knows exactly which books to ban
I don’t anyone in the Trump administration can understand the library categorization system so I think we’re okay.
I love this! It’s a really thoughtful thing to do
Comic sans spotted
No it’s not
That’s not Comic Sans. The E looks completely different.
Of all the fonts in the world why is it always comic sans…
It isn’t comic sans though. It looks sort of like comic sans but it’s much cleaner.
It’s difficult to tell really because the quality the image isn’t best but if you zoom in there’s quite a lot of variation of the same letter form so it’s an adaptive font.
Look at the two L’s in bullying. They’re not the same both times and the two t’s in cutting merge into each other but not any of the other characters. So there’s some custom letter forms going on there which comic sands doesn’t support.
I see what you’re saying… It’s still comic sans adjacent and it bugs me.
My father uses it on everything and he teaches 1st grade so I just associate comic sans with kids. I used to help out a lot in his classroom growing up.
Seeing stuff like “rape” written in a font that my brain has tied to small children is unpleasant.
Look at you, jumping right to judging.
wtf who will go to library and read a book about rape or hiv while they are still nervous or tramtized by it? shit makes no sense. You will either search the internet or see a therapist.
You’re a troll, but I’ll entertain you. “Books about rape of HIV” can also be books that are meant to be an emotional help instead of just a book with facts.
Some examples for books about rape:
- I Have Been Raped, Now What? by Susan Henneberg
- Sexual Assault: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Olivia Ghafoerkhan
- Shout! by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse by Carolyn Lehman
Books such as these are meant to help against the trauma.
Shut up.
Kids/teens whose at-home internet usage is monitored by strict parents, and who can’t seek therapy without their parents’ consent/knowledge. The parents may even the complicit in/perpetrators of the rape.
Domestic abuse victims who live with their abuser.
Homeless who can’t regularly afford internet access or a therapist. Many homeless people regularly rely on public libraries for internet access, and are common victims of rape and abuse. So why not direct them to other resources while they’re there?
Elderly victims, who still fall back to books instead of the internet, and who grew up with a heavy stigma surrounding therapy. Elder abuse is a very common problem, as they’re often a very vulnerable demographic with few friends and limited mobility.
People who just like to read. For many people, books are a source of comfort. Not everything has to be done on a smartphone or desktop.
Just to name a few…
valid response. thank you
The internet is full of bullshit advice (ESPECIALLY around sex and health issues). Doctors and therapists cost money, and frankly aren’t the best way to just get basic facts and education.
My small local library has kiosks near the exits where you can check out a book completely unassisted. I could walk in, pick out the most embarrassing book, check it out, and nobody would ever have to know.
Thanks to a sign like this, someone who didn’t know the library had such resources, and/or was too embarrassed to ask, has a better chance of accessing that info. And they also know that the library staff WANTS them to be able to access that info, further reducing any stigma they might feel.
🤡
Dewey gang represent
Library of Congress is better because Melvil Dewey sucked and also all bible classifications start with the letters BS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification
Hey, you leave us to our dead classification system! Go hassle the latin scholars!
Yeahhh we’re gonna need a 741.6 as well…
But for real, things like this are great. Local elections ALWAYS matter. Just an unfortunately large amount more than ever.
