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I've transformed the library shelves after 15 years
Got transfered to this library last year. The shelf arrangements has been that way since 2003 to the point if being creepy.
I've transformed the library shelves after 15 years
Financial is dire. It's time for DIY.
Add in some fabulous colors
And new arrangements
Then I plug in some spanking new shelving system aims for casually browsing users.
I've transformed the library shelves after 15 years
Here's the whole library team.
AreaResident
As a librarian - what an amazing idea and I am totally stealing it. Keep up the astonishing work!
ReferenceCheck
Shhh!
Ceverettz
This is terrific. Absolutely stellar. Libraries are important.
Imnopi
Dude. I'm shouting out right now Patrick at our pleasant hill ca library. Amazing librarian.
mavruda
Librarians around are probably having a massive, extensively knowledgeable orgasm.
Kallikrates
Nicely done. Those colors are very vibrant.
annmiha
This is awesome ! Yesssss I would be excited to visit this library!
Paidadvertisement
Old way looked better in my opinion.
jamessadia
Yep. So garish.
howitzer921072
Thats lovely and so are you and the whole team. +1 for an awesome library and another imaginary +1 for awesome people. Happy Friday y'all!
PastureofMuppets
What a nice comment! +1 to you too as well as the library team.
algavinn
To me librarians are the holy women and men of knowledge. Keep up the good work, I love what you've done with the place!
CatAteMyDogma
I can't upvote this enough
StealthArcherAssassin
Looks really great! Good job, @OP.
JulesMagoules
Not going to lie, but I'm not a fan of the set-up. Good on you for doing something for the betterment of others.
StrangePoster
I don't think the setup is bad it's just the room itself is bland, the floor is too bright with the wall color
StrangePoster
It could use some softer lighting as well.
treesncupcakes420
OP made a Reading Rainbow!
sauerteig
EZMONEY98
Library Super team assemble!
ultr771
Woah you guys from Malaysia? If so where's your library at? Sorta interested in going there.
gangstadrian
Wow it looks so much more spacious afterwards, well done!
Drunkennjedi
I wish I could be working at a library and doing some heavy lifting, BUT NO I'M A FUCKING SERVER AT A CAFE FOR HIPSTERS FUCK
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Find a local library and volunteer? You can help hipsters find the books they'll hate before they are popular.
tremonti
Bro I don't think heavy-lifting jobs are in too short of supply, if you REALLY want to point your life in that direction.
ICantThinkOfAU
Nothing wrong with a bit of heavy lifting, I've been at stonemasonry for years now, pay's fantastic and you never have to go to the gym!
tremonti
Nothing wrong at all, I do a little bit myself.
lifeonmars
You've all done an excellent job!
NajibRazak
Never thought of finding a fellow malaysian on this site! Kudos on your project!
capramius
Gila babs jibby pun one of us! Kah3
BEETCH3000
Ermergerd Dato' Seri!
stoicgoof
Fuck yeah for great libraries.
marianthelibrarian
Love this! Aesthetic is so much more important to access than people give it credit for.
shadowex3
No, no it's not. Yknow what's so much more important than people give it credit for? ACTUAL FUNCTIONALITY. You need to walk 4x as far now.
Xsiah
And you increase collisions with people because everyone has to walk in the same space now. Not enough room to squeeze behind those shelves.
pixelsnader
No, you walk to the shelf you want a book from, then take 5 steps to a table. Less walking. Need an extra book later? Only 10 steps.
ImThePrincessInTheOtherCastle
Walking is good for ya mate.
marianthelibrarian
An inviting space (with, from what I can tell, MORE functionality, but okay) creates access by making people want to use the services 1/
marianthelibrarian
& resources provided. A drab, depressing space doesn't make people want to spend time there. Less inviting = less accessible.
AmyTheAussie
No. In the old one I would've zig zagged looking for the category I want, this way is much easier to find what you want
shadowex3
It's called "walking down the middle of a couple aisles" vs crossing back and forth the entire library
marianthelibrarian
If you be crossing back & forth, you don't understand the dewey decimal system/the way numbers work.
shadowex3
People often need more than one thing
InsidiousExperimental
Oh... so you're saying labeling things DOESN'T help people find them. Sound logic there bud.
shadowex3
Did I say anything about labels? no. I said spreading the shelves out across the entire building is way less functional than before.
InsidiousExperimental
Yeah, you said aesthetic doesn't work, compared to basic functionablity, aka the way it was before, without labels.
IfTheresTwoThingsIKnowInLifeItsHowToUnderDeliver
The point you seem to be arguing really only makes sense if you need several books off every single bookshelf, which is rare
Rynestrm
That last picture is the cover of your new album.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Totally has a rock album feel *guitar shredding intensifies*
doomladen
*hushed guitar shredding intensifies*
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
*Muffled head banging*
SuperfluousTurbulence
Someone change it to b&w except keep the color in the bookshelves
tczkaixiii
Bout to drop the hottest fire since Dewey Decimal
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
SHHHHHH! - Guardians of Civilization
ifuckdragons
PPAP - One Smear to Rule Them All
AdamGenesis
Smear Campaign.
AdamGenesis
Hard Cover - Bookworm
samsonguy920
Booknotes - Folded Leaves.
PotatOSLament
Booknotes- Lost in the Stacks
trevasaurusrex
Boom!! That's the ticket!
TheInfamousPenguin
First track: "Soft Murmur"
intaglioguy
Second track: "Overdue Fine, Not Fine"
Emmyexley69
Shhhhhhh!
84USNGT
My library made my life and saved my life. It looks wondertastic.
84USNGT
I will share when I can grab a moment tonight. Rather full day at the moment.
TamrielTraveler
I'd like to know more about your library and how it's so intertwined with you :)
JiujitsuPancake
Yeah, how did it save your life? Just curious.
GDSTEVE
Why the facemasks?
FilthyRapscallions
I was thinking 15 years of unsettled dust.
NgeruiscatinMaori
They are ninjas
JustAnotherImgurHuman
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Metopheles
Nobody cared who they were til they put on the mask.
Mockith
Could be sick, or fashion, or many other reasons. In Asia it's really common to see people wearing face masks.
JGGennedy
This. It's considered rude to not be wearing face masks while visibly sick in east asian countries. But most likely it's for the glue.
smuggledmuggle
Dust, probably
revcleo
it's haram to get high as fuck sniffing glue
dhulqarnayn
top laugh, my friend
youcanreachmenow
Malaysia?
darkcatrock
Sempoi
fi188
Yes, its a public library in Pahang
hoopinghannah
The prime minister will be pleased.
splitleveledmaroon
i've been there, the country not the library, the islands were a lot more magical and inviting than the metropolitan cities, niceplace still
ashmenon
As a Malaysian, thank you! Yup, the best parts of Malaysia are outside the big cities :)
splitleveledmaroon
your islands are wonderful! that was my first time visiting a beach and i had the most amazing time
ashmenon
Awesome :)
Abangmantolsize14naikke15
Ye ler tu
AnatolianTiger
Truly Asia...
capramius
Haha Pahang rupanya.
TheRedWarrior
Hebat!
bellapadella
I miss that wonderful country
yattadog
Librarians are guardians of civilization. Keep up the good fight.
Lobuttomize
Not so much anymore
sauerteig
Aefinn
Thank you :)
MalkavianProstitute
"Without us, men would be little better than dogs. Don't remember any meal but the last, can't see forward to any but the next."
grumblegrumblegrumble
Thank you :)
bud467
Unless you're in metro. Then fuck them.
magoslich
Its my dream job, I just can't afford the education required to even try to compete for one.
theoddavacado
without them, the whitewalkers would fuck us over
gizmoismycat
It's Three Dog and you've been listening to Galaxy News Radio!
ChrisDoesScience
Arbiters of mankind's collected knowledge.
malakim
They indeed are. Go read The invisible Library series
whitebicycle
tarataqa
Wabbadabba
Until the library fucks off again
Immutablespellingderp
Wat...
Wabbadabba
It's a reference to the TNT movies/tv show the Librarian?
Veradux
Sadly, it's a very unknown show. Your joke missed the mark by a very wide margin.
Wabbadabba
I see that now. I love it, in all its corny goodness
Mockingbirb
Foaly
This is great lol
SpikeSpiegeil
( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
Pizzabaconator1
Ehab1991
What is that from?
Pizzabaconator1
Parks and rec
Ehab1991
thank you
definitelynotawolf
PiGuy314
Yes they are.
ObjectivelyTheWorst
Oh hey look it's long-she-dong or whatever
MrRobSteel
Must be from Thailand.
ellywashere
The fangirl in me twitched, but the rest of me laughed, take my upvote
The3rdKnight
Pen pineapple apple pen
asukara
And it's doubly funny because "piniaman" sounds like piƱaman or "pineapple man"
syndraconis
The joke that covers multiple cultures. Gotta love it
TehBurritoButt
YES. Exactly where my mind went!
NaviHog
I'm not alone!
Pulguitaundertherain
HermanManly
First thought
wellnoshit
There it is
jonasbm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WEIspgrMYc
JadeMcLeod
GOD DAMN IT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF
NZSheeps
https://youtu.be/m9DgT1lwulY
WuProgress
My thoughts exactly after first seeing those 4 letters
SeriouslyAwkward
The way kizuna AI sings this in engrish is amazong
AgentEpsilon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcXsLaYzATM <- for the lazy
Jusmar
Arpple
FruitsmakemeToots
Arppre pern
ImgurMakesMeCringe
Penis puncturing a pineapple
JustAnotherImgurHuman
SerMillertime
Penetrating
Doombot1
Penetrating puncturing a pineapple? Penis puncturing penetrating pineapple? Penis puncturing a penetrating? Which one is it!?
SilentMajority420
I got super high one night and fucked a watermelon.
Tehsyr
That sentence doesn't match PPAP. Also get help.
SilentMajority420
When I woke up the next morning, I just ate around the part I came into. It was a good watermelon.
HorribleMonster
What, you don't think him capable of fucking a watermelon by himself without help?
HereticHexen
I have those.
The3rdKnight
Lol wut?
JebussCrust54
I second ur wut
ihighlydoubtthat
Wut wut In the but but
illrateyourtitle
Say wut?
Dudewalker1
PPAP pen pineapple apple pen ?
Tinkrr
Weird question, but why are the women wearing safety masks, but the guy isn't, in that one picture?
ProgeriaProstitutes
Apparently that guy has really bad breath
thatlamer
Could be too macho and cool for respiratory protection. I met plenty of people like that when I worked in an electronics factory.
Tinkrr
Maybe, but they're just hanging wallpaper that's self adhesive, what kind of residue causes that?
thatlamer
Not just glue fumes, but dust as well. They're just taking precautions.
Tinkrr
I dunno, seems suspicious.
jackblade
MACHO MEN NO NEED MASKS
Paidadvertisement
They probably have a cough or cold, common practice in a lot of Asian countries stops viruses spreading in densely populated cities
Tinkrr
See, that would make sense but they aren't wearing it in later pictures. So either they were taken far apart or it's weird.
ICantThinkOfAU
Occams razor mate: It's a DIY job, there's no HSE dictating they have to wear PPE, women wanted to wear one, guy didn't feel the need.
BEETCH3000
They were wearing masks to avoid sniffing glue
Paidadvertisement
It looks like they took the masks off for that last picture together
Tinkrr
Note: The masks aren't on their person either. So it's not a quick removal either.
Paidadvertisement
Bahaha not possibly in the back pocket or on a table out of shot?
Tinkrr
Ok, but if it was because they had a virus or a cold, they wouldn't remove them for a picture... That was kind of the point.
Paidadvertisement
It's not such a hardline rule that they can't take the masks off for two minutes to pose for a picture
SpeakingAsTheDevilsAdvocate
That, or, the guys are too tough for the masks. 50/50
ICantThinkOfAU
It's not really "Too tough" So much as there... Just mightn't be much need for it. Done plenty of this kind of work, it's not ALWAYS 1/2
ICantThinkOfAU
necessary, they might've been wearing it because they don't have much experience doing this, and wanted to be sure they were safe 2/2
Tinkrr
Kinda sexist, but tough or not, what really requires a mask?
SpeakingAsTheDevilsAdvocate
Fumes. I'm not saying it's a sound decision making process on either side. Wearing masks if you have a cold is a super common thing though