When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
— Rita Mae Brown (via chelseyphilpot)
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Traugher’s decision, part of a two-hour hearing, came after a legal challenge filed by the city arguing that the library cards met the criteria under a revised state voter law. As of Jan. 1, a photo ID card issued by a state or federal institution is required as proof of identity before a ballot can be cast – a driver’s license being the most likely option. Attorneys for the state told Traugher the city lacked legal authority to issue valid picture IDs for voters, according to media reports.
A lawsuit had been expected almost from the first day – July 5 – the new library card initiative was rolled out in Memphis. The city’s library system, Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton, Jr. said, is the very embodiment of a state institution. So there was no doubt the cards fit the requirements set down in the state law.
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Bob Warburton, “Judge: Library Memphis Cards Aren’t Photo ID”, Library Journal.
This seems utterly ridiculous - not everyone has a driver’s license, and this could be the only form of state-issued photo ID that they have (because, yes! Public libraries are, in fact, a government institution). This is denying public libraries their place in government. When people sign up for a library card, they have to bring proof of who they are, so why shouldn’t a photo ID library card be proof of who they are as well? This ruling seems to invalidate not just library users, but libraries themselves.
(via nocureforcuriosity)
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11. Roam a library.
You never know which book, author, or topic will speak to you from the shelves. You might just find what you didn’t even know you were looking for.
This seems like a pretty solid chart.
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Nyan Cat wants all New York Students to look into getting the new Library card! http://summerreading.org/cards.php
Work those memes, libraries.
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It’s moments like this that will forever stay with a parent and child. It’s getting your very FIRST library card…priceless.
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From LJ’s Mike Kelley, An Interactive Map Helps Dispel Library Card Confusion:
The “Get a Card” button on the website takes users to the library locator, an interactive map, where a patron types in his or her address to get all the information needed to find the correct library—including location, driving directions and library hours—and to register for a temporary library card. The temporary card enables the patron to immediately take advantage of their library’s e-resources or download an ebook.
