My local library is holding a workshop teaching how to make fresh mozzarella cheese from milk next week. And I am going to be so there!
Related: I was discussing differences in home life between the USA and South America once with someone in Ecuador and mentioned I sometimes make beer, which surprised him greatly – as he didn't even know it was possible to make beer at home. But it turned out many Ecuadorian families make fresh cheese weekly, something few here do.
Oh, and here is the stuff that those #librarians, who should know better, along with #HigherEd administrators are rushing to embrace and shove down everyone's throats.
> AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students https://futurism.com/ai-destroying-generation-students
Got another email about a virtual junket on how #AISlop will "revolutionize" #libraries and how #librarians all need to adapt to it because something or other.
This accelerating push to embrace #AI unquestioningly is concerning (not to mention stinks of Library 2.0 echoes).
Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures
'Using passive design and local materials such as ice cream buckets, these modern community spaces offer a respite from urban heat and hustle'
Not as micro as the ones that @carolannie has shown us in her photos, but these do look like fun places of learning.
#photography #DocumentaryPhotography #education #libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/02/indonesia-micro-libraries-photos
It's possible to build beautiful buildings which address climate change and also attract people.
#Indonesia #Photography #Libraries #Architecture
Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/02/indonesia-micro-libraries-photos?CMP=firstedition_email
"Did you know that libraries are buying AI generated books now?
- Yes, yes I did.
"But why? What's the point of them? Who's going to read that rubbish?"
- Those books are not for reading.
"What are they there for then?"
- The apocalypse.
"Huh?"
- Libraries are places where people can gather in safety. And what do people need in a disaster or pandemic?
"Food? Shelter?"
- Toilet paper. Those AI books are toilet paper. The other stuff is for reading while you go.
Heute mit @rmaust beim Leopoldina Symposium zur Zukunft der Finanzierung wissenschaftlicher Publikationen um das #doa Modell des @DHd und der @ZfdG vorzustellen. Danke für die Einladung und die interessante Diskussion. #bibliodiversity ##digitalhumanities #libraries #SciCom
The Warak Kayu microlibrary was built in 2020 in Semarang, in Central Java. The designers have said the “micro” concept was intentional, making the spaces more approachable for local residents.
Photograph: KIE/SHAU
A reading room
In 2024, Heinzelmann and Suryawinata created a foundation to support the microlibrary project’s growth. The goal? Expand to 100 branches by 2045.
Photograph: SHAU
“No matter what material that we use, we want to protecting the people from overheating,” said Heinzelmann.The buckets spell out a hidden message in binary code:
BOOKS ARE THE WINDOWS TO THE WORLD.
Pictured: Bima microlibrary, in Bandung.
Photograph: Sanrok Studio/SHAU
#Indonesia
#libraries
#microlibraries
#quotes
#reading
#recycling
The structures are built using a range of materials and passive cooling principles. The facade of the Bima microlibrary in Bandung was built in 2015 with 2,000 discarded ICE CREAM BUCKETS.
Photograph: Muhammad Fadli/The Guardian
The microlibrary Babakan Sari, which was completed in 2019 in Bandung, features a rooftop garden.
Photograph: Dudi Sugandi/SHAU
The project was launched in 2012 by SHAU co-founders Daliana Suryawinata and Florian Heinzelmann, who have built eight libraries to date.They have called the libraries “laboratories for material experimentation”, using recycled materials, FSC-certified wood and lightweight concrete in their builds.
Photograph: Dudi Sugandi/SHAU
SHAU architecture firm’s Microlibrary Project promotes literacy while offering respite from the heat through a combination of shading and cross-ventilation.
Photograph: Dudi Sugandi/SHAU
The Warak Kayu microlibrary, built in 2020. Photograph: KIE/SHAU
Indonesia's microlibraries
There is an ambitious effort under way in Indonesia to build a network of microlibraries across the country.
Pictured: Microlibrary Babakan Sari, also known as Hanging Gardens, in Bandung.
Photograph: Muhammad Fadli/The Guardian
Ereaders and PDF files just don’t give you the satisfaction of knowing that there was a lineage of people for decades that held this book in their hand and skimmed the pages for knowledge. #libraries
Microlibraries in Indonesia embed reading in local communities through the use of passive design and local materials like ice cream buckets
#libraries #Indonesia
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/02/indonesia-micro-libraries-photos
San Diego Central Library, public library in San Diego, California, USA.
