This is Oscar, who passed away in 2022 at 18 years old. He loved knocking things off shelves and trying to eat strings, and he took a big piece of my heart with him when he left.

Nah, he's just a Brewers fan who likes cats.

My cat woke up immediately when I played this, lol. He was sound asleep but as soon as the purring started, I saw his ears shoot up.

Oh, for sure. I'm mostly thinking of the main architect's vision for wayfinding - the use of color, plus his opposition to signage, which the library installed a few years after it was built - but I don't doubt the library would have tried to gather as much input as possible.

My first FT library job was doing PR for SPL. The architect used color for wayfinding, but it wasn't explained anywhere explicitly. I loved that library (still do, although I haven't been there in a while), but it wasn't really designed with patrons in mind.

Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."

Ha! This also shows that I am a terrible cataloging/metadata librarian. 😂

Ha, I've also got some sports photos:

I grew up in Waterloo and moved away in 2006, and I do like that the CF flag hasn't changed at all since then, lol

I would bet most libraries have an online form they can fill out, but it's always just a good idea to ask the library how they prefer to get requests. FWIW, every library I've worked at has tried to buy as many patron requests as possible. 🙂

How libraries handle this probably varies too. We don't purchase Libby requests that come in this way because the language isn't clear and not all our users realize they're actually placing requests, but we do purchase anything that comes through our regular form (as long as we can get it).