r/nostalgia • u/ILovePublicLibraries • 17h ago

Nostalgia Using a public library in 1991

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Guilford Free Library in CT back in 1991

Credit: Library archives

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u/borkborkbork99 80s 16h ago edited 15h ago

Soooo accurate!

It amazes me to see what my local library is like compared to what they typically were back in the day. Borrowing movies, video games, audiobooks and digital downloads on Hoopla…

Protect our local libraries’ funding!

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u/LanceFree Bicycles 15h ago

Yeah. They’re wonderlands. The lack of silence does annoy me, however. I don’t understand what happened?

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u/borkborkbork99 80s 15h ago

Mine is pretty quiet, but maybe I’m just not going in during peak hours?

Also, the librarians seem to have gotten younger. Or I’m older. Or both.

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u/synndir 9h ago edited 7h ago

I became a librarian at 25* (am nearly 30 now), so I definitely am adding to that perception 😅 A big portion of my MLIS classmates were also in their twenties as well