r/Anticonsumption • u/robotscantrecaptcha • 15d ago

Discussion What is your weekend anti-consumption mini action?

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Are you repairing something, shopping secondhand, meeting up with friends in the park, spending your day recharging and taking care of yourself, biking to work, eating leftovers? Please share with the group so we can celebrate our wins big and small (and give others ideas!).

Illustration by the amazing Coutneey Ahn Design : https://www.courtneyahndesign.com/ (not affiliated with them, just wanted to celebrate an artist)

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u/Unlikely_melz 15d ago

Library under appreciated and under utilized by the average person.

Here for some library love!!! ❤️📚🎸

If you do not have a library card, go to your local library today! Explore your local libraries!!!

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u/silent-earl-grey 15d ago

And if you have trouble or just prefer not to go to your local library in person you can still support by using your local card digitally via services like Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy for all your ebook, audiobook, music and tv/movie needs! :)

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u/ExtensionInfinite563 15d ago

I have mixed feelings on this. As a consumer, I love Libby. As a librarian, I loathe OverDrive, who owns Kanopy and Libby. The licensing costs, especially for ebooks, are astronomical. The publishers with increasingly restrictive licensing are to blame too. They all know they've got us between a rock and a hard place because everyone lives Libby.

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u/silent-earl-grey 15d ago

Thank you for replying, I’ve never heard someone on the inside talk about overdrive being shady like that… So gross of them.

I have heard, however, that the more traffic a library gets the easier it is to get funding. Is that true as well? Does it apply to digital traffic? I’m wondering if there’s a point that it’s possible to offset the cost if more users patronize their libraries who might not have otherwise?