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Solve your isolation problem with a library card (The idea of third Places)

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The Library is a place I use to get out of the house in a way that goes beyond books. We have a significant lack of "third places" in our world, and with prices going up and rules getting stricter - while also living farther apart from our immediate friends and family, we need to find something to do...
And, I think a lot of us have coped at one point or another using "hustle culture" to make us feel like we're actually doing something, but really, I'm finding that its just us feeling stuck. Here's a video dedicated to helping us form stronger community bonds, at one of the last great institutions we have left... The local library.
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@sircharlesmormont9300 Месяц назад

As a working librarian, I wanted to say thanks for promoting public libraries! If your local library doesn't have something that interests you, talk to a librarian and make some suggestions. Library staff are usually very eager to take patron feedback into consideration. We try our best to accommodate patron needs. Many states and regions allow folks to have multiple library cards, too, so you are not just limited to your local library and its branches. You can often take advantage of other libraries in nearby communities. Simply having a library card and checking out physical or digital media adds to library stats and helps libraries to prove their worth. Other things you can do to help include: attending library events, filling out surveys (when offered), voting in favor of library levies, voting for pro-library city council and/or school board members, donating to Friends' groups, writing to your representatives in support of libraries, and telling friends and family about your library either online or in-person.

@tammygant4216 Месяц назад

I literally tell people this all the time. My library has maker's space (sewing machines, cricut cutters, 3D printers etc), computer game rooms for both teen and tween, a performance space, computer rooms and color printing......and on and on. There's even a performance space in one of the branches! I tell folks, your tax dollars are already paying for this, but it's free to use. And don't even get me stated on the audio and kindle books and magazines....The library is a hidden gem!

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

A Library is more than just a quiet place to sit and read in silence. Hopefully this video encourages you to get involved and explore your town's library. Also, to see that more than 10% of the people who watched this video hit the like button is absolutely CRAZY. Can we keep it rolling? :O

@donnaregan5252 Месяц назад

So great that you are promoting the library. So many have no idea how much they offer.

@_kaleido Месяц назад

My library is so dry when it comes to events tbh, everything is either for kids/teens, the elderly, or people learning English as a second language. all of those are important obviously but I wish there was stuff for younger people who are no longer in school.

@sugarcrystal9390 Месяц назад

As another commenter mentioned you could try recommending new activities

@haroldgoodman130 14 дней назад

You are eligible for a free library card in many surrounding areas. I have three.

@Living4601 Месяц назад

We love our local libraries. We also found we can access our neighboring counties’ libraries-so it’s been fun discovering the unique features and programs each one offers. 📚

@coyotemoon722 Месяц назад

Most board game stores have an area to play games. Those places are also good for meeting up.

@zingara76 Месяц назад

I live in a small town, and the library is a big part of our community. There’s always events around the clock for all types of people and ages. Also, any type of skills you want to learn there’s a class for that.

@Idd1eforTaylorSwift4256 Месяц назад

I love love love libraries! I don’t live in the US and in my country people don’t really care about libraries so ours don’t offer anything really. That is so very upsetting because I wish it did. I would live there basically lol God willing I’m moving to the US next year for college, though. And one of the first things I want to do is go to the library 🙂

@Amanda-nc2yk Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing this! My library has tons of events. Painting, crafting, 3D printing labs, concerts, movie theater, crochet groups, etc etc. I’ve had a great time at every event. I keep hoping that if I become a ‘regular’ I’ll make some Friends but each time I go it’s different people. 😂

@MossyRiverRock Месяц назад

Those countries you mentioned in the blu zones are also just fundamentally culturally historically more community and social based. This countries (US) problem is the stupid idea of rugged individualism that has been pushed for the last century plus or at least half century along with the shift away from what little social safety nets we once had were eroded away but corporations and these places that replaced our old third places centered around capitalism and consumption (like you mention in the video being marketed or sold to constantly). It’s not surprise that the blue zone countries have always been family oriented with multiple generations living together for entire lives or at least longer than we do. And it’s also not coincidence that they had growing productive socialist or left leaning governments that we spent the past 50 years overthrowing and replacing with rebels or capitalist friendly regimes.

@bluegoose7832 Месяц назад

This is a great idea. Unfortunately, I live in the UK - our local library was shut down and around 30% of the books it held were shoved into a spare room in the town hall, which they then called the "new library". No idea where the other books went. Probably some storage warehouse Similarly, almost 1000 libraries have shut down across the UK in the past decade.

@Lindsay39 Месяц назад

@@bluegoose7832 That’s so sad! 😞

@chyandinii Месяц назад

Not from the UK, but it's pretty ridiculous how the mayor in my state is cutting budgets for libraries around my city when so many people still go to them and love the new renovations for some that were able to get them. Support your local public library if you have one, don't take them for granted!!

@coolchameleon21 8 дней назад

that sucks :/ i’m considering moving there

@flowwithali Месяц назад

YES so good! Editing on point but I really appreciate how you highlight this important issue AND provide a real solution.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Thank you!

@joelscahn Месяц назад

Thank you Chris. I am at a place in life where I am STUCK… and feel locked into ‘stuck’ for some time in the future. : ( I know this happens to many people at least once over their lifetime. My situation is ailing parents. Long time ailing parents. The library or the equivalent, such as the City Community Center sound great now. I have always used the library with and for my children, but they are now on their 30’s - and I haven’t thought of using it for me - until now. 🧡

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

I'm really sorry for your situation and understand how you feel. I'm a caregiver myself to someone and it's very difficult. I want to make a video about what that's all like. But it's difficult to put the whole package together in a presentable way.

@Shantelle6253 23 дня назад

My library is my 3rd place, i go there a couple times a week and Ive pretty much gone to every Discover and Go location too. I wish i could host a themed bookish movie marathon. I do them at home alone but it would be so much fun to do them with others. For example, tomorrow im beginning an Anne of Green Gables (1985) marathon. I have Rasberry cordial (rasberry lemonade) lemon cookies, scones with lemon curd or cherry preserves, chicken salad and egg salad. It's going to be fun ❤

@yorgenibnstrangle3072 Месяц назад

I love this idea. The only problem is that my local library closes at 6pm. I get home from work at like <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="330">5:30</a>. I live in NY too. I only have Saturday to go there. I wish I could go there more. Society is just messed up. All people do now is work and go home to get ready for work the next day. Its brutal.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

man that is brutal.. understand the pain. i think mine closes at 9pm.

@yorgenibnstrangle3072 Месяц назад

@@NomadOverNormal Lucky. What city are you based in?

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

@@yorgenibnstrangle3072 In New Jersey!

@oiku4408 27 дней назад

Some cafes and non profit organizations hold events in my country and thats how i do it, we all need a community. We all need a purpose. Activism did that for me❤

@irenicrose Месяц назад

I have a library card in my county and one in the county of my university. I love visiting libraries! They’re a great place for me to go when I have downtime or want a change of scenery.

@KyleMaxwell Месяц назад

I'm about to move to another town (in the same metro area) and this inspired me to check out the library where we're going. It has so much stuff!

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

thats sweet! Good luck. Always a good place to stop by on a visit or during a road trip.

@shareofmoney Месяц назад

Good video and I can agree with this. I know I used to go to the library all the time just to get out of the house, before COVID. I have started reading again and I should consider going again frequently. It is just cool to get out of the house and be around lots of options like reading.

@albertinathompson8933 Месяц назад

This is an incredibly important post. Isolation crosses all demographics. Just a really great subject with an actual solution. 👏 I’ve subbed.

@DvorahDavida5778 Месяц назад

I started attending a chess club that meets in a rented room in our local bakery. It was a game changer for me. HA!!! I love the idea of the library being a place to meet people. Awesome!

@Say_yo_jay Месяц назад

I like your library! and the lack of community while there are so many programs around one could join is so real. thank you

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@MsMorganGirls 26 дней назад

This is good advice, especially once you retire and there's no more workplace.

@Makreads Месяц назад

As someone who sells coffee and books, I love my local library. Mine has a café too. Don't usually take part in much of their events, but I can sit and read with or without a coffee. They have free Wi-Fi, they do chess tables (and other board games too) through the week and community puzzles to be completed too. All good stuff.

@springnicole Месяц назад

I just so happen to see this video as I have already met up with a friend and her dear parents at the library twice. She got a meeting room and we spent time together and we are going to do so again this week. Maybe even a board game. I also used meeting rooms this year to get my homeschooled teenagers into a different study environment. We would try out different meeting rooms. Some have projectors and white boards which are good for drawing and some were more like playrooms or event spaces. And yes, you can actually have events there. I was told that some people even have their exercises classes there.

@emmad4494 Месяц назад

During high school and uni was fortunate to have great public libraries right nearby, made it so much easier to meet up with friends since our houses were always annoyingly far from each other- great video!

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Glad to hear you used it well! Thank you:)

@jenniferri7735 Месяц назад

yes, D&D! i got into it at the end of 2019 and joined a group at - guess where? - my local library! then covid hit and yeah, that fell apart. i don’t live in that area anymore but i should absolutely check out the library here. thank you for the reminder ❤

@katherinep1010 Месяц назад

I attended our library's first English-Spanish conversation club this week. It was so fun! I'm a long time heavy library user, I attend a book club monthly and take my kids to all kinds of activities thw library puts on. And I could never ever afford to buy all thw things we check out.

@susanvanzyl4007 21 день назад

My library has ‘a free to take and bring’ costume rails for Christmas jumpers, Hallowe’en and World Book Day costumes. These garments can end up being expensive and can end up in landfill. Saving pennies and the planet, plus getting whole families into the library…what’s not to love??

@NomadOverNormal 20 дней назад

Oh that is brilliant…

@janetroberts4359 Месяц назад

My local library system puts on free art classes via zoom.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

thats amazing.

@vicriosrn Месяц назад

Freaking love the library. My library uses the app Hoopla which has all kinds of media on there. Audiobooks, e books, movies, etc. Such a great resource!

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

In my last video about the library people in the comments introduced me to Hoopla!! My library has Kanopy.

@GothikGamerGurl Месяц назад

Small world, you and I share the same library system!

@Lindsay39 Месяц назад

I’m so happy you have all of those opportunities at your library! Where I am currently living, the libraries close at 6 pm and are closed on Sunday. So if one isn’t a stay at home parent or retired, it’s pretty much inaccessible. Just looked at programs - made for those demographics. 😢

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

I have another video about the digital programs that the library offers! You should check those out... It might help you with a lot of entertainment options.

@Lindsay39 Месяц назад

@@NomadOverNormal Thanks but I do use Hoopla and other digital options for movies and audio books… even digital magazines! Love, love, love those resources. But alas, they don’t help us connect with others in ways people used to. 😔

@ottokgross Месяц назад

You can also use MAIN libraries like Morris County library with your Parsippany card. And that includes the Morris County Community college library. I picked up a NYC library card to use the stacks in the library but it also allows me to get online. I plan on picking up a Montgomery County Maryland library card as a non-resident for $10 next time I'm in Washington. Lots of connections to lots of resources if you look. Good video.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

You’re a pro!

@zoesimpson83 Месяц назад

Your videos are amazing, I can’t wait to see your channel grow!❤

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Thank you so much!!

@Fourtune1 Месяц назад

As someone who regularly goes to the library, it’s quiet and nobody talks to each other… because it’s a library… You should find places to go but to act like everyplace is social is naive.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

While it's true that libraries are great quiet spaces, many offer more than just a place to read in silence. Mine has several rooms and a different floor dedicated to community events and being a gathering place.

@pixelzebra8440 Месяц назад

@NomadOverNormal Yeah mine has entire clubs and even a seed library like you mentioned. I got my own basil seeds to grow!

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

thats so cool! @pixelzebra8440

@renel7303 Месяц назад

My local library has all sorts of activities going on daily. There are a few tables scattered around with signage for home work or group discussions, kids thing, book discussion groups, teens have their own semi secluded area where they can chat, etc. Books and quiet spaces are only about 15% of what's going on.

@SevenUnwokenDreams Месяц назад

Doesn't your library have programs and clubs? Mine does. We have book discussions, workshops, all that.

@hollym1751 26 дней назад

My library is amazing. The have all kinds of programs for everyone on a lot of topics. We learned the basics of dungeons and dragons and met new friends in our area because of their “dragons in the library” day 😁

@matthewharr6372 Месяц назад

My Mom is a sunday school teacher turned librarian (in a small town I might add) and since she became the librarian they have had to remodel to make the library bigger because check out rates have gone through the roof. They let people check out switch lites and games, tablets loaded with kid friendly software, wifi hot spots, dvds, books on cd, day passes to the local aquarium and science exploration lab, etc. The library is the shit. If you know how to rip DVDs you can make a pretty nice plex library.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

i got to learn how to do the whole plex server thing... maybe that will be my next project! thats an incredible story, thanks for sharing.

@matthewharr6372 Месяц назад

@@NomadOverNormal ripping blu rays can be difficult but standard dvds are super easy.

@gmg9010 Месяц назад

I’ve had a library card for about five years now and I get books there obviously but I also joined a DND group there. My library also has a media drop like each year and so I can’t wait for one this year.

@Itstwistedroots 26 дней назад

Any video talking about the perks of the local library is an immediate like. And the idea of playing board games at the library sounds like so much fun ! Also if you want to get back into a reading habit, go to your library’s website and join their seasonal reading challenge. AND if your ADHD requires body doubling, then there are libraries that has silent book clubs ❤

@Kiwi-dl3sr Месяц назад

I hope this gets more views and your channel grows. This video is fantastic! Well done ❤️

@ReadingintheRedwoods 26 дней назад

Loved this video! I'm a big advocate for libraries.

@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Месяц назад

Well presented video. I used to go to the library a lot and was just planning to start going back. Best wishes.

@caroldedeurwaerder2660 Месяц назад

I love your video. I was raised by my grandparents. We always had big family dinners & family game night. I miss those days! ❤ Now these days it's hard to get my own family involved in a good sit down family dinner & family game night. Even though I know they are too busy to spend good quality family time for just one evening... I just recently updated my library card to use the Libby app. As I love doing reading challenges in my spare time.

@coolchameleon21 8 дней назад

i think it really depends on where you live tbh. some libraries are huge and active with tons of events, classes, resources, etc. while others are much smaller and offer none of these things. i think if you live in a smaller town most libraries tend to just be a place to check out books and maybe read quietly :/ but i’m sure in bigger cities libraries have a lot more to offer

@TedMattos Месяц назад

Very valuable video, Chris. Thank you for making it and reminding us of the importance of libraries. More people need to take advantage of them! I'd also posit that church (or temple) could be good "third places". While I know they aren't for everybody, they can be helpful for those people who believe in a faith system. :) Thanks again for your video!

@HelenaCross Месяц назад

Just recently got a library card at my own library that just opened last year. Got to explore the bookshelves and what was offered. 😁 Hadn’t been to a library in a long time. Missed it.

@erniehernandez7162 21 день назад

My libraries near me are awesome one has movie days and the other one has 3d printers

@erinrising2799 Месяц назад

mine does do a raffle for adults during the summer, I's usually like gift cards for coffee, but personally I'd rather have the pizza I got as a kid

@lilacdoodz Месяц назад

I love the library! thank you for sharing this Magic’s place 🫶

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@allamandocyou Месяц назад

Editing = 🔥

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Thanks!

@rodolfofariasjr Месяц назад

I saw that you have American Graffiti in your bag! When I was 14, I wanted to check other work George Lucas had done besides Star Wars, and so I went to Amoeba and bought that exact copy of the movie with the original and its sequel. Ever since I watched it it has been my favorite, even 16 years later. Also, I just started attending my local city library as they've begun hosting movie screenings in their projection room this summer. I've made some suggestions and it appears some of them were considered for the Halloween season.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Hey that’s so cool!! And on top of that, what a great idea for them to project movies

@maggiea3154 25 дней назад

I'm obsessed with libraries but the ones in my city mostly close at 5pm and all are closed on Sundays. Obviously for most working adults that pretty much cancels it out as a third space :'(

@janetwise3248 Месяц назад

One antidote to feeling isolated can be volunteering, so think about becoming a library volunteer or joining your Friends of the Library organization.

@charlesrapasky4548 Месяц назад

Good ADVICE!

@geddon436 Месяц назад

blue zones, I need to find out more about those areas

@vanessasaur Месяц назад

LOVE

@TheBigBadWolf1100 10 дней назад

Normal chill spots have dissappeared long before 2020. Consumerism is destroying lives

@NomadOverNormal 10 дней назад

lets work on bringing it back!

@ShelterDogs Месяц назад

I like this idea of a "third place" but not collecting media junk.

@CropdusterMiller Месяц назад

Yess!!!

@angelica351a Месяц назад

now they are full of homeless men that creep me out

@kathyaclaude4966 12 дней назад

❤❤❤

@handshakes76 Месяц назад

my library has absolutely nothing fun to do.

@marcinexus Месяц назад

BCLS? burlington county, nj? i have the same card! fellow jerseyan!!

@marcinexus Месяц назад

that's so wild that i clicked on a random recommended video and found someone so close by!

@doglockstudios2326 Месяц назад

I love the library but I can't afford transportation 😔

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Oh! Well, the library has many services that you can access even without going there. They can mail you movies and books. I also made another video all about their streaming services

@RalphAnthonyCBasco Месяц назад

church

@TobiasPelton Месяц назад

First of all, libraries are a great social service. That said, all of the problems your library 'solves' are self-inflicted. Coffee shops, diners, and bars are dying for people to come in and the idea that you're 'isolated by technology' is a problem of your own design. As is this obligation to make every time someone comes over an "event" as you put it. And religious beliefs/issues aside, the nationwide decline of organized religion is a major factor here. Even so, the "lack of third spaces" complaint just doesn't hold water. The amount of businesses that would love people to come in and spend just a couple bucks is hard to count. Go to a bar, coffee, shop, restaurant, diner, bowling alley, arcade, driving range, park, gym, movie theater, bookstore, hiking trail, mall, climbing gym, local men's or women's club, or a million other options if you just really can't stand the idea of going to your friends' places. And if you can't afford any of these, including a $2 cup of black coffee, you've got bigger problems to worry about than adequate places to socialize.

@coolchameleon21 8 дней назад

who wants to have to pay money every single time you get together with people? that $2 adds up fast if you’re doing it multiple times a week. in case you haven’t noticed, we’re in a cost of living crisis. i can’t afford to waste money on crap coffee every time i want to chill with people, i need to pay for rent and groceries. plus, in most of those places they don’t want you spending hours and hours there if you’re not spending more money. i’ve been ushered out of coffee shops and cafes and stores bc i was there for a few hours and they wanted me to buy more stuff. they’re usually not places that you can comfortably hang out with people for as long as you want without feeling pressured to spend money. and who wants to have a chill hangout at a bar? bars are loud and crowded. roller rinks? those also cost money and aren’t a good place to have a chill hangout and talk. malls barely even exist anymore. bowling alleys, again, cost money. the disappearance of free third spaces is a very real problem, it’s not “self inflicted”.

@TobiasPelton 7 дней назад

@@coolchameleon21 so I guess just complain about how every place made for social gathering isn’t your vibe and that $2 adds up fast whenever you’re in the mood to chill?

@coolchameleon21 7 дней назад

@@TobiasPelton yes i am going to complain about it because i don’t have money, and no one i know has a bunch of money to throw away just to hang out for 2 hours. idk why you’re so angry that people are advocating for more free and accessible third spaces. if i wanted to waste my money, i would do that.

@TobiasPelton 7 дней назад

@@coolchameleon21 you don’t have any money to waste lol that’s why you’re whining about a cup of coffee being out of your budget

@coolchameleon21 7 дней назад

@@TobiasPelton yeah i don’t have money to throw down the drain because WE’RE IN A COST OF LIVING CRISIS. have you been living under a rock? have you seen how expensive everything has gotten over the past 2 years? every dollar counts. $3 multiple times a week for coffee i don’t even want is not money i can afford to burn, and almost everyone i know is in a similar financial situation.

@luffysh 10 дней назад

funny how you colour your eyes on the thumbnail

@syedabdussubhan786 Месяц назад

hi nomad need youtube thumbnails designer at cheap rates?

@Chrailblazer Месяц назад

Yo you kinda look like jacksepticeye

@aliyamathiesen7290 9 дней назад

Go to church!

@rhondaarias606 Месяц назад

Libraries are great, but folks should consider Church. Besides the obvious reason of worshiping God, there is also community, service and purpose.

@coolchameleon21 8 дней назад

unless you don’t conform to what they want you to be. then that “community” turns on you real quick.

@brotendo Месяц назад

A third place is where people can and should talk. The library isn't it.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

and proving that point wrong is the purpose of this video

@brotendo Месяц назад

@@NomadOverNormal I watched the video but it's still never going to become a third place. Bookstores with large cafe areas are more suited for what a third place is.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

Thats a great idea for a third place. But to be that size it probably needs to be a chain. I think we only have one left, and im not sure how many there are.

@brotendo Месяц назад

@@NomadOverNormal In the part of L.A. where I live there are a number of independent bookstores with or adjacent to pretty sizable cafes.

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

@@brotendo that’s brilliant… not a thing on the east coast. Love to hear it!

@TickleMeElmo55 Месяц назад

"nomad OVER normal" Oy vey. >Nomads like us question what is "normal" and are in search for alternative ways to live in a world that are beliefs don't fit in with This gave me a laugh. Thanks. But anyways, thanks for bringing attention to the resources libraries have for people. - library worker (circulation)

@NomadOverNormal Месяц назад

that's exactly the theme of the channel!