For the past six or seven years, I have felt incredibly off in all parts of my life. It seemed like no matter what I did, I failed. And many times I failed spectacularly. In front of audiences. In front of my team members. In front of people whom I respect. Or all by myself….
This Michif translation comes from a student at St. Joseph High School, Ottawa. Thank you so much for helping to spread the LAFE message!!! Michif is the beautifully complex language Métis people. The student explained that the first half “Baachiss poor lii liivr” essentially means “building for books.”
I had a librarian write and request a set of Spanish signs using the more inclusive “todes.” Without further ado: a new sign set!
Update 9/7/2023:I learned that at least one person out there (and I’m guessing more) have taken this blog post to mean that I truly believe that all Christians are terrorists. That’s simply not true. Read for context, y’all. I appreciate those who reached out to confirm my stance on this. “There’s some good in this…
I am moving this design into the public domain. Click on the image to get the full-sized png. Please feel free to use it in any way that you would like.
Nyima Bhuti, Class of 2025, Wheaton College, Norton, MA reached out with the Tibetan translation of Libraries Are For Everyone. Thank you very much Nyima, for helping to spread the LAFE message!
An anonymous LOTR fan and library technician reached out to share the Elvish translation of LAFE. “There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” Samwise Gamgee
This is the third LAFE translation from an anonymous public librarian. Of note is that this is also known as Iloco, Iloko, or Iluko.
This is the second of three translations submitted by the same anonymous (and very patient) public librarian. Thanks, again, for helping to spread the LAFE message!!!
I was thrilled to receive this anonymous translations of LAFE. Thank you to that individual for helping to spread the LAFE message!
Ellen Nabeti, RPCV reached out to me with the I-Kiribati #LAFE translation. She used the Submit a Translation form on the #LAFE Library page to send me this beautiful Micronesian language to be turned into signs. Thank you for reaching out to help spread the #LAFE message, Ellen!
Last year, Jonathan, the Scholarly Communications and Digital Librarian at The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center, sent a very kind email asking about vector versions of my #LAFE designs. We had a nice email exchange – though I was unable to help since I was still a novice at vector…
John Lee used the Submit a Translation form on the #LAFE Library page to send me the Ho-Chunk translation. Yay! They even broke down the meaning: waagax hakiruxara – bookhociira – the houseshanąąc – everyonewagi’ųire – they made it for them Thank you very much, John Lee!!!
Pavol Batalik, the Director of Faculty Library on Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic generously provided the Slovak translation of LAFE. Thank you so very much, Pavol!!!
This LAFE Translation come from Westerville South (Ohio) student Mani. Thank you so very much, Mani!!!
