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Daily Thoughts 10/29/2010
This morning, I started reading The Story of Stuff How Our Obsession With Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health by Annie Leonard. It is very much an environmentalist and anti-consumerist book. It follows the path of our stuff from when it is made to when we use it to when we throw it away to when it ends in the dump.
This morning we talked about possibly merchandising (creating a separate collection) for the small business books. I am looking at the Gaylord catalog which is a label catalog for business labels. We also talked a bit about business dvds.
I did a little bit of weeding in the oversize books and a bit of shelf reading in the 800s.
In the New York Times book review, one book caught my attention; The Gun, The AK-47 and the Evolution of War by C.J. Chivers.
On the way home, I read some more of The Story of Stuff. The author is using a lot of liberal causes in her writing. It feels very politically correct which can be annoying at times. However, the sympathy there seems to be right. I am not sure that I agree with everything she is saying. I am reading this book because it is printed on recycled paper. Ecolibris is doing a campaign to get people to read books printed on recycled paper.
Web Bits
All Hallow's Read http://www.allhallowsread.com/
If you get a chance take a look at the New York Librarians Meetup blog, it is well worth going to their events. http://nylibrariansmeetup.blogspot.com/
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