Daily Thoughts 11/7/2011
I read some more of Supergods this morning. Grant Morrison is writing about Alan Moore and Frank Miller. I rather like Alan Moore. Watchmen was an interesting book, but I liked The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen much better.
This morning I also checked the Facebook and Twitter accounts for the library as well as the displays.
The Friends of the Library are packing up the books leftover from the book sale to be sent to Better World Books. We are also sending our discards over to Better World Books As Well. Better World Books is paying the freight. http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Info-Discards-Donations-Program-m-4.aspx Having a book sale is more than just about making money for the library. It is also a way to generate goodwill for the library which can seem a bit intangible to some people, but is very important.
I also spent some time on the website learning to make minor adjustments as well as watched a bit of the Lynda.com training videos for Photoshop CS5 and Microsoft Publisher 2010.
Two books came in for me to read, The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge which is science fiction and The Better Angels of Our Nature Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker.
On the way home I read some more of Supergods. I also switched back to reading The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer. The book of letters is very slow reading. The thinking and style is very dense. Each letter condenses a lot of living into a very small space.
Please go out and vote tomorrow. Election day is on November 8, 2011 in New York.
Web Bits
Saving Libraries but Not Librarians Blowback
This is a reflection on how people are thinking of things. Our profession has been facing a lot of changes for some time. We are also increasingly facing competition from the business world who would like to make libraries less able to deal with a digital future. Other people are trying to label our profession as superfluous. It is important that we get better control over technology and start advertising the access we offer.
Net Neutrality Is Under Attack Email Your Senators Before Tuesday's Vote
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/hutchison_nn/?source=fb
Net neutrality ensures open access to the internet. It is important to ensure free access to information.
Sign Online Petition to Save School Libraries
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/892737-312/sign_online_petition_to_save.html.csp
This is another example of how libraries have been challenged. I can understand asking people to change their skills and offer retraining for relevance, but that is often not what is happening.
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