Daily Thoughts 01/24/2012
I have been steadily reading more of Debt The First 5,000 Years. Right now, the author is writing about religious debt in the terms of the bible. He is describing how debt drove many people into slavery. Part of this process is on occassion freeing people from debt slavery so they can go back to being peasants.
This morning, I updated the Twitter and Facebook accounts. We are also working on the E-blast to announce programs. Part of this process is working on a consistent brand and logo for all of our marketing materials; flyers, social media announcments, email notifications, and website.
I also checked the displays this morning. I am going to be sitting with someone to discuss the Nook today. It will be a learning experience.
I am working on a number of flyers for events that are coming up very soon. We have the Computer Lab for Academic Use Today from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. We also have two computer classes one from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and one from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
I spent some time today going over the Nook with a patron. I also helped some colleagues with a display for African American history month.
The book, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman came in for me to read.
On the way home, I read some more of Debt The First 5000 Years. The author is writing about blood money and bride prices. Both of these have greater social value than monetary value. It is very hard to place a value on human life in purely monetary terms.
Web Bits
The Political Price of Austerity
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/books/review/the-age-of-austerity-how-scarcity-will-remake-american-politics-by-thomas-byrne-edsall-book-review.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
After reading this article it made me want to read The Age of Austerity.
People's Library Presentation at ALA (American Library Association) Midwinter conference
http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/peoples-library-presentation-at-ala-midwinter/
Detroits Monteith Library Branch to Reopen in February
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/detroit-monteith-library-branch-to-reopen-in-february-20120120-ms
This was partially the result of Occupy Detroit protesting.
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