Daily Thoughts 04/26/2013

Inscription regarding Tiberius Claudius Babillus of Rome (d. 56 CE) which confirms that the Library of Alexandria must have existed in some form in the first century AD.

Daily Thoughts 04/26/2013

On the way to work, I read some more of the Lean Entrepreneur.  I am reading about the concept of minimal viable product which is about the minimum product that can be built that gives value to customers.

I placed the book, The New Digital Age, Reshaping the Future of People, Nations, and Business by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on hold.

This morning, I checked the Facebook and Twitter for the library.  I also checked the displays.  We had a management meeting this morning.  We are getting Book Prospector which is interesting.  http://www.bookprospector.com   We also discussed a variety of issues including different vendors like Baker and Taylor, Midwest Tape, and Ingram Content Group.  There was a bit on the new computer classes in May.

This afternoon, I did a bit of weeding and shifting in the 900s and the large print books.

May is National Inventors Month.


Web Bits

Rare Books: the New Vinyl
http://burbankbooksandantiques.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/rare-books-the-new-vinyl/?goback=%2Egmp_2173290%2Egde_2173290_member_235791076
My view is that the recording medium has a direct effect on how material is supposed to be perceived.  For example, if a record was released as vinyl, it will sound much closer to the artists intention if it is listened to on a record player.