Daily Thoughts 12/11/2013

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Nature Mort Au Bouquet, 1871

Daily Thoughts 12/11/2013

This morning, I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library.

I read some of The Hunter and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett. This is a collection of mostly previously unpublished stories by Dashiell Hammett. Not all are mystery, some are adventure stories, and a few are fiction as well.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning. The book, Without Their Permission How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alex Ohanian came in for me to read. I have a growing stack of books to read.

We had a programming meeting today. I have a book club which I am putting together and there is going to be a reading from Discovering Black America by Linda Tarrant-Reid in February. I also am working on the computer class schedule for January and February.

Web Bits

The Infinite Monkey Theorem Comes to Life

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/12/10/249726951/the-infinite-monkey-theorem-comes-to-life?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

How Americans Value Public Libraries In Thier Communities

http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/12/11/libraries-in-communities/

Digital Public Library of America Young But Well Connected

http://chronicle.com/article/Digital-Library-of-America/143489/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Norway Decided to Digitize All The Norwegian Books

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/norway-decided-to-digitize-all-the-norwegian-books/282008/