Daily Thoughts 10/15/2016

Nishimura Shigenaga (Japan, 1697? - Japan, 1756) Komachi Washing the Poem-Papers


Daily Thoughts 10/15/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I requested an Advanced Reading Copy for Neil Gaiman's book Norse Mythology.

I read a copy of Computers In Libraries.


I updated a list of DVDs for Bookletters.  I also updated a list of CD Audiobooks as well for Bookletters.

I also started an order for Holiday books.

I spent some time looking through the catalog of shows available for free to libraries from Lincoln Center.  There are a few shows which look interesting.

I did a little more work with the Holiday books in the mezzanine.  We display the holiday books, DVDs, and movies in November.

I also ordered 200 boxes from Better World Books.

I spent some time organizing my desk.

Web Bits

Web Bits

Follow The (Grant) Money

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/71758-follow-the-grant-money.html

House of Lords Attacks the Government Over Library Closures-- UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/14/house-of-lords-attacks-government-library-closures-john-bird-gail-rebuck

When Librarians Are Silenced -- Francine Prose

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/10/14/kansas-city-librarian-arrest-for-defending-free-speech/

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Librarian Organizes Your Bookmarks With Machine Learning

https://www.fastcodesign.com/3064632/this-ai-librarian-organizes-your-internet-bookmarks-with-machine-learning

This is interesting because of the use of the terminology AI Librarian.  I don't think of it as particularly accurate, but it is interesting.