Daily Thoughts 04/11/2017

Reza Abbasi, Youth Reading,  1625

Daily Thoughts 04/11/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

Share Your Story With the Mount Vernon Public Library
http://mountvernonpubliclibrary.org/share-your-story/

I read the local newspaper on the way to work.  I spent some time discussing policies in the morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I interviewed two people today with my colleagues for a librarian position.

I spent some time working on orders for new books.  I have a copy of the New York Times Book Review to read.

I also spent some time checking the 600s today.

There is a Fundamentals of Computers Class today and a Microsoft Word 2013 class today this evening.

I spent a little time working on programming in the afternoon.

I started reading Other Minds The Ocopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith.  This book is about consciousness. More is known about octopusses than the two other cephalopods, cuttlefish, and squids.  So far, this book has investigated a little bit on the evolution of the octopuss and signs of intelligence.  The classic examples of octopusses using coconuts, opening jars from the inside, and escaping from aquariums are described.

I also read a letter from James Baldwin, to his nephew James, called My Dungeon Shook.

Web Bits

Whitehead, Thompson Among 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/73303-pulitzer-prizes-2017.html

Fight for Libraries

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

Photos of 19th Black Women Activists Digitized and Put Online by Library of Congress

http://www.openculture.com/2017/04/photos-of-19th-century-black-women-activists-digitized-and-put-online-by-the-library-of-congress.html