Daily Thoughts 05/05/2014

Marguerite Gerard, Lady Reading in an Interior, Between 1795 and 1800.

Daily Thoughts 05/05/2014

I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library this morning.  Tomorrow is the library budget vote. http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/169374/f7b927459e/ARCHIVE
Vote on the Mount Vernon Public Library Budget and Trustees on May 2014 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

I read some more of Memories, Dreams, Reflections which is C.G. Jung's biography.  I am also reading Alison Levine's On The Edge.   She is describing training for sleep deprivation and hunger which are part of climbing Everest and going to places like the North Pole.

I spent a little time looking at Earlyword and the Black Expressions Book Club websites. 

I tried to do what I could today with Facebook and Twitter. The Friends of the Mount Vernon Public Library are making the reminder calls right now to get people to go out and vote tomorrow. It should be interesting tomorrow.  The Grace Greene Baker Community Room is where people will go to vote.  There are poll workers that have been hired.  Extra parking has been arranged for around the library.

Web Bits 

 British Library Opens Showcase for Vast News Archive
http://news.yahoo.com/british-library-opens-showcase-vast-news-archive-201228064.html;_ylt=AwrBJSDdjGdTf3sAj3PQtDMD 

A World Digital Library is Coming True-- Robert Darnton-- New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/22/world-digital-library-coming-true/

Daily Thoughts 05/04/2014

Embossed Postcard, Carnegie Library, Houston, TX (postcard, circa 1900-1924)

Daily Thoughts 05/04/2014

This morning, I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library and posted about the budget vote.  The Mount Vernon Public Library Budget Vote is on May 6, 2014 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., voting will be in the Grace Greene Baker Community Room.  There will be extra parking.

I started reading On The Edge  The Art of High Impact Leadership by Alison Levine.  Alison Levine is writing about how extreme sports relate to business leadership.  She skied to the North and South Poles and climbed Mount Everest.  It is a new book.

Vote Yes for the Mount Vernon Public Library Facebook Image
https://www.facebook.com/MountVernonTaxpayersforaStrongerLibrary/photos/a.763871016978297.1073741828.749981761700556/765218153510250/?type=1&theater\

Vote Yes for the Mount Vernon Public Library with a bit on the opposition
http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/169374/f7b927459e/ARCHIVE

Web Bits

Sizing Up a Colossus
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/columnists/sizing-up-a-colossus/2011568.article

Secret Libraries of New York City
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/secret-libraries-of-new-york-city
Some wonderful gems.  Not really secret though.

We Need Diverse Books Tumblr
http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/

Daily Thoughts 05/03/2014

[Book-form camera obscura from the Nekes collection] [Nekes collection of optical devices, prints and games] , Camera obscura , ca. 1750 - See more at: http://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=books&cat=highlight&highlights=%22Open%20Content%20Images%22&rows=10&srt=&dir=s&dsp=0&img=1&pg=3#sthash.Wz5PXiDz.dpuf

[Book-form camera obscura from the Nekes collection] [Nekes collection of optical devices, prints and games] , Camera obscura , ca. 1750 - See more at: http://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=books&cat=highlight&highlights=%22Open%20Content%20Images%22&rows=10&srt=&dir=s&dsp=0&img=1&pg=3#sthash.Wz5PXiDz.dpuf

[Book-form camera obscura from the Nekes collection] - See more at: http://search.getty.edu/gri/records/griobject?objectid=958121485#sthash.hITlKqRd.dpuf

[Book-form camera obscura from the Nekes collection] - See more at: http://search.getty.edu/gri/records/griobject?objectid=958121485#sthash.hITlKqRd.dpuf

 Book Form Camera Obscura from the Nekes Collection, circa 1750

[Book-form camera obscura from the Nekes collection]
- See more at: http://search.getty.edu/gri/records/griobject?objectid=958121485#sthash.hITlKqRd.dpuf

Daily Thoughts 05/03/2014

I checked the libraries Twitter and Facebook today.  I also posted about the vote on May 6, 2014 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Mount Vernon Public Library.

Today is the second day of the Friends of the Library Book and Bake Sale.  I hope it goes well today.

I read some more of Memories, Dreams, Reflections.  In some ways, it is quite interesting.  For example Jung describes building his house without many modern conveniences so he can be closer to nature.  For example, there is no telephone, he pumps water by hand, and chops firewood.  I also like Jung's comparison of the Pueblo religion to that of the Eleusinian mysteries.

Free Teen Summer  Electronic Audiobooks

http://www.mountvernonpubliclibrary.org/audiobooks

There is a new Teens and Children's E-books sections for Overdrive through the Westchester Library System.

http://westchester.lib.overdrive.com/35232676-8D6D-4091-99D1-4585E45D4B33/10/45/en/Default.htm

Web Bits

The novel is dead (this time it's for real)
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/02/will-self-novel-dead-literary-fiction

5 Cinematic Book Trailers Showcasing Diversity
http://cinematicbooktrailers.blogspot.com/2014/04/5-cinematic-book-trailers-showcasing.html

Daily Thoughts 05/02/2014

John Peto, Still Life With Mug, Pipe, and Book, January 1889

Daily Thoughts 05/02/2014

On the way to work, I finished reading Opportunity Knocking Lessons from Business Leaders by Lori Ann LaRocco.  It is just right for a business book.  The length is 148 pages.  It is easy to carry around on the subway or train and would make good commuter or travel reading.  The book has an index, notes, and an appendix with quotes from each business leader which Lori Ann LaRocco writes about.  I am reading this in preparation for her coming to the Mount Vernon Public Library on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

This morning, I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library.  I have been trying to post regularly about the vote on May 6, 2014 between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Public Library.  I also checked the displays and the gift books.

The Friends of the Mount Vernon Public Library Book and Bake Sale is today and tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..  I stopped by had a cup of coffee, bought a brownie, and book, Who Are You? 101 Ways of Seeing Yourself by Malcolm Godwin.

I am looking at On The Edge, The Art of High Impact Leadership by Alison Levine.  It is a business book.  However, there are also color pictures of mountaineering in it.  It should be interesting.

http://www.risingmediagroup.com/images/web%20pdfs/5-2mtvernon_rising.pdf  On P.1 of the Mount Vernon Rising, May 2, 2014 Issue there is an article called Public to Vote on Mt. Vernon Library Budget for the First Time.

In the latest paper copy of the May Mount Vernon Inquirer, there is an advertisement in support of the library.

I spent some time going over who I would visit on the Exhibitor floor at Book Expo America. I will put them in order by number before I go on the show floor.  This way I can start at the beginning and see most of the exhibitors I want to see.

Abrams Books 2727

Akashic Books 1105A

Amacom 2442

Baker and Taylor 2120

Chronicle Books 2827

Cinco Punto Press 1105 B

Diamond Book Distributors 2721

DK Publishing 1528-1529

Eerdmans Books 1039

Fantagraphics Books 1927

Farrar, Strauss, and Giraux 1738

Firebrand/Netgalley DZ2527

Graywolf Press 1746

Grove Atlantic 1321

Hachette Books 2819

Harlequin Books 3038

Harper Collins Publishers 2038

Henry Holt and Company 1738

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1657

IDW Publishing 2724

Image Comics 2722A

Ingram Content Group 1057

Kensington Publishing Corp RC133

Library Journal 663

Little Brown and Company 2819

Lonely Planet Publications 739

MacMillan Publishers 1738

McGraw Hill Education 2139

Melville House Publishing 2738

Midwest Tape 1239

Naval Institute Press 2248

New Harbinger 1007

NOLO 1060C

Oreilly Media 1269

Overdrive 1638

Papercutz 1747

Peachtree Publishers 2813

Pearson RC37

Penguin Group 1521

Perseus Book Group 1407

Quirk Books 2848

Random House 2839

Recorded Books 2244

Rizzoli 2756

Romance Writers of America 2551

Science Fiction Writers of America 2561

Self Counsel Press 1132A

Shambhala 2764A

Simon and Schuster Inc. 2639

Soho Press 2946

Tor Books 1738

United for Libraries 2366

Wiley 1729

WW Norton and Company 1921

 


Web Bits

ALA Advocate for Libraries by Participating in Virtual Library Legislative Day, May 6
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/04/advocate-libraries-participating-virtual-library-legislative-day-may-6

BookCon Controversy Begets Diversity Social Media Campaign
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/62094-diversity-social-media-campaign-goes-viral.html

Getting Data Right
http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2014/05/collection-development/getting-data-right/

Don't Be Scared Youtube Video

Daily Thoughts 05/01/2014

The Bookseller Blok, Vincent Van Gogh, 1882

Daily Thoughts 05/01/2014

On the way to work, I read some more of Opportunity Knocks.  I am reading about Steve Case the founder of America Online.

This morning, I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library.  I also checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent some time working with the oversize books.  I also did a few updates for Bookletters.  May is National Inventors Month.

I am planning for BEA Book Expo America,  I signed up for the AAP Annual Librarians Dinner at the Yale Club on Wednesday, May 28 at 6:30 p.m. as well as the Librarians Lunch on Thursday, May 29 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.   I plan on visiting the Librarians Lounge as well as a variety of exhibitors for this Book Expo America.  There are a few featured booths like Arcadia Publishing and Overdrive which I will stop by and take a look at.like BEA Selects Mystery/Thrillers on Thursday, May 29, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the Uptown Stage, the AAP Annual Librarians Book Buzz Part 1,on Thursday, May 29 at 2:15 p.m., The Best in Fall Graphic Novels 2014, on Thursday, May 29 at 4:00 p.m. at the uptown stage, on Friday, May 30, I plan on going the AAP Annual Librarians Book Buzz Part II from 2:00 p.m. to 3:20 p.m., also the 6th Annual Librarian Shout and Share on Friday, May 30, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.    I am going to write a list of exhibitors I would like to see.  There are over 900 exhibitors listed.  The show is positively gigantic. I have a VIP pass which makes things easier in some ways.  There is a lounge with coffee and internet access for people with VIP access. I definitely plan on stopping by the Startup Alley at Book Expo America.  It should be quite interesting. http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en/Press-and-News/Press-Releases/Librify-Announces-BookExpo-Startup-Challenge-at-BEA/ I went to the pitches last year to see what it was about. http://www.bookexpochallenge.com/

Web Bits

This is Your Brain on Great Literature

http://time.com/77555/reading-literature-brain-neuroscience/

How Libraries Are Responding to the Second Digital Divide

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2014/04/libraries-responding-second-digital-divide/