Daily Thoughts 11/05/2016

Summer Evening Beside the Lake, by Fujishima Takeji, University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, 1896


Daily Thoughts 11/05/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I took a little bit of time to look at the NEA Big Reads Grant today.

I read a bit more of Jerusalem.  The chapter I am reading righ now is a play.  It has several famous writers in it among others; Samuel Beckett, John Clare, John Bunyan, Thomas Beckett and others.

I read some more of Death's End by Cixin Liu.  Cixin Liu is describing the Dark Forest idea that civilizations will do what they can to survive including destroying competing civilizations before they can become competitors.

Web Bits

Removal of Collections Causes Concern Among Library Patrons

http://mcgrawhillprofessionalblog.com/removal-collections-library-patrons/

Authors Join National Protest Against Library Closure -- United Kingdom

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/05/authors-join-national-protest-against-library-closures

NEA Big Read Gets A Makeover

https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2016/nea-big-read-gets-makeover

Daily Thoughts 11/04/2016

Flor De Pascua, Never Think Before You Act, M.C. Escher, 1921

Daily Thoughts 11/04/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the gift books and the displays today.

I put in my weekly order of new books today.

Right now, I am in the computer lab.

I finished looking through The Almanac of American Philanthropy.  There is information on Andrew Carnegie and Enoch Pratt as well as the Carnegie Libraries, the Huntington Library, and the Philadelphia Library Company.

I also read some more of Jerusalem.  Some of the writing is experimental and a bit disconcerting.  I skipped over the chapters featuring Lucia after reading some of the beginning pages, the words are all spelled differently, the dialogue is a bit jumbled, and also a bit on the mad side.


Web Bits

Justice Department Reaffirms Reader Privacy Protections

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/71920-justice-department-reaffirms-reader-privacy-protections.html

New Utrecht Library Reopens After Five Month Renovation

http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/11/new-utrecht-library-reopens-five-month-renovation/

I worked here once.

Reimagining The Library: Relationships Between Library Collections, Space, and Public Services

http://www.against-the-grain.com/2016/11/reimagining-the-library-relationships-between-library-collections-space-and-public-services/

Daily Thoughts 11/03/2016

Newspaper with Coffee Mill, Juan Gris, 1915

Daily Thoughts 11/03/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

Last night, I watched a webinar on Inbound Marketing for my library marketing class last night.  This morning, I finished my assignment for the class on the audience for the library.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I spent a little more time working on the autism grant.  I am also working on the final report for the 2016-2017 Mount Vernon Arts Initiative.  I have to work on my monthly report soon.


Web Bits

MIT Encourages Students to "hack" The Library

https://thetech.com/2016/11/02/future-library

Library takes public to the final frontier

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2016/11/02/Library-opens-access-to-the-final-frontier.html

Daily Thoughts 11/02/2016

The Ghost Story, Frederick Smallfield, 1916

Daily Thoughts 11/02/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

We had a staff meeting today.

I read a copy of the latest Times Literary Supplement as well as the latest New York Times Book Review.

I put in an order of books focused on business.

There is an Advanced Microsoft Excel class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

I read some more of The Almanac of American Philanthropy.  I am reading about major historical philanthropists like Henry Ford, Madam C.J. Walker, Andrew Carnegies, and others.  I also read some information on why we should support philanthropy as a solution for social problems.

Web Bits

America's Librarian
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/11/01/carla-hayden-americas-librarian/


Promoting Health and Fitness Literacy at the Library
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2016/11/promoting-health-and-fitness-literacy-at-the-library/

Daily Thoughts 11/01/2016

Book and Guitar, Juan Gris, 1925

Daily Thoughts 11/01/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I enjoyed reading Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology on the way to work.  I especially liked the description of Ragnarok.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

The Crochet Class is meeting today from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There is a Fundamentals of Computers class and a Beginning Microsoft Word class tonight.

I spent time working on an order of business books.

On the way home, I read a little bit more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  Part of the message of this book is how politicians take advantage of the poor and working class for their own greed.

I also started reading The Almanac of American Philanthropy by The Philanthropy Roundtable and Karl Zinsmeister.  I am reading about various prominent philanthropists like George Eastman, Ned MCIlhenny, the Rockefellers, the Guggenheims, and others.  The book starts with an overview of major philanthropists.

Web Bits

What is E-Circ and Why Did We Add It?

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/11/managing-libraries/lj-index/class-of-2016/what-is-e-circ-and-why-did-we-add-it/

Next Year’s New Statistic Wi-Fi

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/11/managing-libraries/lj-index/class-of-2016/next-years-new-statistic-wi-fi/

Murder (or not) At the Library of Congress

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/10/31/murder-or-not-at-the-library-of-congress/?utm_term=.a2f304c3256b

Are Libraries 'Vanity Projects'?
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/01/librarians-criticize-greta-van-susteren-after-vanity-projects-comments