Daily Thoughts 02/05/2020

Lowman and Hanford Co. booksellers store interior, 1st Ave., ca. 1908

Daily Thoughts 02/05/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I read a little more of The Blood of Elves by Andrej Sapkowski.  It is classic fantasy with dwarves, elves, gnomes, humans, wizards, and high adventure.  The books have been turned into a netflix series and a video game.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I am going to the Mount Vernon Census kickoff this afternoon at the Doles Center from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

I spent some time this morning talking to a person about doing a genealogy program.

The census kickoff was at the Doles Center.  It was the first time I had been there.  It is a senior center in Mount Vernon, New York.  There were a variety of speakers from different agencies including the mayor Shawyn Patterson Howard and a number of church groups.  People gave speeches on why it is important to be counted for the census and why Mount Vernon, New York is undercounted.  I picked up some flyers to distribute at the library at the end.

I looked through Bookpage and I looked through Times Literary Supplement.

Web Bits

The Enemies of Writing

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/packer-hitchens/605365/?fbclid=IwAR2nj7feI7uBBhOKqtAV7qcZTV_oylr3OpU8ea5nFwU3icEjkrot2wwRXiM

ALA Responding Online to the 2020 Census:  What Libaries Need to Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYJPjgBmIZ8

It Wasn’t Just The National Archives.  The Library of Congress Also Balked at a Women’s March Photo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/it-wasnt-just-the-national-archives-the-library-of-congress-also-balked-at-a-womens-march-photo/2020/01/31/491f4f3e-42b3-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html

Daily Thoughts 02/04/2020

Albert Morris Bagby's New Novel 'Miss Träumerei', 1895

Daily Thoughts 02/04/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I finished reading The Elements A Visual Guide.  The last part was on the transuranic elements which often have very short half lives.

I also finished reading Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer which was very different in its design and content.  I am surprised that it was published with the stylistic use of poetry and unusual structure.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I marked some books to change to the mezzanine from the biography books section.

I spent some time checking biographies in the mezzanine.

Tomorrow is the kickoff for the Mount Vernon Census at the Doles Center from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

I read a copy of Library Journal.

I worked on an order of new books.

I spent some time helping people at the public computers desk.

The Crochet Group met today from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Fundamentals of Computers Class and the Beginning Microsoft Word class is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight.

Web Bits

Publishings 'American Dirt' Problem

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/82312-publishing-s-american-dirt-problem.html

The Public Library: Where Culture Comes To You

https://www.municipalworld.com/feature-story/public-library-staff/

Daily Thoughts 02/03/2020

Why write a letter when postcards say it better, two 1920s women, one writing, one reading, postcards, 1929

Daily Thoughts 02/03/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Periodic Table A Visual Guide to the Elements.  I am reading about pollonium one of the most poisonous substances known to man.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I am covering the public computers right now.

I looked through the latest copy of the New York Times Book Review.  I have a copy of Library Journal to read.

I checked some books in the mezzanine.

The launch for the Mount Vernon Census is from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Doles Center in Mount Vernon.  I am hoping to go there.

There is a Beginning Microsoft Word 2013 and a Fundamentals of Computers class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the computer lab.

I checked out the book, Blood of Elves A Novel of the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski.

Web Bits

Carnegie Library Part of National Trend In Seeing Uptick in Digital Checkouts

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2020/02/03/Carnegie-Library-Pittsburgh-national-trend-uptick-digital-ebooks-checkouts/stories/202001300163

Hawaii Libraries Could Make Room For Early Learning Classrooms

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/hawaii-libraries-could-make-room-early-learning-classrooms#stream/0

Dailiy Thoughts 02/02/2020

The alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, from a 15th century European portrait of Geber, Codici Ashburnhamiani 1166


Daily Thoughts 02/02/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Periodic Table A Visual Guide to the Elements on the way home last night.  I am reading about lead.  Many of the elements are easy to understand like gold or mercury.  Others are a little bit more confusing like thorium or thallium.  There seems to be a common theme focused on radioactivity and nuclear physics when reading about many of the elements.

Web Bits

New Lee And Low Survey Shows No Progress In Diversity In Publishing

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/82284-new-lee-and-low-survey-shows-no-progress-on-diversity-in-publishing.html

The Best Thing A Library Can Be Is Open

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/01/18/the-best-thing-a-library-can-be-is-open.html

Bossier Library Will Spread Kindness At Patron Appreciation Day

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2020/02/02/bossier-library-will-spread-kindness-patron-appreciation-day/41112571/

Daily Thoughts 02/01/2020

The Virginian is a 1914 film based upon the novel The Virginian by Owen Wister, and starring Dustin Farnum as the Virginian. This is a monochrome movie poster for the film.

Daily Thoughts 02/01/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Periodic Table A Visual Guide to the Elements.  I am reading about the lanthanide elements.  I am learning a lot of new things about science.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I am talking about the census with a colleague.  The kickoff census event is on February 5, 2020 at the Doles Center from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

I picked out some books to go in the mezzanine.

I spent some time discussing the monthly report.


Web Bits

‘A Revolutionary Act’: The Power of a 21^st Century Library Card

https://www.wbez.org/shows/reset/a-revolutionary-act-the-power-of-a-21st-century-library-card/d2108414-546f-40f8-b42d-d79ce9bca07b

Poll Says People Spend Their Free Time The Most At Libraries

https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Poll-says-people-spend-the-most-free-time-at-libraries--567477291.html