Daily Thoughts 03/10/2020

Young Women Reading by Degas (1834-1917)

Daily Thoughts 03/10/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I checked some books in the mezzanine in the biography section.

I checked some books in the main floor biography section.

I put in some orders for new books.

I spent some time working on scheduling.

I looked through a copy of the latest New York Times Book Review and the latest Times Literary Supplement.

We spent some time discussing what we planned to do for the census.

There was a Fundamentals of Computers class and a Beginning Microsoft Word 2013 class.

Web Bits

Libraries Help Assuage Census Anxieties

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/03/02/fact-versus-fear-census-anxieties/

MacMillian is Thinking About Scrapping Their Library Embargo

https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-library-news/macmillan-is-thinking-about-scraping-their-library-embargo

Daily Thoughts 03/09/2020

The Lute Player, Valentin Boulogne, 1625-1626

Daily Thoughts 03/09/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some of The Season of Storms, The Witcher Book 6 by Andrzej Sapkowski last night on Overdrive.

I read some more of The Art of Memory.  I am reading about how strong images like the zodiac or the symbols for christian virtues are used to help remember things.

Web Bits

As the New Coronavirus Spreads, Conferences Suffer

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/82631-as-the-new-coronavirus-spreads-conferences-suffer.html

Rare Isaac Newton Manuscript Found In Corsican Library

https://news.yahoo.com/rare-isaac-newton-manuscript-discovered-corsican-library-205917846.html

Daily Thoughts 03/08/2020

American Homes and Gardens, 1905

Daily Thoughts 03/08/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I am halfway through reading, The Lady of the Lake, The Witcher Book 5 on Overdrive by Andrzej Sapkowski.

I read some more of The Art of Memory.  It is slow reading because it contains both philosophy and a lot of very academic thinking.

Web Bits

The Trump Budget Will Gut the Public Library

https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/trump-budget-gut-public-library/

Blockchain for the Information Profession

https://ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu/blockchains/blockchains-applied/applications/

Daily Thoughts 03/07/2020

Instead of Man Reading We Have the Bookworm, Christopher Pearce Cranch 1830--1892

Daily Thoughts 03/07/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some books on horticulture.  I have been looking at them online on Hoopla.  I looked through A History of Gardening in 50 Objects by George Drower and The Big Bad Book of Botany by Michael Largo.  I like reading about the history of plants.

I also read some more of The Art of Memory.

Web Bits

Can Libraries Help Solve Climate Change? This Wisconsin Couple Says Yes

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/can-libraries-help-solve-climate-change-wisconsin-couple-says-yes

The Census Starts In Two Weeks

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2020/03/the-census-starts-in-two-weeks/

Is Macmillan Reconsidering Its Library E-book Embargo?

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/82621-is-macmillan-reconsidering-its-library-e-book-embargo.html

Libraries and Pandemic Preparedness

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/covid-19-libraries-pandemic-preparedness/

Daily Thoughts 03/06/2020

Reading by Lamplight, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1859

Daily Thoughts 03/06/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

The library is closed today for sanitization.

I read some more of The Art of Memory.  I am reading about how it is important to pick a structure with impact to place in memory like a hospital or temple.

Web Bits

Reed Confirms Book Expo, Book Con To Proceed As Planned

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/82601-reed-confirms-bookexpo-bookcon-to-proceed-as-planned.html

Libraries Matter to Families. They Don't Matter to Trump

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/libraries-matter-families-dont-matter-214607833.html

How Entrepreneurs Can Use Their Local Library To Access Free Resources to Get Ahead In Their Business

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-entrepreneurs-use-library-for-free-resources-to-get-ahead-2020-3