Daily Thoughts 08/26/2013

Bouquet of Violets, Edouard Manet, 1872

Daily Thoughts 08/26/2013

This morning, I rested on the train to work.  I am off tomorrow for the rest of the week.  I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library.  I also checked the displays.  I did some ordering and read the latest copy of the New York Times Book Review.

I also interviewed someone for the computer lab assistant position as well.  A small box of Advanced Reading copies came in from Library Journal with four books, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Notable by Maria Bates which is a teen book, Cries of the Lost by Chris Knopf, and Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill.  I think I am going to read Dept. of Speculation.

I was quite busy today.  I did a little bit more weeding.  We finished our Summer Reading programs and are going to be starting in on our fall programming soon.

Web Bits

School Librarians Belong in NYC Schools
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christian-zabriskie/school-librarians-belong-_b_3813519.html

A Library Card May Get You More Than You Think-- MSNBC Video
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/52837280#52837280

Daily Thoughts 08/23/2013

Three Women at the Table by the Lamp, August Macke, 1912

Daily Thoughts 08/23/2013
This morning, I read some more of Taking Your Kindle Fire to the Max. I am noticing that there are two types of tablets, tablets that focus on content like the Nook and the Kindle Fire which are designed for books, films, music, and movies mainly, and more general tablets focused on apps like the Google Nexus 7 and the iPad.

This morning, I checked the social media for the library and the displays. I also read the latest copy of Book Page. I picked up an advanced reading copy of Night Film by Marisha Pessl to read while I was going through the advanced reading copies in the staff room.

We had a management meeting this morning. They are going to be replacing some of the shelving. They are also planning on doing more weeding. We may be working with more electronic materials as well.

The clerical staff have brought up all the large print books from the mezzanine to be interfiled with the regular collection. We are also adding two more computers to the computer lab and expanding the number of computer classes.

Today has been a very busy day.  We had a visit from the 3M Cloud Library today to show their ebook platform.  It was interesting.  We watched a presentation in the trustees room.  It was very polished.

I also spent a very small amount of time weeding.  I try and do a little bit each day.


Web Bits
The Complete List of All Public Children's Literature Statues In America
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2013/08/14/the-complete-listing-of-all-public-childrens-literature-statues-in-the-united-states/

Daily Thoughts 08/22/2013

Dante's Inferno, 1924, Film Poster

Daily Thoughts 08/22/2013

Last night, I read some of Discovering Vintage New York: A Guide to the City's Timeless Shops, Bars, Delis, & More by Mitch Broder.  It was interesting.  It mentioned many classic places in New York.  I am quite fond of a few of them including The Donut Pub and the Strand Bookstore.

I am going to read Taking Your Kindle Fire to the Max by Mark Rollins.  We spent some time discussing electronic resources today.  We are planning to have some computer classes for seniors and to make some changes to our current computer class schedule and lab arrangement.  A book that was suggested for basic computer teaching is Is This Thing On A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking and Screaming by Abby Stokes.  We are also getting Overdrive Advantage so we can have a local collection of ebooks which should be very nice.

I checked the displays and the social media for the library today.  We have computer classes tonight: Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint.  We also have the End of Summer Reading Literary Tea for Adults today which I hope goes well.  It is in the community room. The Sylvia Mims and Patti-Preiss-Harris Jazz Duo is singing tonight. We are also giving people who participated in the Adult Summer Reading Club a book to choose, a pad and pen, and a tote bag with our logo on it. The duo is very good.

Web Bits

The Tea Party Vs. The Public Library
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/the-tea-party-vs-the-publ_b_3768714.html?utm_hp_ref=tw#!

Daily Thoughts 08/21/2013

Daily Thoughts 08/21/2013

I finished reading Rumsfeld's Rules last night.  He makes some interesting points that are quite conservative.  One is that private industry creates money that can be taxed.  Another is that the United States is not the main source of the worlds problems.  It was worth reading.  The political position is conservative, but open minded to new ideas.

This morning, I checked the displays and the gift books.  I also did a little bit of weeding, picked out a few sites to be added to the website.  We are working on a new site design for Mount Vernon Public Library.  I also did a little bit of weeding.  I am preparing to interview someone and have a meeting on the computer classes.

Daily Thoughts 08/20/2013

Sarah Bernhardt and Christine Nilsson, Julius Leblanc Stewart, 1883

Daily Thoughts 08/20/2013

This morning, I read some more of Rumsfeld's Rules on the train to work. Donald Rumsfeld writes a lot about the changes in the military after September 11, 2001 in the context of asymmetric warfare and terrorism. He describes how the military was redesigned for faster deployment and more flexibility.

 This morning, I checked the displays, the gift books, and the social media for the library. I have a copy of Baker and Taylor's Forecast and the New York Times Book Review to read. I also took a few minutes to look through the new books and spotted William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher which is a parody mashup of Star Wars and Shakespeare by Ian Doescher. The words Verily, A New Hope are on the cover.

I was reading through the Baker and Taylor Forecast and I saw that the new Nora Robert's book Dark Witch had a print run of 2,000,000 which is huge, 100,000 is usually a very large print run for a book.  There were two books coming out in October that caught my interest, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman and  The Map and the Territory Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting by Alan Greenspan.  Both of these books should be fairly significant.

 Web Bits

Life With Raspberry Pi: The Hot $25 Computer May Just Spark A Coding Revolution In Schools
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/08/k-12/life-with-raspberry-pi-this-slim-25-computer-is-hot-and-showing-no-signs-of-cooling-off-it-may-just-spark-a-coding-revolution-in-schools/