Daily Thoughts 12/31/2019

Bamboo Slip Book, (18th Century)

Daily Thoughts 12/31/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I spent some time checking books in the mezzanine.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

We are moving along on our shifting project for the main floor books.

I rested on the way to work.

I worked on the scheduling a little bit in ADP.

I put in two orders for new books for the adult collection.

I looked through the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly Best Seller list.

I looked through copy of Library Journal and the New York Times Book Review.

Web Bits

Let’s Not Lose Libraries in 2020!

https://www.libraries2020.org/let_s_not_lose_libraries

Daily Thoughts 12/30/2019

Other Worlds, Science Stories, December 1951

Daily Thoughts 12/30/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of How Science Works.  I am reading about aging, genomes, and gene therapy.  By the time I will be done with this, I will have read a few pages about most of the different topics in science.

Web Bits

Toxic for Libraries KKR Investment Firm to Buy Overdrive Biggest Library Ebook Company

https://teleread.org/2019/12/26/toxic-for-libraries-kkr-investment-firm-to-buy-overdrive-biggest-library-ebook-company/?fbclid=IwAR1d_YRkNbs7ODXn_SP_pXGS1xSEnNZaF2RU33tMARGgZdWqhhMIeqRy-vc

Future Flexible New Landmark Libraries 2019

https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=Future-Flexible-New-Landmark-Lib

Houston Public Library Launches A Mobile Technology Lab

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-Public-Library-launches-a-mobile-14934210.php

Daily Thoughts 12/29/2019

Reading by William Collingswood Smith, 1830s

Daily Thoughts 12/29/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also read some more of How Science Works.  I read about photosynthesis and respiration.

I got sent another political book Journeys An American Story 72 Essays About Immigration and American Greatness compiled by Andrew Tisch & Mary Skafidas.  I have no intention of reading it.  It is supposed to be sympathetic.  I have no idea how I got chosen to receive this.  It is kind of like being asked to join Who's Who In America.  It does not really do much for me.

Daily Thoughts 12/28/2019

The Complete Science Adventure Books, 1953

Daily Thoughts 12/28/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of How Science Works.  I am reading about evolution and the development of the first life on Earth.

Web Bits

Two Myths of the Internet

https://www.wired.com/story/the-two-myths-of-the-internet/

14 Budget Friendly Tabletop Games Which Your Library Should Have

http://www.programminglibrarian.org/blog/14-tabletop-games-your-library-should-have-part-1-classics?fbclid=IwAR0UHX27GDNGlrrRxBDF2W84bI34Bc--6CFY4z8ysRVeCo7YkrzhKRRDOAo

Daily Thoughts 12/27/2019

Reading Woman, William Stott of Oldham, 1884

Daily Thoughts 12/27/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read a little bit more of How Science Works.  I am reading about biology and genetics.

I took a day off to rest yesterday.

Web Bits

Equity Firm Agrees To Buy Overdrive

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/82066-equity-firm-agrees-to-buy-overdrive.html

Our Towns Looking At Libraries

https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2019/12/looking-libraries/603646/

Los Angeles Public Library Ends Late Fees

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/los-angeles-public-library-ends-late-fees/article_046eb010-25d9-11ea-9654-a32509733234.html