Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Daily Thoughts 01/31/2017
Daily Thoughts 01/31/2017
I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.
On the way to work, I read some more of Another Country by James Baldwin.
I started changing the displays today. Tomorrow is Black History Month. I also checked the gift books.
I spent some time working on orders. I also put out some new copies of the latest Bookpage.
I have a copy of the New York Times Book Review to read. I also have to read the Bookpage.
I checked some books from the 300s and tried to tie up some loose ends with the NEA Big Reads Grant.
I had to spend some time doing administrative work as well.
The Crochet Group met today in the Fiction Room from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
We also had our Fundamentals of Computers Class from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Beginning Microsoft Word from 6:45 p.m. tom 7:45 p.m..
Monday, January 30, 2017
Daily Thoughts 01/30/2017
Bouquet of Peonies on a Musical Score, Paul Gauguin, 1876, Paris, France
Daily Thoughts 01/30/2017
I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.
I listened to the lecture for the Current Issues class tonight. They asked what tools I would use if I was in a new job. The first would be Google Alerts, the second would be Facebook, the third would be the local professional association, the fourth would be the local library training center like Westchester Library System, and the fifth would be the catalog analysis software for the collection.
Web Bits
Placemaking and the Public Library
Free Courses Offered to Libraries by American Graphics
Institute
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Daily Thoughts 01/29/2017
Portrait of a Man With a Newspaper, Andre Derain, 1913
Daily Thoughts 01/29/2017
I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.
I also read some more of James Baldwins Early Novels and Stories.
Web Bits
Rosenbach Reels In Rare Sendak Trove
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Daily Thoughts 01/28/2017
Ex Libris Bibliotheca Nacional, 1903, Eliseu Visconti
Daily Thoughts 01/28/2017
I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.
I read a little bit more of James Baldwin's Another Country
I red the graphic novel Lantern City on Hoopla. It is a steampuntk story. I also read Mouseguard Vol.1 on Hoopla which is a fantasy story about a mouse kingdom.
Web Bits
Bibliomania The Strange History of Compulsive Book Buying
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/26/bibliomania-the-strange-history-of-compulsive-book-buying
Dear Publishers: Latinos Read Books, Too
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/72557-dear-publishers-latinos-read-books-too.html
Advocate Proactively
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/advocate-proactively/
Library of Congress Debuts Center for Young Readers Saturday
http://wtop.com/dc/2017/01/library-congress-debuts-center-young-readers-saturday/
Friday, January 27, 2017
Daily Thoughts 01/27/2017
Reading, Konstantin Makovsky, 1900
Daily Thoughts 01/27/2017
I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library today.
I also checked the gift books and the displays.
I worked on a small order of books for Central Library District.
We had a surprise visit from our Ebsco representative where we talked about how Ebsco bought out H.W. Wilson as well as the Consumer Reports database.
On the way to work, I read some of Another Country by James Baldwin.
I spent some time working on programming for Black History Month. I also worked a bit on putting together content for flyers.
I placed a hold on the book, Reality Is Not What It Seems The Journey to Quantum Gravity by Carlo Rovelli.
I read some more of Another Country by James Baldwin as I went home. I also read a few of James Baldwin's short stories. I rather liked the story, The Rockpile.
Web Bits
DC Public Library is Also Running Out of Orwell’s “1984”
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