Daily Thoughts 03/05/2017

Daily Thoughts 03/05/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

Daily Thoughts 03/04/2017

The Artist's Wife (Périe, 1849–1887) Reading

Albert Bartholomé (French, Thiverval 1848–1928 Paris) Date 1883

Daily Thoughts 03/04/2017

I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library this morning.

I finished reading Beyond Competitive Advantage How to Solve the Puzzle of Sustaining Growth While Creating Value by Todd Zenger.  I liked at the end of the book how Todd Zenger describes that people need to adjust their strategy on whether they are  centralized or decentralized.   A lot of this book discusses opposing strategies like whether to make or buy different products.  The author seems to do a good job of describing how to be flexible in making decisions.

I checked the displays and the gift books.  I also worked a little bit on ordering.  I have a few lists to work on for Bookletters including new fiction, new nonfiction, and new dvds.

I checked out the book, Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads On Managing Yourself.


Web Bits
"Where Will They Go?" MLK Library A Refuge for the City's Homeless Closes for Renovation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/where-will-they-go-mlk-library-a-refuge-for-the-citys-homeless-closes-for-renovation/2017/03/03/4f9b6218-fc7e-11e6-8f41-ea6ed597e4ca_story.html?utm_term=.bd5f087944b6

Daily Thoughts 03/03/2017

Young Woman in White Reading, Pierre- Auguste Renoir,  1873

Daily Thoughts 03/03/2017

On the way to work, I read some more of Beyond Competitive Advantage.  I am reading about corporate deception.  The author is describing strategic lemons, moral hazards where management looks after itself at the expense of corporate success, and other ways people tend to make corporations appear more valuable than they are.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.  I put in a banner for Women's History Month.

I read through a copy of Bookpage today.  I also looked at the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list.

Right now, I am in the computer lab.  I helped some people with scanning some documents.

I sent in a wish list for some things I am hoping will happen.

Web Bits

What’s That Smell?  Rare Books and Artifacts From a 1906 Library

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/arts/morgan-library-book-smell.html

User Experience, Start Small, Think Big
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2017/02/user-experience-start-small-think-big/

Daily Thoughts 03/02/2017

Boy Reading, Samuel Peploe, 1923


Daily Thoughts 03/02/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

We have a new director today, Ms. Thompson.

I read a copy of the Times Literary Supplement.  I also made sure the monthly calendar for adults was put in place.

There is a Gmail class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 op.m.

I wrote my monthly report for March.

I am looking at the Share Your Story application from I Love Libraries.
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/share-your-story

I wrote a wish list today for the library.

Web Bits

After a Night at the Library, Stuffed Animals Help Kids Read

http://www.news4jax.com/health/after-a-night-at-the-library-stuffed-animals-help-kids-read

Daily Thoughts 03/01/2017

The Message, Gerard Terborch, 1660

Daily Thoughts 03/01/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also checked the displays and the gift books.  Today is the first day of Women's History month.

I am in the computer lab now.  I did a little more work with programming today.  I am trying to think of something for National Library Week.

I spent a little time working with a colleague on ordering for new books.

On the way to work, I read some of Beyond Competitive Advantage.  I am reading about how successful companies create their own theories to gain advantage.  The author uses a diagram from Walt Disney to describe the vision of the founder and how it led to sustained competitive advantage.

I also read some more of The Existentialist Cafe Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails.   This author is both a descripton of existentialism and phenomenology and a kind of personal memoir on how the philosophy was part of Sarah Bakewell's life.

I am looking at the Urban Librarians Unite conference.  The teacher for my Management of Technology Course, Carson Block, will be there on April 7, 2017.  https://www.urbanlibrariansconference.org/

I am having some people check for damaged items in the collection.

I read some more of Beyond Competitive Advantage on the way home.  I learned about a new concept in management, cross-sight the ability to see synergies and assets across a corporation.