Daily Thoughts 04/04/2017

China Asters, Hat and Book, Paul Gaugin, 1876

Daily Thoughts 04/04/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Collected Essays of James Baldwin on the way to work.  I also read a bit more of New York 2140.  Some of the characters are finance people who do quantitative analysis and trading.

I checked the gift books and the displays.  I also put up a banner which says April is National Poetry Month.  I have another banner ready which says May is National Mental Wellness Month.

I spent some time working on an order for nonfiction today.  Hopefully, we should have a share your story page on the website by Monday.

On the way home, I read some more of New York 2140.  In this story, the sea levels around Manhattan have risen 60 feet.

Web Bits

Microsoft Unveils Digital Bookstore

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/73213-microsoft-unveils-digital-bookstore.html

How Mosul's Last Librarian Is Preparing for When His City is Free From Isis
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mosul-central-library-isis-iraq-battle-war-destroyed-books-eye-a7631956.html

Daily Thoughts 04/03/2017

Lady Reading Poetry, Ishibashi Kazunori, 1905

Daily Thoughts 04/03/2017

I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

I spent most of the morning in the computer lab.

I have to work on orders and look over how I am spending money.

I have a copy of Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and the New York Times Book Review to read.

On the way home, I read some more of The Collected Essays of James Baldwin.  I rather like the essays on Harlem, New York and how the ghetto is not a place for anyone.

I also read some more of New York 2140.  The lower half of Manhattan is drowned in the story and people get around on boats and small watercraft.  The upper half is on dry land with huge skyscrapers.  The story is very much focused on the setting.

Web Bits

Let Girls Learn

http://www.blackwestchester.com/let-girls-learn/

College Libraries, Redirected
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/04/03/study-library-directors-moving-ahead-plans-rethink-libraries
 

Daily Thoughts 04/02/2017

Daily Thoughts 04/02/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook today.

Web Bits

Information Wars: A Window Into the Alternative Media Ecosystem

https://medium.com/hci-design-at-uw/information-wars-a-window-into-the-alternative-media-ecosystem-a1347f32fd8f

Why Some American Libraries Are Obsessed With Making  Viral GIFS

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-some-american-libraries-are-obsessed-with-making-viral-gifs-2017-03-31

Daily Thoughts 04/01/2017

Daily Thoughts 04/01/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also checked the gift books and the displays.

On the way to work, I read some of James Baldwin Collected Essays.  I like the essays where he is writing about living in France as an expatriate.

I checked out the book, New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson..

I spent some time looking over the 600s.  I also worked on orders for next week.

Web Bits

Thriving Communities Depend on Smart Public Investment in Libraries

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/03/31/thriving-communities-depend-smart-public-investment-libraries

Save The IMLS! Gale, ALA Launch New Advocacy Website

http://www.infodocket.com/2017/03/31/save-the-imls-gale-ala-launch-new-advocacy-website/

Top 10 Things to Know (And Do) About Saving Library Funding

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/03/top-10-things-know-saving-imls/

‘Doomsday’ Library Joins Seed Vault in Arctic Norway

http://www.livescience.com/58497-second-doomsday-vault-opens-for-data.html

Daily Thoughts 03/31/2017

Plato, Luca Giordano, 1660

Daily Thoughts 03/31/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I read the book, Normal by Warren Ellis last night.  It is a very short novel about futurism.  The main character goes crazy because he has been looking into the abyss of what the future might be for too long.  He ends up in an asylum for futurists.  Then it gets truly strange with weird technology, conspiracy theory, spooky people, and madness.  It is very entertaining and bizarre.  The book is very short.  It can be finished in one sitting.  Warren Ellis writes graphic novels in addition to novels.  I especially liked his writing for the comic book, Transmetropolitan.

April is National Poetry Month.

I spent some time looking through the 600s today.

I checked out the book, James Baldwin, Collected Essays.

Web Bits

UW Professor: The Information War Is Real and We’re  Losing It

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/uw-professor-the-information-war-is-real-and-were-losing-it/

NASA Just Launched A Huge Free Library of Incredible Space Pictures

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nasa-just-launched-a-huge-free-library-of-incredible-space-pictures-115938309.html