Daily Thoughts 05/03/2017

Woman in Black Reading, Rik Wouters, 1912

Daily Thoughts 05/03/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the gift books and the displays.

We had the Senior Memoir Writing class this morning.

I met with Jim Swarz from Davidson Titles today and looked through a variety of books for ordering. 

I checked out the book, THE Card Catalog Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures The Library of Congress, Foreword by Carla Hayden.  This is a history of the Library Congress as it is shown through its card catalog from the beginning of the institution.


Web Bits

Proposed Spending Bill Would UP NEA, NEH Budgets

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/73490-spending-bill-ups-endowment-budgets.html

Daily Thoughts 05/02/2017

Student With Newspaper, Pablo Picasso, 1913

Daily Thoughts 05/02/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I spent some time working on a grant today.  I am almost ready to hand it in.

We had the Crochet Group today from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Quite a few people are signing up for the computer classes.

There is a Fundamentals of Computers class and a Beginning Microsoft Word class tonight.

I read a copy of the New York Times on the way home.

Web Bits

Fight For Libraries Despite Challenges, Advocacy Continues and Thrive

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/05/01/fight-for-libraries/

Spending Bill Includes $2 Million Increase for NEA After Trump Proposed Eliminating Funds

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-may-spending-bill-includes-increase-of-nea-1493658893-htmlstory.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Institute of Museum and Library Services for Now Survives Trumps Effort to Kill It

https://teleread.org/2017/05/02/whew-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-survives-trumps-effort-to-kill-it/

How Ebooks Lost Their Shine 'Kindles Now Look Clunky and Unhip'

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/27/how-ebooks-lost-their-shine-kindles-look-clunky-unhip-

How a 'Tiny Car Wash' Helps the Boston Public Library Clear Dust from Its Millions of Books

https://www.boston.com/culture/books/2017/05/02/how-a-tiny-car-wash-helps-the-boston-public-library-clear-dust-from-its-millions-of-books

The Aging Library Staff
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2017/04/the-aging-library-staff/

Daily Thoughts 05/01/2017

Harold Harvey, The New Book, 1919

Daily Thoughts 05/01/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I placed a hold on the book Deviate The Science of Seeing Differently by Beau Lotto.

I am looking at the Community Conversation for Immigration from Humanities New York.

http://humanitiesny.org/our-work/programs/community-conversations/

I looked at the Purchase Alerts last night for books.

I checked the gift books and the displays today.

I also did a little bit of work on ordering today.

I checked out the graphic novel, Paul Gaugin, The Other World by Fabrizio Dori.  It is a biographical story about Gaugin.  I read it on the train home.  It is a mix of Tahitian mythology, biography, and extreme artistic vision.  The artwork and storytelling is superb with vibrant colors and wonderful drawing.  I very much enjoyed reading this.  This book is part of a series.  I am hoping to read the graphic novel on Pablo Picasso next.

Web Bits

Thomas Bender: "The NEH Began Over 200 Careers in Libraries, Archives and More

https://pen.org/thomas-bender-neh-began-200-careers-archives-libraries/

Trump Drops the Mother of All Bombs on Libraries
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/331362-trump-drops-the-mother-of-all-bombs-on-libraries

Daily Thoughts 04/30/2017

Daily Thoughts 04/30/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading Borne by Jeff Vandermeer today.  It is postapocalyptic fiction set in a world of biotech gone mad.  The story is completely gripping.  I could not put it down until it was finished.

Daily Thoughts 04/29/2017

Charles Whitman, Helen Adams Keller, 1904

Daily Thoughts 04/29/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I read some more of Tinkers by Paul Harding.

I checked the gift books and the displays.

I put some lists into Bookletters today.

I finished reading Tinkers by Paul Harding.  It had a nonstandard format to it with very little dialogue.  The writing was good, but not to my taste.

I started reading Borne by Jeff Vandermeer.  The story is both strange and deeply gripping.

Web Bits

Watch the British Library Digitize One of the World's Largest Books

https://hyperallergic.com/375669/watch-the-british-library-digitize-one-of-the-worlds-largest-books/


Book Readers Make The Best Lovers, Reveals Survey
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/book-readers-best-lovers-bilbiophiles-hunger-games-sex-attractive-richard-branson-men-women-a7708091.html?cmpid=facebook-post

An Interview With Ngugi Wa Thiongo
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-interview-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/