Daily Thoughts 04/05/2018

Paul Cezanne, Portrait of Gustave Geoffrey, 1895

Daily Thoughts 04/05/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

They had active shooter training today at the Mount Vernon Public Library.  It was in the news.  I am on vacation so I wasn't there.  There is a video.

Library Staff Trains For Active Shooter-- Mount Vernon Public Library

http://westchester.news12.com/story/37888651/library-staff-trains-for-active-shooter

I took a break from reading yesterday.

I read some more of Enlightenment Now this morning.  I am reading about the trend internationally towards greater democratic governance.

I also read a little bit more of The Common Good.  Robert Reich is describing the increasing acrimony between the Republican and Democratic parties.  People are continuing to attack candidates even if they have lost an election.

Web Bits

America faces a 'Crisis in Trust'-- Librarians Can Help Fix It

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/76473-america-faces-a-crisis-in-trust-librarians-can-help-fix-it.html

The Fortress of Solitude as a Kryptonian Library

https://comicsverse.com/fortress-solitude-kryptonian-library/

New Rochelle: "Save Our Library" Petition Gains Traction

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/new-rochelle/2018/04/05/save-our-library-petition-new-rochelle/484905002/

As Used Bookstores In Idaho Close, Library Friends Take Up the Slack

http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/used-bookstores-idaho-close-library-friends-take-slack#stream/0

Daily Thoughts 04/04/2018

Daily Thoughts 04/04/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also checked on some programming.

Web Bits

Are You Pregnant? Can I Have Some Creamer?  And Other Questions I Get at the Library.

https://lithub.com/are-you-pregnant-can-i-have-some-creamer-and-other-questions-i-get-at-the-library/

Love and Rockets' Jaime Hernandez Creates Graphic Novels for Kids

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/76502-love-and-rockets-jaime-hernandez-creates-graphic-novel-for-kids.html

The Library Lifecycle

http://neatoday.org/2018/01/15/school-library-partnerships/

Designing A Public Library For and WIth Families

https://globalfrp.org/Articles/Designing-a-public-library-for-and-with-families

Free Webinar: Advice from Former Congressional Staffers: How to Conduct a Successful Capitol Hill Meeting

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/04/free-webinar-advice-from-former-congressional-staffers/

Daily Thoughts 04/03/2018

Sulking, Edgar Degas, 1870

Daily Thoughts 04/03/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

Yesterday was the last day for the Advanced Ecourse Winning Support and Influencing Communities for Library Funding.

I read some more of The Common Good.  I am reading about the moral authority of the president of the United States.

I also read some more of Enlightenment Now.  I am reading about how safety has been improved for fires, earthquakes, lightning and other natural disasters.  The author shows how it is easier to die in a traffic accident than by terrorism or war.



Web Bits

Automatic Renewals Coming to Park Ridge Library Under New Catalog System

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-new-library-catalog-tl-0405-story.html

University Libraries Host Edible Books Competition With Lots of Puns

http://www.dbknews.com/2018/04/03/university-libraries-hosts-edible-books-competition-puns/

Bookless libraries: treasures within the USDA plant collections

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2018/04/03/bookless-libraries-treasures-within-usda-plant-collections

                                       

Daily Thoughts 04/02/2018

Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes) Circa 332-200 B.C.

Daily Thoughts 04/02/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Enlightenment Now.  I am reading about how the rate of murder and lawlessness has steadily decreased with centralized justice systems and police forces around the world.

I also read some more of The Common Good by Robert B. Reich.  The steady dissolution of common values has been steadily destroying the middle class.

There is going to be Active Shooter training at the library from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Web Bits

Rutgers Professor Helps Library of Congress Retrieve Oldest Legible Torah

http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2018/04/rutgers-professor-helps-library-of-congress-retrieve-oldest-legible-torah

A Library Without Books Is Not a Library

http://dailytexanonline.com/2018/04/01/a-library-without-books-is-not-a-library

Who doesn't read books in America?        

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/23/who-doesnt-read-books-in-america/

Daily Thoughts 04/01/2018

Unknown (artist), National Savings Committee (publisher/sponsor), James Haworth and Brother Ltd, London (printer), Her Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher/sponsor) between 1933 and 1945

Daily Thoughts 04/01/2018

I checked the library Facebook and Twitter this morning.

I checked the New York Times bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly bestseller list this morning.

I am reading some more of The Common Good.  I am reading about how changes have occurred in business politics which allow a winner take all at any cost philosophy.  In business, there is increasingly a belief that the only thing that matters is the bottom line profitability.  In politics it has become increasingly acceptable to use dirty tricks and negative advertising.

I also read some more of Enlightenment Now.  I am reading about how there is less war.  Part of this is that there are now more international laws which condemn warfare as well as a greater desire for commerce between nations.

I am watching The Hollywood Librarian A Look At Librarians Through Film done by the Media Education Foundation.  This film mixes the history and functions of librarians with short clips from films.  For example, they had a brief clip of the song Marian the Librarian from the film the Music Man and a clip from the film The Desk Set.  There are a lot of films clips i the movie.  It also gives examples of different function of librarians like children's librarianship and literacy. There are other examples of famous people like the writer John Steinbeck and the librarian, Nancy Perl.  It is an interesting film.  There is even discussion of fundraising and the place of the public sector for libraries.  This is a film on Kanopy.

Web Bits

Yes, Bookmobiles Are Still A Thing

http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/03/28/yes-bookmobiles-are-still-a-thing-we-checked

At the library: Celebrate National Library Week In April

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2018/03/31/library-celebrate-national-library-week-april/33330123/