Daily Thoughts 02/15/2014

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866 Still Life.

Daily Thoughts 02/15/2014

I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library this morning.  I also checked the displays and the gift books.  My colleagues are working on the website.  I spent some extra time on the reference desk so they could focus on making sure the website got worked on.

I am looking at the Top Ten Black History Nonfiction Titles from Booklist for 2014
http://www.booklistonline.com/Top-10-Black-History-Nonfiction/pid=6590814

I placed a hold on The second machine age : work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson.  It should be topical.

This afternoon, I wrote the monthly report covering last month and summarized the statistics.

Web Bits

Romance Writers Offer Sweet Thoughts for Valentines Day

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/14/276878856/romance-writers-offer-sweet-thoughts-for-valentines-day?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprbooksfacebook&utm_source=nprbooks&utm_medium=facebook

I am fan of Elizabeth Lowell.

The Literary Origins of Valentines Day

http://interestingliterature.com/2014/02/13/the-literary-origins-of-valentines-day/

Connecting your library and government information.

http://www.lib2gov.org


Impatience Has Its Reward:  Books Are Rolled Out Faster
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/books/impatience-has-its-reward-books-are-rolled-out-faster.html?_r=0

Cheap Words: Amazon is good for customers.  But is it good for books?
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/02/17/140217fa_fact_packer?currentPage=all