Daily Thoughts 10/01/2015

Constance Puyo, 1897, Sommeil

Daily Thoughts 10/01/2015

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also checked the gift books and the displays.

I spent some time going through several more review magazines, New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and New York Times Book Review.  I also put the latest issue of Bookpage for October out for the patrons.  I put the book, Waste Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food by Dana Gunder on hold.

I spent a little time working on the brochure and a bit of time working on the Latino Americans 500 Years of History Grant.

I worked a little bit on an order of new books.  I checked the patron requests at the reference desk.

On the way home, I read some of I am Malala.  It is a biography of a young woman who was shot by the Taliban because she supported educating girls.   It is the book which our book club requested to read.  I find parts of it challenging to read.

Web Bits

Public Wants Libraries to Advance Education, Improve Digital Literacy and Serve Key Groups
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/09/15/libraries-at-the-crossroads/2015-09-15_libraries_0-01/

Inside Chinguetti, The Saharan Desert City of Libraries

http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/22/looking-inside-the-abandoned-libraries-of-the-sahara-5402074/

Can Anyone Save the Library of Congress?

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/library-of-congress-obama-legacy-reform-213204

Dark Horse Comics Comes to Hoopla  Digital

http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/dark-horse-comics-comes-to-hoopla-digital/110566

Mount Vernon Public Library Subscribes to Hoopla.

Chapel Hill Public Library Celebrates Banned Book Week With Trading Cards
http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/chapel-hill-public-library-celebrates-banned-books-week-with-trading-cards/110618?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=galleycat&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20151001