Daily Thoughts 10/31/2016

The Muse Inspiring the Poet, Henri Rousseau, 1908-1909


Daily Thoughts 10/31/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Jerusalem this morning on the way to work.

I checked the gift books and the displays. 

I started working on an autism related grant for libraries.

We are having the Adult Board Games night tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

There is also a Fundamentals of Computers class and Microsoft Word class from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

I started working on an order for business books.

The Advanced Reading Copy for Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman came in for me to read. Neil Gaiman is taking the Eddas and choosing myths from Norse Mythology and writing them in clear language for modern teenagers and adults.

When I got home, there was a complementary copy of The Almanac of American Philanthropy waiting for me.

I read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  The story is focused on the artist Alma Warren, the sister of Michael Warren.

Web Bits

BFTP: 4 Rules of Library Advocacy

http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2016/10/30/bftp-4-rules-of-library-advocacy.html

Why Zadie Smith Thinks Philip Roth and Alexander Portnoy Changed the World

http://forward.com/culture/352961/why-zadie-smith-thinks-philip-roth-and-alexander-portnoy-changed-the-world/

Daily Thoughts 10/30/2016

Venantius Fortunatus Reading His Poems to Radegonda VI, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1862

Daily Thoughts 10/30/2016

I checked the Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Alan Moores's Jerusalem.  Lucia Joyce, the daughter of James Joyce appears several times in the novel dancing madly.

I also read a little bit more of Death's End by Ken Liu.  It reads a little bit like a future history where there are different eras in the future.
Web Bits

A New Direction for Book Expo America

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/71894-a-new-direction-for-bookexpo-america.html

Most Overdue Book

https://twitter.com/ALA_Archives/status/792010762185220097

Columbus Library and Museum Offers Treasure Trove of Comics

http://www.daily-journal.com/life/travel/columbus-library-and-museum-offers-treasure-trove-of-comics/article_c7f1cd99-17f6-5d2a-b197-fdf913a7e546.html

Daily Thoughts 10/29/2016

Amish Letter Writer, Horace Pippin, 1940
Daily Thoughts 10/29/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read the November 2016 Book Page.

I also read a copy of Library Journal.

I read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore on the way home.

I am working on an order of business books.

Web Bits

Seattle Library Wants to Know How Best to Serve Creative Types

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-library-wants-to-know-how-best-to-serve-creative-types/

Stamp Collector’s Dream New American Philatelic Research Library Marks Grand Opening

http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/stamp-collectors-dream-new-american-philatelic-research-library-marks-grand-opening,1469723/

Daily Thoughts 10/28/2016

Reading, Nicolae Vermont, 1919

Daily Thoughts 10/28/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Jerusalem on the way to work.

I have the latest copy of BookPage to read.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

I am getting ready for an Acrylic Painting class this afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. which is intergenerational.  It is part of a grant from Arts Westchester.  Jim Williams teaches for the ACBAW Association of Community Based Artists of Westchester on Saturdays.

People like the class.  I am in the computer lab for a small amount of time right now.

Web Bits

A Not So Ghostly Tale of the Library Ghost

http://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/community/2016/10/a-not-so-ghostly-tale-of-the-library-ghost/

What the News Media Can Learn from Librarians
http://www.cjr.org/innovations/librarians_journalism_lessons.php

Daily Thoughts 10/27/2016

 The Bibliophiles, 1879, by Luis Jimenez y Aranda

Daily Thoughts 10/27/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook.

I checked the displays and the gift books.  I am almost done checking the holiday books.

I ordered a few new books and arranged for supplies for the Acrylic Painting class tomorrow.

There is a Beginning Microsoft Publisher class from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight.

I watched a webinar on the Lincoln Center shows that are available for libraries.

November is National Novel Writing Month.

Web Bits

Exclusive: New York's Smallest Library to Begin Chapter at New Location

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/new-york-smallest-library-chapter-new-location-article-1.2846528

A Sciene RIght Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark'S Library

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/books/philip-roth-newark-public-library.html?_r=0

MIT Institute Wide Task Force on the Future of Libraries

https://future-of-libraries.mit.edu/sites/default/files/FutureLibraries-PrelimReport-Final.pdf

Daily Thoughts 10/26/2016

December 31, 1900, Advertisement for "librarians" for the commercial H. Parmelee Library Co.

Daily Thoughts 10/26/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  Alan Moore makes reference to Paul Bunyan in this novel using the idea of Mansoul from The Pilgrims Progress.

Web Bits

International Games Day 2016 Focuses on Bringing In Big Fun on a Small Budget

http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/10/international-games-day-2016-focuses-bringing-big-fun-small-budget

ALA Joins the List of #GivingTuesday Organizations

http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/10/ala-joins-list-givingtuesday-organizations

Daily Thoughts 10/25/2016

Nikolaos Gyzis, Girl Reading, 1898

Daily Thoughts 10/25/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.


I also checked the gift books and the displays.  We have some new display stands.


I read through the latest New York Times Book Review and looked at our patron request sheet.


There are three events today.  We have the Crochet Club today from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., there is also the Adult Coloring Group from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and two computer classes, a Fundamentals of Computers Class and a Beginning Microsoft Word class.



Web Bits

11 Legendary Literary Hoaxes
http://lithub.com/11-legendary-literary-hoaxes/


3D Printed Bookmarks
http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=18494

Daily Thoughts 10/24/2016

Ole Worms Cabinet of Curiosities 1655

Daily Thoughts 10/24/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also did my marketing assignment for my Library Marketing class.  I am learning about impact statements and content marketing.

Web Bits

Beating Watson at a Different Game
http://www.oclc.org/blog/main/beating-watson-at-a-different-game/

Daily Thoughts 10/23/2016

The Pensive Reader, Mary Cassatt, 1894

Daily Thoughts 10/23/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I spent a little time looking at grants information.

I read a little bit more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  This is going to take quite a while to finish.  The character, Michael Warren experiences different time periods in the novel as he travels with the Dead Dead Gang through time.  The ghosts in the Dead Dead Gang are also from different time periods in history.  Right now, the story is focusing on the English Civil War with Oliver Cromwell.  This novel is hard to describe at points.

Web Bits

How to Build a Feminist Library for Your Baby
http://www.elle.com/culture/books/news/a40134/feminist-library-for-your-baby/

Soft Discipline and Open Libraries in Denmark
http://www.ameliaacker.com/soft-discipline-and-open-libraries-in-denmark/

Daily Thoughts 10/22/2016

Alfons Mucha. Ex libris para Leo Szemere

Daily Thoughts 10/22/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also read a little bit more of Jerusalem.  I am reading about the Dead Dead Gang and Michael Warren visiting the master builders who build the afterlife.

I learned that Facebook ads also cross post to Instagram.

I read a little bit more of Death's End by Cixin Lee.

Web Bits

Bankrupt Shipping Company Causes Woes for Publishers

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71781-bankrupt-shipping-company-causing-woes-for-publishers.html

Russia's Only Presidential Library Keeps the Fires Burning for Boris Yeltsin

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2016/1021/Russia-s-only-presidential-library-keeps-the-fires-burning-for-Boris-Yeltsin

What Barnes & Noble Doesn't Get About Bookstores

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-barnes-noble-doesnt-get-about-bookstores

Daily Thoughts 10/21/2016

The domed ceiling of the Main Reading Room of the Thomas Jefferson Building in the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA. Taken with a Nikon Coolpix S10 camera.

Daily Thoughts 10/21/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent some time working on programming this morning.

I am in the computer lab right now.

I placed some orders for new books.

I did a little bit more with the Facebook ad.  I also put out the flyers for the computer classes.

I found a few articles on fundraising around Westchester county New York which I am compiling.

Web Bits

The Library is Dead. Long Live the Library!

http://www.themillions.com/2016/10/the-library-is-dead-long-live-the-library.html

A Library For All

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/library-all

My Favorite Room: Andrew Marlowe and Terrie Edda Miller's Library  Is Too Whimsical for Words

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-my-favorite-room-marlowe-miller-20161022-snap-story.html

Daily Thoughts 10/20/2016

School Teacher, Jan Steen, 1668

Daily Thoughts 10/20/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.  I learned that Facebook rejects ads that have more than 20% text.  I had to replace my flyer image with a banner image to restart an ad.  I am thinking of it as a 2 for 1 ad now.  About 566 people saw the flyer ad before it had to be changed.  After several hundred more people viewed a second add, it was also ended for too much text.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

We had a raffle for the staff today with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet as the prize.  It was from Summer Reading.

I read a bit more of Jerusalem on the way to work.

I spent some time working on the new time clock system.

I also did some preparation work for the upcoming computer classes.

Web Bits

The New Hillary Library
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/10/27/new-hillary-library/

Its Not Too Late to Save the Stacks
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Its-Not-Too-Late-to-Save-the/238106

Daily Thoughts 10/19/2016

Portrait of Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Kramskoy, 1873

Daily Thoughts 10/19/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also spent some time reading through posts in the forums for the Library Marketing class.

I rested on the way to work.

I checked the gift books and the displays in the morning.

I spent some time working on book orders for holiday books, business books, and cooking.  I have started working on a business brochure for the library.

Web Bits

Library and Librarian Are Powerful Words

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2016/10/library-and-librarian-are-powerful-words/

Book? Book? Do You Know Where This Book Is

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2016/10/book-book-do-you-know-where-this-book-is/

Daily Thoughts 10/18/2016

Samuel Adams, John Singleton Copley, 1770-1772

Daily Thoughts 10/18/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read the New York Times on the way to work.

I checked the gifts and the displays this morning.

I spent some time working with the holiday books.

The crochet club from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is today.

We also have the Adult Coloring program 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. today.

I started working on a brochure for business resources at the library.

I read some more of Jerusalem on the way home.  I am reading a fantastic tale of the child Michael Warren in the land of the dead with a gang of dead children who call themselves, The Dead Dead Gang.  It is one of the better bits of fantasy that I have read in a while.

I also read a little bit more of Death's End.  The story has taken an interesting turn.  Cixin Liu is writing about hibernation and space travel.

Web Bits

You'll Soon Be Able to Incorporate Your Business at a Delaware Library

http://technical.ly/delaware/2016/10/06/incorporation-services-delaware-library/

Guide to Borrowing Library Books on Your Phone and Tablet

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/technology/personaltech/how-to-read-library-books-on-your-kindle.html?_r=0

Daily Thoughts 10/17/2016

The Beguiling of Merlin, Edward Burne-Jones, 1870-1874

Daily Thoughts 10/17/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.  I also looked over some of the feedback from the Grantsmanship and Fundraising class I took.  I am going to be looking at Facebook advertising a little bit more and I have a few ideas on things which our supporters might like.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.  We also put up a list of eBooks for Bookletters today.

I am planning on ordering some business books for the library.  I also discussed some technology items that we might need like a  fax machine, video camera, virtual reality headset,  mp3 players, and other small pieces of technology that would be of interest for our computer classes.

I spent a little time going over the holiday books today.

I also worked a bit on my marketing class.

I read the latest copy of the New York Times Book Review today.

On the way home, I read some more of Jerusalem.  The writing is quite interesting.  I am reading a bit of fantasy where a small boy who is trappped between the state of life and death is captured by a devil and is ultimately saved by a lady deathmonger, a combination of midwife and undertaker.  The descriptions are astounding.

I wrote a brief analysis of the type of information we are looking for for marketing purposes at the library as part of the Library Marketing class I am taking.

Web Bits.

The Pieces of Zadie Smith
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/t-magazine/zadie-smith-swing-time-jeffrey-eugenides.html?smid=fb-nytbooks&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Falling Short of Their Profession's Needs

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/10/17/how-library-and-information-studies-research-shortchanging-libraries-essay

Daily Thoughts 10/16/2016

Tinted Line Drawing, frontipiece of Mansfield Park (Jane Austen Novel), vol 2. (Fanny) returning to her seat to finish a note. (ch 30), H.M. Brock, 1898


Daily Thoughts 10/16/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Jerusalem.

I also updated my drivers license today.

I read some more of Death's End.  The ideas in this book are tremendous; a person buys a star from the United Nations, there is a UN space defence force, and there is a proposal to build a space sail fueled by radiation blasts so far.

Meet and Greet Mount Vernon Sports Champions Heroes and Legends Author
http://mountvernon.dailyvoice.com/sports/meet-and-greet-mount-vernon-sports-champions-heroes-legends-author/685315/

Web Bits

Is Social Media Toxic to Writing?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/71749-is-social-media-toxic-to-writing.html

It is National Friends of the Library Week from October 16 to 22

http://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek

Reintroducing Printed Books to the Cushing Academy Library
http://www.maschoolibraries.org/newsletter/reintroducing-printed-books-to-the-cushing-academy-library

Daily Thoughts 10/15/2016

Nishimura Shigenaga (Japan, 1697? - Japan, 1756) Komachi Washing the Poem-Papers


Daily Thoughts 10/15/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I requested an Advanced Reading Copy for Neil Gaiman's book Norse Mythology.

I read a copy of Computers In Libraries.


I updated a list of DVDs for Bookletters.  I also updated a list of CD Audiobooks as well for Bookletters.

I also started an order for Holiday books.

I spent some time looking through the catalog of shows available for free to libraries from Lincoln Center.  There are a few shows which look interesting.

I did a little more work with the Holiday books in the mezzanine.  We display the holiday books, DVDs, and movies in November.

I also ordered 200 boxes from Better World Books.

I spent some time organizing my desk.

Web Bits

Web Bits

Follow The (Grant) Money

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/71758-follow-the-grant-money.html

House of Lords Attacks the Government Over Library Closures-- UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/14/house-of-lords-attacks-government-library-closures-john-bird-gail-rebuck

When Librarians Are Silenced -- Francine Prose

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/10/14/kansas-city-librarian-arrest-for-defending-free-speech/

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Librarian Organizes Your Bookmarks With Machine Learning

https://www.fastcodesign.com/3064632/this-ai-librarian-organizes-your-internet-bookmarks-with-machine-learning

This is interesting because of the use of the terminology AI Librarian.  I don't think of it as particularly accurate, but it is interesting.

Daily Thoughts 10/14/2016

Martha Beatrice Webb (1858-1943); nee Potter, social reformer.

Daily Thoughts 10/14/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read a little bit more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore on the way to work.

We put a new color printer in the computer lab.

I did some more work with the holiday books.

I updated the nonfiction new books list in Bookletters.

I also placed orders for new books today from the New York Times Bestseller List and the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list.  In addition, I ordered a few of Bob Dylan's books.  Bob Dylan just won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

I read a bit more of Jerusalem on the way home.  I finished the first book in the novel.  There are three books inside the novel; The Boroughs, Mansoul, and Vernall's Inquest.  I am starting Mansoul. It starts with a small boy dying or possibly being somewhere between life and death.  He is in a realm of ghosts and spirits.

Web Bits

Power of A: ABC 123

http://associationsnow.com/2016/10/power-abc-123-librarians-parents/

Random House to Publish Dr. Seuss Coloring Book

http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/random-house-to-publish-the-dr-seuss-coloring-book/126008

The New York Public Library Has Adopted A Very Unusual Sorting System

http://qz.com/802744/the-legendary-new-york-public-library-shelves-books-in-its-underground-stacks-by-size-not-subject/

Daily Thoughts 10/13/2016

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Joseph Overseer of the Pharaohs Granaries, 1873

Daily Thoughts 10/13/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I rested on the way to work.

I checked the gift books and the displays.

I wrote my monthly report for October.

There was a tablet class from 5:30 p.m. to 7;30 p.m. last night.

I worked the night shift while the Mount Vernon Public Library Masquerade Ball happened.  It was a quiet night at the library.  The pictures from the fundraisers are quite nice.

I read some more of Jerusalem last night.  One of the interesting characteristics of this novel is that Alan Moore is not creating an aspirational story where the characters change through improvement or solving a problem which is standard in most novels.  He is telling a story of how people have lived their lives and not everyone lives for a specific goal.  This makes the novel different than many other novels and at points impossible to rate on a scale because it is different.  I am enjoying this writing because it is different.  It follows through time and place as well as character.  Character includes madness, sexuality, eccentricities and personal background.

Web Bits

Taskukirjasto Pocket Library App-- Youtube Video of Checking Library Books Out With a Mobile Phone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EcyBihca5k&feature=share

These are the books Hillary Clinton has been borrowing from the library

http://qz.com/807430/wikileaks-emails-these-are-the-books-hillary-clinton-has-been-borrowing-from-the-library/

Daily Thoughts 10/12/2016

New York, Harper, Publications, 1898

Daily Thoughts 10/12/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I started taking my marketing class for the CPLA last night.

I read a little more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.

I also read some more of Death's End.

I placed the book, American Philosophy: A Love Stoy by John Kaag on hold.



Web Bits

Ask Congress to Back Key Library Program Bill
http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/make-a-call?7&engagementId=253313

The Future of Library Boards Designing the Future

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/10/future-of-libraries/the-future-of-library-boards-designing-the-future/

Little Known Punctuation Marks for National Punctuation Day

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59071/little-known-punctuation-marks-national-punctuation-day

Newberry Library to Get Largest Postcard Collection in the U.S.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161011/NEWS07/161019968/newberry-library-to-get-largest-postcard-collection-in-u-s

Big Data Is Coming to the Book Publishing Industry
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2016/big-data-coming-publishing-industry/?utm_source=nl&utm_campaign=dbw-smo-nl-161012&utm_content=887656_DBW+Daily+-+101216+-+no+sponsor&utm_medium=email

Daily Thoughts 10/11/2016

At the Writing Desk, Childe Hassam, 1910

Daily Thoughts 10/11/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the gift books and the displays.  I have to replace a few flyers.

I spent some time working on the holiday books.

I also read a a copy of the New York Review of Books and a copy of the New York Times Book Review.

There is the Crochet Club today from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Fiction Room.  There is also the Adult Coloring Book Club from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and a Fundamentals of Computers and a Beginning Microsoft Word class in the computer lab.

Web Bits

We Need Diverse Books Launches Curated Books App

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/71682-we-need-diverse-books-launches-curated-books-app.html

11 Childrens Books About Nonviolent Protest and Resistance

http://humaneeducation.org/blog/2016/10/06/11-childrens-books-nonviolent-protest-resistance/

IMLS and COSLA Announce Project to Develop Public Library Data and Outcomes Action Plan

https://www.imls.gov/news-events/news-releases/imls-and-cosla-announce-project-develop-public-library-data-and-outcomes

Library of Congress Allows Visitors to View Beautiful Ceremonial Room

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/10/10/library-of-congress-opens-ceremonial-room-to-public/

7 of London's Most Unusual Libraries

http://londonist.com/2016/10/london-s-best-libraries

First Ladies Play Important Roles in Presidential Libraries

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/81272723-132.html

The Man Who Invented Bookselling as We Know It

http://lithub.com/the-man-who-invented-bookselling-as-we-know-it/

Daily Thoughts 10/10/2016

Waiting for Legal Advice, James Campbell, 1857

Daily Thoughts 10/10/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook today.

I ran a Facebook ad for the Mount Vernon Public Library Foundation gala whch is on the 13th of October.  Sometimes it is worth it to do this.  It reached 1,617 people.  I had a free $10 credit which paid for half of it.  http://mtvplf.wixsite.com/mtvplf/tickets

I read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore this morning.

Web Bits

Welcome to the Largest Library In the World

http://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/largest-library-in-the-world

The VR Reading Library Oculus Hid At Its Developer Conference

https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/08/the-vr-reading-library-oculus-hid-at-its-developer-conference/

Workplace By Facebook Opens to Sell Enterprise Social Networking to the Masses
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/10/facebook-workplace/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook

Litsy: The First Social Media Photo Sharing App Exclusively for Book Lovers Reviewed

http://www.booklistreader.com/2016/10/10/books-and-authors/the-first-social-media-photo-sharing-app-exclusively-for-book-lovers-reviewed/

Daily Thoughts 10/09/2016

Portrait of John Keats, Joseph Severn, Between 1821 and 1823

Daily Thoughts 10/09/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook.

I read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  A major theme of the book is Saint Peter traveling from Jerusalem to the center of England where he buries an old stone cross from Jerusalem.

I read a little bit more of Death's End.  The first chapter starts with Mehmed II conquering Constantinople.

I read Beautiful Trouble A Toolbox for Revolution Assembled by Andrew Boyd and David Oswald Mitchell-- Pocket Edition. It is a short book of 138 pages.  This is a tactics books for protests. It describes how things like flash mobs, occupations, general strikes mass street protests, guerrilla theater, how to protest when protest is illegal, nonviolence, and hoaxing work along with many other methods. Each explanation is very short, about two pages long. There also is quite about how strategy and tactics work in politics from a left viewpoint.  Patrons have asked me for books on nonviolence, protests, and political action.  There is quite a bit on the tactics of the civil rights movement, Greenpeace, and the Occupy movement in this book.

Web Bits

Inside The New York Public Library's Last Secret Apartment
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-new-york-public-librarys-last-secret-apartments

Libraries In America: Share Your Stories and Photos

https://www.theguardian.com/community/2016/oct/07/libraries-in-america-photos-stories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Email is the Key The Digital Shift

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/10/advocacy/email-is-the-key-the-digital-shift/

Picturing the Library As Public Space

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/10/images-of-new-york-city-public-libraries/501731/

Daily Thoughts 10/08/2016

Still Life With Three Castles Tobacco, William Michael Harnett, 1880


Daily Thoughts 10/08/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read a little bit more of Alan Moore's Jerusalem.  I also started reading Death's End by Cixin Liu.

Web Bits

Getting Friends to Advocate AND Sell Books

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/10/advocacy/getting-friends-to-advocate-and-sell-books/

New York Public Library Digitizes 13 Years of New York City Ditectories

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/21/new-york-city-directories-free-online

2016 Innovations Urban Libraries Council
http://www.urbanlibraries.org/2016-innovations-pages-522.php

The Rose Reading Room and the Real Meaning of "Luxury" in New York City
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/nypl-rose-reading-room-and-the-real-meaning-of-luxury-in-new-york-city

Daily Thoughts 10/07/2016

Old Woman Reading, Clarence Gagnon, 1904

Daily Thoughts 10/07/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Time Travel on my way to work.  I am reading about the concept of time in literature and how it is possible to easily go back and forth time in the literary medium.  The author gives an example from Marcel Proust, Remembrances of Things Past.

I checked some paperwork this morning.  I also checked the gift books and the displays.

I did some work with scheduling today as well.

I updated the mailing with some new emails for Constant Contact.

I also looked through the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list and ordered some new books.

I finished reading James Gleick, Time Travel.  The last chapter is about internet time or how we have become constantly connected and how this changes our view of time.

I have been reading more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  There are parts of it which I find not that exciting.  I am enjoying reading about the character Benedict Perrit who is a failed poet and moocher who spends his time trying to find money so he can get drunk.  There is a dark humor to the character which I find appealing.

Web Bits

Time Lapse:  Thousands of Books Get Reshelved Before the Rose Main Reading Room Reopens




The Library Company of Philadelphia Explores the History of Education for the Blind
http://hyperallergic.com/327389/library-company-philadelphia-explores-history-documents-blind/

The Neighborhood Booksores Unlikely Ally?  The Internet
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/business/smallbusiness/the-neighborhood-bookstores-unlikely-ally-the-internet.html?_r=0

Daily Thoughts 10/6/2016

Morning News, Ellen Day Hale, 1905

Daily Thoughts 10/06/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Time Travel by James Gleick on the way to work.  I am reading about Uchronia or alternative history.  The author is discussing Philip K. Dick's famous novel, The Man in the High Castle.

I checked the displays and the gift books.  I did some weeding in the holiday books and printed up some flyers.  We sent out our first Books by Mail for the homebound today.

I worked with a new colleague to help place an order for 3M Cloud Library.

There is a Tablets Class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

I spent some time discussing computers with our technician.  We should be able to have some minor changes coming up.

On the way home, I read some more of Time Travel.  I am reading about the grandfather paradox where if you travel back in time you could be your own father or mother as well as paradoxes of time travel.

I also read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.  It seems to be more of a set of interconnected in a grand scheme than a novel with a central character.  The central point of story is the setting in England.  The setting exists in different time periods.  This is a different approach to storytelling.

Web Bits

What's The Future of Ownership

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/10/are_we_facing_the_end_of_ownership.html?wpsrc=newsletter_futuretense&sid=5388d170dd52b8581b000713

This is important because often we will buy the rights to use things but not own them.  It partially explains the idea of digital rights management which is part of electronic media like e-books  Rights of use also applies to physical objects like cell phones and cars which have software in them.

LIbraries Aren't A Source of Silence, But An Escape from It

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/fleur-morrison/libraries-arent-a-source-of-silence-but-an-escape-from-it/

Main Library Opens New Gaming Rooms

http://statenews.com/article/2016/10/msu-library-gaming-rooms

Daily Thoughts 10/05/2016

The Morning News, William Merritt Chase, 1886


Daily Thoughts 10/05/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I made some adjustments to the Arts Alive 2017 grant request and resent it in.

I read some more of Time Travel in the laundromat today.  I am reading about time capsules.

I read some more of Alan Moore's Jerusalem.  The book takes place in different time periods which is confusing sometimes.

Web Bits

Evans Lam Square Offers New Approach to Library Design

http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/evans-lam-square-offers-new-approach-library-design-186122/

How I Found the 4 Hardest-To-Find Bookstores in the World
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-i-found-the-4-hardesttofind-bookstores-in-the-world?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=atlas-page

Daily Thoughts 10/04/2016

Will The Student Be Wiser, Francisco Goya, 1799

Daily Thoughts 10/04/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I rested on the way to work this morning.

I read the latest copy of the New York Times Book Review.

We had the crochet club today from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. today.
There is also going to be an Adult Coloring Book Club tonight from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

In addition there is going to be the Fundamentals of Computers Class and the Beginning Microsoft Word class.

I read the latest copy of Library Journal

I also worked on content for a flyer for the book Mount Vernon, New York Sports Champions & Legends by Bruce Fabricant who will be at the library from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 10, 2016.

Today was quite busy.

On the way home, I read some more of Jerusalem.  It is getting a bit odd.  Some of the characters are ghosts from different eras.

I sent in my class assignment for the week for Grantsmanship and Fundraising.  It was an assessment of where the library is at for fundraising.

Web Bits

The New York Public Library's Beloved Rose Main Reading Room Restored

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-new-york-public-librarys-beloved-rose-main-reading-room-restored

Enhance Library User Experience With 'Design Thinking'

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2016/10/enhance-library-user-experience-with-design-thinking/


Pew: A Generation Gap for Digital Readiness
http://www.districtdispatch.org/2016/09/generation-gap-digital-readiness/

Daily Thoughts 10/03/2016

Portrait of a Reading Man, Hans Memling. 1485

Daily Thoughts 10/03/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of James Gleick Time Travel.  I am reading about Robert Heinlein's time travel stories.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent a little time working on programming.

I am in the computer lab right now.

I placed an order for popular law books today.

There was an Adult Board Games Night tonight with Chess, Checkers, and Scrabble.  We are trying it as a series this month.

We also had a Fundamentals of Computers and Beginning Microsoft Word class tonight.

On the way home, I read some more of Time Travel.  I am reading about metaphors of time like time being a river or time being like an arrow.  James Gleick is moving away from science fiction to physicists like Richard Feynman and Albert Einstein to describe time.

I am finishing listening to the podcasts for my Fundraising and Grantsmanship class tonight. They are looking at how far along we are in the grants process.  I believe we have been doing a lot of investment in fundraising lately.  The Friends of the Mount Vernon Public Library had their first large annual meeting.  There is going to be a Masquerade Ball Fundraising Event by the Mount Vernon Public Library Foundation on October 13, 2016.  http://mtvplf.wixsite.com/mtvplf/tickets
The annual Book Sale by the Mount Vernon Public Library Friends of the Library is on November 4 and November 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Web Bits

Library Cards Are Free, But the Value is Priceless: Robert Rue , Cuyahoga County Public Library

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/10/library_cards_are_free_but_the.html

15+ New Facebook Groups for Librarians
http://www.5minlib.com/2016/09/new-facebook-groups-for-librarians.html

The Pros of Cons
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/07/events/the-pros-of-cons/#_

Daily Thoughts 10/02/2016

The Library of Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings, 1920, Walter Gay

Daily Thoughts 10/02/2016

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read a little bit more of Time Travel by James Gleick.  James Gleick describes how the concept of progress is necessary for futurism.  He describes Jules Verne as the first futurist.

I also read some more of Jerusalem by Alan Moore.

Web Bits

How Banning Books Marginalizes Children

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/10/how-banned-books-marginalize-children/502424/

ALA Has a New Diversity Group called Our Voices

http://ourvoiceschicago.ala.org/

                                                                            

Daily Thoughts 10/01/2016

G.K. Chesterton, Cigarette Card

Daily Thoughts 10/01/2016

I read some more of Jerusalem on the way to work.  There is a theme of artistic visions and dreams in the novel.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I also placed an order for new books this morning.

I spent some time working on a sample budget for a grant for mobile devices for my Grants and Fundraising class.

I visited the ACBAW Association of Community Based Artists of Westchester and dropped off some flyers.

I also printed up some flyers and spent some time weeding the holiday books.

On the way home, I read some more of Jerusalem.  The book is 1266 pages long and is very heavy. The size and weight add to the gravity of the content.  There is a very dark, raw aspect to the writing which encompasses drugs, sex, art, and madness.

 I also read some of James Gleick's book Time Travel.  The first chapter focuses on H.G. Wells, The Time Machine, the next chapter is about Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. So far, the book is about the history of the idea of time travel.

Web Bits

Google Swallows 11,000 Novels to Improve AIs Conversation

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/28/google-swallows-11000-novels-to-improve-ais-conversation?CMP=share_btn_tw

Libraries As Hubs for 21^st Century Learning

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2016/09/libraries_as_hubs_for_21st_century_learning.html

New York Public Library for Performing Arts Acquires Its First Hip-Hop Archive

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/arts/dance/new-york-public-library-acquires-hip-hop-archive.html

Diversifying The LIS Faculty
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/09/opinion/backtalk/diversifying-the-lis-faculty-backtalk/

Remainders of the Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/books/review/remainders-of-the-day.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0