Daily Thoughts 06/28/2017

Portrait of Adelaide Simonovich, 1889. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Daily Thoughts 06/28/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading Social Media for Writers Marketing Strategies for Building Your Audience and Selling Books by Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine.  I learned that for every minute spent creating video, it requires an hour of editing.  This is a huge amount of time.  It is why I am reluctant about things like Youtube.  However, the book also does remind us of the importance of having photographs and images with your social media.  This is a solid overview of social media for people who write books.

I also read a little more of A Paradise Built In Hell.  I am reading about the aftermath of 09/11 and the World Trade Center.  Rebecca Solnit describes how the people who are there at the scene of a disaster are always the first ones to respond.

I started on Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards.  This is a combination of brain science and drawing class.

I checked the displays and the gift books in the morning.  I am continuing to work on an annual schedule for the year for my department.

We had a management meeting this morning where we discussed a variety of different subjects.

I spent some time discussing policies with a colleague.

I printed up some flyers for the computer classes.  There is a Beginning HTML 5 and CSS class tonight in the computer lab.

On the way home, I read some more of A Paradise Built In Hell.  I am reading about the Hurricane Katrina.  It is an example of government corruption, racism, poor planning, bad infrastructure, and improper reporting combined with a natural disaster.  I am finding this book difficult to read, it is very anti-authoritarian in its style.

Web Bits

This is the Future of Libraries In the Digital Age

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/future-of-libraries-in-digital-age

ALA 2017: Graphic Novels Supply Diversity

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/74104-graphic-novels-supply-diversity-at-ala-2017.html

This 400 Year Old Jewish Library Survived Hitler and the Inquisition

https://www.jta.org/2017/06/27/news-opinion/world/this-400-year-old-jewish-library-survived-hitler-and-the-inquisition

The Royal Archives and the Library of Congress Plan Major Joint Exhibition Exploring the Two Georges

https://www.royal.uk/royal-archives-and-library-congress-plan-major-joint-exhibition-exploring-two-georges