Daily Thoughts 10/27/2017

The Music Lesson, Gerard Ter Borch, 1668

Daily Thoughts 10/27/2017

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading Endurance A Year In Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly.  I enjoyed reading it.  It tells what it is like to live in space.  The story is gritty, highly technical and entertaining.  I learned a lot about what it means to be on the International Space Station.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

We worked on a display for Veterans Day which is on November 11, 2017.

Right now, I am in the computer lab.  I spent some time looking at the New York Times Bestseller lists and the Publishers Weekly Bestseller lists.

We got a shipment of games today.  I brought some of them over to the children's room.  They had asked for Sorry, Candyland, Operation, and some professional chess sets.  We now have a very nice selection of board games for the library.  This should help us grow our Adult Board Games Night as well as create some opportunity for board games for teenagers.

I looked through a copy of The Times Literary Supplement today.  I also looked through several copies of Publishers Weekly.

I checked out the book Soonish Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

I am not renewing my American Library Association membership.  I have looked at the results of belonging and found them wanting.   I find that the My Metro membership from Metro is far more useful as well as a number of local organizations like Urban Librarians Unite.  Also, I have found attending Book Expo America has done far more for my career and long term options.  I am beginning to realize that as an organization the American Library Association needs a lot of reform.

I also find paying attention to Every Library has been helpful.



Web Bits

Transforming Norwegian Public Libraries

https://iflalbes.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/transforming-norwegian-public-libraries/

Will Austin's Homeless Use New Central Library Like They Did at Faulk

https://kxan.com/2017/10/27/will-austins-homeless-use-new-central-library-like-they-did-at-faulk/

Library Will Restrict Food, Limit Size of Bags to Deter Camping

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20171026/library-will-restrict-food-limit-size-of-bags-to-deter-camping