Daily Thoughts 06/22/2018

Portrait of English Writer and Illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, Felix Vallotton, 1898

Daily Thoughts 06/22/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some of Happiness A Guide To Developing Life's Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard.  Matthieu Ricard is a scientist is a scientist and a buddhist monk whose focus is on happiness as it relates to meditation.  He is known for participating in scientific research on meditation.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

We are looking at some library gardening programs.

Growing Library Gardens

https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/growing-library-garden-programs.html

Simple Steps to Starting a Seed Library

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/01/simple-steps-to-starting-a-seed-library/

We received our grant from Arts Westchester for the Salsa Dancing and Percussion Program.

I also placed an order of books for the Net Lender program.

I worked on scheduling for the month as well.

Web Bits

Brooke Astor Collection Heads to Research Room at Library

https://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/new-york-public-library-builds-room-named-for-brooke-astor/article_5a6fa5c4-c80e-5bb3-a13e-01edc09917c9.html

Federal Library Funding Remains Stable as FY 2019 Appropriations Process Moves Forward

https://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/06/federal-library-funding-remains-stable/