Daily Thoughts 07/31/2018

Plate I of Gustave Doré's illustrations to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. From Chapter I.

Daily Thoughts 07/31/2018
I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading On Mental Toughness last night.  My favorite article was about soldiers negotiating with villagers in Afghanistan.  It was different than what I expected.

I spent some time working on scheduling today for next month.

I checked out the book, The Upcycle Beyond Sustainabililty-- Designing for Abundance William McDonough and Michael Braungart.

I spent some time discussing electronic resources with the director.

I also checked some of the oversize books today.

There is a Fundamentals of Computers class and a Begnning Microsoft Word 2013 class in the computer lab.

Web Bits

‘Spectacular’ ancient public library discovered in Germany

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/31/spectacular-ancient-public-library-discovered-in-germany

Daily Thoughts 07/30/2018

The Paragon Press, 1829, Woodcut

Daily Thoughts 07/30/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I read some more of On Mental Toughness, I am reading an article called Rebounding from Career Setbacks by Mitchell Lee Marks, Phillip Mervis and Ron Ashkenas.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I spent some time checking oversize books.

I put in two orders for new books.

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

There is a Fundamentals of Computers Class and a Beginning Microsoft Word 2013 class tonight.

I spent some more time checking the oversize books.  I also checked the patron requests today.

Daily Thoughts 07/29/2018

The Artwork of Louis C. Tiffany, Book, 1914

Daily Thoughts 07/29/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read the article Stress Can Be A Good Thing If You Know How To Use It by Alia Crum and Thomas Crum in the book, Mental Toughness.

I checked the purchase alerts this evening.

Daily Thoughts 07/28/2018

1972 Soviet Union 6 kopeks stamp. 15 Years of Space Age. Rockets.

Daily Thoughts 07/28/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook today.

I also checked the gift books and the displays.

We had a professor, Mel Glazer who did a lyrics writing workshop in the morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the community room. 

On the way home, I finished reading The Soviet Space Program First Steps: 1941-1953 by Eberhard Rodel.  The book ends with the making of the Soviet R-2 rocket which is the first soviet rocket to house nuclear weapons.  This book showed how a lot of the space program was military in nature.  It also demonstrated that much of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union was tied in with the conflict over captured nazi rocketry.

Web Bits

Libraries Are Betters Stewards of Tax Dollars Than Corporations

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/editorials/article/77590-libraries-are-better-stewards-of-taxpayer-dollars-than-corporations.html

Unpublished Chapter of 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' Sold to New York Public Library

https://ktla.com/2018/07/27/unpublished-chapter-of-the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-sold-to-new-york-public-library/

Daily Thoughts 07/27/2018

Salvator Mundi, Correggio, 1515

Daily Thoughts 07/27/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some of The Soviet Program First Steps 1941-1953.  I am reading about how the Russians acquired rocket technology from the nazis, specifically the A-4 rocket.  There is also some material on Mittelwerk, the secret slave factory which was used to build rockets for the nazis.

I read the first article in On Mental Toughness, How The Best of the Best Get Better and Better by Graham Jones.  It is about how athletes become better and better performers and often use this performance capacity in business.

I spent a little time looking at signage.

I also checked the gift books and the displays.

I spoke to a representative from Rainbow Books today.  I asked them to come up titles that are popular and not part of Baker and Taylor, Ingram, or Brodart.

I read a copy of The New York Review of Books today.

I checked the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly bestseller list.

Web Bits

Why Libraries Are An Economic Lifeline for Millions of Americans

https://www-marketwatch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/00463F6A-8EBF-11E8-8FEE-CBB48482743B

Daily Thoughts 07/26/2018

Okumura Masanobu, A Willing Letter Writer, 1732

Daily Thoughts 07/26/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading Reinventing Capitalism In the Age of Big Data by Victor Mayer-Schonberger and Thomas Ramge.  The last part focuses on solutions around work and taxes.  There are descriptions of a human capital tax and robot tax which are intriguing.

The book, The Soviet Space Program First Steps 1941-1953 by Eberhard Rodel came in for to read.  I had requested a copy from Schiffer Publishing while I was at Book Expo America.

I put in some orders for material.

I checked the gift books and the displays today.

I spent some time discussing programming.

We printed up several batches of flyers.

There is a Beginning Microsoft Publisher 2013 program today.

I read Sergio Aragones Groo Play of the Gods.  Groo is one of my favorite comics.  Sergio Aragones wrote for mad magazine.  Groo is a humorous comic.

I checked out the book, Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads On Mental Toughness which is a collection of articles from the Harvard Business Review.

One of the people who works for my department is planning on taking a class to administer ESL tests so they can be placed with tutors.

Web Bits

Library of Congress Tees Up Strategic Changes

https://www.rollcall.com/news/library-congress-tees-strategic-changes

Daily Thoughts 07/25/2018

Swing Into Books, Book Week, November 1-7, 1964

Daily Thoughts 07/25/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook for the library.

On the way to work, I read some more of Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data.  I am reading about how money and data are competing for value.  Banks are being challenged by new financial startups and there is increasing demand for new ways to invest based on data.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I read a copy of the Times Literary Supplement.

I spent some time in the computer lab today.

There is a PHP programming class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Web Bits

A Library Without Books Is A Stupid Library

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/21014708/a-library-without-books-is-a-stupid-library

5 Values A Local Library Brings to Communities

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/5-values-a-local-library-brings-to-communities/103-576792446

Study: For Millienials, Libraries Are Lit

http://westchester.news12.com/story/38722287/study-for-millennials-libraries-are-lit

William Shatner Plugs Muncie Library on Twitter

https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/07/24/william-shatner-plugs-muncie-library-twitter/829458002/

Daily Thoughts 07/24/2018

Interior Scene With Books and Writing Implements, Unidentified Artist, Mid 17th Century

Daily Thoughts 07/24/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data on the way to work.  I am reading about how firms should become more data oriented.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I also spent some time looking over duplicate copies of books.

I ordered some books with the Net Lender account today.

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

There is a Fundamentals of Computers Class and a Beginning Microsoft Word 2013 Class tonight.

On the way home, I read some more of Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data.  I am reading about how organizations will be restructured around data with fewer layers of management, more distributed decisionmaking, and the substitution in some of machine learning systems for managers.

Web Bits

The Librarian and the Astrophysicist
https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2018/07/23/the-librarian-and-the-astrophysicist/#64ea743f7355

Racial Diversity in the Romance Industry
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2018/07/racial-diversity-in-the-romance-fiction-industry/

Daily Thoughts 07/23/2018

Theodore Roosevelt Seated at a Desk,  Reading, Roses In Vase at the Right, 1907

Daily Thoughts 07/23/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Organized Simplicity on the way to work.  I am reading about a ten day plan to organize your house.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I put in an order for more books today from the Net Lender account.

I also spent some time working on scheduling for August and sign up sheets for computer classes.

On the way home, I read some of Reinventing Capitalism In the Age of Big Data by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Thomas Ramge.   It is about the relationship between data and money.  More firms are relying on increasingly rich forms of data to sell their products.

Web Bits

Behold This Disastrously Bad Op Ed Calling for Amazon to Replace Libraries

https://gizmodo.com/behold-this-disastrously-bad-op-ed-calling-for-amazon-t-1827789820/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Students In Detroit Are Suing the State Because They Weren’t Taught to Read

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/07/no-right-become-literate/564545/

In Shadow of Comic-Con SDSU Builds Major Comics Collection

https://timesofsandiego.com/education/2018/07/22/in-shadow-of-comic-con-sdsu-library-builds-major-comics-collection/

Daily Thoughts 07/22/2018

Courtesan Reading A Letter, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Mid 18th Century, Japanese

Daily Thoughts 07/22/2018

I checked the libraries Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read the latest purchase alerts for items on hold and checked a few lists from Brodart.

I also read some more of Organized Simplicity.  I am reading about keeping a home management notebook which you write in every day.  I keep a notebook which I write what I plan to do at work, but not at home right now.

Web Bits

Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries To Save Taxpayers Money

https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/07/21/amazon-should-replace-local-libraries-to-save-taxpayers-money/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Valerie%2F#6cd69a8460a8

There is no bookstore in Mount Vernon, but there is a library.

Tuition Free Online University

https://www.uopeople.edu/

Imaginary History: PW Talks With George RR Martin

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/77516-pw-talks-with-george-r-r-martin.html

The New Found Power of People Wielding Library Cards

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/opinion/new-yorks-arts-for-all.html

The Library of Congress Doesn't Want to Pay Writers

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/19/the-library-of-congress-doesnt-want-to-pay-writers/

Daily Thoughts 07/21/2018

Ernst Rudolph, Reading a Book, Unknown Date

Daily Thoughts 07/21/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading Trekonomics The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia.  The author points out that post scarcity economics are a matter of choice and how we choose to implement automation will determine our future.

Web Bits

$8 Million Dollars In Rare Items Stolen from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh;  Trusted Library Archivist And Respected Oakland Bookstore Owner Charged.

http://www.wtae.com/article/rare-items-stolen-from-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh-oakland/22503350

Library Kiosk In West Central Is the First of Its Kind in Washington State

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/library-kiosk-in-west-central-is-the-first-of-its-kind-in-washington-state/Content?oid=11009874

Daily Thoughts 07/20/2018

Reading, by Yamashita Shintaro, Bridgestone Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 1908

Daily Thoughts 07/20/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Trekonomics this morning.  One of the ideas is that the replicator in Star Trek makes abundance possible.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I am working on getting additional computer classes.

I spent some time looking at the different people available for adult programs in Westchester.

I also wrote a list of programs for October 2018.

I looked through the Diamond Comic Distributor bestselling graphic novels list, the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly bestseller list.

I read some more of Trekonomics on the way home.  There is a story about how people are driven by status and social standing up the ladder of success in Star Trek.  There is some commentary on the Ferengi in the book which I like.

Web Bits

Tor Scales Back Library E-Book Lending As Part of a Test

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/77532-tor-scales-back-library-e-book-lending-as-part-of-test.html

Friday Thoughts:  The Library of Congress Can’t Do This Without You

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/friday-thoughts-the-library-of-congress-cant-do-this-without-you/2018/07/20/7cc38a14-8ac5-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.421750957fbb

Daily Thoughts 07/19/2018

Self Portrait With A Book, Tintoretto, 1585

Daily Thoughts 07/19/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Organized Simplicity.  I am reading about how people overwhelm themselves with tasks and don't allow for time to relax.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent some time discussing programming.

I put in an order for replacement DVDs.

I checked out the book, Trekonomics The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia.  The author is a science fiction fan.

There is a Beginning Microsoft Publisher 2013 class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the computer lab.  Also, the book club was tonight from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m..  They were discussing Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.

We are looking at the Rokit from Robolink.  We have done the Codrone Lites and the program has worked out well.

Web Bits

September is Library Card Sign Up Month
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/library-card-sign-up-month-tools

Banned Books Week is September 23-29
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned

National Friends of the Library Week is October 21-27
http://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek

Daily Thoughts 07/18/2018

Johann Ender, Woman At Her Writing Desk, 1820

Daily Thoughts 07/18/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Organized Simplicity on the way to work.  I am reading about how families are needing more and more space and things to live as the years go by.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I am planning on reading Binti The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor on the way home.  Binti and Binti: Home won the Hugo and Nebula awards.

We are having a Codrones class in September.

I ordered some DVDs from the purchase alerts for items on hold.

I am putting The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea on hold for our book club.

I read Binti The Night Masquerade on the train home.  It is fun, quick light reading.  It is the last book in the Binti series.  There is a lot of inventiveness in this series.  Technology is not just machinery, it is also art, living beings, meditation and knowledge.  This book has many different alien species.  It also has a university world which is an interesting concept.

Daily Thoughts 07/17/2018

Frans Verhas-- Reading in the Living Room, between 1850 and 1894

Daily Thoughts 07/17/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read a copy of the New York Times on the way to work today.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

Right now, I am in the computer lab.

I spent some time discussing a variety of projects.  I spoke to a gentleman who came by to discuss some signage for the library.

I am working on an order of DVDs from the purchase alert list which is items that are on hold.

I read Binti Home by Nnedi Okorafor.  It is the second book in the Binti series which can be described as afrofuturism.  I very much enjoyed the style of science fiction in this book.  The setting is different than most science fiction I have read.  I like the references to mathematics, art, and meditation in this book.  Also, the alien Okwu are well done.  This is an excellent series which I hope to finish soon.

Daily Thoughts 07/16/2018

Felix Vallotton, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1907

Daily Thoughts 07/16/2018

I read some more of The New Human Rights Movement on the way to work.  I am reading about the concept of neoliberalism which I find not believable and various ideas against NAFTA and other free trade agreements.

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I am training someone in the computer lab.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I also worked on an order of books.

The science fiction book, Binti The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor has come in for me to read.

I worked on my weekly schedule.  I also read the latest copy of the New York Times Book Review.

I printed up several lists for items that had not circulated for seven years.  They are going to be checked to see if they are still on the shelves and if they are not, the records are going to be deleted from the system.  We are trying to get the collection content to be more accurate.

I finished reading The New Human Rights Movement Reinventing The Economy to End Oppression by Peter Joseph.  The ending is very utopian.  There are a lot of ideas about technologies like renewable energy and vertical farms.  There is support for lots of automation, recycling, and other ways the author imagines will create a post scarcity society.

Web Bits

New York City Library Initiative Culture Pass to Offer Free Admission to 33 Cultural Attractions

https://pix11.com/2018/07/16/nyc-library-initiative-culture-pass-to-offer-free-admission-to-33-cultural-attractions/

Who’s Welcome Here?

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/who%E2%80%99s-welcome-here

Oldest Known Extract of Homer’s Odyssey Discovered in Greece

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-archaeology-odyssey/oldest-known-extract-of-homers-odyssey-discovered-in-greece-idUSKBN1K01QM

Daily Thoughts 07/15/2018

Portrait of Baudelaire, Emile Deroy, 1844

Daily Thoughts 07/15/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook today.

I read some more of The New Human Rights Movement.  I am reading about consumerism and "structural violence" or violence created by poverty and other social ills.

Web Bits

Behind the Counter at America's Smallest Indie Bookstores

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/77507-behind-the-counter-at-america-s-smallest-indie-bookstores.html

Council Adopts Three Revisions to Library Bill of Rights Interpretation

http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/07/council-adopts-three-revisions-library-bill-rights-interpretations

The Library of Alexandria is Long Gone and All Around Us

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-library-of-alexandria-is-long-gone-and-all-around-us

Artificial Intelligence

How the Enlightenment Ends Henry Kissinger

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/henry-kissinger-ai-could-mean-the-end-of-human-history/559124/

Post Work: The Radical Idea of a World Without Jobs

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs

There are 170,000 Fewer Retail Jobs in 2017 and 75,000 More Amazon Robots

https://qz.com/1107112/there-are-170000-fewer-retail-jobs-in-2017-and-75000-more-amazon-robots/?utm_source=reddit.com

Robots, not humans: official policy in China

https://newint.org/features/2017/11/01/industrial-robots-china

Daily Thoughts 07/14/2018

Ane Hedvig Broendum Sitting at the Table, 1909

Daily Thoughts 07/14/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The New Human Rights Movement.  I am reading about financialization or the increasing focus on financial instruments like stocks and bonds to generate wealth.  Increasingly this has been divorced from actually producing goods and services.


Web Bits

A Look Inside the Little Known Image Library That's Inspired Artists for Over A Century

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-inside-little-known-image-library-inspired-artists-century

FY 2019: House Committees Approve Level Funding for Libraries

https://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/07/fy-2019-house-committee-approves-level-funding/

Summer Feeding Can Mean Summer Reading

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2018/07/summer-feeding-can-mean-summer-reading/

Daily Thoughts 07/13/2018

Woman Writing a Letter With Her Maid, Johannes Vermeer, 1671

Daily Thoughts 07/13/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The New Human Rights Movement.  I am reading about dominance theory and ideas of oppression.

I also started reading Organized Simplicity The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tish Oxenreider.  It is a book about organizing written by a blogger.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent some time working on the Adult Summer Reading program. We put in a banner in our display for Adult Summer Reading.

I also spent some time working on programming.

Web Bits

Library of Congress Is Spending $1.5 Million on A Public Congressional Research Service Reports Site. Is It Worth It?

https://www.fedscoop.com/federal-leaders-tout-tbms-role-modernization/

The Odd Literary Paraphernalia of the New York Public Library’s Berg Collection

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-odd-literary-paraphernalia-of-the-new-york-public-librarys-berg-collection

Libraries Key to a Fair Accurate 2020 Census, Senate Appropriators Say

https://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/07/libraries-key-to-a-fair-accurate-2020-census-senate-appropriators-say/

Daily Thoughts 07/12/2018

The Bibliophilist's Haunt or Creech's Bookshop, Williams Fettes Douglas, 1890

Daily Thoughts 07/12/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The New Human Rights Movement on the way to work.  I am reading about dominance theory and the concept of a "scarcity culture".

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.  I am putting in a display for the Summer Reading Program. 

I also finished writing my monthly report.  It is a little late going in because I was on vacation.

I spent some time looking through Kanopy which is a streaming service. It includes public performance rights.

There is an Introduction to Microsoft Publisher class tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Web Bits

New York Public Library's Reading List Campaign

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2018/07/new-york-public-librarys-readingislit-campaign/

Daily Thoughts 07/11/2018

Felix Vallotton, La Bibliotheque, 1915

Daily Thoughts 07/11/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I finished reading Political Risk How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity by Condolezza Rice and Amy B. Zegart.  This is an interesting book with an international business perspective.  There are quite a variety of different risks discussed from protests to terrorism to earthquakes.  This book describes how to prepare for disasters in public relations and politics for businesses.  It derives from a class at Stanford University.  The writing is very easy to read and is for a general business audience.  I liked reading the book.  There is an index, black and white pictures, and extensive notes.

I started reading The New Human Rights Movement on the way to work as well.  This book focuses on social issues.  Peter Joseph was involved in the Occupy Wall Street Movement and is an activist.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent some time checking the scheduling today.  We did some more planning for programs as well.

I did some work with the large print books.

There are some new widgets on the website from Select Reads.

http://www.mountvernonpubliclibrary.org

I read a copy of Booklist.  I have a copy of the July/August Ingram Advance to read.  I also read a copy of the Ingram Advance for July and August.

There is a codrones class in the computer lab for teenagers today from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m..  Codrones are coding drones.

On the way home, I read some more of The New Human Rights Movement.  I am reading about systems theory and systematic and institutional racism.

Web Bits

The Gig Economy Gets A Boost Thanks to Public Library Tech Upgrades

https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2018/07/gig-economy-gets-boost-thanks-public-library-tech-upgrades

The Commons Library: 200 Years of History

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44699363

The Ancient Library Where the Books Are Under Lock and Key

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180706-the-ancient-library-where-the-books-are-under-lock-and-key

Daily Thoughts 07/10/2018

Portrait of a Gentleman In His Study, Lorenzo Lotto, 1527

Daily Thoughts 07/10/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I spent a little time working on scheduling.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

I also worked on a new order of books.

We had a turtle naming contest for the staff turtle today.  Our turtle is named Yertle.

I spoke to Select Reads about updating the widgets for the website.

I checked out the book,

On the way home, I read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about how to respond to crises.

I checked out the book, The New Human Rights Movement Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression by Peter Joseph.


Web Bits

Charming Illustrated Maps Illuminate The Character of New York City

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture-exploration/2018/07/pictorial-vintage-maps-new-york-city-public-library-culture/

Daily Thoughts 07/09/2018

William Blake: The Book of my Remembrance from the Small Book of Designs, Copy B c. 1796, relief etching, colour printed, with pen and watercolour


Daily Thoughts 07/09/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I spent some time going over programming and scheduling.

I read some more of Political Risk at the laundromat.  I am reading about different ways to mitigate political risk.  Earlier I read about tools like looking backward and being a devils advocate to help solve problems.

Web Bits

Libraries, Technology, and the Route to Relevance

http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-public-libraries-leverage-technology-build-relevance.html

Ordinance Would Ban Homeless Camping at Public Library

https://fox2now.com/2018/07/09/ordinance-would-ban-homeless-camping-at-public-library-2/

Daily Thoughts 07/08/2018

Russia, 2008. Envelope with commemorative stamp (EWCS) № 182. 90th birth anniversary of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the writer. Envelope designer O. Luchnikova. First day of issue postmark 10.12.2008 Moscow, Post Office 101000.

Daily Thoughts 07/08/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Political Risk.The book has notes and an index.  It is very well documented.

I checked the purchase alerts for items that are on hold.

Daily Thoughts 07/07/2018

Portrait of Hermine David, Jules Pascin, 1910

Daily Thoughts 07/07/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also checked the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list.

I read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about how to avoid blind spots about risk and have people who can tell you the truth in a company.

Web Bits

Countries With the Most and Fewest Libraries Per 100,000 Residents (Infographic)

https://ebookfriendly.com/countries-most-fewest-libraries-infographic/

The Average CEO Reads 60 Books A year -- Find Out Why

https://www.blinkist.com/magazine/posts/most-ceos-read-60-books-per-year

Protecting Library Workers' Discourse Around Social Justice ALA18

https://lj.libraryjournal.com/2018/07/shows-events/ala/protecting-library-workers-discourse-around-social-justice-ala18/#_

Daily Thoughts 07/06/2018

Daily Thoughts 07/06/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about how companies assess political risk and create groups to look at risks to organizations.

Daily Thoughts 07/05/2018

Alphonse Mucha, The Red Cape, 1902

Daily Thoughts 07/05/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about how the Sea World disaster with orcas was an example of poor planning for political risk versus how the Royal Caribbean companies handling of the earthquake in Haiti was a success.

Web Bits

Conference 18: Moving From Advocacy to Activism UK

https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/advocacyactivism

The Best 'Streaming Service' of All Is Your Local Library

https://gizmodo.com/the-best-streaming-service-of-all-is-your-local-library-1827320088

 

Daily Thoughts 07/03/2018

Client In Court Securing His Papers, George Harvey, 1827

Daily Thoughts 07/03/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about how political risk management is done well if nothing happens.  This makes it hard to justify because it is preventative.

Web Bits

Taking a Look at LatinX in Publishing

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/77406-taking-a-look-at-latinx-in-publishing.html

Daily Thoughts 07/02/2018

A Philosopher, Jan Lievens, 1631

Daily Thoughts 07/02/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about how politics and unrest can create disruptions in shipping and supply chains internationally.

I checked the gift books and the displays.

We got the Select Reads information today for setup.

We confirmed that we are doing a Salsa Dance and Percussion program with Josie LaRiccia in September and October for Hispanic Heritage month.

I put in two orders for books today.

We also got the confirmation from the NEDCC that August would be a good time to do a collection assessment.

It is very hot out today.

I have a copy of the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Review of Books, and the New York Times Book Review to look through.

Web Bits

What Techsoup Offers for Libraries
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/what-techsoup-offers-libraries.html

How to Make Space for Active Learning In Your Library
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/make-space-active-learning.html

Recipes for a 5 Star Library
http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/cookbooks/recipes-for-a-5-star-library

Daily Thoughts 07/01/2018

Poetry Reading, Milton Avery, 1957

Daily Thoughts 07/01/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also read some more of Political Risk.  I am reading about hacking and terrorism.

I checked the New York Times Bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list.

Web Bits

Scott County Library Brings Books Services to the Laundromat

http://www.startribune.com/scott-county-library-brings-books-services-to-laundromat/487022821/