Daily Thoughts 09/07/2018

Edwaert Collier, Vanitas, Still Life With Books and Manuscripts and a Skull, 1662

Daily Thoughts 09/07/2018

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the gift books and the displays this morning.

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

I spent some time working on the public computers as well as in the computer lab.

I spent a little time working on ordering books.

I read some more of Autonomy on the way home.  I am reading about how Google became involved in self driving cars.  Many of the obstacles to achieving completely autonomous cars are software and programming problems, not hardware issues.  Also, Google spent a lot of time creating maps using cars taking panoramic photographs for Google Street View.

Web Bits

LA Libraries Replace Fines for Young Readers With In Library "Read-Offs"

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/06/reading-is-power.html

ALA Study Will Explore Public Library Services for New Americans

http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/09/ala-study-will-explore-public-library-services-new-americans