Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/30/2019

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Main Reading Room. View of statue of Philosophy by Bela Pratt on the column entablature between two alcoves. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. 


Daily Thoughts 04/30/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

On the way to work, I read some more of How to Do Nothing.  I am reading about how to refuse to do things.  The argument starts with Diogenes, continues to Thoreau and throws some performance art for measure.  I am enjoying reading the chapters. It includes a bit on the short story Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I worked on two orders of new books.  I also worked on the some of the fiction books in the mezzanine.

The book, Build A Great Team ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian by Catherine Hakala-Ausperk has come in for me to read.

I read a copy of the New York Times Book Review and a copy of Booklist.

Web Bits


Instant Digital Card Brings New Avid Readers to Public Libraries

Beyond Politics and Prose: White Nationalists Target Bookstores, Libraries In Protests Nationwide



Monday, April 29, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/29/2019

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Adéle de Toulouse-Lautrec in the salon at Malromé, Circa 1886-1887, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Daily Thoughts 04/29/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of How to Do Nothing.  I am reading about communes and dropping out from society.  The author describes Epicurus's school for leading the good leaf.  Jenny Odell also comments on Walden Two by B.F. Skinner.  In the end she refutes the idea of dropping out from society.  She even includes some commentary on Thomas Merton.

Web Bits



Franz Liszt's Unfinished 'Sardanapolo' Opera Makes Its US Premiere at the Library of Congress

Christopher Columbus' Son Created a Huge Library. The Book Unlocking Its Secrets Has Been Found

Making Changes As A new Library Employee


Sunday, April 28, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/28/2019


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Seated Man Reading a Book, Kodak Museum, 1888

Daily Thoughts 04/28/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of How To Do Nothing.  I am reading about why it is important to pay attention and take time for self care.  There is also a bit on digital detox or turning off your devices for a while to reduce stress and have a space for thinking.

Web Bits



Discover 10 Treasures from the Library of Congress

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/27/2019

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Teodor Axentowicz, Portret Zofii Goldstandd, 1905

Daily Thoughts 04/27/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading The Body Keeps the Score Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D..  The last part of the book appeals to early intervention in helping children and teenagers who have experienced trauma.  It is an argument for making safer schools and environments for children.

I also read some more of How to Do Nothing.  I am enjoying reading this book.  It has a different take on how to live with technology. I rather like that the author describes some of her practices focusing on attention like bird watching and deep listening.  Also, some of the environmental ideas are quite gripping.  The book has a very radical tone to it.

Web Bits

The Library At Pergamun

Melville House and NYPL Kickoff the Climate Change Reading Group!

Library Launches Initiative to Boost Data Science, Expertise Services at UC Berkeley

The Story of Handwriting in 12 Objects

Why Presidential Libraries Are Controversial



Friday, April 26, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/26/2019


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Daily Thoughts 04/26/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about theater for people with troubled lives like homeless veterans and foster care children.

I also read some more of How To Do Nothing.  I am reading about why it is important to have time to not do things and take a break from devices and the internet.

Web Bits


Nevada State Library Enters New Phase Of Virtual Reality Project

Library Advocacy Starter Kit

Kanopy and Hoopla are the Two Best Streaming Services You've Never Heard Of

The Mount Vernon Public Library has both of these available with your library card.

How Working In A Public Library Changed My Perspective On What Librarians Actually Do

14 of the World's Most Charming Libraries

Concrete White Plains Library Plaza Is Getting a $6 Million Dollar Facelift With Gardens, Stage

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/25/2019



Man Seated With His Reading and Writing Materials before HimRyūryūkyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799–1823)

Daily Thoughts 04/25/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I am on vacation.  I spent some time doing housecleaning and looking through some of my old books.  I will probably give some of them to the book sale.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about how theater can improve psychological health.


Web Bits



First National Antiracist Book Festival Launched by National Book Award Winner

The Worlds Most Valuable Resources Is No Longer Oil But Data

Keep Library Workers Safe

The Sudanese Librarian Who Provides Books to Protesters

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/24/2019

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Taking A Rest After Reading Books, Jeong Seon (1676-7159), This is believed to be a self portrait. 

Daily Thoughts 04/24/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps The Score.  I am reading about neurofeedback.

I started reading How to Do Nothing Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell.  This book reminds that it is important to relax and do nothing sometimes. It also describes how art becomes devalued when all we think about is productivity, efficiency, and technical things.

Web Bits



New Study Shows That Students Learn Way More Effectively from Print Textbooks Than Screens

Thank Your Senator for Signing the FY20 LSTA and IAL Letters

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/23/2019


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Edouard Manet, The Reader, 1861

Daily Thoughts 04/23/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I am on vacation today.  So I am reading and relaxing.

I checked on some scheduling.

I finished reading The Map of Knowledge A Thousand Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found.  This book starts with the great Library of Alexandria, the center of classical knowledge.  It is not a complete survey and does not include the story of the House of Life in Egypt, or the Edubbas or scribal houses in Mesopotamia. It is about the preservation of the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.

The book describes how the Library of Alexandria fell and how classical knowledge first passed to the Arabs who built the Bayt Al Hikma, the House of Wisdom preserving and spreading classical knowledge throughout the Arabic countries focusing on Aristotle, Archimedes, Galen, and other important people as well as works like The Elements and Spherics.

From Baghdad, classical knowledge spread to Muslim Spain in Cordoba.  From there it moved back to Palermo in Sicily and Venice in Italy where it was translated from Arabic to Latin and Greek. 

This is a fascinating book because it describes how knowledge flows from place to place as well as how different centers of learning ebb and grow in importance.  There are some ideas which I wish were covered more like Hindu numerals and mathematics.  However, this book has a specific focus, classical knowledge.  It puts the Arab Golden Age before the middle ages in a more complete perspective.

The book describes many individual scholars and their interest in mathematics, botany, astronomy, and medicine.  I think this is an important work because it documents the history of scholarship.  There is an extensive set of notes at the end of the book. 

What I read is not the finished text, but an advanced reading copy.  There is no index yet.  The finished copy will have one.  I will probably go back to look up some things when the book is done.  It is worth reading and will be of significant interest to people who are interested in the history of libraries.


Web Bits



Booksellers Publish First Copies of Mueller Report

Memory Kits Available at Duluth Library to Help Dementia Caregivers

How to Get a Library of Congress Reader's Card

Monday, April 22, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/22/2019

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In A Reading Hall, 1906, William Gause



Daily Thoughts 04/22/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about responding to inner dialogue about your parents. It is focusing on people with difficult childhoods.

I also read some more of The Map of Knowledge.  I am reading about scholarship during the middle ages in Venice, Italy.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/21/2019

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Im Skriptorium, Öl auf Leinwand, Hans Adolf Hornemann (1866–1916)

Daily Thoughts 04/21/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Map of Knowledge today.  I am reading about Palermo in Sicily and how Greek, Latin, and Arabic have become the language of scholarship and learning for study of classical knowledge during the middle ages.

I also watched the documentary from the History channel Egypt Engineering An Empire which is the story of the pyramids and how they changed from step pyramids to true pyramids.  Part of the documentary is about how how Egypt conquered Nubia and generated tremendous wealth from the Nubian gold mines.

Web Bits

Incident Report Writing: A  Person In-Incident Approach
http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2019/04/incident-report-writing-a-person-in-incident-approach/

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/20/2019



Mother Hubbard's Dog Reading a Newspaper, 1918, Jessie Wilcox Smith

Daily Thoughts 04/20/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I spent some time working on scheduling for programming for the next several months.

There is a Tech Girlz workshop for tweens this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. in the computer lab.

I am working on the computer class sign up sheets.

I also am doing some scheduling for next months programs.
 

Web Bits




Pushing Diversity Forward In Publishing

Pets Lifeline Teaches Literacy Through Animals

How The Morgan Library’s Tolkien Exhibit Shows Off the Author’s Artistic Side

Decolonizing The Card Catalog

 

Friday, April 19, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/19/2019

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Atelier of the Boxes, Circa 1340-1360, During the Middle Ages, paper and parchment were expensive, and many people took advantage of less permanent forms of written communication. One side of an ivory tablet was coated with wax; then a message was incised in the wax with a stylus (which looks like a large pin) and protected by an ivory lid. The little box would be sent to the recipient, who smoothed the wax and responded. The sliding cover depicts three ladies in the town, looking over its walls at two embracing couples seen to the left. The bottom of the box shows the same town at greater distance, a tent with two more lovers, a hawking expedition, and a hermit reading outside his rustic cell. Several writing boxes are known from the same, otherwise unidentified workshop.

Daily Thoughts 04/19/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Map of Knowledge.  It is interesting reading about how the different groups of scholars interact in medieval Today.  There are Jews, Arabs, Mozarabs, and Catholics who all are working with classical books.

I checked the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.

Web Bits



Working as a Librarian Gave me Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms

Library of Congress Celebrates 200 Years of Walt Whitman


Thursday, April 18, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/18/2019

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Scholar, China 19th Century

Daily Thoughts 04/18/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

We are restarting the Give Gab campaign for MVPL Bridging the Digital Divide.

I also spoke to someone about doing an entrepreneurship program.

I checked some of the fiction books in the mezzanine.

I read some more of The Map of Knowledge on the way home.  I am reading about Toledo where many of the Arabic translations of classical knowledge were translated back into Latin for Christian scholars during the middle ages.

I also read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about how yoga helps stress and trauma both for post traumatic stress and abuse.

Web Bits


Stop Threatening the Public Library With Budget Cuts (Commentary)

Library In Anchorage Lends Out Taxidermy Specimens
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/library-anchorage-lends-out-taxidermy-specimens-180971948/

North Dakota Senate Passes Roosevelt Library Bill After Philosophical Debate

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/17/2019

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Models of Paper Folding, (Origata Tehon), 1697, Japan

Daily Thoughts 04/17/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Map of Knowledge.  I am reading about Cordoba in Iberia which was another center of Muslim learning under the Ummeyah.  They were rivals to the Abbasid dynasty in Baghdad.

I also read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about yoga and how it helps people work with trauma.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I spent some time checking the fiction in the mezzanine.

I worked on two orders for new books.

I spent some time discussing a grant which we are receiving from the Community Development Block Grant.

I also talked to some people about programming.

I looked through three copies of Publishers Weekly and the latest copy of the Ingram Advance.

Web Bits


Celebrate Library Card Sign Up Month 2019

Why Doctors and Librarians Make Great Partners

Long Lost Kafka Books Could Emerge After Messy Legal Battle

Public Library to Deploy Fleet of Bookmobiles for the First Time Since the '80s


Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/16/2019

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La Roche Guyon, Theodore Robinson, circa 1891, Brooklyn Museum

Daily Thoughts 04/16/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook.

On the way to work, I read some more of The Map of Knowledge.  I am reading about Galen, the famous Roman physician.

I also read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about the limits of language in the expression of trauma.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I put some books to be added to the collection aside.  There are several books from The Last Interview series by Melville House.  I am also planning on reading the book, How to Do Nothing Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell which is also by Melville House.

I also did a little work with programming.

I have a variety of magazines to read including the New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Latest Ingram Advance.

There are several advanced reading copies which I put in the staff room from the Urban Librarians Unite conference.

I finished writing my monthly report.

There is a Fundamentals of Computers class and a Beginning Microsoft Word 2013 class from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight.

Web Bits



Top Ten (Eleven) Challenged Books Announced

You Can Now Help Search for David Copperfield's Secrets on the Moon

8 Presidential Libraries Every History Buff Should Visit

Monday, April 15, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/15/2019

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Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bookplate, Edwin Davis French, 1895

Daily Thoughts 04/15/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps Score.  I am reading about how Helen Keller first learned to communicate.

I also read some more of The Map of Knowledge.  I am reading about early categorizations of knowledge.


Web Bits


The Netflix Literary Connection

How Libraries Help Authors Boost Book Sales

Library Now Offering Loaner Fishing Gear

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/14/2019

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The House of Wisdom (Bayt - Al - Hikma) 2016
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Daily Thoughts 04/14/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps The Score.  I am reading about how language and talking about trauma changes people.  The book covers all kinds of trauma including things like automobile accidents and large scale incidents like the World Trade Center on 09/11.

I also read a little bit more of The Map of Knowledge.  I am reading about The Elements by Euclid.

I checked the purchase alerts tonight.

Web Bits



Going Against the Decluttering Craze: The Book Hoarders Who Defy Marie Kondo

The St. Louis Public Library Can Help You Create a Nonprofit

State Museum to Loan 'Randolph Mammoth' Replica to Local Library

Alison Bechdel: A Life in Books


Saturday, April 13, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/13/2019

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George Reimer, Librarian, 1850

Daily Thoughts 04/13/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score last night.  I am reading about mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy in the context of trauma.

Web Bits



Banned Book Coalition Debuts 2019 Anti-Censorship Plan

What e-books at the Library Mean for Your Privacy


Friday, April 12, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/12/2019

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Godfrey Kneller, Jacob Tonson, 1717

Daily Thoughts 04/12/2019

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about how exercise and meditation help deal with trauma.  There is also quite a bit about the importance of social supports.

I went to Urban Librarians Unite today at the Brooklyn Public Library.

They had coffee in the morning.  There were also several people who were invited as vendors.  I had a chance to talk to Melville House, Soho Books, and Random House Penguin.  I picked up several galleys and books to add to the library.  I started reading The Map of Knowledge A Thousand Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found by Violet Moller.  The book starts with the Library at Alexandria.

I think I may be able to arrange for some book readings from the vendors.

The keynote speaker was Eric Klinenberg who wrote the book, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality.

He talked about his love for libraries.  There was a brief discussion about how social work could change the purposes of the library.

Carla Hayden, the librarian of congress gave a brief appearance via Skype where she addressed the attendees encouraging us to keep practicing and discussing our profession.

Afterwards, I went to a presentation on Cooking Without a Kitchen.  There were a lot of interesting pointers on what we could do.  They talked about things like nutrition programs, farmers markets, reading food labels, and programs with devices like blenders and air fryers.  There was some discussion on different ways to reach out to organizations that would provide free lunch or free educational programs.

The next program I went to was on Creating A Space for New Americans and English Language Learners.  This had some suggestions on how to better reach out to people with English Language Learning needs.

The last panel I went to was Small City, Big Problems.  This was about the everyday issues in running a library.  What was especially interesting about this presentation is that the librarians talked about how to deal with needles and opioid addiction.  They planned on adding blue lights to the bathrooms so people could not use needles and were all trained in what to do if someone overdosed on opioids.  There was even some discussion on using Narcan which prevents opioid overdoses.

Web Bits


MOCCA Arts Fest 2019 Attracts Big Crowd of Indie Fans

Working Alongside Robots At the Library

'Extraordinary' 500 -Year- Old Library Catalogue Reveals Books Lost to Time

Bookmobiles Are Back at New York Public Library

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/11/2019

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Léonard de Vinci / entrelacs / Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) du Codex Vallardi acquis par le Louvre en 1856 auprès de l’antiquaire milanais Giuseppe Vallardi.

Daily Thoughts 04/11/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about how childhood trauma affects adult weight and body image.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I spent some time working on the 800s.

Web Bits



MOCCA Arts Fest 2019 Attracts Big Crowd of Indie Fans

Working Alongside Robots At the Library

'Extraordinary' 500 -Year- Old Library Catalogue Reveals Books Lost to Time

Bookmobiles Are Back at New York Public Library

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/10/2019

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The Drinker, Jan Steen, 1660

Daily Thoughts 04/10/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

We are having a Coffee With a Librarian Event this morning in honor of National Library Week at 11:00 a.m.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about attachment in infants and what happens when children are mistreated, abused, or neglected.

The Coffee With a Librarian event went well, people asked about renovating the building and children's story times.

Web Bits


LJ Reviews the Public

National Library Workers Day 2019

How to Get Free E-books from Your Public Library

Carla Hayden Has An Audacious Plan To Make Library of Congress Available to You Online

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/09/2019

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Among Old Poets, 1908, Walter Shirlaw

Daily Thoughts 04/09/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about how emotions and reason work together to keep people whole.  There are three basic reactions to danger, seeking help, fight or flight, and shutting down mentally.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I also looked through the Ingram Spring 2019 Graphic Novels & Comics booklet.

I checked the mezzanine fiction.  I also spent some time checking the 800s today.

I turned my grant application for the Mount Vernon Arts Initiative today.  I also have another grant which I am waiting on today.  Hopefully, I should be able to type it up soon.

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

Web Bits


The Surprising Benefits of Reading Before Bed

Archivists Race to Digitize Slavery Records Before the History Is Lost

Most Challenged Books of 2018: American Library Association Releases Annual List

When a Lion Called Milwaukee's Main Library Home


Monday, April 8, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/08/2019

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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, The Reader, 1868

Daily Thoughts 04/08/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

I worked on two orders of new books.

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

I checked some of the fiction books in the mezzanine as well as the 600s.

I spent some time working with the ADP scheduling.

Web Bits


Books Might Have Brittle Future at Gregg County Law Library

9 Facts About Librarians You Probably Didn't Know

We Need to Talk About Library Junk

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/07/2019

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Reading in an Interior, Carl Holsoe, circa 1900

Daily Thoughts 04/07/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook.

I read some more of The Body Keeps the Score.  I am reading about how people react and relive trauma in the moment.

I checked the purchase alerts.

Web Bits


The Problem with Professional Development Books in the Library

What Are You Reading? Emilio Estevez Edition

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/06/2019

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Ipolit Strambu - Dupa-amiaza de vara, 1918

Daily Thoughts 04/06/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I am reading the book The Body Keeps the Score Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.  The book focuses on trauma and post traumatic stress.  It is interesting reading about how veterans react to the stress of combat.

I looked through two copies of the Times Literary Supplement.

I also spent time working on a grant for Arts Westchester.  We also have two people who want to use our space who are artists from Mount Vernon for the Individual Artists part of the Mount Vernon Arts Inititiative https://artswestchester.org/artist-opportunities/funding-opportunity-mount-vernon-arts-initiative/

I checked the gift books and the displays.

I checked some of the 600s, the fiction books in the mezzanine, and some paperbacks.

I did a little bit of cleanup of my desk.

Web Bits


It’s Time For Academics to Take Back Control of Research Journals

National Library Week Tools

What Happened to Shakespeare’s Library

The Library of Congress Has Digitized 155 Persian Texts Dating Back to the 13th Century

Library Strives for More Empathy Towards Homeless

Friday, April 5, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/05/2019


Arrangement In Black: Girl Reading, James McNeill Whistler, circa 1880-1890

Daily Thoughts 04/05/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I finished reading The Monkey is the Messenger Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You by Ralph De La Rosa.  I enjoyed reading this book. There is a list of recommended titles which I am looking at as well as extensive notes on the content.

I spent some time checking the 600s.

We met as a group with a foundation today to discuss the teen computer area.

I spent some more time working on the Arts Westchester grant.

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

Web Bits


Libraries= Strong Communities Celebrate National Library Week April 7-13, 2019

Salem Library Hosts “Sensory Night” For Kids With Autism

Philadelphia Free Library Builds New Public Rooms, New Modern Mission


Thursday, April 4, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/04/2019

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Edward Burne-Jones (Princess Sabra), The King's Daughter, 1865

Daily Thoughts 04/04/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Monkey is the Messenger.  The author, Ralph De La Rosa is a psychotherapist in private practice and a meditation teacher.  A lot of this book about how meditation helps you with your problems.

I checked the displays and the gift books this morning.  April is National Poetry Month.

I checked the 600s, the oversize books, and the fiction books in the mezzanine.

I am meeting to discuss a business program at 2:00 p.m.

I am also working on scheduling.

I spent some time working on a grant for Arts Westchester.

I worked on the monthly report for my department.

I also spent some time working on orders for new books.


Web Bits



Labs In the Library

Tsondoku: The Practice of Buying More Books Than You Can Read

New York Public Library's Walt Whitman Exhibit Traces the Life, Influences of the Good Gray Poet








Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/03/2019

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Sunday Evening, Thomas Webster, 19th Century

Daily Thoughts 04/03/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Monkey is the Messenger this morning.  I am reading about meditation focused on love and compassion.

I checked the displays and the gift books.  April is national poetry month.

I spent some time today covering the public computer area as well as in the computer lab.

I read the latest New York Times Book Review.

I checked the 600s.

Web Bits


Spring Into Spring:  Fresh, Clean and Green Reading

Discovery Channels: James Mustich, A Common Reader, and A Thousand Books To Read Before You Die

When A Laundromat Becomes A Library

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/02/2019

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Mihaly Zichy, Young Man Reading (Morning), 1867, Pushkin Museum.

Daily Thoughts 04/02/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I spent some time reviewing programming.

I am planning on doing a little work for a grant.

I read some more of The Monkey Is the Messenger.  I am reading about how empathy affects meditation.

Web Bits



Why Did the Phoenix Public Library Start A Seed Library

Going Public Again: Queens Library Changes Its Name to Restore People Power To Its Brand

Recent Camp Outside McKinney Library Shows Collin County Is Not Immune to the Challenges of Homelessness

Monday, April 1, 2019

Daily Thoughts 04/01/2019


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Das Narrenschyff, Albrecht Durer, 1495, Woodcut

Daily Thoughts 04/01/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Monkey is the Messenger.  I am reading about emotions and meditation.

Web Bits


Library of Congress Calls for Ambitious Transformation

Why Would One Man Read Mark Twain's Whole Library?

Finland's New Library Speaks Volumes About the World's Most Literate Nation