Daily Thoughts 08/20/2019

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Le Lecon, 1906

Daily Thoughts 08/20/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this afternoon.


I put together a shelflist for the Large Print Books.

I spent some time checking books in the mezzanine.

We are working on a weeding project at the Mount Vernon Public Library.

I spent some time discussing weeding.

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

Web Bits

Do Publishers Suddenly Hate Libraries

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/80944-do-publishers-suddenly-hate-libraries.html

“Kindnes Goes A Long Way” Why Libraries Train Staff to Work With Society’s Struggles

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-libraries-train-staff-to-work-with-homelessness-unruly-behaviour-1.5249413

From Bag End to Babel: Top 10 Libraries in Fiction

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/31/top-10-libraries-in-fiction-jrr-tolkien-borges-game-of-thrones