Daily Thoughts 09/14/2019

Istvan Nagy, Newspaper Reader, 1920

Daily Thoughts 09/14/2019

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of The Jixia Academy and the Birth of Higher Learning In China A Comparison of 4th Century B.C. Chinese Education with Ancient Greece.  I am reading a comparison between Plato's ideal of the philosopher king and Xunzi's ideal of the scholar ruler.

I also read some more of History of Libraries in the Western World.  I am reading about the growth of libraries in Europe during the 18th century.  This is the period of the first national libraries.

I checked the displays and the gift books.

I spent some time shifting books in the mysteries.

I also spent some time looking at new science books.

I checked the 300s in the mezzanine.

I checked out the book, The Atlas of Happiness The Global Secrets About How to be Happy by Helen Russell.

Web Bits

Libraries Open Up to Bee Keeping

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/09/03/file-under-bee-library-beekeeping/

Yale Searches for New University Librarian

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/09/13/yale-searches-for-new-university-librarian/

White Red Architects Completes Members-Only Study Room in the British Library

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/09/13/members-study-room-british-library-interiors/

Carnegie-Whitney Awards Up to $5000 for Guides on Library Resources
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/09/carnegie-whitney-awards-5000-guides-library-resources?fbclid=IwAR16eP3Lryq1B5iODumwo7v-hnZCQMCDRPxDC22AII1z-J9WueXVCibN7WE