Daily Thoughts 03/16/2020

Woman Reading by George Henry Boughton, Circa 1900

Daily Thoughts 03/16/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I read some more of What We Talk About When We Talk About Books.  The author Leah Price studies the history of books focusing on how they are used.

I read some more of The Art of Memory.  I am reading about Giordano Bruno and his memory system.  It is an mix of the occult and scientific practices.  Giordano Bruno was labeled as a heretic and burned at the stake.

Web Bits

In Pandemic Librarians Are Reporting to Work, Scared and Questioning Their Institutions

https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=in-a-coronavirus-pandemic-librarians-are-reporting-to-work-scared-and-questioning-their-institutions&fbclid=IwAR0Uc4AHRiF5zzp1LcbdU2CELWU5h7yRBq2AkQBvlArXnJdMjkYT3ji4hdU

The EARN IT Bill Is the Governments Plan to Scan Every Message Online

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online?fbclid=IwAR1x1xgbwrqRV_mVdMrE-Gzy4JskTJBTwBVLYAv1nuf7TtM22DXsJEDMod8

Academic Library Strategies Shift to Closure and Restriction

https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-strategies-shift-to-closure-and-restriction/