Daily Thoughts 07/29/2012

Woman Reading in a Garden, 1880, Art Institute of Chicago

Daily Thoughts 07/29/2012


I finished reading The Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Workbook Today.  I also did the exercises.  They were very easy to do.  Most were about how to think differently putting the world in a more positive light with less worry.  I also took a look at the library Facebook and Twitter pages.

I also will be talking with the Friends of the Library about the end of summer adult programming.

Today was a day to mainly relax.

The Westchester Library System bought a 1000 one click digital titles for the system for children and young adult titles.  This should be interesting.

Web Bits


Redigi plans to Sell Used Ebooks
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/53334-redigi-plans-to-sell-used-e-books.html
This is interesting.  What is the different between a new and a used ebook?

Daily Thoughts 07/23/2012

Three men reading on a bench, Queen's Park, Toronto, Canada. 1908

Daily Thoughts 07/23/2012

I read some more of The Don't Sweat The Small Stuff Workbook.  It is very easy to do.  Also the book Energized by Edward M. Lerner came in for me to read.

I updated the Twitter and Facebook page for the library this morning.  I also checked the displays and the gift books this morning.

This afternoon I did a little inventory in the mezzanine.

It has been a very quiet day.

On the way home, I started reading Energized by Edward M. Lerner.  The technology and politics in the novel are more interesting than the characters.  They drive the story.  The United States has captured a comet in orbit before it could strike earth, and now they are mining it to make a giant solar power satellite.  It is far fetched but interesting.  There is also quite a bit on astronomy and NASA.  I am enjoying reading the novel.  I can pretty much ignore the characterization.

Web Bits

Who Authenticates The Blogged Word?  The Publishers or the Readers? by Matthew Ellis
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/158678-who-authenticates-the-blogged-word-the-publishers-or-the-readers/?goback=%2Egmp_1818722%2Egde_1818722_member_137502954
I think it has always been the readers which make a work successful in the end.

Daily Thoughts 07/20/2012

Reading Room, Public Library [picture] / Charles Nettleton 1878.

Daily Thoughts 07/20/2012

This morning I did some more exercises in The Don't Sweat The Small Stuff Workbook on the train to work.  The exercises are easy to do and have a light touch to them. 

I checked the Facebook and Twitter accounts for the library.  Right now, I am catching up on cleaning up my desk.  I cut some scrap from left over documents, cut up some extra bookmarks to put out, cleared off a bit of my desk, and put a new collection management sheet for the patron requests at the reference desk.

I also checked the gift books and the displays.

I did some more desk clearing and put out some marketing material for the Playaways and bookmarks the Job & Career Accelerator portion of  the Learning Express Database.  I also found a copy of Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Prisoner of Heaven which I plan to read.  It was officially released on July 12, 2012.

I spent a little bit of time looking at citizenship test books.  Patrons have been asking for them.

Web Bits

Retro 1960s Library Posters
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/sets/72157623618957199/with/4480094816/

Daily Thoughts 07/05/2012

Fifth Avenue Hotel Reading Room, 28 October, 1871
Daily Thoughts 07/05/2012

It has been very hot lately.  I have mostly relaxed.  I read a bit more of The Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Workbook.  I also took a look at the Facebook and Twitter account for the library.

Sometimes it is a good day to practice doing nothing, something which I am not very good at.

Web Bits

Carnegie Approves Funding for Mount Vernon, New York.-- This is from a library history blog.  It is from 1908.
http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/2012/07/carnegie-approves-funding-for-mount.html