Daily Thoughts 6/20/2011

Portrait of French poet, journalist and writer, Anatole France, 1906 [picture] / Anders Zorn
1906. 

Daily Thoughts 6/20/2011 


Today has been another quiet day.  I spent some time setting up programs for July and August.  I also updated the Twitter account and checked the displays. I spent a little time doing minor spelling edits on the web page.  I am learning a little bit about the editor.

On the way home, I finished reading Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads On Change. What it reveals most is that there are a tremendous amount of different views on change and if you call what you are doing attempting to change things, it is more likely to fail.  It also shows that a lot of change is about attitude and skill development.


Web Bits

Google Will Scan 250,000 Out of Copyright Titles for the British Libraries
http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-google-will-scan-250000-out-of-copyright-books-for-the-british-library/

Daily Thoughts 6/19/2011

To speak up for democracy, read up on democracy Poster showing three men conversing at a table with books, with an American flag and founding father in the background.  Date Created/Published: [between 1935 and 1943] 

Daily Thoughts 6/19/2011 

I read some more of On Change in the laundromat. I especially liked the article Radical Change The Quiet Way by Debra E. Meyerson which is about how personal decisions based on slow incremental planning can change organizations.  This can be simple things like how one dresses or how customer service is done, or quietly building alliances with other people in the organization.


Web Bits

Oakland Plans Closure of Most of Their Libraries
http://technorati.com/politics/article/oakland-plans-closure-of-most-of1/

NYC Libraries Warn of Consequences from 90 Million Dollar Funding Cut
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/06/17/nyc-libraries-warn-of-consequences-from-90-million-funding-cut/

Daily Thoughts 6/17/2011 (On Change)

Tavolette, e Libri per li putti Print shows man selling books which he carries in a basket.
Date Created/Published: [1646] 

Daily Thoughts 6/1872011

I read some more of On Change this morning.  They are writing about how William Bratton reorganized the New York police department and reduced crime.


We also had some urban fiction books donated as well as some dvd donations.

Today has been another steady day.  This morning I spent some time setting up Evance for the Adult Summer Reading program.  I also checked the Twitter account and the displays.


This afternoon, I spent some more time setting up programs for the July and August calendar of events, and working a bit more on ordering.


Web Bits


The Technium What Books Will Become
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/04/what_books_will.php 

Daily Thoughts 6/16/2011 (On Change)

Graffiti "Homer" by artist Roman Minin on Diaghilev's House in Perm

Daily Thoughts 6/16/2011

This morning I read a little bit of the book On Change.  It consists of ten articles from the Harvard Business Review.  I rather enjoyed the article on IBM on how they worked to change their corporate values to something more contemporary.

Today has been another quiet day.  I checked the displays and updated the Twitter account this morning. I also spent a little bit of time on Evance which is used to set up the summer reading program.

There were two books that caught my attention, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch and a series of comic books using Neil Gaiman's Sandman characters as small children drawn by Jill Thompson.  I am thinking of getting Deliriums Party A Little Endless Storybook. 

Web Bits

There is Now Shelf Awareness for Consumers called Shelf Awareness:Enlightenment for Readers.  I like reading Shelf Awareness.


http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1487#m12555