Daily Thoughts 04/27/2012

Homme à la pipe. Signed and dated Marcoussis 30, pencil on paper, 22.9 x 16.8 cm

Daily Thoughts 04/27/2012

I udpated the Twitter and Facebook pages for the library.  I also read some more of  The Power of Habit.  Charles Duhigg is describing how company routines keep the peace inside corporations.  Certain habits become ways of creating truces between rivals.  I am enjoying reading Infoquake as well.  The main character in Infoquake, Natch has a ruthless and obsessive streak which makes him seem more businesslike.

I spent a little more time on CSS with Codecademy today.

I put together the monthly statistics for adult programs for March.  I also did a quick check of the gift books and the displays.

This morning I took some time off to speak to a colleague originally from Brooklyn Public Library.  It was informative.  Things are quite challenging for libraries right now.

The book Straphanger Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe has come in for me to read.  I have always been a big fan of trains.

Web Bits

Infographic Meet the 19%
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/infographic-why-publishers-should-focus-on-the-19_b50691

Daily Thoughts 04/26/2012

Daily Thoughts 04/26/2012

I read some more of The Power of Habit.  Charles Duhigg describes one of the most important keystone habits is to develop willpower or self-discipline with regular activities that require a lot of focus.  Sports helps this a lot.

This morning, I checked the Twitter and Facebook accounts for the library.

We are having the Computer Lab for Academic Use between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.  I am also checking to see if we might want to have a computer class for Excel and Powerpoint.

I have moved from learning HTML to learning basic CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in Codecademy,

I spent some more time looking through professional library literature and also took a look at the latest list of purchase alerts for items with high numbers of holds.

Web Bits

Busy as a BEA Visit Book Expo America June 4-7
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/shows-events/bea/busy-as-a-bea-visit-bookexpo-america-june-4-7/
This is one of my favorite book events.  I always ship back several boxes of books to my library and enjoy the many events associated with it.

http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/in-the-bookroom/she-needs-more-book-reviewers/ It looks like Library Journal is looking for book reviewers. It would be interesting if someone wants to try for it.