Daily Thoughts 7/14/2011

[Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C.]
Date Created/Published: [1899]


Daily Thoughts 7/14/2011


I read a bit more of On Leadership on the train to work.


This morning, I checked the Twitter account, got a donation of books, checked the displays, and checked the Ereference.  There were a number of interesting donations; Catullus the Complete Poems, The Life of Pi by Yan Martel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson were a few of the books worth adding to the collection.


I received an invitation to Google+ in my email this morning.  Hopefully, it should be interesting.

We added a set of eight more pictures to our Historic Library Images, Adult Circulation Through Time...
http://www.mountvernonpubliclibrary.org/node/282

We have two programs.  One is a Wills Workshop where wills are being discussed.  We are also opening the computer lab on Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. to help with the overflow from the cybercorner.  People seem to mainly be doing job search online.

The books, Curation Nation Why The Future of Content Is Context How To Win In a World Where Consumers Are Curators by Steven Rosenbaum came in for me to read.  This is a book on content.   Also the science fiction book, Out of the Dark by David Weber came in for me to read.  It is a book about alien invasion of earth.

Web Bits


What skills does a Digital Archivist or Librarian Need?
http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/07/what-skills-does-a-digital-archivist-or-librarian-need/

The 5 Most Stolen Books by Gabe Habash
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/?p=5788

Daily Thoughts 11/4/2010 (programs, the story of stuff)

Boston Sunday herald. The Boston herald opera house next Sunday March 8th. (1893-1897)

Daily Thoughts 11/4/2010

Today has been another quiet, steady day.  I spent some time checking the displays.  We had the counselor from SCORE come in today to do small business counseling.  It is his first set of sessions today.  We have four people signed up for one hour sessions.  I also got a call for tomorrow to speak to a gentleman from the Association of Community Based Artists of Westchester who will be talking to me about doing a poetry reading series.  I have his book on display.

There is another meeting from a womans legal service.  We are providing some reading if they want to check out books on issues like parenting, domestic violence, and other things.

The book, The Master Switch The Rise And Fall of Information Empires came in for me to read by Tim Wu.  It is a business history book.

I read some more of The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard.  She is writing about consumerism and advertising.  Personally, I am not a fan of having a huge amount of stuff.  I also don't watch much television or advertising.  I do like things, but would rather own less and have it be better quality.  Part of her discussion is about planned obsolescence; making things so that they are easily disposed of.  She also talks about how shopping does not bring happiness.

Tomorrow is the book sale of the Friends of the Library.  I'll definitely stop by and have some coffee and look at the tables of books.

Daily Thoughts 8/10/2010 ( programs, local history )

Peter Dell the Elder: Portrait of Jakob Woler; Würzburg 1529; boxwood

Daily Thoughts 8/10/2010

On the train to work, I read a little bit more of Mental Health Naturally.  The section I read was on the communication; how to talk to yourself so you don't put yourself down as well as change negative conversations.  I also took a little bit of time to read some more of Smart Start-Ups.  I was reading about how to keep a low profile, ask users for funding, and generate interest in your site.





While reading through Shelf Awareness an email newsletter, I saw an interesting book on books, Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture by  Jim Collins.  None of our libraries have it yet.  I am going to request it through interlibrary loan.




This morning I spent a little bit of time in the local history room.  There is a fairly large photograph collection in there.  Many of the photographs are not yet identified.  There are also a lot of photographs of our building dating all the way back to its founding.  There is even a painting of the library from 1906 with a picture of a horse and buggy in front of the library. 




I also spent some time in a meeting for planning the events that are happening in the next two months.  We are going to have the Graphic Novels Club and the Brown Bag Book Chat as ongoing events because they have been working so far.  I have to work a little bit on better publicity for these events.




I was reading through Publishers Weekly and came across something a little bit unusual.  There is a zombie novel written for teenagers written in a haiku style by K.A. Holt and illustrated by Gahan Wilson called Brains For Lunch.  It is a curiosity to me to see it in the books for teens section.