Daily Thoughts 09/18/2020

 


Claude Monet, Dans La Prairie, 1876

Daily Thoughts 09/18/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook Group this morning.

I read some more of The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books on the way to work.  I am reading about how Christopher Columbus put together a book of prophecy for the new world.  He wanted to convert the native peoples he encountered to christianity.

I spent some time posting on the census.  Someone came in to use a chrome book to fill out the census.  We got a large set of boxes of the We Count Kids books.

I spent some time on the reference desk helping with Curbside Pickup.

The Great Outdoors, Libraries Turn To Drone Delivery, Outdoor Browsing, and Other Alfresco Services

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/the-great-outdoors-library-services-covid-19/

The Pandemic is Transforming How Americans Use Public Libraries, Parks, and Streers-- and its Depriving Vulnerable People of Space When They Need it Most

https://www.insider.com/how-public-space-will-change-after-pandemic-class-race-inequality-2020-9

Wifi Sign of the Times As New Yorkers Gather Outside Libraries for Free Internet

https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/15/21439065/new-yorkers-gather-outside-libraries-for-free-internet




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