Daily Thoughts 09/23/2020

 

Virgil Writing His Epitaph at Brindisi by Angelica Kauffman, 1785

Daily Thoughts 09/23/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook Group this morning.

I worked on a grant some more today.

I put in two orders of material for new books.

I ordered some material as giveaways for the census.

I read a copy of Bookpage.

One of the people laid off who is part time came by.  I am hoping that I can hire them back to cover the computers.

I have a copy of Booklist to read.

I am doing the desk for curbside pickup.

One of our patrons, Dona Elena Hatcher, wrote a book of poetry, Word Dances, Poems on Pointe!  She attended a variety of poetry programs a while ago.

I read some more of The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books.  I am reading about how Hernando Colon worked as a surveyor for making maps as well as on a dictionary for Latin.

I read the latest copy of Library Journal.

The Mount Vernon Public Library Received a Mini Grant for the Census.  Please do your Census, call 844-330-2020 or fill out the form online at http://my2020census.gov

http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/09/ala-awards-additional-100-library-census-equity-fund-grants

What Hundreds of American Public Libraries Owe to Carnegie’s Disdain for Inherited Wealth

https://actionsprout.io/3735D8

Library of Congress Presents Virtual National Book Festival This Weekend

https://wtop.com/entertainment/2020/09/library-of-congress-presents-virtual-national-book-festival-this-weekend/

 

 

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