Daily Thoughts 10/08/2020

 

The Enemies of Books, William Blades, 1881

Daily Thoughts 10/08/2020

I checked the Facebook Group and Twitter for the library.

I have been rereading It Takes What It Takes.  I am finding it calming.

I am listening to a Zoom Lecture on Prohibition done by David Osborn from St. Paul's Church in Mount Vernon, New York.

We have been discussing weeding lately.

I looked for some missing items.  I also picked out some books in the biography section to be put in the mezzanine.

There is a meeting tonight of the Complete Count Committee for the City of Mount Vernon.  I am going to watch some of it on Zoom.

Silicon Valley Is Using Our Own Intelligence to Make Us Obsolete

https://medium.com/team-human/silicon-valley-is-using-our-own-intelligence-to-make-us-obsolete-813c7a4ac2fd

America’s Internet Wasn’t Prepared For Online School

https://www.theverge.com/21504476/online-school-covid-pandemic-rural-low-income-internet-broadband

Libraries Are Helping Communities Cope In Big And Small Ways During the Pandemic

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/libraries-pandemic-programs-reopening-virtual-books-help-aid/3585372001/

 


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