Daily Thoughts 11/17/2020

 

Postage stamp depicting the main building of the Tampere City Library ("Metso"), designed by Raili & Reima Pietilä, 1987, Public Domain

Daily Thoughts 11/17/2020

I took a day off from blogging.  I played some video games and relaxed.

I checked the Twitter and Facebook Group for the library this morning.

I finished reading Active Measures The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid.  I liked the last part of this book.  It showed how prevalent disinformation has become to ordinary citizens caught up in a battle of control of what we believe by government agencies like the NSA in the United States an GRU in Russia.  It demonstrates how we must be vigilant about what we read, look at and listen to.  There is a battle for the hearts and minds of people all over the world by competing visions of what we should believe.  It is up to us to decide.

I also read some more of The Writer's Library.  I am reading an interview of Madeline Miller.   

I checked the new book displays.         

I worked on two orders of books.

I deleted some more missing items.  We are planning on database cleanup for the catalog.

I looked through the latest copy of the New York Review of Books and the New York Times Book Review.                                                               

Proposal to Install Spyware In University Libraries To Protect Copyright Shocks Academics

https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/spyware-in-libraries/?fbclid=IwAR24dgNIxRGaRG22CKtpXaYCj-vb6ol46YT5c05-pwVEgRcRR7SDg-JkIhw

The Australian Libraries and Information Association and National Archives Band Together Against Disinformation

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7011365/australias-libraries-urge-government-to-adopt-anti-disinformation-policy/

Trump Will Get Portrait, Library No Matter His Future Plans

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-will-get-portrait-library-no-matter-his-future-plans/ar-BB1b3fXp

Boston Library Spent $75K to Increase Anti-racism Books, Libraries Across Massachusetts Are Looking to do the Same

https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/11/boston-public-library-spent-75k-to-increase-anti-racism-books-libraries-across-massachusetts-are-looking-to-do-the-same.html


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