Daily Thoughts 11/26/2020

 

The Chap Book Thanksgiving, William Henry Bradley, 1895

Daily Thoughts 11/26/2020

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook Group.

I read some more of The End of Mental Illness.  I am reading about how the immune system effects the brain.

I also read a little bit of Life Without Diabetes.  I am reading about different diets for diabetes.

I watched a documentary called The Booksellers.  The documentary covered a lot of things which are no longer around.  Most of the bookstores in the movie are no longer there or are near the point of closing.  Also many of the activities like picking books have died.  The movie comes at the beginning of the internet.  It even describes how Barnes and Noble took over the book trade.  Now, we have Amazon which has taken over the book trade.  I liked seeing the old images, they were very nostalgic.

Historical Postcards of New York City From the Picture Collection

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/11/29/historical-postcards-new-york-city?utm_campaign=NYPLSocialMedia&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social


Public Libraries Are Guiding Companies to Information They Need In Coronavirus Crisis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2020/11/25/public-libraries-are-guiding-companies-to-information-they-need-in-the-pandemic/?sh=46981d1b2b91


The Biggest Savings Are Always At Your Library

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/biggest-savings-are-always-your-library


Our Collective Power Coming Together for Mutual Aid and Advocacy

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/11/02/our-collective-power-librarian-advocacy/


Sir David Ajeye's Sustainable Library Will Be Partially Built from Mud

https://newatlas.com/architecture/adjaye-associates-thabo-mbeki-presidential-library/




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