Daily Thoughts 04/08/2021

 

Knowledge Wins, Circa 1918

Daily Thoughts 04/08/2021

I went and got vaccinated this morning.  I had my first shot.  I have to go in for a second one soon.

I read a little bit.  What I am reading is a secret today.  I will tell you tomorrow.

I took some time off from this blog to relax.

This morning, I read a copy of the New York Review of Books and the New York Times Book Review.

I also worked on two orders of new books.

Right now, I am the only librarian in the building.  Maintenance is here.  Everyone else is out sick.  It is an odd experience.

I read the news online and looked at some library news.

From Breakbeats to Books: Essential Titles in Hip-Hop | Collection Development

https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=from-breakbeats-to-books-essential-titles-in-hip-hop

ALA Releases 2020 Most Challenged Books

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/86000-ala-releases-2020-most-challenged-books-list.html

Libraries Are Key Tools for People Getting Out of Prison, Even During a Pandemic

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/28/980434263/libraries-are-key-tools-for-people-getting-out-of-prison-even-during-a-pandemic

NASA named the Perseverance rover's landing spot for Octavia E. Butler, the pioneering Black science-fiction author

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/us/octavia-butler-perseverance-mars-nasa-scn-trnd/index.html

 

Where Monarchs Reign


https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/03/01/library-butterfly-gardens-where-monarchs-reign/

 

 

 


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