Daily Thoughts 10/22/2010
Today has been quite quiet. I did a little weeding in the oversize books, checked on the displays and looked over a few things which needed to be done. I am going to be meeting with BWI this afternoon. I am also going to be talking to Ingram next week. Ingram offers a discount of 5% on video games which other vendors don't offer. I am also planning a visit to a technology center at another local library with a colleague.
I also did some more reading through Booklist this morning for things to order and read the email newsletter Shelf Awareness which is interesting. Shelf Awareness is well worth subscribing to http://news.shelf-awareness.com/signup.jsp?appid=411
The BWI visit went well. We cleared up some issues and the sales representative offered us their free alert service for childrens and young adult books. I put holds on I live in the future & here's how it works : why your world, work, and brain are being creatively disrupted by Nick Bilton and The master switch : the rise and fall of information empire by Tim Wu.
The book, The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger came in for me to read. If you are interested in biographies in graphic novel form, there is a book called Ethel and Ernest A True Story by Raymond Briggs which is a very sweet tribute to the authors parents.
I spent some time reading from my Fundamentals of Acquisitions class. I learned that there was an Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries http://www.subscription-agents.org/about-asa which was kind of interesting.
On the ride home, I read some more of The Art of Non-Conformity. It has slowed a bit. Some of the things he says are on target. I especially like his view on self education often being more important than a university education. He skipped out of high school and started community college when he was sixteen. I tested out of high school when I was seventeen and went into community college. I don't regret it at all. Right now, I am reading about how to gain followers and lead. It is a slightly different take than usual.
Web Bits
Library Inc. From the Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/Library-Inc/124915
Booksellers on owning a cafe bookstore. http://bit.ly/dnLD2H
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