Daily Thoughts 6/11/2009

New York Public Library Central building, cartoons : reading room, Seeing New York with Fornaro, from N.Y. Sun, Evening, about Jan 3, 1914.

Daily Thoughts 6/11/2009

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith came in for me today to read. It is a mash up of a zombie hunter story and Jane Austen. Even better, it is illustrated with pictures of Elizabeth fighting zombies and ninjas. The book is on the New York Times bestseller list and the Locus bestseller list. It should be fun to read.

Today has been a pretty good day. I have been working on rearranging the new books display a little bit. I also read the latest Kirkus Reviews. I am planning to display a few of our rare books. I have already selected a few that might be worth displaying; now I have to figure out the best the way to display them. I updated the current events display as well. The holder for fliers and handouts was put up in the Job Information Center room. It makes the area look much nicer.

On the train to work, I read Guide To Developing A Music Library Collection by R. Michael Fling. It gave me a basic outline of what went into creating a music library. This really is not my strong point, but it gave me a few sites to recommend for titles like http://cdhotlist.btol.com/ which gives a list of selected titles for libraries. I always like looking at review sites. I think I am going to put together an updated list of where to look for reviews on the internet.

I am still reading The Thriving Library Successful Strategies for Challenging Times. I am not going to write a review of this book until I look at the libraries websites which are being talked about. I did like the survey which the author did at the end of the book.

Daily Thoughts 6/10/2009

The Harper Brothers founders of Harper & Publishers and Harpers magazine.

Daily Thoughts 6/10/2009

I went to Roger's Time Machine today which is on 207 West 14th Street in Manhattan on the second floor. It is one of those places that exists because of word of mouth. I went there to get a magazine box to store some of my older graphic novels.

I also bought a few comics to read. He always offers very fair prices. I have been going there for many years. I bought a few copies of The Escapist, a six part mini-series based on a character from the book, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay written by Michael Chabon. It is a self reflective series about writing comics in addition to a story about a superhero.

In addition, I bought the first three issues in the comic, Keith Laumer's Retief printed in 1987 by Mad Dog Graphics. This is also based on the science fiction novels of Keith Laumer. I enjoy reading comics that are based on books. It creates a different view of what a story looks like. If you wanted to read a graphic novel with a little more literary bent, you might try Remembrance of Things Past, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 based on Marcel Proust's novels done by Stephanie Heuet and Stanislas Brezet.

I sat and read my comics at the Donut Pub downstairs while sipping coffee and having a cherry muffin. It was a pleasant thing to do on my last day of vacation.

Right now, I am reading The Thriving Library Successful Strategies for Challenging Times by Marylaine Block. It has many innovative ideas about libraries.