Books I've read recently

Ran out of time to write so just going to list them without commenting

• Generation Earn by Kimberly Palmer isbn: 978-58008-236-5
• The end of work as you know it by Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell, PhD isbn: 978-1-58008-997-5
• The Creative Life by Julia Cameron isbn: 978-1-58542-824-3
• The Official Book of Electonic Etiquette by Charles, Anne, Elizabeth Anne and Charles Winters II isbn:1-61608-102-3
• Eels by James Prosek isbn:978-0-06-056611-1
• The Trump Card by Ivanka Trump isbn: 978-4391-4001-7
• Growing Tasty Tropical Plants by Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin isbn: 978-1-60342-577-3
• Wetland Gems by Wisconsin Wetlands Association www.wisconsinwetlands.org no isbn?
• Floating Cities by Stephen Wiltshire (artist) isbn: 0-671-75568-4
  

This book is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson

She talks about how she became interested in libraries and librarians and their history. She discusses how today's librarians are computer savy and excellent researchers. Able to dig out and organize information. Refine and narrow search by subject. how to find, save and organize important information. Many of them blog. write zines.participate in second life virtual realty, collaborate, share digital resources and meet. The British Library has something called Turning the Pages. Radicalreference.info provides services regardless of political leaning. How libraries are changing. some from research and archives of esoteric materials for scholars to research to common community outreach based. digitalization of library resources. digital inventory being organized. how patrons access and use library websites and how that keeps changing. create and share is the current trend. Library clientele may expand beyond the currently geographically constrained boundaries.
isbn: 978-0-06-143160-9

Collage lab by Bee Shay

This is a very thorough book on the various media, substrate and techniques used in collage. It laid out so you can follow 52 labs to get a thorough grounding in collage or if you prefer just look up the techniques that you are interested in.

She has a website: http://collagelab.typepad.com/collagelab/

isbn: 1-59253-565-8

What Women What by Paco Underhill

This book is about how women are changing the global marketplace through their rising economic power. It gives a short synopsis of how certain businesses are/were geared toward men and how some businesses are changing/ have changed to attract female customers. Businesses can succeed by making women comfortable by catering to her standards for cleanliness, control, security and consideration about issues involving weight and muscle.

isbn: 978-1-4165-6995-4

Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson

This novel is based on the fact that women successfully homesteaded in the west. It was an interesting and fun read.

isbn: 978-0-7642-0513-2

Cognitive Surplus Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

by Clay Shirky

This book explores the effect social media is having in society, how it is currently evolving and what effect it is having on our capability to share knowledge which previously was more difficult to share.

Here is the author's website: http://www.shirky.com/

isbn:978-1-59420-253-7

What's Mine is Yours, the rise of collaborative consumption by Racel Botsman & Roo Rogersh

This book explores how the internet helps people share, barter, lend, trade, gift and swap. It organizes examples into product service systems, redistribution systems and collaborative lifestyles. It explains the underlying principles that make collaborative consumption work; critical mass, idling capacity, belief in the commons, and trust between strangers. The book's website is http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com/

isbn: 978-0-06-196354-4