What I Read This Week: June 30, 2013

Can it just stop raining already? I think DC has been a magnet for clouds, rain, and storm alerts lately. It's summer - I want to be able to use my apartment complex's pool! Instead, Mother Nature keeps making me pout. Doesn't she know I have trashy summer books that need to be finished... poolside... with drinks with little umbrellas? Harumph.

At least the rain gave me a reason to get through some other worded things...

• For Work:


• I read an article called "Taking It To The Stacks" by Judy T. Greenwood. It was all about inventorying the physical collection.
• I also tackled two articles about how students use the library ("Students' Understanding of the Library of Congress Call Number System" and "What Students Really Do In The Library: An Observational Study."). Neither piece contained new information, but they did confirm my own observations.
• Since I was on a role, I also read an article called "Social Media Ethical Issues: Role of a Librarian." It wasn't really that good.
• Finally, I got around to perusing the ALA Editions Academic/Textbooks Catalog for 2013. I didn't flag any new books, but it was a good remind of what titles I've already noted.
• In Magazines:

• Martha Stewart Living, July/August 2013 - I like the bits on clams and ice cream.
• Real Simple, July 2013 - The article about how your house might make you fat was very intriguing. I also learned a new word: obessogenic. The stories about summer entertaining and summer romances were also pretty good. 
• National Geographic, July 2013 - The cover on this issue was awesome! (The iPad animation version is even better.) I love all things space and astronomy, so I found the article on our chaotic solar system to be spectacular. I also "enjoyed" the piece on songbird hunting. I use the scare quotes cause it was a rather sad piece. 
• In Books :
• I finished Carley Rooney's The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner. There was a lot of information that will be good to know when we finally hit those stages of wedding planning.
• I started a new book - Liz Carlyle's A Woman of Virtue. So far it's meh bordering on confusing.