I've posted a couple interesting links over at Librarian Activist so go check them out if you have a chance. I did my “Book Talk” presentation today in Children's Lit. A book talk is where you present a book to a classroom of children to encourage them to read it. My presentation was pretty well […]
I'm creating a playlist of songs that have some connection to SW Ontario, preferably by specific name checks of locations in the title of the song but also by subject matter, artist residency or other similar factors. Here's what I've got so far…“Linda, Put the Coffee On” – Ray Materick “Tillsonburg” – Stompin' Tom Connors“Wreck […]
Okay, the call for the Spirit of Librarianship Award for the summer semester has come out so I'll end my self-imposed ban on blogging about the award (I talked about it A LOT last semester.) First off, the notice: The Spirit of Librarianship Award is presented to a Master of Library and Information Science student […]
This weekend was probably my busiest social weekend since getting to London… Friday night, we went to Christina's party as I believe I already mentioned. The athletics of other people alluded to in the title of this post were the group of crazy buggers who played bocce ball in the dark… …while I held […]
Here's a sample overview of some highlights for a random week at FIMS…MondayI don't have class on Monday which means it's technically the day that I work on my independent Study project. This week, I think I worked on sleeping, playing computer games, watching Oprah and eating Cheetos. TuesdayTuesday is our management class. Because it's […]
Stealing a meme from my mentee's blog:Name five things that make you insanely happy for absolutely no fathomable reason: 1. Sticky notes (and office supply stores in general)2. Walking in the rain without an umbrella3. Spicy potatoes 4. Long Greyhound bus rides5. Crossing things off my To Do list (Of course, if I think about […]
How Hot Is It In Ontario Right Now?“It's hotter than a bull's balls when the summer stalls” as we say out west. (Actually we don't say this out west – I just made it up. If somebody did say this, I have a strong suspicion that a guy in a cowboy hat would beat them […]
Math is apparently not my specialty because when I wrote an entry or two ago that the summer semester was half-over as of Friday, it took a conversation with Lindsay today to make me realise that for anyone in the program planning to do it in one year straight (three semesters of five classes each […]
Here's the report that a couple classmates sent to our class listserv with their take on the CLA conference… —The good:The 2 best presentations we saw were on Thursday, one on recruitment in Academic Libraries, and the other was a debate on whether we as librarians have made ourselves obsolete over the past decade. The […]
Just back from the CLA conference (it officially ended up Saturday but we stayed an extra day to do some sightseeing and so we'd have a full day to drive home instead of rushing on Saturday.) Turns out this was a wise decision as I'll explain later… Saturday, I was again up very early and […]
