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Monthly Archives April 2006

The Yearbook Entry

One of the first things our class did when we started was set-up a Yahoo! listserv so all us first termer's would have a way to easily communicate with each other without having to use official class lists (which aren't necessarily meant for that purpose anyhow.)  So far the listserv has facilitated discussion of assignments, […]

Posted 03 April 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page § Meme ‡ Comments (0) °

Profound Statement of the Day (if you squint really hard)

Talking to someone about the Spirit of Librarianship nomination and they observed: “You are the only person stupid enough to actually want to  work in a public library that is smart enough to know what that  means.”

Posted 02 April 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (1) °

As Useless As Tits On A Bull: Library User Fees in Alberta

Hello to any visitors from the Alberta library and writing communities.  Thanks to all of you who took the time to respond to my e-mail queries regarding user fees in Alberta libraries.  All comments, on both sides of the issue, were very useful.  I've put my paper online (141 kb PDF) and I think it's […]

Posted 01 April 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) °

Why I Hate George Bush (And Love Analogies)

TEN REASONS I HATE GEORGE W. BUSH 1. He thinks he is right all the time and will not admit to errors, even when he is proven wrong over and over again.  2. He only sees one way of doing things, only one right answer.  3. He mangles the language constantly, often using bad metaphors […]

Posted 01 April 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Vote For Pedro II: Electric Boogalo

The official list of nominees for the Spirit of Librarianship Award was released the other day.  It's too bad they don't give you a little blurb on who people are and why they were nominated as I think that would help people make up their minds, especially if you don't know some (any) of the […]

Posted 01 April 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: