The Faces of YouTube – heartwarming, melancholy, profound, beautiful all at once. (via MetaFilter)
“Are you interested in putting your library science education and experience to work in one of today’s most challenging, interesting and rewarding environments? Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions is recruiting for a Chief Librarian to manage the Detainee Library, under the direction of the Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” (via MetaFilter) I debated a bit about […]
What is your favourite citation style? Does it matter? Discuss.
I don't think I'm going to add this to the stuff I've got on my plate but thought I'd pass …
Finally finished, 50 Facts That Should Change The World, a book published by Disinformation Media that I've been plugging away at for a couple months in between school-related and other readings. By far, my favourite way to find books is just to wander the stacks at a library aimlessly until I serendipitously find something that […]
Below is an e-mail I just sent out to the department’s mailing list. I really *really* want a good crowd out for this event so I have a mission for you, faithful readers. I want you to subtly (and not so subtly) do everything you can to make sure we have a standing room […]
I have no idea what to write about so how about, to celebrate the beginning of NHL pre-season hockey, I link to this news clip of Edmonton Oilers prospect, Rob Schremp (formerly of the Memorial Cup winning London Knights), making an amazing move during the shootout of an exhibition match between the Oiler rookies and […]
I'm taking “Advocacy and Library Issues” with former CLA President, Wendy Newman, as a distance course this term. This is my first ever distance course (I took French 101 as a distance course back in 1993 or so but was in the classroom in front of the instructor while the other students were at sites […]
I’ve had a couple chances to plug my blog in front of the new semester of students in the last couple weeks (and have had a few compliments on the content from people who’d checked it out – thank you very much!) But obviously not everybody’s going to take the time to browse or search […]
I know this is my second Google-related FFL in a row but this one’s worth it. Google has partnered with the American Library Association to create a special page in honour of Banned Books Week (Sept 23-30). (This is the equivalent of Freedom to Read Week in Canada which happens during the last week of […]
