Year: 2006

A Week of Learning at FIMS

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

Friday Fun Link – July 7, 2006 (Largest Cities Throughout History)

One of the great things about doing a weekly fun link targetted at librarians is that I can basically link to anything interesting I find since it’s all

Five Things That Make Me Insanely Happy

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.

Lunch Bucket/Film Series Double-Header

Our first Lunch Bucket speaker of the summer will be on Wednesday July 19 from 12-1pm.  Jean McKay is a local author and creative writing instructor who has

A Very Efffective Use of PowerPoint

This was the second slide in a presentation that Linda Schneider of the FIMS Graduate Resource Centre gave to our “Collections Development” course back in early June.  She

Randomness (Happy Canada Day & Fourth of July)

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

Half-Done Part II: My Statement of Intent

A week ago I blogged about how, since I was half done my second semester of three, I was half-done the program.  But in my head, I've always

Links of the Day – Ten Rules for the New Librarians + City-wide Wifi in Toronto

Just in time for all my classmates' co-op interviews, Michael Stephens has posted: Ten Rules for the New Librarians which includes some tips for interviews in the comments.And

The Most Frightening Film I've Ever Seen

I have a classmate who was raised in a Christian fundamentalist household.  She's in a children's lit class with me and we were talking about scary books we

Friday Fun Link – June 30, 2006 (Book Burro)

Book Burro is a Firefox extension that adds quick & easy comparison shopping ability for all your book buying needs.  (via Ubuntu Essentials)

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