Year: 2006

FIMS-related Online Forums and Groups

I mentioned the idea of (re)starting an alumni association in the “50 Ways To Improve FIMS” post a couple days ago.  Someone wrote to let me know there

50 Good Things About FIMS

Here is another massive list - "50 Good Things About FIMS" to complete the "95(+5) Theses of FIMS" I started yesterday with my "50 Ways To Improve FIMS"

50 Ways To Improve FIMS

Here is the granddaddy of all library school lists - 50 ways that FIMS could be improved. Some are incredibly simple, small changes; some are pretty significant and

One Thing Every LIS Student Needs To Know (Reader Participation Thread)

I have an idea for another LIS-related list but thought it might be better to (try to) take advantage of the number of students and alumni out there

Friday Fun Link – Anti-technology "Life Hacks" (Dec 8, 2006)

Posting this discussion on an Internet web site is sort of antithetical to the purpose but anyhow, AskMetafilter recently had a thread about anti-technology “life hacks” – ways

Some Quick Thoughts on the Decanal Candidates

FIMS is in the final stages of selecting a new Dean (who will likely start mid-next year I think).  I went to the open sessions for the three

Oscar's First Snow Day

UWO had a snow day today and were recommending that no one come to the campus unless necessary.  So of course Shea and I decided to take a

Good Samaritan Library Student Freezes To Death, Wife in Mourning (But Happy To Take Over Blog Duties)

“Shea” here again: They found Jason frozen in a snow bank tonight along with his ever-present digital camera.  This was a photo he took just as he left

You Should have come home earlier

Ha.  I think you missed posting today Jason because you didn't make it home from the bar yet! LoveShea

How To Make A Rye & Coke Press

I love looking at my referrer logs to see the search terms that bring people to this blog.  Since December 1, that has been phrases such as:“Is+April+the+highest+suicide+month?”“How Long

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I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.

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