Year: 2006

Friday Fun Link – May 19, 2006 (Do Library Books Carry Diseases?)

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, I posted a weekly link to a fun/informative/weird web site that was somehow connected to writers or books. (Based

A Listserv Is Only Valuable When…

…people use it.  It seems like common sense but sometimes organizations focus so much on controlling how the listserv is used that they neglect to encourage people to

Because I Was Looking For Some *More* Extracurricular Activities To Be Involved With…

…I am now one of the three people involved in running LibrarianActivist.org, a great web site that I occasionally visited even before coming to library school and which

I Get Letters, Loads and Loads of Letters (Also: How Does A Duck Cross the Road?)

I got a lengthy response to my “5 Ways To Improve Library School” post from Michael Thibault, the new Academic Rep for the MLIS Student Council (although he

How To Boost Your "Books Read" Count Really Quickly

I multiplied the number of books I've read this year by a factor of about seven today.  Of course, I did this by reading the twenty-four or so

Hawksley Workman = Awesome!

Went to the Hawksley Workman show tonight (early show – I think London is the only place on the current tour that got two shows because of high

Five Easy Ways To Improve Library School

Spending the afternoon at the Grad Club yesterday with a bunch of first-term students got me thinking about what my first week here was like, what my first

"A Torture Bubble of Angst"

…is probably not how you should describe the MLIS program to your mentee when you meet with her for the first time.  Of course, I've just had it

Worst. Professor. Ever.

Not really but Gord Nickerson made a joke in class today about how he'd probably go home and read all about how he was the Worst Professor Ever

Meme, Does It Rhyme With Dream?

It's not quite 3am (aka “bedtime”) so I'll do one more, based on a meme-thing I found on Kathleen's blog: 10 Favorites. —> Favorite Color: red. —> Favorite

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