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Daily Archives Wednesday, March 2007

Tommy Douglas on Librarians

One of the books I've got on the go right now is an oral history of Tommy Douglas called “Touched By Tommy: Stories of Hope and Humour About Canada's Most Loved Political Leader, T.C. Douglas”I thought this anecdote about librarians was funny:“Everyone was saying nice things about John Archer.  He was leaving the Legislative Library […]

Posted 28 March 2007 § Humour § Library § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) °

Canadians Still Reading

See below for some happy-making stats from a recently released survey.   Two questions occur though – how do they correct for the people who over-represent their reading habits?  (Even if asked anonymously, some might be inclined to say that they read more than they do.  What's the term for that?  Where you try to please […]

Posted 28 March 2007 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Summer 2007 – My Course Picks

The remainder of my cohort who are still at FIMS are trading info on our Yahoo! group about the courses that might be interesting/useful/fun for summer term and so I, of course, had to chime in with my thoughts.  Here's what I wrote to them:—Hey all, If anybody's interested, I combed through the end-of-term evaluations […]

Posted 28 March 2007 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °