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Monthly Archives June 2007

Friday Fun Link – Librarians As The Enemies of Books (June 6, 2007)

A bookseller writes in Library Quarterly about how librarians are the enemies of books – marking them up with tape, stamps and glue, getting rid of unwanted and obsolete books and so on. (Oh, and it’s an article written in 1937. Have things changed or are librarians still responsible for “ruining” books?) (via MetaFilter)

Posted 09 June 2007 § FridayFunLink § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Why Raising Babies Is Like Making Bread (And Thoughts On Why I Blog Daily)

Jill has a really nice post about being a parent that resonated as Shea and I head towards our son's first month on this planet (and after dad's first week back in the office.)Michelle also admits to some amount of shame at her lack of blogosity in comparison to my almost-daily-posting track record, especially with […]

Posted 08 June 2007 § Baby § Blog § Main Page ‡ Comments (1) °

Oscar is due today…

…I wonder if it'll be a boy or a girl? 

Posted 06 June 2007 § Baby § Main Page § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

A Thought…

When I am If I were to be King of the Universe, every new mother would receive eighteen months of paid maternity leave at their full salary with no cap (right now, I think it's something like $1600/month as the maximum you can collect no matter what you make as a salary).   There would […]

Posted 04 June 2007 § Baby § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (2) °

How To Give A Good Presentation

This is a subject that's been on my mind as a possible topic for a post since probably before I started this blog and came back to the forefront of my thoughts after getting some very nice compliments about the eulogy I did for my grandfather last week.  I'm not a presentation expert by any […]

Posted 03 June 2007 § Library § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

Extended Warranties

Have you ever had the experience of going into an electronics store and having a salesperson try to hard sell you an extended warranty before you've even committed to actually buying a product?  There's a mixed view on these warranties which are licenses to print money for the electronics retailers – some people say you […]

Posted 03 June 2007 § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The Internet Library of Early Journals (June 1, 2007)

The Internet Library of Early Journals is a digitized collection of journals from the 18th and 19th centuries. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 01 June 2007 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

"It's rare that I find a library journal article so interesting!"

Home from BC and lots of catching up to do in terms of e-mail as well as other domestic chores.  Back to work next Tuesday and the two weeks I had off for Pace's birth have passed way too fast, especially with a three-day detour in the middle of it.  It was fitting that I […]

Posted 01 June 2007 § Canada § Library § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: