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Monthly Archives November 2007

Eight Laws of Library Technology

John M., who knows his stuff from both sides of the coin, having been an IBM web developer before beginning library school, has written a post entitled “Eight Laws of Library Technology” that's worth a read.This is a topic that's in my head a lot having recently been introduced to Evergreen, an open source ILS […]

Posted 30 November 2007 § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (3) °

Six Ideas That Will Change The World

Six Ideas That Will Change the World(I also fixed the broken link in yesterday's post if anybody wants to see my paper and presentation on e-branch services for public libraries.  Thanks to John M. for (gently) pointing out the mistake! )

Posted 29 November 2007 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Electronic Library Services Paper & Presentation

I made a somewhat cryptic reference to a special project I'd been given in a previous post on My 10 Favourite Things About My New Job.  At the time, I said “I'm not going to talk too much about it here yet but I've been given a special project to work on that is about […]

Posted 28 November 2007 § Internet § Library § Main Page § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (4) °

I've Seen The Future of the ILS…

…and it just might be Evergreen.  The University of Windsor is listed as one of the organizations involved with this open source ILS so if anybody who did a co-op there has thoughts (or anybody else who's familiar with Evergreen via other channels), I'd love to hear what you think. Useless trivia of the day: […]

Posted 27 November 2007 § Internet § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (6) °

Green Is The Colour/Football Is The Game (and some YouTube Highlights While You're Waiting For The Game)

In 1989, the Riders won only their second Grey Cup ever in the 95 year history of the CFL (admittedly, pretty embarrassing in an 8-10 team league.)  They won with a team led by QB Kent Austin in a game played in Toronto's Skydome.  This year, the Riders, with Austin as coach, go into the […]

Posted 25 November 2007 § Main Page § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

The Saskatchewan Book Awards Are Tonight

The Riders aren't the only ones in Saskatchewan hoping to win a big prize this weekend – it's also time for the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards.  Except for last year when I was in Ontario for school, I've attended every Gala since 1997.  I served on their board for three years… (one of these people […]

Posted 24 November 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Most Unusual Books In The World & 15 Word Illusions (Nov 23, 2007)

A couple fun visual sites…The Most Unusual Books of the World Fifteen Word Illusions And a bonus deep thought for the day: “As a librarian, you can be idealistic.  As a manager, you must be pragmatic.”

Posted 24 November 2007 § FridayFunLink § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

"Paint The Whole World Green" – Jason Plumb & the Willing

Does anybody remember The Waltons?  One of the best CanRock bands of the early to mid-1990's and the pride of Regina.  Their lead singer, Jason Plumb, is back in Saskatchewan and a fixture in the local music scene. (via Abandoned Stuff)

Posted 23 November 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Best Book Covers of 2007

Some pretty amazing work here…The Book Design Review

Posted 21 November 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Happy Six Month Birthday Pace!

You hear it from everybody but there's still no way to prepare for how quickly the time flies.  Six months already.  Wow.  (Full disclosure – the picture on the right is from his THREE month birthday.  I don't have a current version of this shot but will get one next weekend.)    Latest milestone – […]

Posted 20 November 2007 § Baby § Humour § Main Page § Photo § Video ‡ Comments (4) °