Year: 2007

Hump Day

Today was my first “hump day” in a long time so I'm really sorry to do this to you but…Our catalouging prof, the newly minted Dr. E. Davies,

You Know You're From A Small Town When…

I used the following list when I did up a “mini-yearbook” for our 10 year high school reunion and came across it recently in a new Facebook group

69/100 – My Web site's Grade Is Equal to My Grade Nine French Mark

WebSite Grade For https://headtale.com : 69/100 (overall) A website grade of 69 for https://headtale.com means that of the thousands of websites that have previously been submitted to the

A World Famous Violinist Plays in the Subway – What Happens?

A onetime child prodigy, at 39 Joshua Bell has arrived as an internationally acclaimed virtuoso. Three days before he appeared at the Metro station, Bell had filled the

2005 Canadian Book Publishing Statistics

The book publishing industry recorded total revenues of just over $2.4 billion in 2005, up only 1.6% from 2004. This was in sharp contrast to the 19% growth rate that occurred from 2000 to 2004. Despite the

Security Hole in Facebook?

I've had this happen a couple times in the past few weeks so thought I'd mention it.  If you add someone on Facebook who has the “Auto Reply”

Friday Fun Link – "Don't Mind Me, I'm Dead" – How The Public Library Became Heartbreak Hotel (April 6, 2007)

I've addressed this before but my readership has grown quite a bit since the last time I talked about it so I'll give some background on the FFL's

FIMS MLIS Placement Surveys (2003-2005)

Well, my first week of work is over (nice to start on a week with a stat holiday!) and as I dig into my bag of bookmarks for

Library Tourism

I've always been somebody who enjoyed checking out the libraries in towns and cities I've visited across Canada and around the world.  Whether it's a public, academic or

Winter 2007 Spirit of Librarianship Nominations Announced

I can't believe it's been a year since I won the Spirit of Librarianship Award!  And now with the self-serving comment out of the way, let's get to

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