Year: 2007

Quote of the Day

“Why don't you look it up on DiggieFilter?”  – my mother-in-law talking about the web site I mention all the time on my blog. 😀

10 Books on Books

In my recent blog survey, someone mentioned that one of their favourite parts of this blog is my book recommendations.  Having just finished “The Logogryph: A Bibliography of

The End of the post-9/11 Era?

Reason magazine recently declared the “end of the post-9/11 era” citing a story linking Zsa Zsa Gabor with Anna Nicole Smith after the latter's death.  Hard to argue

Friday Fun Link – Africa vs. Star Wars On The Web (Feb 9, 2007)

Sometimes an idea for the day’s FFL pops right in your in-box on a Friday morning. Here’s something fellow Librarian Activist editor, David Jackson, sent me today. “I

Freedom to Read Week Event at FIMS – Monday February 19, 2007

See below for a call for readers and audience members for a Freedom to Read Week event forwarded by the esteemed Michelle Lake. I organized the event last

Public Humiliation (aka the Public Library Game)

Here's a goofy idea I had for a fun (yet embarrassing) entry… I've been going to public libraries since I was a kid.  I've visited libraries across country

"Blogs, they're what old people do now."

“Blogs, they're what old people do now…E-mail is the same way. The youngest generation of Internet users don't bother with blogs or e-mail, preferring social sites such as

Is This A Gift For The Baby or the Parents?

Now, we just need:“My Grandpa Thompson is a Gas Man”“Help! My Grandma Thompson is Stealing Me (again)”“How come my Grandpa Hammond has as many teeth as I do?”

Nursing Truths (in the "RN" sense, not the "baby juice" sense)

Nurses, rightfully so, have one of the highest trust/respect ratings of any profession in society. But like any profession, they're not immune to frustrations with their patients. Here's

The OPAC – A Question (Mark)

For many library users, the OPAC is the source of connection to their library – how they find books, movies, CD's, etc.  And it's a well-known issue in

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I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.

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