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Monthly Archives February 2009

Why Canadian Banks Are The Most Solid In The World

A Newsweek story focusing on the different cultures of banks in the US and Canada and what that's meant for each country's respective economic situation.(via Reddit)

Posted 08 February 2009 § Canada § Main Page § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – DeweyMusic (Feb 6, 2009)

The title of this site is perhaps a bit misleading, especially for us library types.  So  I'll let the original poster on MetaFilter take it away… “DeweyMusic makes browsing archive.org's Live Music Archive super easy.”(For anybody who doesn't know about Archive.org, I'd suggest reading its Wikipedia page or watching a talk given by the site's […]

Posted 07 February 2009 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Librarian Light Bulb Joke

“How many librarians does it take to change a light bulb?”“I don't know but I can look it up for you…”(One of our maintenance guys told me this one today.  Of course, I immediately tried to come up with a “How many maintenance guys does it take to look something up in the ready reference […]

Posted 06 February 2009 § Humour § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Web 2.0 Is Eating My Brain

I've got Web 2.0 on the brain lately.  After former FIMS classmate and current RPL colleague Trudi S. gave a very well-received “Introduction to Web 2.0” session for a mixture of staff members from across the RPL system, I was asked by one of our branch heads if I could repeat this training for them […]

Posted 06 February 2009 § Internet § Library § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Some Library Tensions

The role of management is to do what's in the best interest of the organization.The role of the union is to do what's in the best interest of the people who make up its membership.Union members are expected to adhere to the rules and duties described in the union contract and their job description.Professional librarians […]

Posted 04 February 2009 § Library § List § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "When the weather gets rough/And it's whiskey in the shade/It's best to wrap your saviour/Up in cellophane." – February 2, 2009

A mesmerizing live performance…

Posted 02 February 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) °

Seven Things You May Not Know About Me

Amy was good enough to a) admit no one tagged her but she was doing it anyhow then b) tag me for the “Seven Things You May Not Know About Me” meme that's going around.  The only reason I mention that first part is because that's similar to my own approach to web memes – […]

Posted 02 February 2009 § List § Main Page § Meme ‡ Comments (0) °

A Few Mini-Movie Reviews (Avec Tangents)

– Just watched “The Reader” and after a slow start, it turned out to be quite an enjoyable film.  Plus I don't think it's a spoiler to mention that a helpful prison librarian plays a small part in the movie near the end – always a bonus to see librarians in films and a double-bonus […]

Posted 01 February 2009 § Censorship § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: