Year: 2010

Saccarine Sunday – Eight Month Old Has Cochlear Implants Turned On For the First time

This is pretty amazing and heart-melting.(via MetaFilter which has a good discussion of the implications for the deaf community, many of whom are opposed to this type of

Saturday Snap – A Cart (A Range? A Collection? A Bay?) of Librarians at CLA 2010

My “Misadventures at CLA 2010” series sort of died out after a couple days, somewhat ironically because I was out having mis-adventures that left me less time for

My Answers to the CLA Mini-Survey

As part of their preparations for the AGM, CLA has been distributing a two-question mini-survey to members soliciting feedback about how CLA is perceived and how it can

Friday Fun Link – Cash Cow: User Fees in Alberta Public Libraries (June 4, 2010)

Posting this as a Friday Fun Link sorta feels like being the party guest who comes over and starts criticizing your housekeeping or your parenting skills or whatever. 

Misadventures at CLA 2010 – Day Two

It was a long day today, what with an early start for the First-Timer's breakfast (which I like to attend even though I am slowly realising I can

Misadventures at CLA 2010 – Day One

I did daily posts from CLA in 2006 when I ferried a van load of UWO students for that conference in Ottawa from London.  Last year in Montreal,

Ten Ways To Fix CLA

For anyone in the library community, you're probably aware that CLA is going through some tough times financially and is looking at remedies – which means this year's

Music Monday – "There she goes again/Mixing melody with a memory/She's got a song for everything/Everywhere she's been, everyone she's pleased"

iTunes Canada has a free single of the week and this week happens to be local Regina indy buzz band, Library Voices, who are sort of a western

Off to CLA

I'm off to the Canadian Library Association conference in Edmonton from Tuesday until next Sunday.  I'll likely still be blogging most days but just wanted to put this

Saturday Snap – Meet Me in St. Louis (Saskatchewan)

I was in Prince Albert for a couple days last week so stopped at the historic (and endangered) St. Louis Bridge on the way home for a quick

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