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Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Five – Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Calgary #FTRW Committee Council Presentation (February 2004)

Through my work with the Writers Guild of Alberta, I became involved with the Calgary Freedom to Read Week Committee. I can’t find it online now but my memory is that this committee of writers, librarians, publishers and social activists was formed after some MLA held up some book in the Alberta Legislature to denounce […]

Friday Fun Link – Which Dewey Decimal Number Are You?

The NYPL has a Buzzfeed-esque quiz that’s pretty fun…

¶ Posted 12 February 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education

@officialRPL ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas… #yqr

RPL’s Marketing Unit has created some great content recently including this timely video featuring a number of well-known Regina names…

¶ Posted 24 December 2020 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, holiday, language, xmas

Sask Library Association Recommendation Letter (June 2001)

Going through some old papers, I came across this recommendation letter from the Sask Library Association Executive Director. If this letter didn’t make it clear, I’ve always felt a strong connection to libraries, loved getting to work for the province’s library association and, only five short years later, I’d be off to library school to […]

¶ Posted 26 November 2020 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Used To Be?

Had an urge to pose with this book at my library for some reason – “I Used To Be A Miserable F*ck”. 😉

¶ Posted 14 November 2020 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

My Thoughts On Some Controversial Library Opinions

There was a good Twitter thread recently which posed a simple question: “What’s your controversial library opinion?” I thought it might be interesting to record some of my responses to these opinions whether I agreed or disagree (if this isn’t clear, all the bolded opinions below were submitted by Twitbrarians and the plain text under […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2020 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Jobs § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: education, language

Friday Fun Link – Browsing The Stacks: A Photo Appreciation of Libraries

The Atlantic has a paywall but allows a certain number of free visits each month so hopefully you can get in (or have a VPN or use Incognito Mode). This is a pretty amazing photo essay. (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 18 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We are closing for at least two weeks, maybe more” (March 16, 2020)

This was the sign one of my staff hastily wrote during the frantic last day my library was open to the public (which ironically, I suspect was one of the busiest circulation days in my branch’s history as people took *armloads* of books – perhaps realising our project of “at least a couple weeks” was […]

¶ Posted 09 July 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, history

Ready To Reopen

Plexiglass? Check. Signage Promoting Safety and New Rules? Check. Visible people counter? Check. Stanchions? Check. Revamped shelving and computer areas? Check. Ready to reopen? Ready as we’ll ever be! 🙂