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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:

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: ,

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: ,

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: , ,

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: ,

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! 🙂

Posted 08 July 2020 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – Family Portrait at the Library (June 2011)

Posted 02 July 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Library Run “Famous Quotes” Database

I’ve always loved quotations and used to even “read” quotation books.  Now the web has modernized the idea in the form of quote web sites. There are a few options out there but I recently found out that a library system in Kentucky runs its own “Famous Quotes” web site which is pretty cool!

Posted 26 June 2020 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Thoughts As I Enter My Fourth Month of Quarantine

I did a list like this about a month ago and so I thought I’d do another one as I’m now a few days into my *fourth* month of quarantine to see what’s front of mind these days… 1. Public libraries *finally* have a date for permitted opening which will be Phase Four Stage Two […]

Posted 23 June 2020 § Jobs § List § Pace § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Time stand still/I’m not looking back/But I want to look around me now”

I’ve been into my branch a handful of times since it shut down three months ago. But as RPL has begun slowly reopening over the past couple weeks, today was my first day back in branch doing more traditional library work.  This is because we’ve started having mid-sized and smaller branches in the RPL system […]

Posted 22 June 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,