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“You ar a good liberein”

Shea and I did a pretty major weeding of our kids’ book collections recently and I ended up giving a bunch to one of the teachers who regularly comes into my library (who also happens to teach at the school my kids go to so I have a soft spot for that school to begin […]

Posted 29 October 2019 § Pace § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – The Risks of Doing An Election-Themed Display

I mean I’m not personally a fan of the guy but we happened to have Justin Trudeau’s autobiography in our collection so I put it on an election-themed display I did (along with a range of books about various topics and issues that are important to supporters of all parties this election season.  I also […]

Posted 19 October 2019 § Canada § Humour § News § Politics § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – I Hope They’re Not Looking For Me!

A bit nerve wracking to notice a police car pulled up right beside your own car while at work…

Posted 12 October 2019 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

Posted 02 October 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Taste of What The Public Library in a Village of 255 People Has To Offer…

Man, do I love small town libraries! And always great to see the amazing things happening across the regional system where I first worked after completing my MLIS 13 (!) years ago.  Southeast Regional Library has a slogan “Not The Library You Remember” and though I think it’s mostly aimed at people who only remember […]

Posted 10 September 2019 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What Does Crytal Meth Feel Like?

Posted 04 September 2019 § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Flipping Through The History Books: Regina Public Library Celebrates 110 Years

One hundred and ten seems like a bit of an unusual anniversary to commemorate but anyhow, the Leader Post does have a great article about RPL and how it’s changed over the years.

Posted 27 August 2019 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2019

Lots of intriguing titles on this list.

Posted 23 August 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Pandas Adjusting Wonderfully to Calgary Zoo

We didn’t have many plans for our week off in August (ten days counting weekends on either end) but a chance conversation with a library patron has us heading to Calgary for a few days. We’d been talking about visiting the Calgary Zoo to see the pandas since they were announced as coming.  But we […]

Posted 14 August 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Public Library Cuts Again? #abpoli (June 2010)

It seems like one of the highest priorities for any conservative government is targeting the funding of public libraries – in Newfoundland (May 2016), in Saskatchewan (March 2017), in Ontario (April 2019), and now in Alberta (August 2019 (although to be fair, Jason Kenney’s Conservatives haven’t cut yet but are withholding 50% in advance of […]

Posted 08 August 2019 § Canada § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,