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Busy week with lots of fundraising and work social club suppers basically every night which means I’ve neglected my blog…again! Here’s the catch-up… THROWBACK THURSDAY (September 2012) Meant to post this at the start of the month. Hard to believe Pace is entering Grade 12! FRIDAY FUN LINK Fascinating places in the United States… The […]

¶ Posted 15 September 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy Appointversary To Me

My first day at RPL was September 8, 2008 but I never realised I was officially appointed to the position on September 5, 2008 so happy 16th appointversary to me!

¶ Posted 05 September 2024 § Jobs § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Wisdom Wednesday – Empathy at Its Foundation Includes Curiosity

Whereas other specialists know one subject deeply, one of the single best things about (most) librarians in my view is that we tend to be people who have a shallow but wide knowledge about a massive range of topics – politics, technology, pop culture, science, religion – and that curiosity about the world and other […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – iPad (May 2010)

Had a long conversation tonight with retired RPL Deputy Director, Julie McKenna when she happened to be attending a program at the branch I was working at. I told her how, though we didn’t always agree on everything (to put it mildly!), one of the things I always appreciated about her was her deep knowledge […]

¶ Posted 23 May 2024 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Do Libraries Benefit Authors?

¶ Posted 21 May 2024 § Jobs § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Future Librarian Training? (May 2016)

Me showing Sasha the tools of the trade (now that she’s eleven, she’s more likely to sneak a middle finger into a picture like this!) 😉

¶ Posted 09 May 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Wisdom Wednesday – For A Culture To Change, Leaders Modeling The Desired Behaviour Is The Only Thing That Works

I’m reminded of a former colleague from when I worked in the HR unit who said “What makes you think leaders *want* a healthy workplace culture?” @theclwill Talk of Culture change is just Noise #leadership #leadertok #management #culturechange ? original sound – Chris Williams – Chris Williams

¶ Posted 08 May 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Friday Fun Link – Song Recorded at RPL’s “Whisper Room” Goes Viral

This is very cool… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Viraj Mistry (@viraj_musician07)

¶ Posted 26 April 2024 § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Don’t Think I Told Him To Grow A Beard But He Did Anyhow! (October 2017)

Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it. So I was surprised when […]