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Brazilian Inmates Can Read Books To Shorten Their Sentences (Not So Much in The US)

This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in

Thanksgiving Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not

Throwback Thursday – Happy Anniversary to Me! (September 2008)

I started at Regina Public Library on September 8, 2008 so this year is my ten year anniversary at RPL. Traditionally, people have thought of thirty years as

When Memes Collide: Kiki Challenge & Baby Shark Challenge

Kiki Challenge: Baby Shark Challenge: Combined: More on Metafilter.

SF Books That Didn’t Belong in the Kid’s Section of the Library

I’ve always believed that science fiction is the single best type of writing to teach us about our own lives and society. So I’m absolutely fine when I

Need A Summer Road Trip? Check Out #Sask Roadside Attractions!

This is a pretty cool initiative by Regina Public Library’s Dunlop Art Gallery and a variety of other partners and agencies to have public art in a variety

Friday Fun Link – Drag Queen Storytime @officialrpl #yqr

This idea is increasingly common in other public libraries across Canada but it’s very cool that that Regent Place where I work was the first public library branch

#yqr Toilet A Top Tourist Attraction

There was a time, shortly after I graduated from my MLIS program, where I seriously thought about putting together a presentation about the importance of the public washrooms

10 Things We Did At The Library Today

Helped a patron find the government forms to apply for benefits he’s entitled to. Hosted a book exchange for a nearby school’s grade seven class. Had a demo

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