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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – A Creative Use For Assistive Technology in a Public Library (March 2013)

When I worked in RPL’s Outreach Unit serving Regina’s homebound & visually impaired citizens, one of my projects was to facilitate the purchase and implementation of a number of pieces of Assistive Technology equipment. Due to an inquiry from a colleague who was setting up a series of Lego programs, we also realised this equipment […]

¶ Posted 07 April 2016 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Saturday Snap – Book Review

Found inside a recently returned book at my library…

¶ Posted 02 April 2016 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Fun With Library Displays (US Election Edition)

Sometimes I really enjoy working in a library… 😉

¶ Posted 12 March 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Books Everyone Should Read

Word cloud created from the “most read books” lists from a variety of libraries, booksellers, book web sites and other sources… (via Reddit)

¶ Posted 11 March 2016 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education

FTRW 2016 – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read in Cuba?

Below are a couple photos I took in Havana during our 2011 trip to Cuba. This was a street vendor stall selling books (which is good!) but most here (and in our hotel’s gift shop or anywhere else we found books) were heavily propagandistic (bad!). Cuba isn’t commercialized with billboards selling blue jeans and soda but in its […]

¶ Posted 27 February 2016 § Canada § Censorship § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, book, education, freedomtoreadweek, history, language, saskatchewan

FTRW 2016 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – A Wide & Varied Selection of Some of the Most Offensive Jokes Ever

Watch this… Then take your pick of these… Did any of the jokes above offend you? If so, watch this (ffwd to 3:20 if the link doesn’t start at the right place for you)… Still offended? Watch this one too…

¶ Posted 26 February 2016 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2016 – Day Five – Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My #FTRW Interview on “Book Chick” Radio Show, CJTR, #yqr (Feb 2007)

I posted when this interview was being aired live for those wanting to tune in but I’ve never posted the archival copy of this interview as far as I can remember. It was a really fun interview with one of my former Sask Publishers Group colleagues and I got say “nut sack” on the radio – […]

¶ Posted 25 February 2016 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, history, language, saskatchewan

FTRW 2016 – Day Four – Obama’s Nominee for Librarian of Congress Kicks Ass!

I feel like this year’s Freedom to Read Week series is a bit more toned down than the usual controversial swear-fest I enjoy creating each year. But there are things that happen on a less provocative level that have impacts on librarianship, censorship and access to information even if they don’t get an “R” rated […]

¶ Posted 24 February 2016 § Censorship § Internet § Jobs § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, education, freedomtoreadweek, history, unitedstates

FTRW 2016 – Day Three – Political Censorship Ad

Watching the Democratic Presidential Town Hall so thought I’d post this (in)appropriate ad I came across on Reddit. To tie it back to censorship in a more serious fashion, it’s more important to remember that in various sectors but especially in politics, censorship isn’t just about the outright suppression of ideas – it also happens […]