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Category Archives: Library

Myers-Briggs and Other Personality Tests as Junk Science

I’ve posted about the Myers-Briggs test on this blog before and I’ve referenced it occasionally when talking about my own personality or the personality of others. But the more I read about Myers-Briggs and other similar personality tests, the more I’ve come around to thinking of them like I think of handwriting analysis – a fun parlour […]

Posted 05 November 2014 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Library Web Sites Worth Looking At

A few good suggestions here for what’s current in library web design.

Posted 04 November 2014 § Internet § List § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak

Posted 26 October 2014 § PopCulture § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – What Quote or Line From A Book That Changed Your Life?

A fun question on /r/books. Not sure what my pick would be – maybe “So it goes” from Slaughterhouse Five as a perfect illustration of how shit happens and then we die? Or on a more optimistic note: ““And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think […]

Posted 24 October 2014 § FridayFunLink § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Do Garden Fresh Carrots Have To Do With Working In A Public Library?

As part of the interview process for a Public Service Manager position at RPL, candidates are asked to do a presentation on “The Future of Public Libraries” to some of the librarians already working in the organization. I was able to attend one such presentation today and since we had a few minutes after the […]

Posted 22 October 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Percentage of US Workers Who Are Male/Female By Occupation

Ranging anywhere from kindergarten teacher (97.7% female) to boilermakers (99.8% male), this chart has lots of information that probably confirms what you already know but also provides an interesting overview of gender roles in the workplace. Librarians come in at 18% male/82% female right between “social worker” and “general office clerk” whereas for Shea (and my […]

Posted 05 October 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § LibrarySchool § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Clap along if you feel/Like happiness is the truth”

Libraries are happy places… “Happy” – Pharrell Williams

Posted 29 September 2014 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five Topics

Hockey Pre-season has begun which means the real season is only a couple weeks away.  Did you know that a generally accepted rule of Canadian publishing is any book with anything to do with hockey is guaranteed to be a huge seller?  True story. Politics No matter, how much he tries to excuse it, I […]

Posted 24 September 2014 § Humour § Jobs § List § Pace § Randomness § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Robin Williams’ Library Riffs

Williams riffing on libraries for the opening of the new San Francisco Public Library in 1999…

Posted 21 September 2014 § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Breastfeeding May Prevent Viruses (But Can Still Go Viral)

Shea recently entered a contest on Facebook run by a group who are trying to raise funds to create a breast milk depot in Regina (similar services exist in larger cities such as Calgary and Vancouver.) For the contest, a bunch of local breastfeeding advocates submitted photos of themselves and their babies into one of three […]

Posted 13 September 2014 § Baby § Family § Internet § Meme § Pace § Photo § Politics § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,