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Saturday Snap – Manitoba Children’s Museum

During our trip to Winnipeg last weekend, we visited the Manitoba Children’s Museum.  One of the highlights for me was seeing that every single exhibit area had picture books scattered around that tied into the theme of that exhibit – the train that you could climb on had transportation books, the exhibit that let you […]

Posted 02 February 2013 § Canada § Family § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Top 10 Things I Use As A Bookmark

A discussion on Reddit about who uses dust jacket flaps as bookmarks leads to all kinds of other related anecdotes… English Prof here: Want a great way to boost reading comprehension? Don’t use bookmarks! It’s weird and counter-intuitive, but what this does is force you to go back and quickly skim over what you read […]

Posted 17 January 2013 § List § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Five Topics

Haven’t done one of these “5 Quick Hits” posts in awhile… Hockey I didn’t miss the NHL when it was locked out but I can honestly say that today was the first day I felt like coming home from work, popping open a beer and settling in to watch a game.  Luckily that will be […]

Posted 15 January 2013 § Family § Pace § Politics § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Which Book Made The Most “Best of” Lists in 2012?

This is an interesting way to determine the best book of the year – see which book(s) made the most “Best of” lists?  (Kind of like using Google PageRank algorithm but for book lists!)  Of course the book on the most lists is one I hadn’t heard of – bad librarian, bad! In my own […]

Posted 27 December 2012 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Sometimes I Really Miss Calgary

Like when I read articles like this one where I know the business and most people in the article including Greg and Simone. Side note – I’ve long advocated that libraries should integrate the same type of question that Pages bookstore asks all their new applicants.

Posted 13 December 2012 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

“The Bullshit State of Politics in Canadian Libraryland”

Now, this is a good rant. And what makes a good rant?  Truth is a big part of it. This person hits the nail on the head that the situation at both Library & Archives Canada and CLA are disgraceful – LAC is being absolutely decimated by Stephen Harper’s War on Information while bending over […]

Posted 29 November 2012 § Canada § LibrarySchool § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Re-gyne-ah

Here’s me teaching a new Assistive Technology program we got at the library how to pronounce Regina…

Posted 17 November 2012 § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Some Stammering Bumbler on CTV Morning Live Promoting Assistive Technology

Before I appeared on a local morning TV show to promote some of the new Assistive Technology we have at Regina Public Library earlier this week, I jokingly posted on my Facebook and Twitter that people should tune in if they were fans of “awkward pauses and stammering answers”. Unfortunately, it turned out to be true […]

Posted 03 November 2012 § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Video § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

LEGO & Libraries – A Perfect Match

If the link in this CLA press release announcing a chance for your local library to win Lego was working, I’d ask you to vote for Regina Public Library.  But it’s not so I won’t.  Instead, you can just send your Lego donations directly to: Pace Hammond c/o Dad Can’t Afford Any More Lego Regina, […]

Posted 02 October 2012 § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“A Healthy Society” Book Launch at Regina Public Library #skndpldr #skpoli #yqr

Posted 12 September 2012 § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) °