Here’s me teaching a new Assistive Technology program we got at the library how to pronounce Regina…
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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 […]
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, […]
Ryan Meili Book Event at Regina Public Library – Wed Sept 12, 7pm #yqr #skpoli #skndpldr
If you’re interested in learning more about Dr. Ryan Meili, a rumoured candidate for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP, why not pop down to Regina Public Library’s Central Branch next Wednesday evening for his Regina book launch event? This event follows successful launches at the public libraries in Swift Current and Yorkton as well […]
Digital Strategy Catches Up With the Present: An Interview with The Smithsonian’s Michael Edson
Lots to think about in this interview and presentation… Some choice quotes… We don’t have to wait to see if social media and crowdsourcing and mobile data in the cloud are going to add up to anything useful. It’s happened. These things are real, now today….We need to change our collective mindset from “let’s be […]
Friday Fun Link – Legal Decisions Are Fun!
I’ve made a few passing references to the fact that I am no longer the Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. Without going into specifics, there’s a bit of back story to how that all came about but the main thing to know for the purposes of this post is that when my position […]
New Regent Place Branch Opens at Regina Public Library
Within a decade, RPL has gone from plans to close three branches plus two specialized units to opening two new branches within the last year and plans to hopefully build a new Central Library eventually. The latest branch opening was the new Regent Place location which happens to be the one closest to my home […]
Music Monday – Library Songs
Stumbled across this clip while doing a bit of research on what other Canadian public libraries are doing in terms of their YouTube accounts – are they putting up professionally edited and produced videos or is there a full range with people making homemade, self-edited videos with crappy sound and/or and/or bad lighting and/or comprised […]