Well worth a read. (h/t to ALA Think Tank via Jessamyn)
Rosemary Griebel who I met when I worked at the Writers Guild of Alberta (and who later wrote me a kick-ass reference letter when I applied to library school) is getting some huge props for her first poetry collection. My former library school classmate, Corey Redekop, will soon have his second novel published. Last but […]
A great defence of the freedom to read by my favourite author when a North Dakota community burns his book. More at MetaFilter. In completely unrelated news, we’re off to Minot, ND for a weekend of water slides, shopping and America-only treats like Pandora and Cherry Coke. 😉
RPL had a successful strike vote tonight which means this is my theme song for the foreseeable future…
A number of Canadian libraries were selected for the ALA’s design showcase highlighting diverse areas of excellence including Youth Spaces, Green Facilities, Collaborative Learning and more.
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Well, based on how slow it’s been lately, either my computer’s dying or I have too many tabs open. Let’s hope it’s the latter as that’s easily solved! Super excited to see Ryan Meili’s name pop up as a strong “definitely maybe” in a recent list of potential NDP leadership candidates, especially since, as the […]
Toronto Public Library has gone on strike so I’ll send this song out to my former classmates, colleagues and others who are walking the picket line. Here’s hoping for a fast and fair resolution.
A collection of popular library memes, all in one place!
This still isn’t my ever-percolating rant about e-books and libraries but I wanted to show how the bar has been raised by this awesome post which includes the great passage: And if you thought about it for more than five seconds, you’d understand what the real purpose of the library should be. And it ain’t […]
I’ve already mentioned that I’ve got a longer post on e-books and libraries percolating. This post isn’t it. But, as I’ve ended up doing “big picture” censorship topics for Freedom to Read Week this year compared to my usual stories about books that have <gasp> swears in them and movies that have <double gasp> boobies, […]
