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UWO MLIS Program “Spirit of Librarianship” Award Winners

One of the pages I lost when my old blog disappeared was a page I created back in 2006 which had some of the background and criteria as well as winners, nominees, bios and even some photos for UWO’s “Spirit of Librarianship” Award in the MLIS program. I still have the page where all this […]

¶ Posted 06 May 2012 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ontario

Saturday Snap – Assistive Technology

I don’t think I’ve blogged about this yet but about a month ago, I moved into a new position at RPL as Outreach Services Librarian. This a one-year term position filling a maternity leave. The past month has been a bit of a blur as I learn about my new position, the history and workflow […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2012 § SaturdaySnap § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health

Ten Gorgeous Buildings Made Out of Books

This not a metaphor (okay, maybe the last one.) (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 29 April 2012 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, cute, weather

Friday Fun Link – Ranking The King

Vulture magazine ranks the best Stephen King works from 62 to 1. I’ve read a lot of Stephen King but not much of the recent stuff. But King will always have a soft spot in my heart because of how many of my non-reader friends would still devour everything he wrote. My only quibble […]

¶ Posted 27 April 2012 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Top Ten Dying/Booming Industries

Unfortunately, a lot of the Top 10 dying industries have a direct connection to libraries whether it’s DVD’s, newspapers or recordable media. On the other hand, a lot of the Top 10 booming industries don’t – unless libraries want to start building solar panels or hot sauces (!).

¶ Posted 24 April 2012 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, science, unitedstates

State of America’s Libraries 2012 Report

Well worth a read. (h/t to ALA Think Tank via Jessamyn)

¶ Posted 17 April 2012 § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

Librarians Who Are Authors

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 […]

¶ Posted 10 April 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) °

“I am very real” – Kurt Vonnegut Addresses The Teacher and School Board That Burned His Book

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. 😉

¶ Posted 05 April 2012 § Family § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language, travel, unitedstates

Music Monday – “So we’ll march day and night/By the big cooling tower/They have the plant/But we have the power”

RPL had a successful strike vote tonight which means this is my theme song for the foreseeable future…

¶ Posted 02 April 2012 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music, television

Canadian Libraries in ALA Library Design Showcase

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.