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Saturday Snap – …and that’s why Jason isn’t allowed to deliver storytimes anymore! ;-)

Posted 23 March 2024 § Humour § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Barbershop Books at Las Vegas Public Library

Part of the “NFL Inspires Change” program that collaborated on this program which launched in the lead-up to the recent Super Bowl…  

Posted 22 March 2024 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Library Gentlemen’s Club, Las Vegas

Combining two of my favourite things in one – libraries and, uh, boobs books! 😉  

Posted 15 March 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – Retro Library Anniversary Party (September 2016)

Still one of the most fun times I’ve had working at the library – planning and presenting the retro-themed celebration for Regent Place’s 50th Anniversary…

Posted 07 March 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Family Literacy Day at the Library (January 2015)

Posted 01 February 2024 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Other People’s Strengths Are A Complement, Not A Threat

My first boss in libraries told me how important it was to have a team that had varied backgrounds and skill sets. “Everybody thinks it would be better to have a bunch of underlings who were just like them but that’s the worst thing you could have.” (Of course there was some irony that two […]

Posted 24 January 2024 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Felt A Bit Blue(y) At The Library Today

My job’s pretty fun somedays… (No, not me in the costume.  These were hired performers for a kid’s birthday party in one of our program rooms that agreed to do a few photos with staff and some lucky bystanders at the library this afternoon!)

Posted 20 January 2024 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

10 Mawkish (But True) Things People Say About Libraries #yqr @epldotca

Went to a great presentation by Edmonton Public Library CEO, Pilar Martinez and City of Edmonton Architect, Carol Belanger (Edmonton being the only city in Canada to have this position apparently) about their experiences building various branches around Edmonton, new and renovated, including the massively renovated Central library. They also talked about value of public […]

Posted 16 January 2024 § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Morbidity and Mortality Conferences

I just finished a book called “The Big Fail: What The Pandemic Revealed About Who It Protects and Who it Leaves Behind” which is a fairly even handed look at the Covid pandemic, three years after it began, by the same journalists who wrote “Smartest Guys in the Room” about the Enron scandal. This book […]

Posted 10 January 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – RSO at RPL (September 2010)

Hosted a visit by the RSO Chamber Players tonight at the Glen Elm Branch and was reminded that the partnership between RSO and RPL is probably one of the most long-standing, most successful in RPL history. Here’s a pic of the RSO at RPL back in September 2010…

Posted 07 December 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: