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Wisdom Wednesday – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Saving The Planet?

In one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, there's a scene where a planet is doomed — so they divide society into three groups to evacuate:

Saturday Snap – Baby Librarian Hammond? Young Man Hammond?

It’s an unofficial tradition (does two people doing it so far equal a “tradition”?) that when a colleague is at one of the branches I work at –

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect

Saturday Snap – Apple Air Tag

I didn’t wear a Halloween costume to work this year (the branches I’m at don’t seem to embrace the holiday like some of the others in our system

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment. (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned

Ketchup Post

Busy week with lots of fundraising and work social club suppers basically every night which means I’ve neglected my blog…again! Here’s the catch-up… THROWBACK THURSDAY (September 2012) Meant

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy Appointversary To Me

My first day at RPL was September 8, 2008 but I never realised I was officially appointed to the position on September 5, 2008 so happy 16th appointversary

Wisdom Wednesday – Empathy at Its Foundation Includes Curiosity

Whereas other specialists know one subject deeply, one of the single best things about (most) librarians in my view is that we tend to be people who have

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