Today is my second anniversary with RPL (only twenty-eight more years to go – but who’s counting?) so I thought I’d do a list to celebrate. On my old blog, I detailed the story of how, when asked in an interview where I’d like to end up in my career, I blurted out that I’d […]
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Music Monday – “And the tips in a small town/Are so small/You may as well/Just give them back”
This isn’t a Labour Day song per se but those opening lines about struggling to survive on minimum wage and tips captures the struggle of working people as much as any song you’ll hear by Billy Bragg or Pete Seeger. Thanks also to the colleague who posted the following article on Facebook – “Tough Times […]
Library Meeting Rooms: Exempt From Library Values?
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, it’s probably pretty clear that I’m not a big fan of religion (having an atheist theme for my annual Christmas post is a pretty big clue!) But as someone who feels just as strongly about the importance of core library values and especially providing access […]
10 Promises To Myself
I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile but a few different things have brought it to the forefront. Soon after starting this blog, I got permission to reprint a list called “10 Things I Wish *They* Had Told Me When I Started Out In Librarianship” by Wendy Newman and this idea is sort of […]
Five Pet Peeves
When you’re sitting at home sick and shivering with a (slightly less) sick kid sitting beside you, that’s a good time for a post listing some of your biggest pet peeves… 1. Captchas that use nonsense words and/or stretch words so that it’s almost impossible to decipher them. (“Is that an ‘i’? An ‘l’? A […]
If this clip were a Superstore marinade, it’d be called “Memories of FIMS”
Look at all the baby librarians!!! Just joking but this is a great video about the UWO library school a couple current graduating students. I’m in HR but don’t actually have the magical power to hire anyone. Too bad though – I’ve often thought that libraries should be monitoring what’s happening in library schools and […]
Minority Opinion
A couple recent posts talking about extended breastfeeding got me thinking about the many minority opinions and beliefs I hold. Here's what I came up with…1. Extended Breastfeeding – Not even 20% of Canadian babies make it to nine months let alone past a year (or two!)2. Atheism – anywhere between 16-30% of the population […]
Five Pop Topics Round Up
Recurring feature alert! I've done this before where I do five quick hits on my five most common topics on this blog and why not, let's do it again.Here's a few quick hits on my most popular topics… HockeyUhm, it's July 28. This does not bode well for this aspect of the Pop Topics recurring […]
Libraries Are The Next Big Pop-Culture Wave
I agree with this article that a public library is a perfect setting for an ensemble TV dramedy or a reality show. (And in the comments, someone says that Brad Pitt's production company has optioned the book “Quiet Please! Dispatches from the Public Library” for a movie as well.)We definitely have all the stereotypes characters […]
Saturday Snap – Unfortunate DVD Case of the Week
I know its juvenile but given how he died, you have to admit that this DVD case for a David Carradine Tai Chi workout has some unfortunate text on the cover promoting its “benefits”. When I saw the case at the library, I just burst out laughing. Then I realised this would be my […]