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 […]
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Posted 24 August 2010
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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 […]
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Posted 18 August 2010
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here's some local coverage of a book that's being produced by RPL's “Friends of the Library” group to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the opening of our original Central Library. I'm pretty excited as I ended up being asked to do a brief blurb on what RPL has meant to me over the years so […]
[Edit: It helps if I actually remember to put a link to the story I'm highlighting in the body of a post.]
