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Misadventures at CLA 2010 – Day One

I did daily posts from CLA in 2006 when I ferried a van load of UWO students for that conference in Ottawa from London.  Last year in Montreal, I was too busy being a Ryan Meili fan boy to do CLA-related posts but I'm back with a vengeance this year.  So let's recap the day […]

Posted 03 June 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Ten Ways To Fix CLA

For anyone in the library community, you're probably aware that CLA is going through some tough times financially and is looking at remedies – which means this year's conference and AGM should be particularly interesting.I don't know the full background and history of how they've arrived at this point but having seen numerous other member-based […]

Posted 01 June 2010 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Off to CLA

I'm off to the Canadian Library Association conference in Edmonton from Tuesday until next Sunday.  I'll likely still be blogging most days but just wanted to put this out there a couple days early in case anybody else will be around – either for the conference or Edmonton-area readers – and wants to connect.  You […]

Posted 31 May 2010 § Canada § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

My New Most Favourite Library Story of All-Times

A patron, concerned about the possibility of germs on library books, removes the plastic covers then cooks them at 350 for 30 minutes before reading them.  True story. 

Posted 27 May 2010 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Posted 26 May 2010 § Humour § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – The Cat in the (Head) Set

Pace playing on the children's computer at RPL's Sherwood Village Library earlier today (and you know you're a library nerd when you take the whole family there on your day off after spending the whole week working at the library!)

Posted 23 May 2010 § Main Page § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Bokomaten (May 14, 2010)

The device in the video below was mentioned in “This Book Is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All!“, a book that was on my “To Read” list but which I bumped up after reading Biblioblond's review where she mentioned that a couple of our mutual friends got a shout-out in the book.  […]

Posted 15 May 2010 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Regina Public Library's Dramatic Shift is an Uplifting Story

Yep, it is. 

Posted 13 May 2010 § Main Page § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing Is Alienating Half the Population

Here's a good article poking holes in the fallacy that only women read.  It's actually a bit of a chicken and the egg thing – do only women read because publishers only produce books targeted at women because those are the ones that have been the most successful in the past?    This is probably true […]

Posted 29 April 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Crowdsourced Library?

I recently gave kudos to the book “Crowdsourcing” which I'd just finished reading.  You know a book's a good one when you're still thinking about it a few days later and you know it's a great one when you keep thinking of ways its lessons might apply in your everyday life beyond that.  Very briefly, […]

Posted 28 April 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: