The Books sub-Reddit on the Reddit web site gets asked a question about why libraries are no longer quiet. Interesting to read some of the responses from the book-lover types who hang out in this area even though there aren't too many unexpected revelations in the answers provided (except that some libraries – in the […]
The Saskatchewan Library & Information Services Consortium (SILS) which will bring together ten separate library systems across the province plus the government agency responsible for library services officially launched this morning at RPL's George Bothwell branch. Four systems are live already (Saskatoon Public Library, Palliser which is based in Moose Jaw, Southeast which is based […]
It's extremely rare that you'll hear me advocating for a book to be challenged. But as my former classmate (and published author) Corey Redekop asks in his post on this year's Freedom to Read Week celebrations: “could you challenge me? Call a library and demand that I be taken off the shelves? Nothing sells a […]
Freedom to Read Week beings tomorrow. Flickr has lots of photos (including displays from libraries around the world) to get you in the mood! Plus you might even happen across a library colleague who bears a striking resemblance to a young Malcolm MacDowell in his FTRW shoot!
Not sure if you heard but apparently the Wet & Rainy Olympics are in Canada this year and the opening ceremonies are tonight. The Olympics are once again a lightning rod of controversy and having them on our own doorstep has perhaps brought this home in a way that doesn't happen when they're in Italy […]
Used a poor man's hack (point iPhone at TV) to get a clip from our local TV news about RPL joining our new province-wide consortium onto YouTube. Sorry for the crappy sound…
So many choice quotes in this article – unfortunately, you can't make this stuff up: “The row even spread to this year's Fourth of July parade, which included a float featuring a washing machine and a sign that read “keep our library clean.”“Outside West Bend, the fight caught the attention of Robert Braun, who, with […]
I think it's fair to say that the majority of the battles around Freedom of Expression are taking place in schools these days. “The Diary of Anne Frank” is one of my favourite books of all-time and a book I probably first read when I was 12 or 13. So in a world where all […]
Today was the big day when RPL joined three other library systems within the province who had already gone live as part of a province-wide library system called the Saskatchewan Information and Library Services consortium (SILS). By the end of the year, SILS will be comprised of a total of ten library systems covering the […]
It's February which means Freedom to Read Week is coming at the end of the month. Every year, I try to do a few posts during that week to celebrate and draw attention to this important subject. For the past year, I've been bookmarking various stories I've come across that I thought had potential for […]
