An AskMetaFilter thread which may be of particular use to those in academic libraries. Nobody's posted the top Library Science journals and I can't remember the names of the ones that were supposed to be the tops in their field (though I do remember getting lectured by our 501 professor when he realised that most […]
WikiHow is a site where anyone can add instructional guides on pretty much any topic you can think of. There's lots of good information (in between the tons of Google ads) from How to Teach Yourself Piano to How To Treat A Snakebite – although the usual caveat about the guides being user-submitted and editable […]
Naturally. (Also, rankings of the best library schools – US only unfortunately.)
Pace is two and a half now and so I thought it'd be fun to do a list of the books I like to read him at bedtime (note: these are *my* favourites to read. His favourites list would include: “That book about diggers”, “That book about fire trucks”, “That book about tractors” and “That […]
The launch of the province-wide library system, SILS, is getting more and more media attention with Saskatoon being the first system to go live next week. Here's an article from our local daily newspaper about the new arrangement. Not sure if I mentioned this before but I think that with over 300 branches involved across […]
The links are broken but I still have to post them because they sound pretty wild. Apparently Carnegie Melon University developed a couple flash games a couple years ago – one about how to please patrons and one to test a person's skills in shelving under the LC system. (see original MetaFilter post)
Well, the noughties aren't quite over but that hasn't stopped various “Best of the Decade” lists from starting to appear including this one of the Top 50 Books of the 2000's (including some mini-essays on some of the most notable ones.)
A colleague and I recently facilitated a forum for the professional librarians at RPL. The first question we asked as an ice breaker was “How did you you become a librarian?” The choice of that question wasn't inspired by the Library Routes Project but obviously the idea of hearing how people come to the career […]
Last night, Jon Stewart had some fun discussing the Master of Library Science's sister degree, the Master of Archival Studies. (Fast forward to 1:40).
In my quest to have a designated theme for every day of the week, maybe I should start a “Sappy Sunday” one if I keep finding touching articles like this one? Man, every librarian should have a story like this. My best attempt so far was a failure – in my last job, I found […]
