After years of planning and preparation, today was a pretty momentous day for Regina Public Library. Having recently completed a major Program and Services Review which looked at all aspects of the organization – staffing, programming, facilities – today was the official implementation day for one of the key components of the new structure – […]
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Had A Conversation with A Co-Worker Today Who Said…
“I honestly believe that I have the best job in the library.” That made me think, shouldn't a library's goal be to hire people who *all* say that (sincerely, of course), no matter what their job at the library is? Sounds like a pretty good HR Strategy to me!
The Tipping Point For E-Books?
As I mentioned before, the first book I downloaded to read on my new iPhone is “Little Brother” by Cory Doctorow. I'm quite enjoying it – both the story and the convenience of always having a book with me in a very compact form. I also just finished “Free: The Future of A Radical Price” […]
We're #100, We're #100!!!
A web site called BachelorsDegreesOnline.com has posted a list of 100 Best Blogs for Librarians of the Future and guess who's #100? Yep, that's me! I guess if I'm not #1, #100 isn't a bad spot to be in terms of where you'll get noticed – especially in a list that long. They gave me […]
SILS Project Will Create One Library Card for Everyone in Saskatchewan
I've written about the Saskatchewan Single Integrated Library System before but now I see this massive project to bring all of our regional and city library systems together in a single consortium arrangement is getting some mainstream media coverage as well. A job for a librarian who will coordinate the technical aspects of the project […]
A 15 Year Old Intern in the UK Writes a Report For Morgan Stanley on How Teens Use Different Media Types –
You can read the report then the MetaFilter commentary to get an idea of why this report garnered such a reaction – positive, negative and just in terms of provoking conversation.The biggest thing to catch my eye? In a report which has sections dedicated to discussing how young people use Radio, Television, Newspapers, Gaming, Internet, […]
Turning the Page In A Digital Age
A recent Globe & Mail article on Indigo's current practices and strategies provides a lot of ideas about what public libraries will have to consider in an increasingly digital age.
The Mayor of Hell Presides Over The Birthplace of the North American Free Public Library
Do you ever get disappointed when you realise not everything's online and instantly accessible? For example, tonight I was reading a recent copy of Rolling Stone which had an article called “The Mayor of Hell”. It was about Braddock, Pennsylvania, a dying town of 2900 in Pennsylvania which is still the site of Andrew Carnegie's […]
Friday Fun Link – "This Bespells Doom" – Authors Signing Kindles (June 26, 2009)
If Jeff Bezos was smart, he'd have incorporated a stylus right into the design of the Kindle so authors could “sign” their digital books. (Of course, maybe they feared this would make getting a signed book no more special than getting a package from UPS.)
Enabling Local Democracy at the Red Deer Public Library
I heard about this innovative library program during a presentation by Red Deer Public Library’s Director at CLA. For the last two municipal elections, that city’s library has created information pages for all municipal candidates from the mayor to council to both school boards. The candidates provided the information and the library simply posted it […]