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FTRW 2009 – Internet Filtering in Ontario Lbraries?

I started the week talking about a discussion the librarians at RPL were having about the issue of patrons viewing pornography on the public access computers.  Although this is an important philosophical discussion, I'm happy to report that (at least as far as I know), patrons' viewing isn't being monitored or censored and no policy […]

Posted 01 March 2009 § Censorship § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged:

I Love #8 (Followed Closely by #10 with #87 to show.)

One of our branch librarians did a three-week study in her location to record the type and variety of reference questions her staff received.  With her permission, I've reprinted the list her staff compiled below.  The list of questions includes the criteria she gave her staff as to what should be recorded.I think this list […]

Posted 15 February 2009 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Library Nazis

Oops 

Posted 09 February 2009 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

A Librarian Light Bulb Joke

“How many librarians does it take to change a light bulb?”“I don't know but I can look it up for you…”(One of our maintenance guys told me this one today.  Of course, I immediately tried to come up with a “How many maintenance guys does it take to look something up in the ready reference […]

Posted 06 February 2009 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Web 2.0 Is Eating My Brain

I've got Web 2.0 on the brain lately.  After former FIMS classmate and current RPL colleague Trudi S. gave a very well-received “Introduction to Web 2.0” session for a mixture of staff members from across the RPL system, I was asked by one of our branch heads if I could repeat this training for them […]

Posted 06 February 2009 § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Some Library Tensions

The role of management is to do what's in the best interest of the organization.The role of the union is to do what's in the best interest of the people who make up its membership.Union members are expected to adhere to the rules and duties described in the union contract and their job description.Professional librarians […]

Posted 04 February 2009 § List § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

A New Chapter Begins for Libraries as Economy Sinks

The Globe & Mail recently had an article about the unfortunate fact that libraries see an uptick in usage during economic hard times. (Thanks to Sandra M. for the link.)

Posted 28 January 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Storytime v. Gymnastics

We've put Pace into a few different activities since he was about one year old.  We did a few weeks of swim class (basically, “get used to the water while singing repetitive songs” class) while still in Weyburn last spring.  Over the summer, we did no formal activities (unless “Chase Pace around the campsite” counts) […]

Posted 26 January 2009 § Baby § Main Page § Pace ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – "It's all got to do with the library…we've had boys taking out books without library cards…[so] I administerd a fatal beating in which your son died."

This clip is only tangentially related to libraries but I thought it was funny…as is pretty much anything with Rowan Atkinson in it.  (Also, I have no idea where I first came across this clip so apologies if I nicked it from you or your blog.)

Posted 24 January 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

"As usual, when it was mentioned that 75% (or whatever) of those working in libraries were women, you could hear the crickets chirping." (or "The Story of How Jason Became A Librarian")

Steven Chabot, my colleague (and roomie) from the Canadian Library Human Resources Summit is looking into some of the reasons why men enter the profession.  Anything related to gender and libraries is a personal interest of mine so I'll take a shot at helping him out (and I'd encourage you to do so too – […]

Posted 16 January 2009 § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (8) °