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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.)
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) […]
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.)
"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 – […]
Top Tech Trends 2009
About once a month, give or take, RPL hosts an Education Institute presentation that staff members can attend. Today's session is Micheal Stephens giving his annual “Top Tech Trends” presentation and I was looking forward to it quite a bit. Unfortunately, both Shea and I got hit hard with the flu last night so instead, […]
A Digital Library, Free to the World
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, gives a TED talk on his vision of a digitized future…