Shea and I were looking for something to get us out of the house after a couple of weeks staying mostly inside due to cold weather, holidays and illness. I was blanking on something to do until I remembered that today was RPL's 100th Anniversary celebration wrap-up after a year's worth of various celebrations and […]
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Ottawa Public Library – Some Thoughts of a Non-Librarian
Here's another one of those weird follow-the-leader stories where one thing leads to another which leads to another which brings it all back home. Or something like that. I recently had an old college friend find me on Facebook. I knew he'd graduated as a computer engineer from U of R and had gone to […]
A Breakdown of My Facebook Friends
You know you are a nerd when you spend your New Year's Day eve classifying all of your Facebook friends into sub-groups using the site's new(ish?) “Friend List” option.I didn't put a lot of thought into my classification scheme so it's a bit random and not the most accurate thing in the world but basically, […]
I have no idea why my blog is being cited five times…
…but I'll probably order a copy to find out. As someone in the comments points out, it's a great marketing strategy for a new book on library blogs – mention as many library-related blogs as possible in your book then list them in your index. Put a sample of that index online making it likely […]
Spot The Customer Service
Tomorrow, I'm coordinating a customer service workshop for a few RPL employees (coordinating but not delivering – that will be handled by a very experienced, very awesome librarian we have on staff who has a lot more background in this area than do I.)I'm sure everyone has those elements of their job that they're ambivalent […]
Online Public Domain Children's Literature
“The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is on literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States. This includes all works first published before 1923.”Many of the texts include illustrations from the original book, such […]
Finding New Books
A couple sites I've come across to help if you're selecting titles for your public library…The Early Word blog is awesome for not only listing what the new books are but doing a bit of analysis of why they're gaining in popularity and taking a look at whether they're being held in various libraries. ReadersAdvice […]
20 Things Librarians Wish Patrons Knew
This article encompasses two of my previous favoured subjects – libraries and lists – that you don't see on this blog quite as often as you used to.(via MetaFilter)
Kathy Reid Naiman Workshops in Regina
RPL is bringing in Kathy Reid Naiman for some workshops and the most excellent local storyteller, Kevin MacKenzie is taking the opportunity of Ms. Naiman's presence in the Queen City to offer some workshops for non-library folks. If you are involved with children as a teacher, a librarian, a daycare worker or even as a […]
Take Environmental Responsiblity for Your Reading (And a Great Story About "The Unknownable Bottom Line")
Eco-libris is a site where you can pay to have one tree planted for every book that you've read (or bought or whatever “balance” you want to create.) The cost is just under $1 per book – a small price to pay (er, not that I will be anytime soon but the concept has lots […]