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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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)
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 […]
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 […]
A FIMS alumni provides an intriguing glimpse into North Korea's national library. (via one of the FIMS-related groups on Facebook)
Today is the two month anniversary of me being at Regina Public Library. Hard to believe it's been that long already but in some ways, I have to work to remind myself that it's only been a short time overall (I often counseled our new branch librarians at Southeast Regional Library not to feel overwhelmed […]
For the past couple weeks, I was planning to go to work as a hockey player for Halloween. Then, after I got home from hockey last night (two of our six goals thank-you very much. Of course the other team got 20 goals so not so impressive from a team point of view), I lay […]
