All the problems are solved. All the jobs will be filled. All other meetings have been canceled.The crust has been browned. You can sell library cards if they're made of art.MLIS education has been called “rinky dink”.The revolving restaurant that spun us past Parliament Hill at lunch was nice.Lunch was like looking into the future.Have […]
[Barb pointed out in the comments here that you have to fill out your name, e-mail address and web site as required fields otherwise you may lose your comment when you click 'submit' on that blog. I didn't realise this and apologise to anyone who may have lost their comment. If you don't want to […]
Exciting news! I've been asked to attend the Canadian Library Human Resources Summit in Ottawa on October 6-7. It's sort of short notice but an all-expenses trip paid to Ottawa so who am I to complain? Here's the blurb I was sent which explains a bit more about what the summit is and how it […]
Yet another groundbreaking Google project was announced a month ago. I didn't blog about it at the time but I recently rediscovered it via the Vancouver Law Librarian blog which made me realise the full scope of this project already. So I thought I better pass it along. So Google's announcement that it will be […]
“A girl I once caught reading Fahrenheit 451 over my shoulder on the subway confessed: “You know, I'm an English lit major, but I've never loved any books like the ones I loved when I was 12 years old.” I fell slightly in love with her when she said that. It was so frank and […]
My parents got invited to the Investors Group cross-Canada comedy tour stop in Regina tonight and invited Shea and I to join them. The second comedian, Tim Nutt, began his act this way… “Alright Regina! How y'all doing? Thursday night in Regina – must be exciting – let's go down to the nice theatre and […]
The other day, I was at our local mall and popped into the bookstore. On the shelf, I saw a new title called “The 100 Greatest Canadian Albums of All-Time”. This one caught my eye and was quickly in my hand as I turned to head for the cashier. But then I thought, “Twenty five […]
…Be Found in Social Q&A Sites? I think so. Ask.MetaFilter.com is one of my first stops whenever I'm seeking information – whether it's technology, parenting or pretty much anything else. Jessamyn may not be going quite as far as me on this but she did have a recent post on the topic. “[It] really comes […]
I start my new job tomorrow and so it's the usual mix of nervousness and excitement today. But to be honest, I'm more excited than nervous for this one and the biggest thing I'm worried about is whether I should take the bus or drive followed closely by “what should I take for lunch?” since […]
“A new library in Casanera, Colombia shows us what humankind might have built with sticks and stones if they'd never discovered bricks, steel, and electricity. The Villanueva Public Library was built on a modest budget, designed by a bunch of university students in Bogota. And instead of importing fancy, expensive materials, builders used local timber […]
