This is how I sometimes feel…My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the […]
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Time To Read Gala Windup (& Five Non-Library Related Reasons I Love My Job)
Today, I went to the wind-up of Time To Read, a joint project of Southeast Regional Library and the Prairie Valley School Division. I was part of the initial steering committee for this project which started last summer but had to reduce my role when I went on the road for most of January, February […]
This Is Not Your Parent's Library: Literacy Playground Opens at TPL
This is not your parents' library (or yours either)(via Sandra M.)
Which Makes Me Think…
I drove nearly four hours round-trip today to do a five minute presentation at a tea in honour of a branch assistant who's been with our region for fifteen years……which makes me think that rural librarianship has some unique requirements you won't find in any other type of library……which makes me think that rural librarianship […]
Jessamyn West's Endnote Presentation from the SLA-MLA Conference
Jessamyn passed along word that she's got both the speaking notes and the slides from her presentation at the recent Sask Library Association-Manitoba Library Association joint conference online (good thing she has the speaking notes up – she uses that minimalistic “one photo, one caption” style for her presentations so you might not get much […]
"[We] discussed who had learned to drive on a tractor [answer: almost everyone, including me]"
Well, the conference is over for another year! We finished off the joint SLA-MLA conference with a great social event at the Cathedral Village Free House where I was finally able to meet Jessamyn West. Well, that's not quite true – I've “met” her before but this was the first time meeting her in person. […]
Five Really Crazy Ideas for Public Libraries
I'm at the SLA conference right now and, inspired by all the great sessions, here's a list of some ideas for wild, outside-the-box ideas that public libraries could do to draw more people and attention in their communities. Some of these are ideas that I came up with, some I found online and some are […]
In the Spring, A Man's Thoughts Turn To…Weeding?
And not the gardening kind either (although we are in spring cleaning mode at our city home (ie. Regina) since I took a few days off before the SLA conference later this week. Take a look at the program and see if you can spot two of my former colleagues who are presenting. Hints: one […]
Friday Fun Link – Book-Beer Pairings (April 25, 2008)
Book beer pairings sees authors suggesting brews that are best enjoyed with their work. What brews go with your favourite books – a very important question for the ages.In semi-related news, the next “Books to Beers and Stacks to Snacks” social gathering will happen following the final day of the SLA conference, Saturday May 3 […]
How Many Canadian Librarians Have A Small Place In History? I Met One Today.
Today was our semi-annual branch librarian's workshop where we hold a day-long series of presentations related to librarianship and our library system specifically. It went off fairly well with the usual mix of the good (the Dilly Bars from DQ for the afternoon “stretch break” were a hit, even if the weather had turned bitterly […]