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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Some of these suggestions could be very useful in a library setting if you're trying to encourage movement towards more technology-based solutions and are feeling resistance from colleagues and/or management.Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond – ReadWriteWeb(PS – I've had this link kicking around for a LONG time and […]
I may have mentioned before that the person I'm replacing at work is a member of ALA and, since he had his subscription to their e-mail newsletter, “American Libraries Direct”, coming to his work e-mail address, it's been forwarded to me for the past year. I don't get to look at every issue but have […]
Where do you go to look for library job sites? Here are some sites I've seen. All are free for job seekers to search but some charge employers for posting ads (which means they may not get the range of postings that you'd expect.) Foothills Library Association (http://www.fla.org/jobline.html)– by far, my favourite job board. Focused […]
One of our branch librarians also works for Regina Public Library. She wrote this article comparing and contrasting the two types of libraries for the Sask Library Association newsletter a couple years ago. I'm reprinting it with her permission.
If you're a nextgen librarian, this clip will likely make you feel all tingly! (See also: Web 2.0 – The Machine Is Us/ing Us)
Today was our library region's AGM and, though it fell on a different day (April 5 this year, March 31 last year), in my mind this marks one year that I've been with Southeast Regional since that was the day that I officially started. It's funny to think back to that first day – just […]
Part of the reason that some librarians prefer to call patrons “customers” is that they believe in ideas such as “the customer is always right”. But here's a good list of Five Reasons Why “The Customer is Always Right” is Wrong. We run more than 3 million people through our books every month. One or […]
