Can anybody with better Google-fu than I find a web page/study/chart listing internet usage by profession/occupation? I've just done some quick searching with Google but haven't turned up anything. This isn't for anything particular – just out of interest – but I'd be especially happy if “librarian” was included on any list you find as […]
Received this link from Chris G. with a request for any thoughts I might have on what makes a bestselling book. Coincidentally, this weekend I also happened to read a column by Stephen King in an issue of Entertainment Weekly exploring the same issue. And it also makes a nice follow-up to my last FFL […]
“Imagine a library that collected all the world’s information about all the world’s books and made it available for everyone to view and update. We’re building that library.”(via MetaFilter)Jessamyn West blogged about the site on Librarian.net and suggests checking the “About the Librarianship” page which says:“For the first time, we'll have an open, public, curated, […]
You are invited to A Post-Work Gathering For Regina and Area LibrariansFriday, July 20, 2007 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm To be held at Cathedral Village Free House (2062 Albert Street) — your hosts are Jason Hammond and Julie McKennaThis is a chance for any librarians in Regina and area to get together for […]
The author of the popular Freakonomics book looks at the question, “If public libraries didn’t exist, could you start one today?” “But here’s the point I’m (finally) getting to: if there was no such thing today as the public library and someone like Bill Gates proposed to establish them in cities and towns across the […]
Here's an article that's making the rounds from the New York Times' Fashion & Style section – A Hipper Crowd of Shushers“How did such a nerdy profession become cool — aside from the fact that a certain amount of nerdiness is now cool? Many young librarians and library professors said that the work is no […]
In the course of talking to the performer I've booked for our Summer Reading Club tour, he mentioned that a colleague, Bonnie Logan, will be appearing in London, ON for a similar tour. I said that there are still quite a few people from London and area reading this blog so if he passed along […]
On late night TV talk shows, every show begins with the host inevitably saying something like “We’ve got a really good show for you tonight!” whether the guest is Tom Hanks or that guy who made the funny noises in the Police Academy movies. My Friday Fun Links are sort of the same thing – […]
I don't talk a lot about my work on this blog but I thought I'd discuss one of my favourite activities that I do – approving the purchase of books that patrons have requested – to celebrate my three month anniversary in this position which is tomorrow. In my library system, this is known as […]
In keeping with the topic of the day over at my other most favourite site on the Internet, LibrarianActivist, here’s a report on internet filtering from the National Coalition Against Censorship which is admittedly, a bit dated, having been produced in 2001. But it gives an excellent overview of many of the issues and problems […]
