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My First Day at Work

Posted 22 April 2007 § Main Page § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (4) °

Slogans For A New Librarian?

I'm looking for fun slogans of the type a person might, for example, print out and post on the wall at their new library job.  They don't necessarily have to be directly related to libraries or librarians but should capture the (to coin a phrase) “spirit of librarianship”.Here's a few I have so far…“Be The […]

Posted 19 April 2007 § List § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (8) °

My First Book Purchased As A Librarian

Learned how to deal with patron book requests yesterday and as part of that process, officially authorized my first ever book purchase which was Colony: The Harrowing Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman.  One of my dream library jobs would be to do full-time adult non-fiction (ANF in the vernacular) acquisitions so […]

Posted 18 April 2007 § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Library Job Interviews – My Experience (including sample questions)

[2007-05-06 – MetaFilter had a great post with lots of interview related resources and discussion.] I said I wouldn't talk about my job much on this blog but I thought a bit about the various interviews I went through to get to this point in a more general manner might be a good topic, especially […]

Posted 16 April 2007 § Jobs § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (1) °

So Much Randomness In The World

Apparently having a full-time job in a city an hour away from where you normally live is not conducive to keeping up with e-mail, Facebook, blog posts, personal diary entries, baby diary entries, regular web surfing activities as well as all those other things that make up this thing we call life.  For instance, last […]

Posted 13 April 2007 § Main Page § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: ,

Library Tourism

I've always been somebody who enjoyed checking out the libraries in towns and cities I've visited across Canada and around the world.  Whether it's a public, academic or other type of library, it's always interesting to see the different designs, layouts and atmospheres they each manage to create.  The idea of library tourism was on […]

Posted 05 April 2007 § Canada § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

And Now I Am A Librarian!

Well, after four interviews, three months of waiting, two offers, and one really big decision, I have officially accepted an 18-month full-time temporary contract with Southeast Regional Library in Weyburn, an hour south of Regina. The other offer was a full-time permanent position with the Provincial Library and it had a very strong appeal as […]

Posted 01 April 2007 § Jobs § LibrarySchool § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (29) °

A Response to Rory Litwin Re: Librarian Stereotypes

A librarian at LPL named Kevin Moore started a Facebook group called “No, I don't look like a librarian” and a few people uploaded humourous pictures of themselves in various “non-librarian” activities to illustrate the point.  Rory Litwin, on his blog, Library Juice, posted this in response:Yes, you do look like a librarian!Regarding the Facebook […]

Posted 30 March 2007 § Humour § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

Tommy Douglas on Librarians

One of the books I've got on the go right now is an oral history of Tommy Douglas called “Touched By Tommy: Stories of Hope and Humour About Canada's Most Loved Political Leader, T.C. Douglas”I thought this anecdote about librarians was funny:“Everyone was saying nice things about John Archer.  He was leaving the Legislative Library […]

Posted 28 March 2007 § Humour § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) °

Canadians Still Reading

See below for some happy-making stats from a recently released survey.   Two questions occur though – how do they correct for the people who over-represent their reading habits?  (Even if asked anonymously, some might be inclined to say that they read more than they do.  What's the term for that?  Where you try to please […]

Posted 28 March 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: