Library of Congress comes in at #10 on a list of the ten largest databases. It might be a surprise who is listed as #1 but at the same time, you should take this list with a grain of salt as a lot of these numbers are speculative guesses. (via DiggieFilter which has some discussion […]
I was laying in bed last night trying to figure out what my blog is about now that I'm out of library school (which was 90% of my focus for the past year.) I came up with: 1. library-related stories2. technology developments 3. baby stuff …with a side helping of politics, Saskatchewan news bites and miscellanous […]
See below for a call for readers and audience members for a Freedom to Read Week event forwarded by the esteemed Michelle Lake. I organized the event last year and on a personal note, I think it's a great experience to participate in something like this – to learn more about freedom of expression issues, […]
Here's a goofy idea I had for a fun (yet embarrassing) entry… I've been going to public libraries since I was a kid. I've visited libraries across country like they were tourist attractions (which I guess means that they are – at least for me!). I've just finished my Master of Library Science degree. And […]
For many library users, the OPAC is the source of connection to their library – how they find books, movies, CD's, etc. And it's a well-known issue in libraryland that OPAC's frequently aren't all they should be, something that's increasingly in the spotlight because of how much better Web 2.0 sites like Amazon and LibraryThing […]
My dad has a heavy old, four-drawer metal filing cabinet. When I was a kid, that filing cabinet was one the most fascinating things for me in our entire house. Many times, when my sister and I would play school or store, the filing cabinet had a part in the story. And it's probably not […]
To combine this as both a baby and a library-related post, I'll go back to an entry from a couple weeks ago where I talked about my favourite presentation from my year in library school which was on the topic of online broadcasting. One of the main points I discussed in the presentation is how […]
John M. did a post about Michael Gorman after hearing about one of his books on my blog. To keep the cross-blog dialogue flowing, I thought this might be a fitting time to post a comment I made about Gorman on our “Advocacy in Libraries” message board. I posted the following on the week we […]
US News names their 25 Best Careers for 2007 and Librarian is right up there – although we get a “C” rating for both “job outlook” and “prestige”. (Physician’s assistant on the other hand…)
Mike M. responded to my “Top 10 Memories of FIMS” post by suggesting I should write a library screenplay (noting the beautiful irony of doing a movie rather than a book.) Here is my response:“Party Girl” didn't really do it so I think there's still room for a really good library movie – either a […]
