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There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment. (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me. It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

¶ Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Censorship § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, philosophy

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Don’t Think I Told Him To Grow A Beard But He Did Anyhow! (October 2017)

Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it. So I was surprised when […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2024 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education

Wisdom Wednesday – Every Bad Manager Thinks They’re A Good Manager

We didn’t see eye to eye on everything but I was very fortunate to have the first manager in libraries that I did as he was very experienced and knowledgeable (obviously people have to start somewhere but it can be a lot tougher if your manager is someone who’s newly hired or has only been […]

¶ Posted 25 October 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – Happy Work-iversary To Me! (September 2008)

Friday is my 15th work anniversary of starting at RPL which is hard to believe! (Uhm, time flies when you’re having fun?!?) I was trying to write a long post talking about the various roles I’ve held at RPL, some of the highs and lows, and more. But it was just getting longer and longer […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2023 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

University of Western Ontario Is One of Only Twenty Universities Worldwide To Get Top Rating (And Only One in Canada)

I really thought my attending the University of Western Ontario might drag the rating down – yes, even nearly two decade later. But luckily UWO is still an extremely prestigious University even if they allow pretenders like myself to darken their halls. 😉

¶ Posted 13 June 2023 § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I’ve Always Been A Fan of The Grey Area of Copyright (circa 1990?)

The struggle was real – do you record in SP and get the maximum quality, LP for a balance of quality and quantity, or EP and get the most on the tape (I think the answer below is obvious – VHS tapes were expensive when I was in high school and making $4.50/hr at a […]

¶ Posted 08 June 2023 § Humour § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, movies

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Decorated University Hospital, London ON (Nov 2006)

Shea heading into work a month before Christmas in 2006 just as I was wrapping up my Masters program…

¶ Posted 22 December 2022 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, ontario, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Bookordle

Here’s another Wordle clone that might just become part of my daily routine!

¶ Posted 29 July 2022 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “The Main Event” – 2009 Canadian Library Association Conference @adr @jessamyn

I have so many fond memories of different experiences during my fifteen (!) years as a public librarian. One of the most memorable was being invited to represent public libraries in a pre-conference session put on by the Emerging Technologies group of CLA. As if being the representative for basically all public libraries in the […]