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 […]
Saskatchewan Round-UpSask Government Insurance, a crown corporation that provides insurance to all drivers in our province, is offering $180 rebates to safe drivers on their automobile insurance and lowering rates by an average of 5% as well (when we already have the lowest auto insurance rates in Canada – why do you think I love […]
Tom Carmichael was recently selected as the new Dean at FIMS. (Thanks to Linda B. for the tip – it's been a month and I'm already out of touch with what's going on at FIMS!) I went to all three information sessions for the Decanal candidates and Tom was my second pick of the three […]
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 […]
Tomorrow's the first day of Winter semester for FIMS students and I have to admit, I'm pretty glad I'm not there. You tend to get pretty wrapped up in things (for good and bad) while you're immersed in that environment. Then when you graduate, it all drops away…almost immediately. For example, I just realised tonight […]
Early in this blog's history, I came up with a little gimmick where I cover a bunch of miscellaneous things I've come across or want to talk about in conjunction with a holiday (search for “randomness” to see previous entries). I don't think I've done a “random” entry like this in awhile but the New […]
A former classmate sent me the following: “I know that education issues are sort of behind you now, but I came across an interesting article on “What`s wrong with the standard undergraduate computer science curriculum”. On the one hand, it appears that FIMS is doing quite a few things right (lots of presentations and group-work, […]
A final circle closes – my last chat for Advocacy class tonight was with former Saskatchewan Provincial Librarian (and current Director of the Coquitlam Public Library), Maureen Woods. Great teleconference which finished with a very revealing “round table” as everybody talked about what they'd taken from the class. And that's it. No more assignments. No […]
