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Rock Star Librarian

The Library Association of Alberta did a calendar a few years back featuring photos of librarians doing their non-work hobbies – riding motorcycles, belly-dancing, mountain climbing, etc.  We

Art Slade and Maggie Wood at FIMS Next Monday

Funny story.  After my “Public Libraries in the Community” class today, my group met because we have to come up with a business plan proposal for a new

MLIS Pub Crawl

Hey MLISers!   Clear your calenders for FRIDAY OCTPBER 20th, the evening of the MLIS Pub Crawl!   This is a great chance to meet and mingle with

My Classes as Numerical Values (No, Not My Marks)

Did you know that the results of the official, university sanctioned end-of-term feedback sessions are kept on record in the GRC?  I did an informal survey recently and

Super Mega Trivia Update

Went to week two of Student Council trivia and once again, came out on top in the first round then promptly hit bust for the next two rounds. 

What Library Schools Still Aren't Teaching Us – Jess Nevins

If you haven't come across the book, “Revolting Librarians Redux” yet, you really owe it to yourself to pick up a copy.  It's got a huge range of

Firefox Extensions

Here is a list of Firefox extensions I have installed on my computer: DOM Inspector – inspect web page information FoxyTunes – allows you to control multimedia functions

Babies and Libraries: Serving The Youngest Patrons of the Community

The new online library student journal  (creatively called “Library Student Journal”) has an article about how libraries currently serve babies. (Resists urge to make Jonathan Swift joke.)  I

Slogans For Library School

This is a list of potential slogans to put on our class t-shirts last semester – provided by classmates, other students, faculty, staff, alumni, library joke sites and

Friday Fun Link – Wikipedia 100 (Sept 29, 2006)

As September comes to a close, it’s a good time to point out that Wikipedia has an option to view the Top 100 viewed pages of every month.

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