Got some amazing, great, wicked cool news yesterday. Art Slade, who won the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature for his novel, Dust in 2001, will be coming to FIMS on Monday October 23 to speak as part of the Lunch Bucket Speaker Series! A few details have to be ironed out yet but the […]
I've posted a couple interesting links over at Librarian Activist so go check them out if you have a chance. I did my “Book Talk” presentation today in Children's Lit. A book talk is where you present a book to a classroom of children to encourage them to read it. My presentation was pretty well […]
Don't you love misleading titles for blog posts? “Bonding With Your Classmates in Library School” would've probably been more accurate (but what fun would that be?) I wanted to record some of the things that our cohort has done (and things I've heard of other cohorts doing) that helped us bond and become a fairly […]
There's an old saying in the non-profit world that “20% of your volunteers do 80% of the work.” Now, many of the current 20%'ers are leaving the program and Student Council is looking for some representatives for next semester. I would encourage anyone reading this (and especially those who haven't done a lot of volunteer […]
I'm creating a playlist of songs that have some connection to SW Ontario, preferably by specific name checks of locations in the title of the song but also by subject matter, artist residency or other similar factors. Here's what I've got so far…“Linda, Put the Coffee On” – Ray Materick “Tillsonburg” – Stompin' Tom Connors“Wreck […]
Okay, the call for the Spirit of Librarianship Award for the summer semester has come out so I'll end my self-imposed ban on blogging about the award (I talked about it A LOT last semester.) First off, the notice: The Spirit of Librarianship Award is presented to a Master of Library and Information Science student […]
July 19 is shaping up to be the busiest day of the year for those of us who enjoy the extracurricular activities that library school offers. Noon – 1pm (NCB 293) – Lunch Bucket Speaker Series with Jean McKay, author & creative writing instructor and Corey Redekop, soon-to-be-published FIMS student. Whether you're a closet writer […]
This weekend was probably my busiest social weekend since getting to London… Friday night, we went to Christina's party as I believe I already mentioned. The athletics of other people alluded to in the title of this post were the group of crazy buggers who played bocce ball in the dark… …while I held […]
Here's a sample overview of some highlights for a random week at FIMS…MondayI don't have class on Monday which means it's technically the day that I work on my independent Study project. This week, I think I worked on sleeping, playing computer games, watching Oprah and eating Cheetos. TuesdayTuesday is our management class. Because it's […]
Stealing a meme from my mentee's blog:Name five things that make you insanely happy for absolutely no fathomable reason: 1. Sticky notes (and office supply stores in general)2. Walking in the rain without an umbrella3. Spicy potatoes 4. Long Greyhound bus rides5. Crossing things off my To Do list (Of course, if I think about […]
