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The Opiod Crisis Is So Bad That Librarians Are Learning To Deal with Drug Overdoses

This article is from the US and talks about libraries in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco but I know firsthand that librarians and library workers across Canada and right here in Regina regularly deal with people who are drunk, on drugs, or occasionally even actively using on library premises in washrooms or elsewhere. It presents […]

¶ Posted 05 July 2017 § Library § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Music Monday – “There are places I’ll remember/All my life, though some have changed/Some forever, not for better/Some have gone and some remain” (4000th Post Milestone!)

It’s pretty hard to believe but today marks the 4000th post this blog since I started it over a decade ago on February 25, 2006, a couple months after starting the Masters of Library Science program at the University of Western Ontario. I had always been into computers and technology from banging out programs in […]

¶ Posted 15 May 2017 § Blog § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, ontario

FTRW 2017 – Day Seven – Tits

¶ Posted 04 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Six – Motherfucker

¶ Posted 03 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Five – Cocksucker

¶ Posted 02 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Four – Cunt

¶ Posted 01 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Three – Fuck

¶ Posted 28 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Two – Piss

¶ Posted 27 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day One – Shit

George Carlin is basically the patron saint of Freedom to Read Week as far as I’m concerned. I’m technically in Mexico right now but due to the magic of time-delayed posts, I’ll use his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” as inspiration for this week’s posts.

¶ Posted 26 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

Friday Fun Link – Politics By Profession

This site breaks down the political preferences of different professions. No surprise to see that librarians tend to be very liberal leaning. (I heard a good line recently – someone observed: “What’s the easiest way to tell if someone’s a liberal or a conservative? Ask them if they’ve read a book in the past year.” […]