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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Farewell CLA

The Canadian Library Association recently voted to wind down their operations so they can be re-born as a new “federation of associations” from across Canada and also to

Throwback Thursday – UWO’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies January 2006 MLIS Cohort

[Edit: I have no idea why I posted this on a Wednesday. I’ve fixed the date.] I’m still thankful that, ten years ago this month, a couple upper

A Look at the Log Files…

I haven’t done a navel-gazing post for awhile so I thought it’d be interesting to list which of my blog posts have had the most views during this

Some Random Thoughts on /gasp/ PORN! at @officialRPL #yqr

(I don’t usually do disclaimers on my posts but since I work for Regina Public Library and this is a controversial topic for a lot of people, I’ll

Some Resonant, Relevant Quotes on Free Speech and the Charlie Hebdo Massacre From The #MetaFilter Thread #jesuischarlie

So I wrote about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in a rather rambling manner the other day. I’m still thinking about what happened a lot – the conflict between

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls (Summer 2006)

Shea and I got to Niagara Falls a couple times during the year I spent in Ontario completing my MLIS. This was during our summer visit…

Percentage of US Workers Who Are Male/Female By Occupation

Ranging anywhere from kindergarten teacher (97.7% female) to boilermakers (99.8% male), this chart has lots of information that probably confirms what you already know but also provides an

Friday Fun Link – What the Hell is Ello?

An ad-free, privacy conscious social network (or is it?) (via Quinn Dupont who, if possible, is using even bigger words than when I knew him at FIMS!) 😉

A Fun Day at the Office

Usually it’s the Library Assistants who do this type of thing but today, I got to pitch in to play host to a visit from a school group.

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Full Circle (November 2007)

This is a picture of me sitting at the circulation desk of the Indian Head branch library that I grew up with and ended up as supervisor for

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