I've addressed this before but my readership has grown quite a bit since the last time I talked about it so I'll give some background on the FFL's again. My “Friday Fun Links” started as a way to provide regular content when I set up a listserv for the Writers Guild of Alberta. When I […]
Well, my first week of work is over (nice to start on a week with a stat holiday!) and as I dig into my bag of bookmarks for something relevant to post on a day where I'm burned out after a day that started early, included a lot of miles on the road, finished with […]
I've always been somebody who enjoyed checking out the libraries in towns and cities I've visited across Canada and around the world. Whether it's a public, academic or other type of library, it's always interesting to see the different designs, layouts and atmospheres they each manage to create. The idea of library tourism was on […]
I can't believe it's been a year since I won the Spirit of Librarianship Award! And now with the self-serving comment out of the way, let's get to the people who really deserve the attention… (I'll update the SoL page when the winner is announced. If anybody has a digital camera, can you take pictures […]
Is there any job you start where you don't get overwhelmed with information the first day? When I started working at a gas station at 14 or 15, they handed me a list of 100 SKU codes for every product we sold and told me to have it memorized by the weekend. I also had […]
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I don't hate the shootout as much as some people do. I actually have a much bigger problem with a scoring system that allows for some games to be worth 3 points and others 2 (if I was in charge, a win is 2 points, a loss is 0 points no matter when it happens, […]
A couple months ago, I wrote about how I attended the local NDP association's AGM with Shea's uncle who's big with the NDP (he ran in the 2000 Federal election) during a visit to Weyburn. During the meeting, one old-timer had leaned over and asked if I might be interested in running. I told him […]
Well, after four interviews, three months of waiting, two offers, and one really big decision, I have officially accepted an 18-month full-time temporary contract with Southeast Regional Library in Weyburn, an hour south of Regina. The other offer was a full-time permanent position with the Provincial Library and it had a very strong appeal as […]
There’s nothing fun about this week’s post but it’ll likely get your blood boiling. A recent MetaFilter post explained how Circuit City was losing too much money so their brilliant idea to improve the bottom line was to fire their top earning employees (3400 of them) and then offer to re-hire them at a lower […]
A librarian at LPL named Kevin Moore started a Facebook group called “No, I don't look like a librarian” and a few people uploaded humourous pictures of themselves in various “non-librarian” activities to illustrate the point. Rory Litwin, on his blog, Library Juice, posted this in response:Yes, you do look like a librarian!Regarding the Facebook […]
