Heard via the grapevine that “505 – Technology” is officially gone as a required course at FIMS. Here's a bit of background on how this came about… (Disclaimer: all of the following is from my admittedly-faulty memory of stuff that happened months ago when I was at my busiest point in my final semester. For […]
Library of Congress comes in at #10 on a list of the ten largest databases. It might be a surprise who is listed as #1 but at the same time, you should take this list with a grain of salt as a lot of these numbers are speculative guesses. (via DiggieFilter which has some discussion […]
I saw someone in London complaining on their blog or Facebook profile because they had to go to school when it was -12. All I can say is please look at the “feels like” line on the screencap below. Also “please don't ever whine about -12 again!” Being a good Saskatchewanite, -41 didn't stop me […]
I was laying in bed last night trying to figure out what my blog is about now that I'm out of library school (which was 90% of my focus for the past year.) I came up with: 1. library-related stories2. technology developments 3. baby stuff …with a side helping of politics, Saskatchewan news bites and miscellanous […]
“Why don't you look it up on DiggieFilter?” – my mother-in-law talking about the web site I mention all the time on my blog.
In my recent blog survey, someone mentioned that one of their favourite parts of this blog is my book recommendations. Having just finished “The Logogryph: A Bibliography of Imaginary Books” by Thomas Wharton (which was beyond excellent – I'd give it my highest recommendation, especially for book lovers!), here's a list that was my submission […]
Reason magazine recently declared the “end of the post-9/11 era” citing a story linking Zsa Zsa Gabor with Anna Nicole Smith after the latter's death. Hard to argue with that. The whole media frenzy around the Anna Nicole Smith death the other day shows that we're truly back to the way things were on September […]
Sometimes an idea for the day’s FFL pops right in your in-box on a Friday morning. Here’s something fellow Librarian Activist editor, David Jackson, sent me today. “I Bless The Rains Down in Africa” is an article from music web site Pitchfork, comparing the presence of information about Africa with information about the Star Wars […]
See below for a call for readers and audience members for a Freedom to Read Week event forwarded by the esteemed Michelle Lake. I organized the event last year and on a personal note, I think it's a great experience to participate in something like this – to learn more about freedom of expression issues, […]
Here's a goofy idea I had for a fun (yet embarrassing) entry… I've been going to public libraries since I was a kid. I've visited libraries across country like they were tourist attractions (which I guess means that they are – at least for me!). I've just finished my Master of Library Science degree. And […]
