As I sit here at 3:39am on a Sunday night/Monday morning, drinking Corona by myself, I am reminded of the classmate who observed ALA could just as easily drop the “L” from their name and mean the same thing. (In my defence, it is STILL +26 outside and I am having Mexico flashbacks.) Man, what […]
– basic/basically – hopefully – information– interesting– maybe– probably– usefulI can be a decent writer sometimes but man, those crutch words will kill a paper! On the other hand, there are some words and phrases I should use more in library school…– cutter– fake drool– “Go Google yourself!” – “Is Dilbert a scholarly source? Sure…”– […]
Hard to believe but sometimes I have no idea what to write. So maybe I'll just do a stream-of-consciousness thing and see, uhm,…if I'm conscious. Went over to school today to hand in the last section of my Individual Study. Now I just have to put together a presentation and finalize arrangements to present it […]
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 […]
“Incunabula or incunables are the very first examples of books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed with moveable type in Western Europe. They range from the very first examples of the two-column Latin Bible produced by Johann Gutenberg in the 1450s to works printed through the end of the year 1500. The term “incunable” derives from the […]
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 […]
