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Librarians Gone Wild

A big group of us went out to Call The Office for Retro Night last night and had a blast.  There was no flashing as alluded to the

525 – Activity #1 Report (Listservs)

Most weeks, we have a certain activity in our 525 – Managing Internet Information class to learn about or do and then we're supposed to report on it. 

Randomness (Happy May Long!)

Concerts Are FunWent a bit crazy last night and bought tickets to both Bright Eyes (June) and Wilco (July), both at the Centennial Hall in London.  Two of

"May 2-4" and Some Other Differences Between Ontario and Saskatchewan

Christina and Jonathan came over a couple weeks ago for drinks and one of the topics of conversation was some of the differences we've encountered between Ontario and

A Listserv Is Only Valuable When…

…people use it.  It seems like common sense but sometimes organizations focus so much on controlling how the listserv is used that they neglect to encourage people to

Because I Was Looking For Some *More* Extracurricular Activities To Be Involved With…

…I am now one of the three people involved in running LibrarianActivist.org, a great web site that I occasionally visited even before coming to library school and which

I Get Letters, Loads and Loads of Letters (Also: How Does A Duck Cross the Road?)

I got a lengthy response to my “5 Ways To Improve Library School” post from Michael Thibault, the new Academic Rep for the MLIS Student Council (although he

How To Boost Your "Books Read" Count Really Quickly

I multiplied the number of books I've read this year by a factor of about seven today.  Of course, I did this by reading the twenty-four or so

Hawksley Workman = Awesome!

Went to the Hawksley Workman show tonight (early show – I think London is the only place on the current tour that got two shows because of high

Five Easy Ways To Improve Library School

Spending the afternoon at the Grad Club yesterday with a bunch of first-term students got me thinking about what my first week here was like, what my first

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