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 makes clear that he's only representing his own opinion.) I'd encourage anybody interested in issues around library school to read his comments and my response. Also, feel […]
Had a croissant for breakfast (okay, it was a muffin but I've got a theme developing so work with me here.) Schwartz's Smoked Meat sandwich for lunch. Some people had suggested you can avoid the lines and go to any other smoked meat sandwich shop for a similar taste and experience but to me, that […]
You can play too! If anybody reading this wants to be listed here with a look-a-like, just send me a mug shot of yourself that's at least 150 pixels high and some idea of where I might get a similar looking image of your celebrity look-a-like online. Of if you trust me enough, just […]
A friend who went to my high school lives in London and told me before I came that I would not believe what people throw out here. “At first, I was a bit embarrassed to grab the perfectly good furniture and electronics and other stuff people would leave on the curb. I got over that […]
The parents have left, Shea's at work and I'm just relaxing a bit, enjoying having the apartment completely to myself for the first time in ages. Took it easy on M&D's final day here – slept in a bit then drove around looking for a place to eat. All were busy or closed or being […]
After an intense (?) build-up, the Spirit of Librarianship Award goes to… (drum roll)…me. Without being too egotistical, I'm not too surprised. I heard I got more nominations than some people got votes, I was the only one from first term nominated (and only the second first-termer to win it) so I got lots of […]
I'm doing an annotated bibliography on the corporatization of public libraries for 501 (sort of a recurring theme with my work here so far) and then I have to do a Request for Proposals for 505. Then I'm done my first semester of library school. How crazy is that? Next week is going to be […]
My Grade Two teacher is my favourite teacher of all-time. Her buying the class doughnuts on a monthly basis has a lot to do with it. But I think we've got a new champ. Proof? – give a kick-ass introductory class and an even better wrap-up class that draws tears from many in the class […]
The following are some subjects I've been able to explore in my first semster of library school via essays and other assignments. I'm pretty happy with this and am looking forward to exploring the many other topics of interest in future semesters… – the meaning of information – whether librarians should be social activists – […]
That's what happens when you go to all the tech sessions and hang out with the techies – your photo shows up all over the place… I'm on the right side, about five rows back in the yellow shirt with the black t-shirt underneath. The lady two to my right is Fran Gray who is […]
