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Throwback Thursday – Image Cable Installer (Summer 1991)

A bit of a different Throwback Thursday this week. I recently posted about how death was a dark cloud this summer with a handful of people we know and/or were connected to having died. Unfortunately, that trend has continued into September with my parents letting me know that the father of one of my best […]

¶ Posted 20 September 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Throwback Thursday – Happy Anniversary to Me! (September 2008)

I started at Regina Public Library on September 8, 2008 so this year is my ten year anniversary at RPL. Traditionally, people have thought of thirty years as a “typical” career in a workplace and though I worked for a decade in another sector before librarianship and though I also spent a couple years in […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2018 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Need A Summer Road Trip? Check Out #Sask Roadside Attractions!

This is a pretty cool initiative by Regina Public Library’s Dunlop Art Gallery and a variety of other partners and agencies to have public art in a variety of communities across Saskatchewan and encourage people to visit as many as they can. From the project’s “About” page: Saskatchewan is geographically diffuse. While half of the province resides […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2018 § Library § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan, travel

Friday Fun Link – Drag Queen Storytime @officialrpl #yqr

This idea is increasingly common in other public libraries across Canada but it’s very cool that that Regent Place where I work was the first public library branch in Regina to offer a Drag Queen Storytime as part of the Pride Festival. The idea isn’t without controversy in some circles but I was pleasantly surprised that the vast […]

¶ Posted 15 June 2018 § FridayFunLink § Library § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – @officialRPL Mother’s Day Video

This RPL Mother’s Day video is great! It makes me excited for RPL Father’s Day video next month where various dads who work for the system try not to get emotional while reading passages from “Fight Club” to our children. Just kidding – this video is great and I know I can’t get […]

¶ Posted 11 May 2018 § Family § FridayFunLink § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – SLA Conference Bonfire (May 2017) #CFLAFCAB2018

I guess it depends on how tonight’s parties go but I doubt there will be any SLA bonfires since the venue this year is Regina instead of Waskesiu.

¶ Posted 03 May 2018 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Opinion Piece: “On Getting Punched In The Face While Working At The Library”

This opinion piece was written by a librarian in Ohio (who happens to be a FB friend though I’ve never met him in person) but it resonated with me – about some of the “social worker”-type situations library staff deal with regularly (including aggressive patrons – knock on wood, the worst I’ve got was threats and […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2018 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – And Sometimes We Wear Gloves (June 2012)

I sometimes joke “And sometimes people ever borrow books!” when I think about all the things we have to do as librarians that have nothing to do with people taking out books and then returning the books so that others may enjoy them next. I’m not even going to discuss why someone would have to […]