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Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Tipi For Aboriginal Storytelling Month #yqr

Posted 10 February 2018 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

On #FamilyLiteracyDay, Here’s My Endorsement of @ryanmeili – The Next Leader of @sask_ndp #skpoli #yqr #yxe

In the current Sask NDP leadership race, you’ll see lots of endorsements from many of the high profile people you’d expect to hear from – current and former MPs and MLA’s, grassroots and labour activists, young leaders and lifetime members. I’d like to talk to you from a different perspective – as a working librarian […]

Posted 27 January 2018 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

“I Made My Shed The Top Rated Restaurant on TripAdvisor” (And Some Quick Thoughts on Fake News)

At RPL’s recent Staff Development Day, I was asked to moderate a panel discussion on fake news.  The panelists included a local education prof who specializes in social media and digital technology, a journalism prof who specializes in mass and alternative media and a journalist who is the assignment producer as well as having responsibility for […]

Posted 10 December 2017 § Internet § Jobs § Library § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Promoting “Library Behind The Scenes” on CTV (Two Weeks Ago)

Since I’m in the midst of a series of daily tweets about a big community event we’re having at my library branch this Saturday, I might as well double-up and use the same link I posted earlier today to also give me content for today’s #tbt blog post – namely, an appearance I did on […]

Posted 07 December 2017 § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Regina Downtown From Above

I’d won a free night at a local hotel at a staff supper earlier this year and we decided to use it this weekend…

Posted 25 November 2017 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary – the world really would be a better place.” #choosekind

Pace got this book for Christmas last year. (One of my favourite things about being a librarian is being able to share books with him that I already love!) I briefly thought about writing a bit about how fascinating it is to see the different ways that Pace is learning about everything from bullying to […]

Posted 21 November 2017 § Library § Pace § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“I feel like an idiot. I vastly misunderstood how a library card works for years.”

This is a pretty funny /r/books thread on Reddit from a guy who knew that library cards were free but thought that there was still a charge for the actual lending of books! 🙂 It sounds funny but there are lots of examples where libraries don’t always do as good of a job as we should […]

Posted 14 November 2017 § Humour § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – What Screams Upper Middle Class?

[Edit: This post started as a way for me to share what I thought was an interesting Reddit post.  But then I had the idea to use it to talk about whether the reason I found it interesting was because I identified – and was slightly embarrassed by – many of the points it raised? […]

Posted 10 November 2017 § Canada § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § LibrarySchool § List § Meme § Randomness § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Branch Staff Meeting (October 2013)

This photo of my first staff meeting after coming to Regent Place branch is from only a few years ago but it’s pretty amazing that only three of the eleven (four of twelve if you count me on the other side of the camera) still work at the branch. Four have retired, one went to […]

Posted 05 October 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hippie Hippie Hooray (September 2016)

This isn’t from too long ago – about a year ago – but I was thinking about some of my favourite memories from my time as a Branch Head at Regent Place branch and this is one that jumped to mind – we had a “Retro Anniversary” party for the branch last fall to celebrate […]

Posted 28 September 2017 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: