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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Shooting A Promotional Video

Six years ago, a colleague and I spent an afternoon shooting a promotional video about Regina Public Library for a local cable TV company…  

Posted 11 February 2016 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – February in Saskatchewan?

Lots of rain and zero snow in the parking lot at work (and yes, I do work across the street from a Source Adult Video store!) 🙂  

Posted 06 February 2016 § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Saskatchewan Arbitrator Rules Healthcare Workers Don’t Need To Wear Full Name on ID Tags

A recent Saskatchewan arbitration decision which found that it’s a violation of workers’ rights to be safe and free of harassment to be required to wear name tags with their full name is timely given a couple recent events… First, in my end of year mega-post, I mentioned in Question #31 about “My Personal Fashion Sense” that RPL […]

Posted 05 January 2016 § Family § Internet § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

SnapCircuits FM Transmitter vs. iPad

Pace got a pretty cool gift at the RPL Staff Kids’ Christmas Party today – the Snap Circuits FM Radio Receiver Kit which allows a kid to make a working FM receiver. He got it set up and even tuned into the local FM station that goes “All Christmas Music, All The Time” during December for […]

Posted 06 December 2015 § List § Pace § Technology § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – RPL Staff Photo

A variety of people including Regent Place Branch Staff and assorted others who helped make RPL’s 2015 Maker Event happen…

Posted 05 December 2015 § Humour § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Computer System @OfficialRPL #yqr (February 2010)

RPL is moving to a new ILS over the coming week which reminded me of the last move we had five years ago…

Posted 17 September 2015 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Cuba Libre! (March 2011)

This is the reminder that popped up on my work computer the day before we left for Cuba a few years back…

Posted 10 September 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“His Name Was Alan Kurdi”

A “refugee crisis” is something far away and remote.  Kenya.  Bangladesh.  Syria. Foreign.  Easily ignored. But this.  This is something different. This is a child. A child whose death has given a face to the millions of other children and adults around the world who are fleeing natural disasters and famine and war. A child posed as […]

Posted 03 September 2015 § Baby § Canada § Library § Meme § News § Sad ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – A Most Canadian Library Sign (July 9, 2008)

When I worked for a regional library system, many of our libraries were located in unusual locations – many co-located with a town office, a school that had been closed, a fire hall, a laundry mat. And of course we had one that was in a hockey rink – whose main doors became the entrance […]

Posted 09 July 2015 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Timmins Library Relents, Allows Girl Into “Boys Only” Robotics Program

The public library in Timmins, Ontario recently tried to offer a “boys only” robotics class but ended up facing a huge backlash (including many female scientists and engineers) after not allowing a girl to register for the program. I understand what the library was trying to do in offering a program focused on reaching boys who tend […]

Posted 08 July 2015 § Library § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,