Back from a 16 hour round-trip to Saskatoon for SILS training so heading to bed right quickly. Just a quick reminder to go vote tomorrow!
We had our annual RPL Staff Conference on Friday (I've had a request for more thoughts on the conference which I'll do later – maybe tomorrow.) Part of the day's festivities was a silent auction of gift baskets put together by the various units and branches throughout the library, all in support of United Way. […]
Shea, Pace and I went for a bite to eat before a doctor's appointment late this afternoon to check on the status of my leg (I'd gone to a clinic to get it looked at originally so my family doctor hadn't seen it yet.) Pace, not having had a nap today, was a bit restless […]
I was talking to a non-librarian who was in doing some training for a couple library staff members this morning. We kept talking about our “Circ” department and she finally admitted, “Everytime you say that, I keep thinking of Cirque du Soleil!” (That naturally made me wonder what the effect on customer service would be […]
A few months back, I was speaking to someone who'd done a bunch of demographic research on Regina. The topic of wealthy areas of the city came up and I said that I suspected one of our suburban branches, with a high percentage of doctors, lawyers, University professors and other white collar professionals living nearby, […]
Today is the one year anniversary of my starting at RPL (an occasion so auspicious, I commemorated it by posting a link to an album of mellowed-out cover versions of the Footloose soundtrack on this day one year ago!). Still, this last year has gone in a flash and it's hard to believe it's been […]
After years of planning and preparation, today was a pretty momentous day for Regina Public Library. Having recently completed a major Program and Services Review which looked at all aspects of the organization – staffing, programming, facilities – today was the official implementation day for one of the key components of the new structure – […]
Man, feels like old times doing a FIMS-related post. When was the last time I used the “LibrarySchool” tag anyhow? The following e-mail was sent out to recent FIMS MLIS Grads (2004-2008). The deadline is extended until August 23 so if you didn't receive the e-mail, why not consider participating in this survey by e-mailing […]
“I honestly believe that I have the best job in the library.” That made me think, shouldn't a library's goal be to hire people who *all* say that (sincerely, of course), no matter what their job at the library is? Sounds like a pretty good HR Strategy to me!
I’m doing a series of posts on what I learned from the various jobs I’ve held in my life. First up was a list of the five things I learned during my time at my hometown gas station when I was in high school. Now, having signed up to do some volunteer phone calling for […]