It’s funny cause it’s true. (h/t to TR & CF)
CUPE 1594, which represents the in-scope workers at RPL, launched an advocacy campaign today. Entitled “Check Us Out” with a slogan of “What’s 21 Months Overdue at Regina Public Library?”, its purpose is to draw attention to the fact that union members at RPL have been working without a contract for nearly two years. You […]
Depending on where you live (and where you get your news), the Occupy Wall Street movement, may or may not be on your radar. These protests, which started in New York but have since spread to other cities around the world, are “mainly protesting against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of […]
One of the comments in the long MetaFilter thread about Steve Jobs’ passing stuck out for me: He made people try their hardest, and that’s the most important quality a leader can ever have. I really like how this definition of leadership is more about the impact the leader has on other people rather than […]
I admit that I’m such a library nerd that sometimes when I’m bored and can’t think of something to look at on the Internet, I’ll just go to a random library’s web site to see what’s up, what they’re doing, how they present themselves. It’s especially fun to pick libraries that you expect to be […]
The idea of a connection between happiness and productivity is a discussion I’ve had with a few people at work over the past couple years – some who are in agreement with the idea, some who feel there’s no link between happiness and productivity and some who are uncertain (or haven’t given it much thought […]
Today is my three year anniversary of starting work at RPL. A few stream-of-unconscious thoughts and observations… 1. I started working for the Writers Guild of Alberta at almost the exact same time of year – I know because I was in their office doing my initial training a couple days before September 11. (I’ve […]
This is the first new branch RPL has opened in something like fifteen years. Congratulations to all involved for all of your good work!
Great to see that my former colleagues at Southeast Regional Library have started a YouTube channel with a focus on training videos for SRL staff. It is particularly gratifying to see that they’re still using the Branch Activity Report (BAR) that I created for our rural branches to report their ongoing activities to HQ. My […]
