Freedom to Read (Among Other Things)

I missed the end of Banned Books Week but meant to post this story – not just because it does a pretty good job of capturing the importance

Music Monday – "You know I've been drunk a thousand times/And these should be the best days of our lives"

Another in the never-ending series – Jason's fond memories of his semester in England…  Sometimes you just need a song that makes you get up and dance and

Young Librarian Series – Call For Submissions

Someone sent me this and even as someone who's very interested in the idea of generational differences, I honestly can't decide what I think of it.  I'm sure

Saturday Snap – It's A Good Policy But…

…do you really need a copy of this poster in the bathroom of your office building?

Friday Fun Link – Wordoid and Readability (Oct 2, 2009)

A double hit for the Friday Fun Link this week…Wordoid is a site that will generate realistic-looking but not-in-the-dictionary words.  (via Christian Bok's Twitter feed) Readability is a

Library Jargon Humour (and a blast from the past)

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

Some Political Quick Hits: Szarka, Link, Chartier, and Enough Games From Harper and Ignatieff

When we went to Moose Jaw for Noah Evanchuk's nomination a couple weeks ago, someone mentioned that they hadn't seen a lot of politics on my blog recently. 

The BBC Big Read

I came across this site from 2003 where the BBC Radio 2 sponsored a contest to pick the UK's 200 best loved novels.  Lots of familiar names on

Music Monday – "It was written that I would love you/From the moment I opened my eyes"

Recently rediscovered the album, “Flaming Pie”, one of my favourite McCartney solo efforts.  This song is a number of keepers on the album and the video's great too. 

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