Request for Participation: MLIS Alumni Survey (WILIS 2)

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

Music monday – "You never need to doubt it/I'll make you so sure about it"

No less an expert than Paul McCartney is on record as saying that “God Only Knows” is the best love song ever written.  Below is the vocals-only track

What The F**k Is Social Media?

Below are a couple great presentations I came across via the Slideshare newsletter.  The first one is from a year ago and does a bang-up job of explaining

Crop Checkin'

On the long weekend, we made a loop hitting Fort Qu'Appelle (a resort community an hour outside Regina), Katepwa Beach, our family cottage on the other side of

Friday Fun Link – BookSeer (August 14, 2009)

Some of the folks on MetaFilter are reporting bugs but after a few trials (admittedly with fairly well-known and recent books), I had no problems with BookSeer.  It's

Had A Conversation with A Co-Worker Today Who Said…

“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

A Fun Math Puzzle

I used to love any sort of riddles, word games, math puzzles and the like when I was younger.  So when  I came across this one on Reddit

The Tipping Point For E-Books?

As I mentioned before, the first book I downloaded to read on my new iPhone is “Little Brother” by Cory Doctorow.  I'm quite enjoying it – both the

Music Monday – "No moo-cow/No billy-goat/Is gonna get the baby's vote"

Loudon Wainwright III played on the closing night of the Regina Folk Fest last night.  He didn't play this ode to breastfeeding (at least I don't think so 

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