When I worked for Southeast Regional Library, I came in to find someone had photocopied the cover of a new library book and added it to my door
After the announcement, some were in favour, some were against and some were surprised. As an English major, a music fan, a librarian and someone who’s worked in
Got fairly short notice (just over an hour) invitation from RPL’s Marketing Unit who needed someone to go on CBC Radio’s “Blue Sky” noon hour program to talk
Even after controlling for other factors that may mean some people are more likely to read than others (education, gender, age, etc.), a recent study shows that people
Usually Throwback Thursday is for a photo from the old days but I’ve got a collection of obituaries I’ve come across recently that I thought I’d discuss instead
Sometimes I really enjoy working in a library… 😉
Word cloud created from the “most read books” lists from a variety of libraries, booksellers, book web sites and other sources… (via Reddit)
Below are a couple photos I took in Havana during our 2011 trip to Cuba. This was a street vendor stall selling books (which is good!) but most
I think someone just went wild with a thesaurus instead of trying to capture the style of McCarthy. But this is still an interesting attempt to capture McCarthy’s
May your resident librarian recommend a book to help you pass the next few weeks? 😉
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
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