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Is This Pace’s First Freedom to Read Experience?

 So this is an interesting one… Pace’s Grade One class has started a daily reading log where they’re assigned some easy readers.  They have to record the titles of the books as they read them. In addition to the assigned reading, they can also record any other books (or chapters of books) they read or […]

Posted 06 November 2013 § Censorship § Library § Pace § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 50 (or is that 100?) Scariest Books of All-Time

I meant to post this list of the 50 Scariest Books yesterday on Halloween but ended up putting a cute picture of the kids instead. So maybe, as punishment, I’ll post a list of the 100 Scariest Books of All-Time instead? 😉

Posted 01 November 2013 § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Brother and Sister Reading

Posted 23 October 2013 § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – A Day in Saskatoon #yxe

Had to go to Saskatoon today for a board meeting for one of the organizations I’m involved with. I arrived in Toon Town early so took a quick tour around, not having been there since March.  (Big advantage – no massive hangover today like the last time I was in Saskatoon!)  😉 I took my usual […]

Posted 05 October 2013 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Muffled Voices: Five Famous Authors of Banned Books

  This week is Banned Books Week in the US (as opposed to last week of February in Canada for some reason.)  Oh well – I’ll happily celebrate any week that celebrates banned books and pass along great articles profiling authors who’ve been banned. In 2008, when Phillip Pullman learned his novel, The Golden Compass, […]

Posted 24 September 2013 § Censorship § Library § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Funk Link – Amazing Book Shelves #book #library #cool #reddit

Just discovered that Reddit has a sub-Reddit dedicated solely to photos of amazing and cool bookshelves.  If you sort it by “Top” vote getting submissions, you might never go to another sub-Reddit again! 😉 Probably a good lesson for libraries in here somewhere too…

Posted 13 September 2013 § FridayFunLink § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – E-Books Edition

Bev Slopen is a Canadian Literary Agent who is experimenting with e-books to “learn what authors and publishers already know about the area”. Oyster, a “NetFlix for books” has launched.  The obvious rejoinder is “A Netflix for books?  We call that the library.”  But the reality is that libraries operate on a loaning model and […]

Posted 09 September 2013 § Canada § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

What Will Libraries Look Like in Twenty Years?

Ended up having a conversation with someone at the library today and the question of what the library is going to look like in twenty years came up. My initial response was “That’s impossible to predict – who in 1993 would’ve predicted the rise of the e-book, DRM, Amazon, Google – and the impact all […]

Posted 29 August 2013 § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“The Book Thief” Movie Trailer

A great book that is “loaded with librarian appeal” is becoming a movie…

Posted 25 August 2013 § Censorship § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

@paulmccartney in #yqr (and #ywg) Fan Guide #regina #winnipeg #outthere #macca #beatles #excited #onceinalifetime

Going to see Paul McCartney in Winnipeg on Monday or Regina on Wednesday night? Here are some useful resources (with a Regina bias as that’s where I’m located)… Local News & Info TicketMaster’s Paul McCartney – Regina FAQ (PDF) City of Regina Traffic & Construction Notices regarding the concert “McCartney’s First Regina Concert Sure To Be Memorable” […]

Posted 11 August 2013 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § UK ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,