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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 2007 #skpoli Responses Regarding Libraries #SaveSKLibraries

Sometimes I wonder why I keep this blog up, basically every day, for over ten years. Looking through some old blog posts recently, I realised that librarians are natural archivists and that’s part of the reason. For example, looking for something else, I realised that I’d posted the responses I got prior to the 2007 Saskatchewan […]

¶ Posted 13 April 2017 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history

.@officialRPL Information Session on Cuts to Sask Public Libraries #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries

(As a general rule, I don’t do disclaimers on my blog. But given the fine line that exists between my place of employment and my interest in this issue as a taxpaying citizen – not to mention the fact that I’m someone who grew up in rural Saskatchewan and previously worked for a regional library […]

¶ Posted 12 April 2017 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: education, saskatchewan, twitter

“You got no right to take my joy/I want it back” #DearSask Protest Tribute Video #yqr #yxe #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries @saskmla @premierbradwall

I made a quick video of some of the highlights from the DEARSask protests that happened on Friday. These read-ins saw nearly 6000 people at 85 sites across the province protesting the drastic cuts to the province’s public libraries. My biggest problem making this video? Way too many pictures to choose from! So this video includes a […]

¶ Posted 09 April 2017 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, saskatchewan, youtube

Friday Fun Link – “Drop Everything and Read” Is Huge Success #skpoli #dearsask #saveSKLibraries #dearsk

I honestly felt like I was going to break the “Angry” emoticon on Facebook the past two weeks – so much bad news about cuts to libraries but also to education, STC and other vital services coming across my news feed. Thankfully, today I got to have a much more enjoyable day, continually clicking the […]

¶ Posted 07 April 2017 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library § Meme § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: cool, education, history, saskatchewan

#skpoli #SaveSKLibraries Random Thoughts on Watching The Sausage Get Made at the Sask Legislature

So on Monday, I heard that some library colleagues from the Palliser Regional Library system who’d been laid off were going to be at the Sask Legislature. Since it was my day off, I decided to tag along. I was able to join them in the NDP’s Caucus Office for a while before the afternoon […]

¶ Posted 05 April 2017 § Jobs § Library § News § Photo § Politics § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: education, history

Secret Video Found of SaskParty Budget Deliberations! #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries

The 2016 Saskatchewan Provincial election took place one year ago today. Like me, I’m sure you’re shocked to realise that “Cut rural library budgets by over 50%” wasn’t listed in the Platform the Sask Party ran on during that election. They also didn’t release a budget prior to the election so voters could make a fully informed […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2017 § Humour § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “It is a bad time to be poor/Cause we don’t give a shit no more/If you want to go for help/Don’t look next door” #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries

This song has been running through my head, pretty much on repeat since the Budget was released on March 22. So I’m going to take a brief break from the non-stop library themed posts of the past couple weeks and instead, spend some time today thinking about the wider implications of the Sask Party’s disastrous budget […]

¶ Posted 03 April 2017 § Jobs § Library § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, music, saskatchewan

Does Don Morgan Want You To Go To A Tax Lawyer For Your Divorce? #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries

The Honourable Don Morgan QC has said that combining public libraries and school libraries could be part of the solution to the drastic funding cuts imposed on Saskatchewan public libraries in the recent budget. But Mr. Morgan must know that, just as all lawyers are not the same, all libraries are also not the […]