Now that Game of Thrones is back on the air, it's time for a new countdown. The Manitoba Libraries Conference will happen in a month's time, and it has me giddy enough to make it my new countdown widget. I can't attend all the conference sessions, but May 15th promises a long, exciting, and informative … Continue reading A Widget, An Amnesty, and a Very Busy Month of May
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We Interrupt this Blog Spotlight…
Whenever I link to a video or anything a major thought goes through my head I hope it's okay and not against copyright. The Simpson's Game of Thrones parody is a prime example. I think it's funny and therefore share the funny. Fox already took down clips from many sites, some people on YouTube even … Continue reading We Interrupt this Blog Spotlight…
The Best Things In Libraries Are (Sometimes) Free
I wait for a number of things in life. My ever-growing list now includes two Hobbit movies, a new Richard Armitage interview, a new season of Mad Men to première, any given novel, and the yearly Library Journal Best Free Reference list. This list goes beyond Wikipedia to spotlight the best in websites offering accurate, current, … Continue reading The Best Things In Libraries Are (Sometimes) Free
Blog Spotlight: Library Techician Blogs
Library Technician Dialog This blog maintained by two library techs and won the 2010 CLawBies award for best law blog. The entries mostly concentrate on law resources, but do cover other topics such as the importance of failure and hiring in rural libraries. The entries don't happen every day, but once they appear are concise … Continue reading Blog Spotlight: Library Techician Blogs
Stopping in a library on a Snowy, Sunday Afternoon
I had Sunday lunch with some friends and decided to hit the library afterwards. During my move, as I downsized my personal library, it seems two of my books went into the giveaway pile. One of them was entitled Foundations for Centering Prayer by Thomas Keating. Father Keating teaches centering prayer, a contemplative way to … Continue reading Stopping in a library on a Snowy, Sunday Afternoon
An Every-Day Exercise in Information Literacy
It began with an interesting tidbit from Google news regarding The Hobbit films. Two sites-Superman Homepage and Comic Book Movie-claimed The Hobbit and Man of Steel will swap release dates. Both pointed to another website called Think McFlyThink claiming The Hobbit fell behind and Peter Jackson wants a new release date to insure the high … Continue reading An Every-Day Exercise in Information Literacy
The Thrill of the Search and the Agony of No Hits
I work in post-secondary setting with access to some form of training on EBSCOhost. For those with a DIY streak either by necessity or choice, the database offers a variety of ways to learn how to search. I noticed power point presentations, adobe flash videos, and even YouTube. In fact EBSCOhost has its own channel … Continue reading The Thrill of the Search and the Agony of No Hits
I heard about TecCrunch from a co-worker. I don't consider myself a true 'techie' more like a dabbler, or someone willing to try to solve a problem before calling someone in knowing more than I do. (Hopefully without making the problem worse for the person trying to solve it.)TechCrunch has its own streaming TV with … Continue reading
Unpaused Life 