Last Friday I posted this tweet: https://twitter.com/stacksandranges/status/636885795266162688?lang=en The college felt like a tomb. The summer students had a little break, and we had one as well filled with projects. At some point too much quiet still feels too much. My job description has many things, but priority numero uno revolves around helping students and staff. … Continue reading Let’s Stop the Music for Now: The Students Are Back!
Tag: Libraries
Midweek Geekiness: Technical Support
*Sigh* I never get tired of that picture: The computer at the learning commons help desk, the technical department I work at twice a week, switched out their towers. The new CPU has Windows 8.1, but I save my work on a stick, attached to my lanyard around my neck. My office computer, a laptop … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Technical Support
Inspired Doing: Canadian Support Staff Day 2014
People ask me what I do. I reply, "I work as a library technician at a college." They respond, "But I thought everyone working in a library is a librarian." I patiently explain it's not the case. We have clerks, those with on-the-job experience, I have a diploma in Library and Information Sciences from Red … Continue reading Inspired Doing: Canadian Support Staff Day 2014
Inspired Thinking: Ken Roberts, Facing the Future
We now realize that knowledge and creativity add economic value. We understand that future jobs will place less value on a strong back and more value on a strong mind. Libraries give us the chance to maintain a literate, creative society. -Ken Roberts, FACING THE FUTURE A Vision Document for British Columbia’s Public Libraries Last weekend, … Continue reading Inspired Thinking: Ken Roberts, Facing the Future
Canadian Library Month Gets Inspired
It's Canadian Library Month in October. Libraries put on displays and programming to highlight the important role libraries have in society. I changed my header for the blog to reflect this year's theme Libraries Inspire. The Canadian Library Month website will collect stories about the impact of libraries on people. In an age of information overload, … Continue reading Canadian Library Month Gets Inspired
Building Better Worlds through Book Banning
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. -River Tam in Serenity Another Freedom to Read Week has passed for this year. For the past couple of years, starting … Continue reading Building Better Worlds through Book Banning
Blog Spotlight: Readers’ Salon
I read a lot of library blogs by librarians, but Reader's Salon represents an entire library system. The contributor all work for the Winnipeg Public Library system, with each voice as unique as the selected topics . Why call it a 'salon'? Isn't that for hairdressers? you ask. Actually, a salon once meant as Merriam-Webster … Continue reading Blog Spotlight: Readers’ Salon
Reverse Psychology, or Satire?
Last week the city of Winnipeg announced 8 libraries will finally get new buildings. It's not about closing libraries, it's about closing older buildings, some lacking access for the physically challenged, and reopening them in 14,00 square foot facilities. For once talk of rebuilding libraries instead of reducing them. The Winnipeg Free Press reported the … Continue reading Reverse Psychology, or Satire?
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