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The 2-page handout for the BC Library Conference
This year the BC Library Conference will be giving attendees Conference Handbooks instead of having conference presenters distribute their handouts individually. For you this means you get a preview of my 3-hour preconference session weeks before the conference. Fun!
Collective Thoughts on Collective Agreements: Be a Stronger Voice in Your Union (PDF)
Spaces are [...]
Just an observation…
… but have you noticed that none of the decorating books out there focus on personal libraries? You can find literally thousands of books on kitchen, bedroom, bath, and living room design, but nothing about how to design your library.
I’d love to write one and have a photographer show off the various [...]
A new writing goal from now until the end of August
In discussion with others, I’ve made one clear decision for myself in the new few months: I resolve to write and submit for publication at least one article per month from now until the end of August.
I’ve already taken this plan into action by emailing one journal editor with the idea I [...]
Reasons why it’s a good thing I didn’t get into a PhD program this year
It’s always worthwhile to take the time and list off the benefits to things not working out the way you expected. Feel free to add more, if you want.
Reasons why it’s a good thing I didn’t get into a PhD program this year:
One more year to work and save up money.
More time to apply [...]
I just wish e-books distributors were more pro-library
I was just reading an article on the CBC website about how the Sony e-book reader will be getting 500,000 books from Google.
I was all excited and even reading all the comments kept me interested… until I stumbled upon one by JoshBru talking about how much he agreed with another person’s comments and [...]
Good advice from my Sister on good Telephone Reference work
I have an important telephone conference coming up and I mentioned it to family. Unexpectedly, my sister outlined her entire process for providing good tech support by phone. She’s does computer tech support for a very large company in southern Ontario and this is literally what she does all day so it’s not [...]
Posted by Laurie on March 20th, 2009 under Featured Visitor | Comment now »A listing of all possible places I could go to do some post-masters studying to bridge the gap to the PhD
Since I didn’t get into a PhD program, I’m thinking that one of my options is to do a Diploma in Advanced Studies in LIS (or, in the UK, a Master of Research). This would give me the opportunity to both upgrade my skills while obtaining marks that more accurately reflect the professional that [...]
Posted by Laurie on March 19th, 2009 under Laurie speaks! | 4 Comments »I’m pretty sure that even half the signage is more than enough
Something I learned wedding dress shopping — the stores with the least amount of signage made me feel more welcome than those store that had more signs.
While I didn’t go to many stores it was an eye-opening experience on how much large numbers of signs made me feel unwelcomed and perceived as juvenile [...]
Didn’t get into any PhD program, time to work out a new strategy
Sadly, I’ve now heard from the other 3 PhD programs that I applied to and I didn’t get into any of them either. I’ve asked if they could be (brutally) honest with me about what parts of my application were inadequate so I know the areas to improve. So far, it’s sounding like [...]
Posted by Laurie on March 17th, 2009 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »Nice to see that the Teslin, Yukon library has re-opened in a new location
Teslin library to reopen at former trading post
Posted by Laurie on March 16th, 2009 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »Search:
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