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In all the hours I’ve spent listening to podcasts, it never crossed my mind to seek out library-based or related shows. I’ll be listening to some of these in coming weeks and maybe report back on those that shine. Library of Congress — includes podcasts on the National Book Festival, Digital Preservation, and Music and [...]
I realize I’ve been remiss in filling you in on my week in Vancouver. I was there to attend the CUPE National Convention — a gathering every two years (the location changes each time) of representatives from every CUPE local in Canada. This year, it was held at the Vancouver Conference Centre West (the building [...]
Yesterday, we gathered at InHub Coworking with about 40 other freelancers to kick off the inaugural FreelanceCamp Victoria. The small group had lots of ideas and lots of information to share — a dozen people pitched sessions and we mapped them all out, based on who needed the biggest room! Session topics ranged from freelancer [...]
This morning, I fired up the coffeemaker as usual. Twenty minutes later, Mike asks, “Is this all the coffee you made?” holding up the caraffe with only 3 cups out of 12 brewed. We quickly figured out the element was toast. Mike, much brighter than I am before coffee, calmly boiled the kettle and poured [...]
The past two weeks have been … odd. Last Monday started with word of Jack Layton’s death and the week was passed in sombre reflection as a nation (plus a whole lot of political machinations). This Monday began with news that one of my colleagues had died over the weekend and we all went into [...]
At work, I frequently juggle multiple projects and multiple tasks within those projects.In the past week, I’ve been going back to make sure everything was in order. It wasn’t. Today I discovered that a large chunk of what I thought I still had to do (batch processing some files through Photoshop) had been done not [...]
Apparently, several friends think I have “the coolest job” — this, I discovered after posting this status update to Facebook this morning: this week, work is all about anarchy — specifically a collection of anarchist publications and ephemera held by UVic Special Collections I have switched gears a lot in the past 10 workdays covering: [...]
I’ve been sitting here tonight trying to figure out why I am so exhausted — I yawned through my afternoon meeting and grabbed a quick nap when I got home, but it really wasn’t sufficient. I think it might be because I actually got really excited and “into” work this morning. (Yes, really!) We’re starting [...]
One of my tasks at work is handling the damaged books (we get a lot), directing them to the librarians whose task it is to decide whether we replace, repair or discard a given item. This week, I found a gem: Miss Kilmansegg and her precious leg: a golden legend. Published circa 1870 the story [...]
