This evening I am trying to decide whether or not I am happy there is no horizontal rain. Ultimately, I decide, I am happy. The reason for my concern is that this, the evening of Nov. 29th, 2010, is the night that two of my peers, Deirdre O’Reilly and Amy Paterson, and I are to give CLA president Keith Walker a tour of Studley Campus. Keith Walker works from Medicine Hat Alberta and I am keen to have him experience the Atlantic Coast in all its glory. Since the skies are clear I am glad that the three hosts Mr. Walker will soon meet have enough hospitality and character to compensate for the lack of local weather systems.
The Future of CLA
The Canadian Library Association, the national voice for Canada’s libraries, is undergoing a reorganization and rejuvenation process this year with a newly developed Future Plan currently being discussed by the members. Last Thursday Keith Walker (CLA President) shared his thoughts on some of the plans and discussed the important role of the national association.
If you missed this public lecture please check out the audio recording of his talk: Keith Walker: The Future of CLA (audio)
What are your thoughts?
Holiday Cheer for Cataloguing Nerds Only
Go, Dewey and Ranganathan: Holiday Cheer for Cataloguing Nerds Only.
Holiday Reading
Now that classes are done and the holidays are pretty well here, time to catch up on some pleasure reading–and nothing says pleasure and holidays like Canadian literary criticism! Second-year MLIS student Nicole Dixon’s polemic essay in Canadian Notes and Queries (CNQ), entitled, “The Other F-Word: The Disappearance of Feminism from Our Fiction,” is the lead essay in issue #80. You can purchase the beautiful magazine (illustrated by Seth) in Halifax at Atlantic News (at the corner of Morris and Queen) or read the article online here. The essay is already generating a buzz on the blogosphere–check out why!
Guest post: Do we need cataloguers? | Voices for the Library
I thought you might be interested in the blog post below that discusses the need for cataloguers. I think you can probably guess to which side of this discussion I belong.
Guest post: Do we need cataloguers? | Voices for the Library.