...for the Trumpomuskovians have come for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528
As for Mr. Dickson's warning:
“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528
As for Mr. Dickson's warning:
“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
Libraries: Ādisōke
Aug. 5th, 2021 11:53 amThe building to come, meant to host both the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library and the geneology resources of Library and Archives Canada in years to come, now has a name: Ādisōke.
Details in this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/opl_bpo/status/1423307279139549189
Details in this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/opl_bpo/status/1423307279139549189
Books: A Poll Result and a New List
Jun. 3rd, 2021 10:07 pmYou remember this poll?
Decided to go with an option unpicked to date by anyone: Stumptown Vol. 4: The Case of the Cup of Joe. Greg Rucka wrote it, he helped me out with some research on something I co-wrote a little over twenty years ago, and a lot of his stuff's entertained me over the decades since then. So he gets a little more of what I can spare, effective today. I pick the book up on Saturday.
Other titles I'm either reading, re-reading or trying to make time for right now, whether by my own finances or with the public library's help:
Another incomplete list, and I'm not going to be able to get to all of them, anymore than I managed with the March 2021 list.
Decided to go with an option unpicked to date by anyone: Stumptown Vol. 4: The Case of the Cup of Joe. Greg Rucka wrote it, he helped me out with some research on something I co-wrote a little over twenty years ago, and a lot of his stuff's entertained me over the decades since then. So he gets a little more of what I can spare, effective today. I pick the book up on Saturday.
Other titles I'm either reading, re-reading or trying to make time for right now, whether by my own finances or with the public library's help:
- Glimpses of Cumberland Township - For the Honour of Our Ancestors - Cumberland Township Historical Society
- The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent
- Star Trek: Discovery - Wonderlands by
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altariel - Obscure Ottawa by Ray Corrin
- Earth by David Brin
- Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the World by Samantha Power (Yes, she's a Biden appointee nowadays.)
- Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
- Draplin Design Co. - Pretty Much Everything by Aaron James Draplin
- This Day in Vancouver by Jesse Donaldson
- How to Lie With Maps by Mark Monmonier
- On Property by Rinaldo Walcott
- The Library Book: An Overdue History of the Ottawa Public Library by Phil Jenkins
- Trumpocalypse by David Frum
- Tangled Up in Blue by Rosa Brooks
- Cartographic Grounds - Projecting the Landscape Imaginary by Jill Desimini and Charles Waldheim
Another incomplete list, and I'm not going to be able to get to all of them, anymore than I managed with the March 2021 list.
Books as Props
Dec. 26th, 2020 10:32 pmFor politicians as much as movie and TV soundstages, apparently.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/books-by-the-foot-washington-dc-covid-books-440347
https://www.wonderbk.com/bookseller/theyre-gonna-put-you-in-the-movies/
And yes, I've seen news reports of libraries on cruise ships. I have a Haynes Manual detailing the history of the Queen Mary II, and that vessel does have a reading library aboard her. I suppose Books By the Yard's management and staff have already heard of such themselves more directly.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/books-by-the-foot-washington-dc-covid-books-440347
https://www.wonderbk.com/bookseller/theyre-gonna-put-you-in-the-movies/
And yes, I've seen news reports of libraries on cruise ships. I have a Haynes Manual detailing the history of the Queen Mary II, and that vessel does have a reading library aboard her. I suppose Books By the Yard's management and staff have already heard of such themselves more directly.
CULLING: Magazines II
Oct. 19th, 2020 06:43 pmMade up my mind. Those six titles get purged.
Keeping the NatGeo maps, though, if I can.
I'm still not moving fast enough.
Keeping the NatGeo maps, though, if I can.
I'm still not moving fast enough.
Culling the Books
Oct. 4th, 2020 03:00 pmI've started trying to sell some of my personal library via Facebook Marketplace. Five titles so far, all being offered for sale under my real name. It's an odd assortment of titles so far.
When I have to move, IF I have somewhere to move TO...it's going to be crazy. I'm going to be crazier.
When I have to move, IF I have somewhere to move TO...it's going to be crazy. I'm going to be crazier.
Some Other Stuff
Oct. 2nd, 2020 09:02 pmThree jobs applied for today. Tried for a fourth, but couldn't log into the website properly for that company. Still waiting for the password reset e-mail half an hour later.
Oh, I might be looking for a new place for me and my personal library to live starting next January.
"Might?" Probably will be. Long story, not all of it mine to share. Not right now, anyway. Not going to count on lottery money showing up to save anyone's day, let alone mine. But, yeah, this adds a little urgency for unloading some of my collections.
Oh, I might be looking for a new place for me and my personal library to live starting next January.
"Might?" Probably will be. Long story, not all of it mine to share. Not right now, anyway. Not going to count on lottery money showing up to save anyone's day, let alone mine. But, yeah, this adds a little urgency for unloading some of my collections.
In case you don't already know, our local public libraries have online operations still available to us:
Ottawa Public Library
https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/
https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/fr/
Gatineau Public Library
https://www.gatineau.ca/portail/default.aspx?p=guichet_municipal/bibliotheque
To those of you working to keep those online services running smoothly during this time of pandemic, I thank you all.
Ottawa Public Library
https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/
https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/fr/
Gatineau Public Library
https://www.gatineau.ca/portail/default.aspx?p=guichet_municipal/bibliotheque
To those of you working to keep those online services running smoothly during this time of pandemic, I thank you all.
My workshopping group, Pen and Paper, usually meets at the Rideau Branch of the Ottawa Public Library. This should have been expected. We'll have to figure out a workaround if we want to keep going, probably via Internet.
https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/blogs/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-update
https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/blogs/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-update
Pen and Paper Workshop Night
Jan. 14th, 2020 03:37 pmI figure to be at the Rideau branch of the library by 630 PM tonight.
See you later, in any case...
See you later, in any case...
Library Stuff on a Friday Morning
Jun. 14th, 2019 10:24 amSo the library branches across Ottawa are closed today because professional development day stuff. Which is mildly annoying, but it can't be helped. Right?
Still grateful to have a branch within walking distance of home, though.
Still grateful to have a branch within walking distance of home, though.
JOBS/WRITING: Tuesdays
May. 28th, 2019 01:49 pmSome federal paperwork's been taken care of this morning, so I'm now at the main branch of the library searching for jobs, and researching for several personal projects. Since there's that writing workshop tonight over at the Rideau branch at 630 PM, and the paperwork this morning had to be delivered to a mall about halfway between home and downtown anyway...time to check the e-mail and job boards downtown after lunch.
JOBS/WRITING: Attachments
May. 27th, 2019 10:19 pmAnd I finally have about 500 words coherently written for Pen and Paper workshop for tomorrow night at the Rideau Library. So that covers skills maintenance in writing, employment networking and public speaking. I hope.
Also mental health maintenance. Hopefully.
Also mental health maintenance. Hopefully.
Going Digging Through the Stacks...
Feb. 3rd, 2017 01:13 pm...of my very disorganized personal library, I rediscovered my copy of Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine. I suspected as much, and my memory didn't betray me. Chapters 11 and 12 are devoted to what might be called an inquest or autopsy into some of the other root causes of Grazhdanin Putin's rise to political dominance in Moskva.
And from there, I think I'll spend part of the afternoon watching Agents of SHIELD as I catch up on my e-mail.
More on other matters as the day wears on.
And from there, I think I'll spend part of the afternoon watching Agents of SHIELD as I catch up on my e-mail.
More on other matters as the day wears on.
Home again...
Jan. 3rd, 2017 09:17 pm...and the workshop's off. Weather issues, as expected. The Rideau Branch of the library's got its winter break retrofitting done and it looks okay enough for visiting.
