May 2008 - Posts

28 May 2008
Back to happiness

I did a blogpiece on happiness a couple of weeks ago and the metrics indicate that it attracted more than the usual number of lurking readers. So I thought I'd continue in similar vein and alert you - albeit belatedly - to a good article by Matthew Syed which appeared in Times2 on Wednesday 21 May called... Read More...

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28 May 2008
Time for the Conway report

Today, CILIP publishes the Conway report - a hard-hitting analysis of the condition of public libraries in England written for CILIP by Patrick Conway, former Director of Culture and Leisure with Durham County Council. The report is based on a small sample of Public Library Authorities - but it raises... Read More...

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21 May 2008
Welcome back, Dr Jones

In a long career there are bound to be embarrassing moments - and, for me, being compared to Indiana Jones ranks high on the list! Back in 1985, when Dr Jones was the biggest thing at the box office and I teaching at the estwhile (shame!) Birmingham Library School, I was interviewed by the Birmingham... Read More...

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08 May 2008
On happiness

Last week I promised you a heartwarming tale of happiness, so here it is. My good friend (whom for the sake of anonymity we shall call X ), aged 58, describes himself as a long-haired, vegetarian saxophone player who lives in semi-poverty in a crumbling house; in a deeply unfashionable towm in the Midlands... Read More...

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08 May 2008
Stuff to read

My journey home last night (line problems in the West Midlands area, delay to inbound train, relief crew, no hot drinks...) was made more pleasant than it might have been by catching up on some of my professional reading. Here's some stuff I found well worth reading. NextSpace , a freebie magazine from... Read More...

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