• Me & My Blog

This blog is an assignment for my Master’s degree in Library and Information Science at the University of British Columbia’s School of Library, Archival, and Information Science.

Unless otherwise credited, all photos are by the blogger.

Blog created by:

MICHAEL FRANCIS McCARTHY

LIBR 500:

FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DR. MARY SUE STEPHENSON

SCHOOL OF LIBRARY, ARCHIVAL AND INFORMATION STUDIES

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

2008-04-14

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From Babar to Barber:

A LOVE OF READING & HELPING OTHERS

BABAR RULES!

The King of the Elephants got me hooked on reading as a wee one. And now … I’m in Library School, blogging away blithely.

My class is the first to study in the new IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE @ The University of British Columbia in SuperNatural Vancouver, Canada.

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AND NOW …

FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT:

LIBRARIANS HAVE FUN, TOO, YOU KNOW. LAST NIGHT I WAS THINKING OF PUTTING THIS ASSIGNMENT TO BED AND WHAT FINAL TOUCHES I COULD ADD TO THE BLOG. WELL, I WAS WATCHING A FAVOURITE MOVIE OF MINE, ANNE WHEELER’S LESBO-ROMANTICO-COMEDIA BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE, WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING HIGH (OR IS IT LOW?) CAMP SEQUENCE ABOUT … JULIE CHRISTIE! THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY LORRAINE BOWEN, WHO HAS A MYSPACE PROFILE. WHEELER’S FILM TOUCHES ON THE TOPIC OF BOOK CENSORSHIP, COMPLETING THE CIRCLE STARTED BY BRADBURY.

IN A STRANGE, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION WAY, I MENTIONED JULIE IN REFERENCE TO THE PELHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY’S BLOG, FAHRENHEIT 451. OF COURSE, JULIE STARRED IN THAT 1966 CLASSIC OF BRADBURY’S DYSTOPIA.

Aflame with the excitement and emotions of tomorrow!

— Tagline from the Internet Movie Database

YEARS LATER, THE GREAT CANADIAN WRITER AND DIRECTOR, ANNE WHEELER DIRECTED AN EPISODE OF THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER. YOUTUBE IS MY FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIUM, AND SOMEHOW IT ALL SEEMS TO CONNECT, IN MY MIND AT LEAST. (BUT REALLY, I JUST LOVE THE SONG)