Conference: Gateways to Many Worldsīook Review Nanabosho and the Woodpecker. Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road? Gordon Korman. Duncan Reviews Nanabosho and the Woodpecker. (Meanwhile, Winnipeg has broken the record for consecutive days with snow on the ground, and as I write this my yard is covered with 6' of new white stuff.)Īs always, please send any comments to the address beneath my name. My apologies for any other deficiencies in the magazine in the last couple of weeks - Peter has been on a well-deserved vacation in a thoroughly undeserved warm part of France. Note that after a gap of a few issues due to technical difficulties, the Great Canadian Trivia Contest is back this week. Oh, and Executive Assistant Peter Tittenberger and I will be presenting on ' CM Magazine: From Conception to Virtual Reality.' There's more about the conference in this week's news and of course, you can check out the obligatory conference web-site ( ).

Site, YAHOO!, to noted YA author Margaret Buffie speaking on 'Wanted: Peter Rabbit - THIEF!' (about the effects of censorship on a writer's work). Maintenance of the world's most intuitive and efficient World wide Web This year's theme is especially appropriate to CM's readership: 'Libraries: Gateways to Many Worlds.' Presenters range from Srinija Srinivasan, the head of design and But in fact, the MLA's responsibilities are legion.įor example (to get to the point), they present an annual conference aimed at library professionals and information providers. Now you might think that putting out an award-winning electronic journal, and paying our salaries, would be enough to justify the existence of any organization.

As you know, if you read the fine print at the bottom of our pages, CM is published by the Manitoba Library Association.

Out of Focus by Margaret Buffie