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Halifax Public Libraries : Building Communities
Last Thursday (10 June 2010), I had the pleasure of attending the first of five planning sessions for a new central library in Halifax. Downtown Halifax has required a new library quite a few years....
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Nova Scotia NDP Spelling FAIL
When I’m not working in the library, I’m following local politics and cringing at bad copy. Here’s something that landed in my inbox late Friday night (click to enlarge): NOVA SCOTIA NDP :...
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Come to PodCamp Halifax 2011!
Do you want to know what you’re going to be doing on January 23, 2011? It’s quite simple, really. You’re going to attend Podcamp Halifax 2011. And you’re going to have a blast. Why are you going to...
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PodCamp Halifax 2011 slides: Leveraging YouTube
This post is for the benefit of all the Halifax Podcamp 2011 attendees as well as for the rest of the Interweb – the slides from my presentation, Leveraging YouTube: informing and educating with...
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#CLA2011 Google Map
Are you coming to #CLA2011 (or #CLA11) in Halifax, Nova Scotia? Then this Google Map may come in handy. I created a Google Map to help a few librarian-friends from across Canada decide on some...
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Come to the Halifax Holly Holly!
This post is for all you Halifax Librarians out there. By now, you’ve probably got the e-mail, but I wanted to post it anyway. This way, I can link to my favourite Christmas song below the fold, which...
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Halifax population changes, 2006 to 2011
A few years ago, I designed a few rudimentary Google maps of Halifax from StatCan data. This was before I really knew anything about stats and data (n.b. I still don’t think I know much more than...
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Halifax Unemployment Data, 2006 Census
This weekend I projected unemployment data from the 2006 Census onto a map of Halifax. I won’t say much about this topic because its subject matter lies well beyond my area of expertise; although I’m...
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Halifax Marital Status by Census Tract, 2006
Today’s map is a Valentine’s Day treat for all the single ladies and men in Halifax, Nova Scotia. By manipulating 2006 Census data at the tract level, I’ve plotted maps that show the marital status...
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This week’s map shows us 2005 median incomes for married-couple families in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Don’t let that long topic get to you: although Statistics Canada can sometimes get a little difficult...
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