Ben Van Gorp

A Librarian who encourages digital literacy through gamer and maker culture. My views are my own, because games. He/him

[Michelle Arbuckle @Citybrarian]

Does your library know what to do after a data breach? Don't panic, but be prepared. Join us on June 12 for OLITA's Digital Odyssey conference. Learn how to manage those stressful incidents and mitigate risk, even if you don't control your own IT. https://t.co/NYx2Cgqg1B

[Jennifer French @jennkfrench]

Glad to cast my ballot to keep hospitals public & stop the privatization of our public hospitals & services! Vote in the @OntarioHealthC referendum near you! https://t.co/YcxS8XJDDk

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@archivalistic @stegan Biscuits, cheese and crackers and beans on toast have legitimately lowered the number of swears in our house to almost zero

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@aliversluis Definitely confused me on my last trip and I live here. There was reduced service and when Oshawa Go didn't search we first thought the station was closed and we would have to go to Whitby.

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@shailenepanylo That is awful. Seeing your post about pushing for masks again in person made me know my trustee vote went to the right person because you have immediately stepped up and taken action to support our kids. Keep up the good fight!

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@merrygodown That pretzel looks otherworldly

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@aliversluis Max and Dash hope that you get some rest from your troubles soon

[Thomas Guignard @timtomch]

One library for each country in the world, inspired by @culturaltutor. Not as easy as it sounds, let's see how far I can go.

AFGHANISTAN: Kabul University Central Library
Source: https://t.co/3ubMfhoTKI

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@schmalliso We got a passive aggressive sticker on our green bin a few months back and I still haven't fully recovered. Where you go we may not be able to follow.

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@schmalliso Is it possible to learn this power?

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@janeschmidt Public libraries too. In our case we may be in the great management retirement. Lots of boards testing if they want to recruit internally or pay for a long search. Then the dominoes after as everyone juggles around.

[Michelle Goodridge🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @migoodridge]

I'm excited to attend From Dungeons to Discord – Gaming Programming for Libraries at Digital Odyssey 2022 https://t.co/1Ek3JXAdyM @sched

[Michelle Goodridge🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @migoodridge]

Super stoked for @olitassoc Digital Odyssey with this years theme being “Beyond Brick and Mortar” - more details here and hope to see you, virtually, there! https://t.co/aFpVkAf3j2

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@aliversluis How far do you think you can go? Our deputy CEO brought in a standing lamp for her office and kept the overhead light off, using the standing lamp instead. As long as you're not running afoul of fire codes most building staff won't object.

[EastGwillimburyPL @EGPublicLibrary]

The Library is working on a new Master Plan, and we would love to hear from you! Deadline is February 11th, so don't wait to complete your entry.
To access the survey directly, visit: https://t.co/RWKg6A2W6M
or you can find a link on the homepage of https://t.co/BnGyFsHTGm.

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@schmalliso Do you have any humidity control on your thermostat? We were dealing with a lot of wakeups from our normally heavy sleeper and upping the humidity really helped.

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@aliversluis I think there is some sort of subliminal messaging that brings us to Canadian Tire for Christmas lights. I never normally go there for things, but Christmas lights? First stop.

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@schmalliso Ooooh sounds good. I'm sure a whitenoise recording would loop fairly well. We have a whitenoise machine in Adrian's room that has survived him tossing it around quite a bit. Let me know if you need a quick sound recording of it

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@schmalliso It has been 14 hours. I feel like we need an update here. Adrian's bedtime is mostly non-digital but I am still emotionally invested

[Ben Van Gorp @BeardaciousB]

@VaxHuntersCan Thank you for helping my wife and I get our first and second doses. With your quick access to info we were able to sneak in our second dose two weeks before my wife gave birth, giving our newborn the best chance she can get to pick up some immunities.