Medicine Hat Librarians Answer Odd Questions Online
Medicine Hat Public Library staff share how they field unusual inquiries from patrons. Pat Evans notes viral meningitis and 1-800 numbers as examples while librarians emphasize being an information source and adapting to CD ROM and Internet technologies.
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Librarians as Eyes and Ears of the School
School librarians describe their role as locating useful information, guiding student inquiries, and balancing help with independence. They emphasize community knowledge, demographic awareness, and organizing events to attract readers while managing busy workloads.
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Job Watch: Secretary Q Careers and Tech Roles
A compact listing highlights openings in sectors including service and retail with a secretary position, a computer technician role, farm worker opportunities, and a payload operator in trades.
Career path lauded for librarianship and student learning
Evans stresses librarianship as a career you fall into after a university degree. Bahnmiller says librarianship centers on books and ideas, while both aim to help students become information literate. Evans adds the gratification of delivering sought information to students.
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Jobs Surge Noted At Hunt Resources Canada Centre
Roy Roth manager reports a spike in positions last week at the Hunt Resources Canada employment centre in the Hat with high school students ready to compete for summer jobs from casual to full-time. The Brooks labor market also shows rising vacancies.
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Ocelot Energy chief pursues international oil play
Calgary based Ocelot Energy led by David Lyons expands beyond western Canada to Tanzania and Gabon after six years of globetrotting. The plan centers on a gas to electricity project with TransCanada Pipelines in Tanzania and a Gabon venture, aiming for a 22 percent after tax return and 30 million dollars annual cash flow.
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Weekly economic stats show easing inflation and April trade shift
Canada’s inflation slowed to 1.5 percent in May from 1.7, with consumer prices up 1.1 percent in April. Retail sales rose 1.1 percent, boosting annual growth to 7.2 percent, while the April trade surplus narrowed to 1.7 billion due to imports led by machinery and auto parts. Travel activity rose with Americans driving into Canada and Canadians making trips abroad as U.S. and other international tourism increased.
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Talisman Energy wins North Sea Ross field development approval
Calgary based Talisman Energy Inc gains British government consent to develop the Ross oil and gas field 60 kilometres off Scotland. The firm with a 52 percent stake estimates recoverable oil 60 to 100 million barrels and gas 20 to 30 billion cubic feet. first production due September 1998. Multi-Corp becomes ZI Corp after annual meeting. Chair Michael Lobsinger says name change reflects business, not to bury controversy tied to Premier Klein. Ethics inquiries cleared Klein of wrongdoing.
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Canada posts slight decline in net foreign liability in 1996
Canada reported a 1996 net foreign liability of 333.1 billion dollars, down 1.1 percent from 336.8 billion in 1995. Total external liabilities reached 818 billion, with about 356 billion in government debt to foreign bond holders and U S holdings rising to 53 percent of net liability.
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