Working with Science
Over the past several weeks, I have been reminded why I became a professional librarian and why I love working a in a school (yes - I really do!) I was asked by the science department to collaborate...
View ArticleThe Big Book Review
We recently ran a book blogging competition at my school, using My Big Campus(an online environment offered by Lightspeed Systems) which offers blogging facilities, chat, groups, messaging, assignment...
View ArticleWho else is out there?
I have given this blog the rather strange title of 'who else is out there', simply because this is how I often feel. Working in a school and being the only professional librarian there means I have...
View ArticleLobby for Libraries - 13th March 2012
Since I cannot attend the Parliamentary Lobby for Libraries on 13th March, I was inspired by Bethanar's letter to her MP which she added to her blog last week. Subsequently I have just e-mailed the...
View ArticleLobby for Libraries - My MP's response
Having sent my email to my MP (see previous post), I was initially pleased to find a response in my inbox only a few hours later, however upon reading it I realised that it hadn't been sent from my MP,...
View ArticleGetting out of the LRC
Over the past few weeks I have had two opportunities to get out of the LRC and as there may be some people in my college who will say 'but you are never in there', perhaps I should have entitled it...
View ArticlePublic Libraries
Following on from my last blog post, I visited my local Central Library, meeting up with some ex work colleagues from my distant days when I worked for the public library service. While it was just...
View ArticleCPD23
I signed up this week for CPD23 following a little prompting from my chartership mentor who said it would be really good for someone who was struggling with criteria 4 of her chartership portfolio,...
View ArticleThing 3 - My Personal Brand
Considering my personal brand online seemed a bit strange at first until I started to google myself. No results for my actual name until the second page when there was a link to the citation written...
View ArticleThing 4 - Current Awareness
So it is only a few weeks in and already I am behind with my Things and looking anxiously for when there is a catch up week, hopefully Thing 4 will be mainly straightforward and ties in with something...
View ArticleThing 5
Thing 5 should have been done the week beginning 28th May so I am about four things behind. It is ironic thatThing 5 is all about reflective practicewhich is what I find most difficult; not the actual...
View ArticleThing 6 & 7
Just seen on Twitter that this week is a catch up week for CPD23. Yay! I won't get anymore behind while I am trying to catch up 4 things. So onto Things 6 & 7. I am going to combine these as...
View ArticleThing 8 & 9
Before I start on these Things, just want to mention the fantastic Libcampsw which I went to on Saturday. Held at Exeter University in the Xfi building (great place for a conference), it was so good...
View ArticleThings 10 and 11
I am finally catching up with myself, however the real test will be making sure I keep up during the summer holidays when I plan to be extremely lazy for at least the first four weeks, until I have to...
View ArticleLibcampsw
Saturday 7th July 2012 saw the first ever Libcamp in the southwest; our very own little sister to the national Libcamp. It was a wet and windy day (when isn't it?) and unfortunately some attendees...
View ArticleThing 12
Putting the social into social media is this week's Thing and initially I wondered why we were repeating ourselves, having done online networks in Thing 5, but when I read the post on...
View ArticleThing 13
Ok. I am seriously behind with CPD23 because it is the summer holidays. Working in a school gives me great holidays, but does also mean that I tend to switch off completely from anything work related...
View ArticleThing 14 moving swiftly onto 15
I meant to look at one of the following bibliographic tools, Zotero / Mendeley / CiteULike, at my leisure over the summer holidays. Honestly, really I did. As the CPD23 blog post says I also...
View ArticleThing 16: Advocacy and getting published
Still trying to catch up and having read ahead to some Things to come, I am not sure I want to catch up as they look quite hard. Still, advocacy.....not something I am especially good at I think. I...
View ArticleThing 17 - Prezi and Slideshare
For a while now I have been aware of the death by powerpoint syndrome, both as a teaching and learning tool in schools and at conferences, training etc. When I was doing a great deal of Information...
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