Library day in the life round 4: day 3
I’ve been mainly doing my day-in-the-life updates through twitter, but decided you deserved a proper blog post today Apologies if you know all this already! I got into work slightly earlier than usual...
View ArticleWhat Chartership means to me
Well, the portfolios are done, bound, and in the post, and it’s time to reflect on what Chartership and the chartering process have meant to me. Several people have asked me about this already, and I...
View ArticleChartership: what now?
I blogged recently about what CILIP Chartership – by which I really meant the process of putting together my Chartership portfolio – meant to me. Well, as of yesterday, it means that I am now a...
View ArticleConferences and me
I have a confession to make: I really, really enjoyed the New Professionals Conference yesterday. There were a few nervous moments about my presentation and my Twitter workshop, but overall? had a...
View ArticleSLA2010 and the stars/fellows roundtable
You’d have thought, from the fuss I was putting up about nerves before my presentation at NPC2010 on Monday, that it was the first time I’d ever been called on to speak in front of an audience. Well,...
View ArticleGrowing up in public: social media for professional development
The NoWAL Exchange of Experience event yesterday (hashtag #nmee) was hugely enjoyable! Most people spoke about how they were using social media in the workplace, but I’d been asked to do something a...
View ArticleKeeping my balance
Ahh, the age-old topic of work/life balance. We’re always being told to take more time for ourselves, that we’ll regret working so hard. And it’s easy to argue that modern technology is making it...
View ArticleBreaking my silence
Wow! Nearly a month between blog posts! And this one’s going to be a bit of a cop-out… An update on the things I’ve been doing that have kept me from blogging Voices for the Library The VftL campaign...
View ArticleLack of reflection – is my PPD undead?
I had a PDR today. For those of you outside whatever sectors this particular acronym has infiltrated, that stands for ‘Performance and Development Review’. It’s basically a big yearly appraisal, where...
View ArticleDear librarianship…
Dear librarianship, We began our affair back in the heady days of 2006, when I was a young and naive graduate trainee. You opened my eyes to the delights of information provision. I’ll never forget the...
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