Library Day in the Life
This week I will be taking part in the Library Day in the Life Project. I caught the tail end of it last year and vowed to take part this year, as much as I could anyway. I will endeavour to write a...
View ArticleLibrary Day in the Life - Day 1
This blog post is part of Library Day in the Life.My day is supposed to start at 6.30am, however, 5.30am saw me being woken by my two kittens scratching at the door...Morning:My working day on the...
View ArticleLibrary Day in the Life - Day 2
This blog post is part of Library Day in the LifeUsually on a Tuesday I spend the majority of my time single-staffing the HE Centre; keeping the place running smoothly and the students and academic...
View ArticleLibrary Day in the Life - Day 3
This blog post is part of Library Day in the LifeToday I am going to breakdown what I do a little bit more rather than going into the whys and wherefores so much.Today I started work at 11.30am as I...
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This blog post is part of Library Day in the LifeOkay today is a normal day with nothing untoward happening.8:30amArrive at work and check Google Reader, emails and make a notice on the LIKE LinkedIn...
View ArticleLibrary Day in the Life - Day 5
This blog post is part of Library Day in the LifeFriday was so packed I've only just got round to writing this post the day after.Arrived at work at 8.30am and checked my emails and Google Reader. I...
View ArticleWriting for Publication
On Tuesday 31st January I attended an event coordinated by CILIP in London and Library and Information Research Group entitled 'Writing for Publication'. Having my name in print has long been an...
View ArticleRound up of the Library Day in the Life Project
The project.A couple of weeks ago I took part in the Library Day in the Life Project. To take part, librarians record a working week either via a blog, Twitter, Flickr or any other social networking...
View ArticleLIKE 33 - Copyright, Hargreaves & Digital Economy Act
Copyright, Hargreaves & Digital Economy Act - Intellectual Property fit for the digital ageThis was the question posed by Prof Charles Oppenheim at Like33 on Thursday 23rd February. I rarely have...
View ArticleFacilitation Uncovered
On Tuesday 20th March, I attended my first SLA Europe event - Facilitation Uncovered. We were told this was SLA Europe's first attempt at arranging smaller, more intimate training events alongside...
View ArticleIf at first you don't succeed....
Over the last few years I have entered numerous library (and non-library related) competitions to attend conferences, events (or win shoes and theatre tickets) and have won absolutely nothing. I'd...
View ArticleE-Safety: Developing effective Practice.
I know this blog post is quite late after the event but I was going to use some of its contents to write an article (a proper one) for my workplace. As I am now leaving there, I will no longer be doing...
View ArticleLIKE 35 - Books: why bother? with Anne Welsh
On Thursday 26th April, I attended LIKE 35. After a mad dash from work to get there in the nick of time I was thrilled to be met by Tina Reynolds holding a glass of wine towards me as I entered,...
View ArticleMy social media journey
The first thing I ever used in social media was uboot.com, a sort of weird German forum site. A friend recommended it while I was looking for information on the Cottingley Fairies. While uboot didn't...
View ArticleMy first month as an Academic Librarian
I've been in my job just over a month now and here is a list of things I have been doing:Meeting the teamLearning how to use Coutts Oasis and ordering booksReviewing book lists on Talis AspireWatching...
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The Business of Social Media LIKE Ideas 29th June 2012
On 29th June 2012, I attended the inaugural conference of the London Information and Knowledge Exchange (LIKE). I was involved in helping to organise the event and it was a brilliant experience, not...
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Collaborative research - living the DREaM
On Monday 9th July, I attended the Library and Information Science Developing Research Excellence and Methods (LIS DREaM) Conference at the British Library. I had been kindly sponsored to attend by...
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SLA Chicago 2012 - Part 1
Beginnings:I was recently awarded the Early Career Conference Award (ECCA) sponsored by the Leadership and Management Division and SLA Europe) and was given the amazing opportunity of attending the...
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SLA Chicago 2012 - Part 2
Early starts, ebooks and Macy'sMonday started early and finished late – this was the start of the 8am to 1am days I had been warned about – usually I tend to fall asleep but as I was still not yet...
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SLA Chicago 2012 - Part 3
Last day of the conferenceThe last day was a short one for me as I was flying back home that afternoon. It started at 8am with a look at what’s next for social media. It didn’t really cover anything...
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