Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas. This memoir of the library career of Scott Douglas (until roughly the end of his 20s) is pretty close to my own library experiences. He took on the job as it paid money and helped through uni, then became a career and post graduate choice …
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Thing 21 and 22
I’ve decided to combine these two together, as Thing 21 is all about my skills and Thing 22 is about volunteering and I’d argue for me the two are so intertwined that the posts would just be duplication. The CPD23 post asks some questions so I’ll use these as the framework for this post. 1. …
Dec
21
Thing 20 – The Library Routes Project
So the CPD23 posting idea for Thing 20 was to share how I became a librarian but I already did that in Thing 10 so I just added a link from that to the The Library Routes Project. It was suggested I reflect on my route compared to other but on some further reading it’s …
Dec
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Thing 19 – Integration
The idea of CPD23 Thing 19 was a bit of a catch-up week and a chance to reflect on what Things have made the cut and are proving useful. Since I’m on a massive catch-up some of these Things haven’t had a change to become routine. I’m keeping this post short and snappy as I …
Dec
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Thing 18: Jing / screen capture / podcasts (making and following them)
Thing 18 took all of yesterday to do but it was worth it as it was a lot of fun and I’m full of ideas on where to go with this. As I’m at work I couldn’t use Jing so instead I opted for screencast-o-matic as you can do this online. It was easy and …
Dec
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Thing 17 – Prezi and Slide Share
I have tried the two tools suggested in Thing 17 – Prezi and SlideShare – this year both as part of my S5 study skills lessons, though I’ve used SlideShare for a few other things as well. I’ve seen a number of people use Prezi at presentations I’ve been at and it is bit more …
Dec
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Thing 16 – Advocacy
Why is it important to advocate what I do? From a basic day-to-day way it’s all about attracting new or lapsed users or being form of communication with user (that being pupils, staff and parents). On a personal level it’s about insuring I have a job tomorrow and making people realise what I do and …
Dec
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Thing 15 – Attending, presenting at and organising seminars, conferences and other events
Now this Thing from CPD23 is something I can talk about as I have attended, presented and helped organise various things both within the school, local librarians, SLA(S) and in my Girlguiding life as well. There are always challenges when we do this but I’ve found that having enthusiastic and experienced people supporting is a …
Dec
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Thing 14 – Zotero / Mendeley / CiteULike
At first reading these Things meant nothing to me but as I read the rest of the post it became clear that actually this was a highly usebale thing. From a CPD point of view Thing 14 is a bit late, or maybe early, as I am currently not involved in any large research projects …
Dec
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Thing 13
See I told you I hadn’t forgotten about this whole CPD23 thing. So first up today is Thing 13 – Google Docs, Wikis and Dropbox. I can see ways I can use all of these features though in the school set up the Google Docs idea is not needed as we can use Glow to …
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- "Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life."“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.” - Christopher Paolini (via magiquotes) […]
- “Since the introduction of printing there has been a tendency in...“Since the introduction of printing there has been a tendency in literature to appeal more and more to the eye, and less and less to the ear which is really the sense which, from the standpoint of pure art, it should seek to please, and by whose canons of pleasure it should abide always.” - Oscar Wilde Books on CD are available for you to borrow from the lib […]
- Everyone Should Read - The Chronicles of NarniaEveryone Should Read - The Chronicles of Narnia […]
- "Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” - Mark Twain (via thelifeguardlibrarian) […]
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“A True Story of Discrimination”mwentworth: “A True Story of Discrimination” […]
