tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15877757902592259042024-03-13T21:25:19.145+00:00The Hobbit HoleAnnie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-57719322378082283812014-07-04T15:43:00.000+01:002014-07-04T15:43:08.397+01:00Having my CaKE and eating it too<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Earlier this week I attended the first Cambridge Knowledge Exchange event (which has the pleasing acronym of CaKE). CaKE is the brainchild of Claire Sewell and Celine Carty, who had the idea for a local forum where Cambridge librairans could share knowledge and ideas gained from conferences. There were 8 presenters at the event speaking about different conferences they had attended in the last few months. The presentations are going up on the <a href="http://cambridgeknowledgeexchange.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">CaKE blog</a>, Claire's storify of tweets from the event is <a href="https://storify.com/ces43/cake-june-2014" target="_blank">here</a>, and my personal tweets are storified <a href="https://storify.com/Annie_Bob/tweets-from-cake" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I am fortunate that my workplace is very supportive of my professional development (I will be going to ARCLIB next week) but conferences are expensive and it is impossible to go to everything you are interested in. At this event I learnt a lot of relevant stuff from several different conferences, all in one afternoon without leaving Cambridge.<br />
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Another of the good things about this event was hearing presentations about conferences that I wouldn't have thought were that relevant to me, but turned out to be very interesting. I will keep an eye on <a href="http://elag2014.org/" target="_blank">ELAG</a> in the future for example. <br />
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It was particularly useful when the presenters pulled out things from the conferences that they had been able to apply in their own library. Our libraries across the University are very different in lots of ways, but we generally have similar aims and pressures, and it makes sense to share this kind of learning. I have observed a trend recently towards greater collaboration in Cambridge libraries - for example a bunch of us are working on a central FAQs page similar to <a href="http://library.pdx.edu/diy/" target="_blank">Portland State's Library DIY</a>, and at the last meeting of the Cambridge Colleges Libraries Forum we spent some time brainstorming ways that CCLF could help individual colleges more, and ways that we could work together with other groups. I'm very hopeful that this trend will continue.<br />
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I hadn't originally been planning to tweet during the event, but I ended up doing so (the hashtag was #camcake). Quite a few people were following and commenting from afar (all jealous that Claire's delicious gin cake could not be fed down the intertubes!) and it was interesting to get input from people in America and Ireland. Niamh Tumelty mentioned joint vendor & librarian sessions, with the librarians giving their honest experience of using the product. I thought this was a great idea, however Tracy Maleef from the US was surprised that this was a novel concept in the UK. Really, it makes so much sense that I don't know why it isn't done here! This is one of the reasons I like using Twitter at events and conferences - it quite often leads to interesting back-channel discussion, and opens up the conversation beyond the people physically at the event.<br />
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Some key points I noted down to follow up later were:<br />
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<li>Look into <a href="http://projectinfolit.org/" target="_blank">Project Information Literacy</a> and the <a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsesadl/" target="_blank">LSE SADL</a> project</li>
<li>Learn more about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_research" target="_blank">action research</a></li>
<li>Use the questions "what should we start doing/what should we stop doing" as an exercise</li>
<li>Look up the presentations from ELAG.</li>
<li>Keep an eye out for the Hyperlinked Library MOOC in case it runs again</li>
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Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-64130351441525905172014-06-02T22:25:00.003+01:002014-06-02T22:25:52.584+01:00First adventures in ChartershipI have taken the plunge and signed up for Chartership. Eek! Chartering has been a vague aim for a while now, something I've mentioned in job interviews when I've been asked where I see myself in X years time. But now I've paid my registration fee, found a mentor, and it is time to actually get on with it!<br />
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I had my first meeting with my mentor last week. Sheila is an information scientist managing bibliographic databases and search services for the specialist engineering firm TWI. I know that finding a mentor can be a difficult process, especially when trying to find someone in a different field from your own. I was very lucky to find a mentor quite quickly, and to find someone working in such a different role. I found my mentor through the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/413518652118565/" target="_blank">CILIP East Mentor/Mentee Matchmaking group</a> on Facebook which was the brainchild of <a href="http://twitter.com/mginotherwords" target="_blank">Maria Giovanna</a>, CILIP East's Candidate Support Officer.<br />
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After chatting for a while about what I wanted to get out of Chartership and going through the mentoring agreement form, Sheila gave me a tour of the library. The library at TWI provides information resources for a range of different user groups, including onsite staff, those studying for PhDs, and offsite users from many different companies. As a lot of the reports and so on in the library are confidential to some level or other, it is important to identify the user and determine whether they should be able to access the resource in question. While we have policies in the College library about who can register to borrow books, and different loan periods for different types of user, there are no restrictions on reference use - we don't have any classified information!<br />
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For offsite users, electronic copies and physical books are sent out by library staff. The online database has an 'add to cart' button for each article. Orders are sent to the library and then copies are made and sent out. The database uses a specialist thesaurus of welding-related terms. Sheila goes to an annual international conference where new terms are suggested and debated. During my Cat & Class II module at UCL I had to create my own thesaurus on a subject of my choice which I found one of the most enjoyable pieces of coursework (and not just because my subject was Harry Potter...) I haven't used that skill since my MA, so it was interesting to see this kind of work being carried out. <br />
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Cataloguing a new article for the TWI database involves a lot of work. Keywords are assigned from the thesaurus (if the topic isn't accurately covered then a free-text keyword is added - this is where Sheila looks when taking new suggestions to the annual conference). TWI information staff write their own abstracts for each article, as author-provided abstracts don't usually provide the necessary detail required by TWI employees about the types of material, techniques etc. being discussed. Journals, reports etc. are acquired from all over the world in many languages, so abstracting and keywording is a considerable task!<br />
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On my visit I saw the TWI library in its temporary home, as a new building is currently under construction. At Magdalene we are planning a new library building, so I jumped at the chance to look at site plans etc. and hear more about the process. TWI are much further along in the process than us, they will be in the new building in a matter of months whereas our new building is still several years away. When building work begins we will hopefully not have to move into temporary accomodation as, unlike at TWI, the current College Library is not being demolished to make room for the new building, but the idea is to repurpose the space afterwards and turn it into some kind of visitors centre/exhibition space for the Pepys Library. <br />
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Before I left, Sheila showed me the exhibition space in the reception area which displays the wide range of welding techniques used, and the variety of industries supported by TWI - from communications technology to medical equipment, and even clothing. Sheila had mentioned earlier in the afternoon that some prospective mentees were put off as her role is far removed from that of e.g. an academic or public librarian, which surprised me as I found the difference in our roles fascinating. <br />
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The next steps for me are to do the PKSB gap analysis to identify which areas I'm going to focus on improving, and to spend some time playing around with the virtual learning environment on the CILIP website. My target is to complete my portfolio in a year so I better get cracking!<br />
<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-81195014246377308852014-02-24T19:45:00.003+00:002014-02-24T19:45:49.770+00:00Academic Skills Session: Research Survival GuideOur second session in the Academic Skills Programme was called 'Research Survival Guide: Mastering Your Dissertation or Project' (side-note, I think in hindsight that 'Surviving Your Dissertation' would have been a snappier title, but oh well...!)<br />
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<b> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/AnnieSponge/research-survival-guide-mastering-your-dissertation-or-project-31431583" target="_blank" title="Research Survival Guide: Mastering Your Dissertation or Project">Research Survival Guide: Mastering Your Dissertation or Project</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/AnnieSponge" target="_blank">Annie Gleeson</a></b> </div>
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As with the last session, I've adapted the content into three posts on the library blog:<br />
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<li><a href="http://homlib.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/research-survival-guide-part-1-the-literature-search/" target="_blank" title="Research Survival Guide Part 1: The Literature Search">Research Survival Guide Part 1: The Literature Search</a></li>
<li><a href="http://homlib.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/research-survival-guide-part-2-evaluating-resources/" target="_blank" title="Research Survival Guide Part 2: Evaluating Resources">Research Survival Guide Part 2: Evaluating Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="http://homlib.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/research-survival-guide-part-3-references-and-bibliographies/" target="_blank" title="Research Survival Guide Part 3: References and bibliographies">Research Survival Guide Part 3: References and Bibliographies</a></li>
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I made a screencast of Zotero in action to show how the cite-while-you-write and bibliography export features work, now <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdoiBqh9Ous" target="_blank">uploaded to YouTube with voiceover</a>. <br />
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We also had a couple of handouts for this session - a <a href="http://homlib.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/literature-search-worksheet.docx">Literature Search Plan</a> worksheet to get the students thinking about the search terms they were going to use, and a <a href="http://homlib.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/reference-template.docx">Reference Template</a> to take away and use to record their references if they favoured the pen-and-paper approach. The reference template was adapted from <a href="http://aislesofwonder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/birds-bees-and-bibliography-templates.html" target="_blank">Meriel Royal's version</a>, thank you Meriel for the idea! Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-86223276261074960672014-02-24T19:30:00.001+00:002014-02-24T19:30:25.322+00:00Academic Skills Session: Navigating the Information JungleLiz Osman and I did two sessions earlier this month as part of the college's Academic Skills Programme. Our first session 'Navigating the Information Jungle' was aimed at first years, and was a kind of 'you've found your feet, where do you go from here?' session.<br />
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<b> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/AnnieSponge/navigating-the-information-jungle" target="_blank" title="Navigating the Information Jungle">Navigating the Information Jungle</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/AnnieSponge" target="_blank">Annie Gleeson</a></b> </div>
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I've adapted the content of the session into three posts on our library blog:<br />
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<li><a href="http://homlib.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/navigating-the-information-jungle-part-1-knowing-whats-out-there/" target="_blank" title="Navigating the Information Jungle Part 1: Knowing What’s Out There">Navigating the Information Jungle Part 1: Knowing What’s Out There</a></li>
<li><a href="http://homlib.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/navigating-the-information-jungle-part-2-making-sense-of-reading-lists/" target="_blank" title="Navigating the Information Jungle Part 2: Making Sense of Reading Lists">Navigating the Information Jungle Part 2: Making Sense of Reading Lists</a></li>
<li><a href="http://homlib.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/navigating-the-information-jungle-part-3-referencing-and-plagiarism/" target="_blank" title="Navigating the Information Jungle Part 3: Referencing and Plagiarism">Navigating the Information Jungle Part 3: Referencing and Plagiarism</a></li>
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Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-13879186440772934602014-01-12T15:47:00.002+00:002014-01-12T15:48:44.185+00:00Libraries@Cambridge conference 2014I have been to four <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/libraries/conference2014/index.html" target="_blank">Libraries@Cambridge conferences</a> now, and when I compare the conference to others I've been to (thinking about Umbrella and CILIP New Professionals Conference mainly) I think Libraries@Cambridge is as good or better in lots of ways. It's free, organised in a relatively short time frame by Cambridge librarians, with most of the speakers working in Cambridge libraries, so it's usually very relevant to me. I think it's great hearing from the newest graduate trainees alongside the Bodleian's Head of Assessment and the UL's Head of Innovation.<br />
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<br />I thought that the keynote presentation by Frankie Wilson was particularly good. A few bits that resonated with me: <br />
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<li>It's easy to change rules but harder to change the underlying culture – conscious and unconscious behaviour, values and climate.</li>
<li>Every time someone asks at the enquiry desk ‘how do I do…?’
that is feedback, and there may be something you could make more intuitive.</li>
<li>Do you pay enough attention to feedback, and do you take action? It’s easy to fall into the trap of saying that first year
undergraduates for example just needs to learn ‘how it works'.</li>
<li>Are all staff (from student shelvers up) empowered to share their ideas for innovations? I consider myself lucky that I've always felt that I could share my ideas, both at Newnham and Homerton. However Frankie's mention of student shelvers has prompted me to make sure that our shelving team know that they can make suggestions.</li>
<li>"If you do the same thing every time, you’ll get the same results every
time." This sparked a conversation in the Twitter backchannel with Sarah Burton, Ned Potter and Jo Alcock. We came to the conclusions that if something already works
okay it probably won’t get changed, but it could potentially be better.
However just because something fails once doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work
another time in different circumstances.</li>
<li>Different groups/types
of users will have different needs, so watch out for unintended
consequences of your changes – what's better for one type of user may be worse
for another. </li>
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Liz and I both went to the parallel session on Special Collections thinking that there may be something we could apply to Homerton's special collections (the annuals and <i>Alice in Wonderland </i>collection in particular for me). This session was split into three mini presentations - Ben Outhwaite from the UL's <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/" target="_blank">Genizah Research Unit</a>, Suzanne Paul from the Manuscripts Department at the UL, and Camillo Formigatti and Daniele Cuneo from the <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/specialcollections/projects/sanskritproject.html" target="_blank">Sanskrit Project</a>, also at the UL.<br />
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Both the Genizah project and the Sanskrit project involved academics working with library staff on special collections to catalogue and digitise. Ben Outhwaite said that as well as benefitting from the academics' expertise, having academics working on special collections has led to
events, funding etc. which wouldn’t otherwise have been possible. I think our special collections at Homerton have scope for collaboration with academics, something to think about more in the future.<br />
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Suzanne Paul worked with Emma Dillon from King's College London to put on a programme for Emma's
students – each student was given photographs of a fragment, they then
learnt palaeography, notation and so on in class, and then at the end of the term they came
to the UL to see their fragment, learn about how they were stored etc.
and worked on a catalogue record for the item. While this was a lot of work to put on, it benefitted both the
library and the students. <br />
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After the lunch my second parallel session was 'Quality for Who?' by Paul-Jervis Heath. I had volunteered to <a href="http://libatcam.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/parallel-session-2b-quality-for-who.html" target="_blank">live-blog this session for the conference blog</a>, so you can read the whole thing there.<br />
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The project that Paul and his design team have been working on has been to study students and academics and come up with 'personas' or sets of motivations and behaviours which are present in everyone at different levels. For example these are the three student personas in brief (there is a lot more detail in <a href="https://jumpshare.com/v/A5olQcWf2gbHd7FDrDQY?b=Ze5t5OnrugFWoTv0Ixcj" target="_blank">this PDF</a>)<br />
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<li><b>David</b> is at Cambridge in order to get a job at a top firm.
He's kind of interested in his subject, but targets what he does in
order to build a network and find a job later. He 'hacks' the system by
dividing the reading lists with his friends, and they then swap notes on the books they have read.<b> </b></li>
<li><b>Mattias</b> is here to enjoy the things that university has to offer. He wants to do well, but he wants to make friends and have fun.<b> </b></li>
<li><b>Katrina</b> is reading every single book on her reading list and
is really feeling the pressure. She isn't sure she's on the right track,
and is working well into the night and all weekend.</li>
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Paul students like David are setting things up on
their own such as Facebook
groups to share notes on books. Would it help if librarians were to set up an
official version of this? Perhaps then students like Katrina would be
helped because they wouldn't feel like sharing was cutting corners. However I was wondering as Paul said this whether or not we should be trying so hard to make things easier for students? I'm not saying that we need to set an artificial difficulty level, but it would feel a bit wrong to me if the library was encouraging students <i>not </i>to go through their reading list thoroughly! I'd be interested in what other people think about this though as I do recognise 'Katrina' in quite a few of our students. We have been coming up with ways at Homerton to encourage students to take regular breaks, and we occasionally liaise with personal tutors if it appears a student is struggling or putting a lot of pressure on themselves.<br /><br />
I was interested by Paul's explanation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_model" target="_blank">Kano categories</a> for service features, which I had not heard of before. <br />
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The final session was made up of lots of mini presentations by speakers from across the University including this year's graduate trainees, Isla Kuhn from the Medical School Library, Georgina Cronin from SPRI, and the team from Christ's College (Lucy Woolhouse is the graduate trainee at Christ's, so she was working extra hard during this session!)<br />
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As always, a lot of the valuable stuff at a conference comes over pastries at break time or over a glass of wine at the end! I had a good catch up with some friends, and met a couple of lovely new people, including on the bus ride back to the station!<br />
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-17842539055363212002014-01-10T17:42:00.000+00:002014-01-12T15:47:44.639+00:00Blowing away the cobwebsI know this kind of post is such a cliche at this time of year, but a combination of the New Year and the Libraries@Cambridge conference have reminded me that I've neglected my blog for far too long!<br />
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My last post was over a year ago, and so much has happened since then. Rory and I bought a house earlier in the year and we got married in October (see photographic evidence below). We also now have guinea pigs! Basically we did All The Things in one year and now will relax for the next 5 years :D<br />
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Work has also been pretty exciting. Over the summer I was involved in hiring a new member of staff, including being part of the interview panel. The Children's Literature Collection that I manage is growing very quickly, as we've acquired a donation of 150+ versions of Lewis Carroll's <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>, and a very large donation of 7,000ish children's annuals (which promptly went into storage and will stay there until we work out where they are going to go!) Liz and I are going to be presenting two academic skills sessions in February, so I'm putting that together now. I'll hopefully blog about some of these things at some point, especially about being on an interview panel, as that was a fascinating experience.<br />
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I was lucky enough last year to get a bursary from CILIP East which enabled me to get to my first Umbrella conference, and I also went to two regional library camps. At the Libraries@Cambridge conference yesterday I <a href="http://libatcam.blogspot.com/2014/01/parallel-session-2b-quality-for-who.html" target="_blank">live-blogged Paul-Jervis Heath's session 'Quality for Who?</a>' on the Libraries@Cambridge blog, but I've got a bunch of other notes and I'm going to blog some of my thoughts on the rest of the conference later this week.<br />
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-41851440464329081792012-12-01T15:18:00.000+00:002012-12-01T15:18:36.312+00:00What I've been reading in November<b>Professional Development</b><br />
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Jen Gallagher, <a href="http://teaandscone.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/my-future-my-profession/" target="_blank">My Future, My Profession</a><br />
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Samantha Halford, <a href="http://twinsetnpurls.blogspot.com/2012/11/applying-to-library-school-and-beyond.html" target="_blank">Applying to Library School...and Beyond! 2012</a> <br />
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Sam Wiggins, <a href="http://libwig.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/thoughts-on-chartership/" target="_blank">Thoughts on Chartership</a> <br />
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<b>Technology</b><br />
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Gary Green, <a href="http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/feature-01-innovative-use-of-technology-in-libraries/" target="_blank">Innovative Use of Technology in Libraries (guest post on the #uklibchat blog)</a><br />
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<b>Information Literacy</b><br />
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Ned Potter, <a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=2046" target="_blank">Rebooting infolit, the BATTLE DECKS way<b> </b></a><br />
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<b>Misc.</b><br />
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Brett Bonfield, <a href="http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2012/libraries-the-next-hundred-years/" target="_blank">Libraries: The Next Hundred Years</a><br />
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Ian Anstice, <a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/11/make-it-one-to-remember-national-libraries-day-saturday-9th-february-2013.html" target="_blank">Make it one to remember: National Libraries Day, Saturday 9th February 2013<b> </b></a>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-34718922211544404482012-11-04T12:06:00.000+00:002012-11-04T12:06:28.671+00:00What I've been reading in October<b>Social Media</b><br />
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Phil Bradley, <a href="http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2012/11/should-we-outlaw-social-media-.html" target="_blank">Should we outlaw 'social media'?</a><br />
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Phil Bradley, <a href="http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2012/11/personal-reputation-in-a-social-media-world.html" target="_blank">Personal reputation in a social media world</a><br />
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<b>Literacy</b><br />
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Lane Wilkinson, <a href="http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/beyond-beyond-literacy/" target="_blank">Beyond 'Beyond Literacy'</a><b><a href="http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/beyond-beyond-literacy/" target="_blank"> </a></b><br />
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<b>School Libraries</b><br />
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The Guardian, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/29/library-campaigners-school-facilities" target="_blank">Library campaigners to meet MPs</a><b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/29/library-campaigners-school-facilities" target="_blank"> </a></b><br />
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<b>Chartership</b><br />
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Jo Alcock, <a href="http://www.joeyanne.co.uk/2012/10/23/joeyanne-mclip/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+joeyannelibraryanne+%28Joeyanne+Libraryanne%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Joeyanne McLip<b> </b></a>(one to come back to when I decide to attempt chartership!)<br />
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<b>Events and Networking</b><br />
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Stephanie Taylor, <a href="http://criticalsteph.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/uklibchat-in-rl/" target="_blank">#uklibchat in RL!</a> (summary of the #uklibchat session at Library Camp 2012)<br />
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#uklibchat, <a href="http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/summary-10th-july-2012-conferences-events-and-networking/" target="_blank">Summary - 10th July 2012 - Conferences, events and networking<b> </b></a><br />
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<b>Publishing</b><br />
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Publishers Weekly, <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/54536-random-house-penguin-agree-to-merge.html" target="_blank">Random House, Penguin Agree to Merge<b> </b></a>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-5980587783588843172012-10-15T21:53:00.000+01:002012-10-15T21:53:45.205+01:00#uklibchat at Library Camp 2012On Saturday I went to my second Library Camp, an unconference event held in Birmingham. While I enjoyed the whole day (and will hopefully blog about it at some point this week), the highlight for me was the I helped to facilitate with other members of the <a href="https://uklibchat.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">uklibchat </a>team on the topic of careers.<br />
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After a delayed train and a half-an-hour scurry across Birmingham (I have short legs and was walking with some tall people!) I arrived at the venue in the middle of the session proposals. Luckily, Linsey and <a href="https://twitter.com/andywalsh999/status/257038460777541632" target="_blank">Lyle </a>were on hand to propose the uklibchat session while I got my breath back. A post-it with our session name got stuck up on the timetable, and we were in!<br />
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We'd picked careers as it had been the most popular topic for uklibchat this year, and we hoped it would be something that plenty of people would want to talk about. Lots of people did turn up, and we had a good discussion which I was very happy about!<br />
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All the tweets are <a href="http://storify.com/uklibchat/uklibchat-live-at-library-camp-2012" target="_blank">archived on Storify</a>, and there is a <a href="http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/uklibchat-live-at-library-camp/" target="_blank">post on the uklibchat blog</a> which gathers together resources mentioned during the session, and posts from other blogs about the session.<br />
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Things that didn't go as planned:<br />
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<li>Wifi. The venue's wifi was either broken or just not equipped to handle so many tweeting and blogging librarians! I wasn't able to get a connection at all, so our grand plans of a hybrid session had to be scaled back a bit. We'd been hoping to live tweet the session, take questions from Twitter as well as the room, and set up a projector with a #uklibchat twitter stream so everyone could see all the tweets. However I was able to tweet from my phone, and we did have several people participating remotely. We'll have to try again at another event in the future!</li>
<li>Sadly Ka-Ming missed her train and couldn't make it to Birmingham which was such a shame, but I thought Sarah and Linsey did a great job of introducing and facilitating the session without her. I was just desperately trying to keep up with the tweets as I'm pretty slow at typing on my phone!</li>
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Things which worked well:<br />
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<li>There was a really good mix of sectors and experience among the people at the session, which was great for this topic.</li>
<li>People who couldn't make it to the session at the time were chipping in with their opinions on chartership, recruitment agencies etc. for the rest of the day on the #uklibchat hashtag.</li>
<li>In the first session of the morning a few people had pointed out that it was difficult to follow the different sessions simultaneously being tweeted about on the #libcampuk12 hashtag, so I decided to stick to the #uklibchat hashtag for our session (having tweeted a couple of times on #libcampuk12 to warn people that that's what I was doing). I think this made it much easier to follow the session as we were going along, and to archive it afterwards.</li>
<li>Lots of people took business cards at the end, woohoo!</li>
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Hopefully everyone who came to the session took something away from it. I found it an interesting discussion at least!<br />
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-77193693316080375332012-10-04T12:07:00.000+01:002012-10-04T12:07:03.318+01:00What I've been reading in September<b>Careers</b><br />
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Andrew Milne, <a href="http://booleanberry.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/cpd23-thing-10-train-in-vain/" target="_blank">#CPD23 Thing 10 - Train in Vain?</a><b><a href="http://booleanberry.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/cpd23-thing-10-train-in-vain/" target="_blank"> </a></b><br />
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Maria Giovanna De Simone, <a href="http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/thing-21-promoting-yourself-in-job.html" target="_blank">Thing 21: Promoting yourself in job applications and at interview</a> (from the 23 Things for Professional Development blog)<br />
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Siobhan Britton, <a href="http://siobhanbinthelibrary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/cpd23-thing-21-promoting-yourself-in.html" target="_blank">CPD23 Thing 21: Promoting yourself in job applications and at interview<b> </b></a>(a lot of very good tips here)<br />
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#uklibchat, <a href="http://uklibchat.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/summary-15th-may-careers/" target="_blank">Summary - 15th May - Careers </a><br />
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<b>E-Books</b><br />
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Ian Anstice, <a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/09/e-lending-the-end-of-the-library.html" target="_blank">E-Lending: the end of the library?</a><b><a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/09/e-lending-the-end-of-the-library.html" target="_blank"> </a></b><br />
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Alison Flood, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/27/ebook-lending-libraries-government-review" target="_blank">Ebook lending review announced</a><br />
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Voices for the Library, <a href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?p=2679" target="_blank">Statement on the ebook lending review</a><br />
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Ian Clark, <a href="http://infoism.co.uk/blog/2012/10/ebooks-public-libraries-and-the-publishing-industry/" target="_blank">eBooks, public libraries and the publishing industry</a><br />
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<b>Twitter</b><br />
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Jo Alcock, <a href="http://www.joeyanne.co.uk/2012/09/17/five-free-methods-of-archiving-tweets-from-events-which-are-best/" target="_blank">Five free methods of archiving tweets from events - which are best?</a><b><a href="http://www.joeyanne.co.uk/2012/09/17/five-free-methods-of-archiving-tweets-from-events-which-are-best/" target="_blank"> </a></b><br />
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<b>Misc.</b><br />
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Clare Sansom, <a href="http://ursulasmall.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-perils-of-terminology-and-lunch.html" target="_blank">The Perils of Terminology (and Lunch)<b> </b></a><br />
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Jessamyn West, <a href="http://www.librarian.net/stax/3920/how-not-to-write-about-libraries-some-guidelines-for-reporters/" target="_blank">How not to write about libraries - some guidelines for reporters</a><br />
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Lane Wilkinson, <a href="http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/on-ethical-reference-service/" target="_blank">On ethical reference service (or, "Fishmongers? In my library?")</a><br />
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-13040537506316774142012-09-25T15:20:00.002+01:002012-09-25T15:20:21.100+01:00Visiting Cambridge University Library Map RoomLast week I visited the <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/index.html" target="_blank">Map Room</a> at the UL for <a href="http://cambridgelibrarygroup.org.uk/" target="_blank">Cambridge Library Group</a>'s first meeting of the year. Although I've spent a fair amount of time at the UL over the last couple of years, I'd not been to the Map Room before, and was really impressed by the gorgeous items on display.<br />
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Anne Taylor and Andrew Alexander introduced us to the collection, which includes originals and facsimiles of manuscript and early printed maps and atlases, as well as modern maps, and a large collection of postcards. While a lot comes to the department through legal deposit, they also buy antiquarian and modern maps, and receive donations (in particular from the Ministry of Defence's map library, the largest map library in the country, which purchases four copies of every map and then donates three of the copies to libraries around the country when they purchase a new edition). When the Ordnance Survey maps went online and the OS archives decided not to keep their 1st edition maps, the UL purchased that collection, which showed up in three lorries rather unexpectedly one day!<br />
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Anne and Andrew had put a variety of maps out on display for our group, including a beautifully illustrated celestial atlas by Andreas Cellarias from 1661, a colourful world map titled TEA REVIVES THE WORLD! produced by the International Tea Market Expansion Board which was covered in quotes and facts about tea, and OS snapshots of the Olympic Park site taken at various points since we won the bid, showing the development there. My favourite was a map of Iceland drawn by Abraham Ortelius in around 1595, showing sea monsters surrounding the island complete with notes in Latin describing each beast (e.g. "All gristly, rather like a skate, but infinitely larger"). There's an image of part of that map on the map department's website <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/collections.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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It was a great visit, and I ended up being one of the last hangers-on who spent so long looking at the maps that Andrew threatened to put us to work cataloguing them! Having had a taste of the confusing world of scales, projections and co-ordinates in my Cat & Class module at UCL I didn't take Andrew up on his offer, but will definitely visit again!Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-11445555521837808252012-09-04T14:11:00.000+01:002012-09-04T14:11:06.835+01:00What I've been reading in AugustWell, we did it! My MA class has now submitted our dissertations, and that's the end of my year at UCL. This blog has been very quiet over the summer for obvious reasons, but I'm hoping to get back into the habit of blogging regularly once more now that I have a bit more time on my hands! I managed to keep the monthly round up posts going though as they're fairly quick to put together, and here is what I've been reading in August (or in most cases this month, what I kept unread until the start of September!)<br />
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<b>eBooks</b><br />
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Andy Woodworth, <a href="http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/libraries-and-ebook-publishers-friend-zone-level-300/" target="_blank">Libraries and eBook Publishers: Friend Zone Level 300<b></b></a><br />
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<b>Marketing library services</b><br />
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Naomi Tiley, <a href="http://rarelysited.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/ifla-conference-marketing-of-rare-and-special-collections-in-a-digital-age/" target="_blank">IFLA Conference: Marketing of Rare and Special Collections in a Digital Age</a><br />
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Stpehen Barr, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/aug/20/academic-libraries-value-research-teaching" target="_blank">How should academic libraries communicate their own value? </a><br />
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<b>Information Literacy</b><br />
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Daniel Russell, <a href="http://searchresearch1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/internet-search-what-makes-it-simple.html" target="_blank">Internet Search: What makes it simple, difficult or impossible?</a><br />
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Meredith Farkas, <a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2012/08/10/the-devil-you-know-in-first-year-instruction/" target="_blank">The devil you know in first-year instruction</a><br />
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<b>Games and libraries</b><br />
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Lisa Poisso, <a href="http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/12/real-life-librarians-hit-the-ironforge-stacks/#continued" target="_blank">Real-life librarians hit the Ironforge stacks</a> (interview with Ellen Forsyth from the WoW guild <i>Where is the Library, </i>which runs regular discussion groups in Ironforge library)<b> </b><br />
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Games and Libraries, <a href="http://gamesandlibraries.wetpaint.com/page/Edited+transcripts+of+talks" target="_blank">Edited transcripts of talks</a> (archive of the <i>Where is the Library </i>discussions)<br />
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<b>Presenting</b><br />
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Bobbi Newman, <a href="http://librarianbyday.net/2012/08/07/20-things-to-do-after-you-accept-that-speaking-gig/" target="_blank">20 Things to Do After You Accept that Speaking Gig</a><b> </b><br />
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R. David Lankes, <a href="http://quartz.syr.edu/blog/?p=1727" target="_blank">Beyond the Bullet Points: Bullet Points</a> (advice for developing speaker skills)<br />
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<b>Neutrality in events and conferences </b><br />
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Library Camp, <a href="http://www.librarycamp.co.uk/post/29856918793/the-co-operative-bank-grant-application" target="_blank">The Co-operative Bank Grant Application</a><br />
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Lauren Smith, <a href="http://laurensmith.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/library-politics-and-agenda-setting/" target="_blank">Library Politics and Agenda-Setting</a><br />
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<b>Misc.</b> <br />
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Brian Matthews, <a href="http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/18649/Think%20like%20a%20STARTUP.pdf?sequence=1" target="_blank">Think Like a Startup</a> (I haven't had time to read all of this yet, but it's good stuff. Aaron Tay's post below pulls out some of the main points)<br />
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Aaron Tay, <a href="http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/were-copy-and-paste-profession.html" target="_blank">"We're a cut-and-paste profession"</a><br />
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Travis McDade, <a href="http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/difficulty-inside-book-archive-theft-girolamini-library/" target="_blank">The difficulty of insider book theft</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11673251@N00/4730008705/" target="_blank">In the Ironforge Library</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11673251@N00/" target="_blank">Tourach</a></td></tr>
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-87812229494749228742012-07-29T13:20:00.001+01:002012-07-29T13:20:28.884+01:00What I've been reading in July<b>Mashcat</b><br />
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<i>I found Mashcat a really interesting unconference. I won't pretend to have understood everything that was talked about, but I definitely learnt a lot! These are the slides/blog posts from my favourite sessions.</i><br />
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Ed Chamberlain, <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/EdmundChamberlain/text-to-data" target="_blank">Text to data</a> [slides] <br />
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Gary Green, <a href="http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/a-travellers-map-in-yahoo-pipes/" target="_blank">A Travellers Map in Yahoo Pipes</a> (Really cool visual way to search subject headings referring to places)<br />
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Owen Stephens, <a href="http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2012/07/boutique-catalogues/" target="_blank">Boutique Catalogues </a>(Includes demonstration of how a catalogue could be customised for musicians, creating faceted indexes for key, bpm and time-signature)<br />
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<b>Presenting</b><br />
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Ned Potter, <a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=1993" target="_blank">Good presentations matter<b> </b></a><br />
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<b>Libraries and the Internet</b><br />
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Lauren Smith, <a href="http://laurensmith.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/internet-access-and-public-libraries/" target="_blank">Internet Access and Public Libraries<b> </b></a><br />
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Phil Bradley, <a href="http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2012/07/libraries-charging-for-internet-access-is-wrong.html" target="_blank">Libraries charging for internet access is wrong</a><br />
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Voices for the Library, <a href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?p=2563" target="_blank">Free internet access should be a cornerstone of every public library </a><br />
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Ian Clark, <a href="http://infoism.co.uk/blog/2012/07/barking-libraries-tiny-cuts-massive-scar/" target="_blank">Barking libraries - tiny cuts or massive scars?</a><br />
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CILIP, <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/news-media/Pages/news120717.aspx" target="_blank">Act risks limiting internet access in libraries, schools and universities</a><br />
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Alison Flood, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/19/libraries-ebook-lending-review" target="_blank">Call to 'move libraries into 21st century' sparks ebook lending review<b> </b></a><br />
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<b>Volunteer libraries</b><br />
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CILIP, <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/news-media/Pages/news020712.aspx" target="_blank">Value of staff at heart of revised volunteer policy </a><br />
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Dalya Alberge, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/22/authors-royalty-volunteer-libraries" target="_blank">Authors face royalty threat from volunteer libraries<b> </b></a><br />
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Ian Anstice, <a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/07/surrey-chooses-volunteers-over-paid.html" target="_blank">Surrey chooses volunteers over paid staff at the same cost</a><br />
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<b>Online learning</b><br />
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Emma Cragg, <a href="http://www.digitalist.info/2012/07/19/where-next-for-23-things/" target="_blank">Where next for 23 Things?</a> <b> </b> (I've heard a lot about <a href="https://www.coursera.org/courses" target="_blank">coursera</a> lately, and I'm definitely going to look into it when I finish my MA. One course at a time though...)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gesteves/" target="_blank">Guillermo Esteves</a> on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">Flickr</a></td></tr>
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-51793587673709082912012-07-12T14:11:00.000+01:002012-07-12T14:11:03.811+01:00#CPD23 Thing 10, revisitedA year ago when I wrote about <a href="http://intothehobbithole.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/cpd23-thing-10-graduate-traineeships.html" target="_blank">Thing 10</a>, I had almost finished my graduate traineeship, and had a place at UCL on the MA Library and Information Studies course. A year later of course, the end of my MA (read: dissertation deadline!) is rushing closer and closer, and I'm thinking about what I'll be doing after this is over.<br />
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On the whole I've really enjoyed my MA, I feel that I've learnt a lot, and the variety of assessments have given me experience that would have been difficult to get at work (such as writing a collection management policy, and coming up with a budget and staff structure for a library in the Management module). I was lucky enough to get a bursary for this year, but before I found out I'd got that I'd been prepared to fork out for the £5000-odd fees. It's a lot of money, but with an MA under my belt I can apply for professional roles with a bit of a pay-rise and it'll hopefully pay for itself within a few years. <br />
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I think if I hadn't got a bursary I would have still felt I got my money's worth at £5k, but as <a href="http://butidolikecardigans.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/masters-schmasters-rising-fees-methods-of-learning-and-general-confusion/" target="_blank">Jen shows with her pretty pink spreadsheet</a>, next year UCL's fees will be up to £7750 for the full-time course, and City is going to be charging a whopping £9000 (there are still some relatively affordable full-time courses, such as MMU which is £4000, but in a few years I imagine they'll all be raising the fees). As Jen says, this puts the traditional masters firmly out of reach for an awful lot of people. Distance learning courses are cheaper, but aren't for everyone (I don't think that style of learning would have suited me well, I like lectures and seminars and working with other people). I really hope we don't get into a situation where there is a divide in the profession between those who can afford the qualification and those who can't, but I'm worried that this could well happen.<br />
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Doom and gloom post, sorry. :(<br />
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-89115189344103686252012-07-04T16:09:00.000+01:002012-07-04T16:09:15.253+01:00#CPD23 Thing 9 revisitedAs a Christmas present to myself I bought a Samsung Galaxy tablet when it was on sale in January. It was definitely something I wanted rather than needed, and I spent weeks debating whether to splurge that much money on something I didn't actually need. However I've been using it for all the time, for emails, Twitter, Facebook, reading e-books, taking notes in lectures, playing games... etc. etc. I still love my laptop, but it's pretty big and heavy which makes it a bit of a mission taking it out and about, so it's great to have a portable alternative.<br />
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I've found that some of the tools I discovered in 23 Things but didn't get that excited about, have suddenly become much more useful now I'm using the tablet, in particular Evernote. The interface on the mobile version is <i>so</i> much nicer than the rather dull PC version (see right), and it's very intuitive. I'm using it for my lecture notes and quotations I want to put in essays, nothing too fancy, but it's working very well. I could have used Google Docs for the same thing, but I find editting Google Docs quite fiddly on the tablet, even in the app version.<br />
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I think I still haven't taken full advantage of Evernote yet, as it has all kinds of things like OCR for images and handwriting, and I discovered entirely by accident in my last lecture that it has a recording feature, and my tablet has a microphone, so I could have recorded all of my lectures as well as taking notes. So when I get a chance I really need to sit down and explore all of the features I don't use, because some of them are probably very useful!<br />
<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-63831995609338028122012-07-01T18:33:00.003+01:002012-07-01T18:33:47.180+01:00What I've been reading in June<b>Save Libraries</b><br />
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Ruthie Saylor, <a href="http://storify.com/RuthieSaylor/the-night-they-came-to-arrest-the-library" target="_blank">The night they came to arrest the library</a><br />
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Rita Meade, <a href="http://www.screwydecimal.com/2012/06/where-would-you-be-without-your-library.html" target="_blank">Where Would You Be Without Your Library?</a> (Brought a tear to my eye!) <br />
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Anita Pati, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2012/jun/12/council-library-service-funding-cuts" target="_blank">Country dancing and learning support: the new face of the council library</a><br />
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Alison Flood, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jun/29/ed-vaizey-libraries-600-closures" target="_blank">Ed Vaizey says libraries 'thriving' and rejects prediction of 600 closures </a><br />
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Ian Anstice, <a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/06/special-report-ed-vaizeys-most.html" target="_blank">Special report: Ed Vaizey's most important speech since he took office</a><br />
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<b>Ebooks</b><br />
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OnlineUniversities blog, <a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/06/10-reasons-why-students-arent-using-etextbooks/" target="_blank">10 Reasons Why Students Aren't Using eTextbooks</a><br />
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Pew Internet, <a href="http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/06/22/part-5-libraries-in-transition/" target="_blank">Libraries, Patrons and E-books: Libraries in Transition</a><br />
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Bobbi Newman, <a href="http://librarianbyday.net/2012/06/22/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-and-the-interesting-of-libraries-and-ebooks-data-from-pews-latest-report/" target="_blank">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (and the Interesting) of Libraries and eBooks - Pew's Latest Report</a><b> </b><br />
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<b>Leadership</b><br />
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#uklibchat, <a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/uklibchat-libraries-and-leadership" target="_blank">Libraries and Leadership [Storify]</a><br />
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Nicola Franklin, <a href="http://thelibrarycareer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/some-thoughts-on-leadership-and.html" target="_blank">Some thoughts on leadership and management</a><b> </b><br />
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Simon Barron, <a href="http://undaimonia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/we-are-all-leaders-now.html" target="_blank">We're all leaders now</a><b> </b> <br />
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<b>Library design, space management etc.</b><br />
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#uklibchat, <a href="http://storify.com/uklibchat/uklibchat-library-spaces-and-space-management-12th" target="_blank">Library Spaces and Space Management 12th June 2012 [Storify]</a><br />
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Jonathan Shaw, <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/07/library-test-kitchen#article-images" target="_blank">The Library Test Kitchen</a> <br />
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<b>Information Literacy</b><br />
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#uklibchat, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1872023230">Summary - 26th June: Information Literacy & Needs</a><br />
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Steve Wheeler, <a href="http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/blogging-as-literacy.html" target="_blank">Blogging as literacy </a><br />
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John Tedesco, <a href="http://www.johntedesco.net/blog/2012/06/21/how-to-solve-impossible-problems-daniel-russells-awesome-google-search-techniques/" target="_blank">How to solve impossible problems: Daniel Russell's awesome Google search techniques</a><br />
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Meredith Farkas, <a href="http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2012/06/30/broad-vs-deep-in-information-literacy-instruction/" target="_blank">Broad vs. deep in information literacy instruction</a><b> </b><br />
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<b>Conferences</b><br />
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Ian Clark, <a href="http://infoism.co.uk/blog/2012/06/lighting-the-future-a-personal-perspective/" target="_blank">Lighting the Future - a personal perspective</a> ("I say you should grumble and grumble loudly. And not just grumble, actually try to <i>do</i> something about it.")<br />
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John Kirriemuir, <a href="http://www.wordshore.com/?p=2432" target="_blank">Don't shush me, I'm tweeting the speaker</a><br />
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<b>Dissertation</b><br />
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Leo Casey, <a href="http://leocasey.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-write-literature-review-for.html" target="_blank">How to Write a Literature Review for a Dissertation<b> </b> </a><br />
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Literature Review HQ, <a href="http://www.literaturereviewhq.com/3-great-methods-to-structure-your-literature-review/" target="_blank">3 Great Methods to Structure Your Literature Review</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelsian/274158994/sizes/l/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Reading</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelsian/" target="_blank">Rachel Sian</a> on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">Flickr</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-28323914752753876532012-06-15T21:29:00.001+01:002012-07-04T16:09:46.817+01:00#CPD23 Thing 7, revisitedI'd hoped to be able to go to the CPD23 networking event in Cambridge yesterday, but unfortunately Rory needed our car in the evening, so I'll have to settle for writing about Thing 7 instead!<br />
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I've not blogged about any of the Things so far this year, as I'm still using them in pretty much the same way as before. However since <a href="http://intothehobbithole.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/cpd23-thing-7-face-to-face-networks-and.html" target="_blank">last year's post</a> on face-to-face networking, I've made a real effort to do more offline networking. Taking advantage of the fact that I've been in London a lot this year, I've been to a couple of <a href="http://lisnpn.spruz.com/" target="_blank">LISNPN</a> meetups with lovely London graduate trainees, met up with several people I know from Twitter, and I've started going fairly regularly to <a href="http://www.likenews.org.uk/" target="_blank">London Information and Knowledge Exchange</a> events which has been a great way to meet information professionals from other sectors.<br />
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I said last year that I thought joining a committee might be something I'd try at some point in the future, well with some encouragement from <a href="http://www.twitter.com/libchris" target="_blank">Chris</a>, I joined the <a href="http://www.cambridgelibrarygroup.org.uk/" target="_blank">Cambridge Library Group</a> committee in September, which has been a really worthwhile experience so far. In a few weeks there's the CLG garden party at Newnham, which will be the first event I've organised for the group. I've got my fingers and toes crossed that all goes well and it doesn't rain!<br />
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Like many librarians, I'm somewhat of an introvert, and find "networking breaks" with rooms full of people I don't know to be a scary prospect. But the lovely thing is, the more events you go to, and the more people you meet, the more those rooms become filled with friends rather than scary strangers. <br />
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If you're a fairly new librarian and like me are a bit nervous of networking, I'd really recommend LISNPN meetups if you see one going on in your area. They're very informal, usually in a pub, and I've met some really nice people through LISNPN. Getting to know people online before you meet them face-to-face helps tremendously too. So, if anyone fancies another LISNPN meetup in London at some point soon, let me know!<br />
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<br />Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-63045863398104108362012-06-01T10:10:00.003+01:002012-06-01T12:29:29.551+01:00What I've been reading in May<b>CILIP New Professionals Day 2012</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/npid2012/pages/presentations.aspx" target="_blank">Speaker and workshop presentations</a><b></b><br />
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Ned Potter, <a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=1926" target="_blank">You already have a brand! Here are 5 ways to influence it (#CILIPNPD12)</a> (contains links to blog posts about the day)<br />
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<b>Social Media</b><br />
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Simon Barron, <a href="http://undaimonia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/pictures-or-it-didnt-happen.html" target="_blank">"Pictures or it didn't happen."</a> (Reflections on the negative impact of Twitter)<br />
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Andy Burkhardt, <a href="http://andyburkhardt.com/2012/04/25/puppies-in-the-library-and-social-media/" target="_blank">Puppies in the library and social media</a> (Puppies! No more needs to be said.)<br />
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<b>Google</b><br />
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Lance Ulanoff, <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/16/google-knowledge-graph/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Google Search Just Got 1,000 Times Smarter</a><b> </b> <br />
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Helen Murphy, <a href="http://librarywanderer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/50-shades-of-volunteering-also-known-as.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">50 shades of volunteering (also known as #CPD23 Thing 22: Volunteering)</a><br />
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Voices for the Library, <a href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?p=2479" target="_blank">Arts Chief Executive comments on need for skilled library staff</a><br />
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Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9r-dNr4kPL0WGJHcUZMeThEQXc/edit?pli=1" target="_blank">CILIP's Policy on the Use of Volunteers in Public Libraries: A Review </a><br />
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Ian Anstice, <a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/05/cilip-policy-on-volunteers-not.html" target="_blank">CILIP Policy on Volunteers not explicitly against direct substitution of staff</a><br />
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Gary Green, <a href="http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/cilip-volunteer-policy-job-substitution-letter-to-cilip-update/" target="_blank">CILIP Volunteer Policy & Job Substitution: Letter to CILIP Update </a><br />
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Johanna Anderson, <a href="http://johannaboanderson.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/cilip-and-job-substitution-library-staff-and-service-users-are-left-standing-alone/" target="_blank">CILIP and "job substitution" </a><br />
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Phil Bradley, <a href="http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/presidentphil/archive/2012/05/21/volunteers-in-public-libraries.aspx" target="_blank">Volunteers in Public Libraries</a><br />
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Lisa Hutchins, <a href="http://ljhutchins.tumblr.com/post/23479185187/volunteers-what-organisations-say-and-what-they-do" target="_blank">Volunteers: What organisations say and what they do</a><br />
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Ian Anstice, <a href="http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/05/grey-is-not-popular-colour.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PublicLibrariesNews+%28Public+Libraries+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Grey is not a popular colour </a><br />
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<b>Library Masters</b><br />
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Jen Laurenson, <a href="http://butidolikecardigans.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/masters-schmasters-rising-fees-methods-of-learning-and-general-confusion/" target="_blank">Masters schmasters? Rising fees, methods of learning and general confusion<b> </b></a><br />
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Samantha Murphy, <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/10/harry-potter-kindle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Harry Potter Series Coming to Kindle Library in June</a><br />
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Lindsay Barber, <a href="http://libraryrenewal.org/2012/05/11/alternative-e-book-lending-models-gaining-ground-and-harry-potter-meets-amazon%E2%80%99s-lending-library-your-weekly-libraries-and-e-content-news-summary/" target="_blank">Alternative E-Book Lending Models Gaining Ground and Harry Potter Meets Amazon's Lending Library </a><br />
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Anna Baddely, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_253021399">Writers won't lose out if libraries lend ebooks</a><b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/13/libraries-elending-society-of-authors" target="_blank"> </a></b><br />
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Alison Flood, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/14/pay-us-for-library-ebook-loans" target="_blank">Pay us for library ebook loans, say authors</a><br />
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Funktious, <a href="http://funktious.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/in-which-i-rant-about-24-hour-opening/" target="_blank">In which I rant about 24 Hour Opening...</a><b> </b><br />
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Ned Potter, <a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=1884">6 useful things Prezi can do (which even experienced users miss)</a><br />
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<b><a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=1884" target="_blank"> </a></b>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-56410306829329578952012-05-21T15:20:00.001+01:002012-05-21T15:20:52.701+01:00A couple of plugs...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>CPD23</b><br />
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My 23 Things for Professional Development post <a href="http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/thing-4-current-awareness-twitter-rss.html" target="_blank">Thing 4: Current Awareness</a> is now up on the CPD23 blog, and covers Twitter, RSS and Storify. I hadn't used Storify before trying it out for this Thing, but have since used it to gather together tweets from CILIP New Professionals Day, and will definitely continue to use it.<br />
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<b>Back from the Stacks</b><br />
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Newnham College Library now have a blog, <a href="http://backfromthestacks.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Back from the Stacks</a>. We're going to share beautiful and interesting items from our special collections, and there are a couple of posts up already about exhibitions that are up in College at the moment.Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-64587695323754380412012-05-12T12:01:00.000+01:002012-05-12T12:01:42.427+01:00#CILIPnpd12 - Phil BradleyHere's my final Storify of the day, on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/philbradley" target="_blank">Phil Bradley</a>'s keynote speech and the panel Q&A. It's also available on the Storify website <a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-phil-bradley" target="_blank">here</a>, and all of the presentations from the whole day should go up on the <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/npid2012/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">CILIP New Professionals Day website</a> soon.<br />
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</script><noscript>[&lt;a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-phil-bradley" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "CILIP New Professionals Day - Phil Bradley" on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;CILIP New Professionals Day - Phil Bradley&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Final keynote speech by Phil Bradley (@philbradley, @CILIPpresident) 'Social media now and into your future career'&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by Annie Johnson &amp;middot; Sat, May 12 2012 06:56:41&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 final speaker for the day is CILIP president @PhilbradleyAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 PB: reason I became a librarian was the power. We have power to deal with anything people ask of us.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 we have a requirement to search social media resources as it is all informationAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 same reasons for not getting involved in social media were made for not getting involved with the internet when internet was newAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 Erik Qualman (author of Socialnomics) &amp;quot;we don't have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we DO it.&amp;quot;Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 @philbradley lot of ppl are scared, &amp;amp; want to stay entrenched in their comfort zone - even if that means their job might vanishBethan Ruddock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 Google's had a good run, they don't understand social though. They're now trying to catch up with what other networks do better.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 Blekko as alternative search engine, link to Facebook to see what friends are sharing (ignore word friend, FB is prof network)Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 PB: Facebook doesn't want to be the best/biggest site on the internet, wants to BE the internet. All designed to keep you on fb.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 Librarians need to understand all of the social media resources out there. Ultimate powerrrrrr!Rosie Hare&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Whispers* I think @rosiehare has gone mad with librarianly &amp;quot;ultimate power&amp;quot;.Simon Barron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 we should be able to argue to employers that social networks are information resources &amp;amp; will make us more effective at our jobsAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Phil Bradley is laying it down at #cilipnpd12 http://pic.twitter.com/G5OWLrTvSiobhan B&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If main ranking for search results in future is what friends are reading, won't we get lots of little information bubbles? :S #cilipnpd12Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(^ my question, not Phil's)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@DreamingEntity yes, though LinkedIn dissuades you from adding people you don't really know which I always find strange.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 you need to follow people on social networks, you also need to be followed (to get more of that lovely power!)Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 Does @Philbradley ever have time to sleep?!?!Rosie Hare&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 @theREALwikiman is #facepalm-ing every time the &amp;quot;big six&amp;quot; are mentioned...Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The main thing I have learnt today: there are 6 social networks - no more, no less! #cilipnpd12Simon Barron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Time for questions for the keynote speakers Ned &amp;amp; Phil (Bethan had to rush off to catch a train)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 good q, is it better to have an incomplete profile on lots of networks or strong profile on fewer?Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 PB: try as many as possible, remember what they do but stick to the ones that work for youAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 q about blurring of &amp;quot;profersonal&amp;quot; - PB: no good answer, we're moving towards a different way of presenting ourselves onlineAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 PB: If employers are worried employees will use fb to chat with friends, the problem is the employer-employee relationshipAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: If you're worried, keep a record of how many times your social media use has added value to your work &amp;amp; your organisationAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Attention #CILIPNPD12 It is now gin o'clock. Please make your way to the nearest Gin Palace!Librarian Clock&lt;/div&gt;</noscript>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-9522496516094613942012-05-12T11:38:00.000+01:002012-05-12T11:38:38.849+01:00#CILIPnpd12 - Bethan RuddockTo end the day we had two brilliant key note speakers - Bethan Ruddock and Phil Bradley. Here's the storify of <a href="http://www.twitter.com/bethanar" target="_blank">Bethan</a>'s presentation on the New Professionals Toolkit (<a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-bethan-ruddock" target="_blank">also available on the Storify website</a>)<br />
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</script><noscript>[&lt;a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-bethan-ruddock" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "CILIP New Professionals Day - Bethan Ruddock" on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;CILIP New Professionals Day - Bethan Ruddock&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Bethan Ruddock (@Bethanar)'s keynote: 'How to assemble your new professionals toolkit'&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by Annie Johnson &amp;middot; Sat, May 12 2012 06:27:04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 @bethanar now talking about assembling our new professionals toolkitsAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 toolkit = collection of people and resources that will help you do what you need to do. No one size fits all approachAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 tool 1: a network. Build a group of people you can talk to about professional (and other!) issuesAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 start now and build contacts early, get your voice heard &amp;amp; name known which will help later on in your careerAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 best place to start is your workplace. They have a vested interest in connecting with you and helping you.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@Annie_Bob As do others you meet along your professional journey #openingdoors for new profs #cilipnpd12Biddy Fisher&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 get mor out of your network by giving. Including non-lib tweets means people feel more comfortable abt talking to you at events!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 mentors don't have to be Yoda! Can be a friend, colleague, formal or informal relationship.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 librarians love helping people, mentoring is a good way to get your &amp;quot;helping people fix&amp;quot;!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 tool 3 (sorry, mentors was number 2!) is your resources. Websites, blogs, journals, subject guides in your area, mailing listsAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 if JISC-mail lists make you sigh, remember the archives are there for you to search, so you don't have to get the emails.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 totally honest reviews of library schools on http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com &amp;lt;&amp;lt; found these useful last year!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Second time #cpd23 has been recommended today at #cilipnpd12, if you haven't signed up yet do so here: http://cpd23.blogspot.co.ukAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 @bethanar recommends doing a skills audit. What can you do? What do you enjoy doing? How can you do more of what you enjoy?Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@Annie_Bob @bethanar agree totally with this; knowing what you can do well &amp;amp; enjoy doing = 1st step in setting goals, writing CV, doing intsNicolaFranklin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 be ready for your dream job, it is not going to wait until you are ready for it. Think ahead.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“@Annie_Bob: #cilipnpd12 be ready for your dream job, it is not going to wait until you are ready for it. Think ahead.” I'm in it :)Annie Mauger&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 contributing to the profession is not all about advocacy etc. but also about doing your job &amp;amp; helping your users as best you canAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 to summarise, @bethanar's professional toolkit = a network, a mentor, resources, a plan, a voiceAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;</noscript>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-50076776732057942342012-05-12T11:25:00.000+01:002012-05-12T11:25:00.261+01:00#CILIPnpd12 - Simon Barron & Abby BarkerI think this was the most useful workshop I went to, and I know it was oversubscribed so I was lucky to get a place on it! If the embed doesn't show up, the Storify is also available <a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-simon-barron-and-abby" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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</script><noscript>[&lt;a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-simon-barron-and-abby" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "CILIP New Professionals Day - Simon Barron &amp; Abby Barker" on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;CILIP New Professionals Day - Simon Barron &amp;amp; Abby Barker&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;'Have you tried logging out and then in again?' Simon Barron &amp;amp; Abby Barker's workshop at #CILIPnpd12&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by Annie Johnson &amp;middot; Sat, May 12 2012 06:13:22&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 after a yummy burrito, back upstairs for presentation on e-resources by @abbybarker and @SimonXIXAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 SB: all new profs should have an understanding of e-resources, because if it isn't relevant to your work now it will in futureAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 SB: catalogue went down, students (&amp;amp; staff) got better appreciation of what he does when they couldn't find their e-resourcesAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Heh. @SimonXIX's students made a hilarious Wtf is this shit Picard meme about e-resouce access. Good to know they use them tho #cilipnpd12Barbara Gordon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Demonstrating the different routes into e-resources librarianship, Abby "fell" into this job, while Simon has had this as a long term career goal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 AB: took unqualified post over a qualified post as staff were smily and friendlyAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 SB: focused library school research on IT, web 2.0 etc. Interests in libraries &amp;amp; computing combine into eresources librarianshipAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 SB: first job was not in e-resources, but was able to leverage his interests into the work. You have control!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 AB: exchange from yesterday &amp;quot;are you on a PC or a Mac?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;a laptop.&amp;quot;Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 AB: if your e-resources work perfectly but there is no paper in the library loos, this is what your users will worry about!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@Annie_Bob Toilet paper, staples and working water fountains!Nic&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;@nicololosaurus @Annie_Bob This is true. Or pens!!Carley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 it is hard to find uninterrupted time to work on what you want when you're an e-resources librarianAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Answering hypothetical enquiries about problems with e-resources - good practice for when this actually happens in real-life! #CILIPNPD12Carley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12often e-resources are very vague, e.g. &amp;quot;I can't access any e-resources!&amp;quot; (in both subject line &amp;amp; body of email!)Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 SB: a surprising amount of eresources work is people skills.Katie Birkwood&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;Have you tried logging out and then in again?&amp;quot; http://ow.ly/aPH8i Mine and @abbybarker's presentation on e-resources for #CILIPNPD12.Simon Barron&lt;/div&gt;</noscript>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-88394527417270017332012-05-12T11:22:00.000+01:002012-05-12T12:02:06.397+01:00#CILIPnpd12 - high visibility cataloguers and cyber librariansThe first workshop I attended was very hands on (as you can see in the pictures below!) so I didn't tweet much. It was run by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/debbieleecat" target="_blank">Deborah Lee</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/evil_jen" target="_blank">Jennie Perry</a> from <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hvcats" target="_blank">HVcats</a>, and was great fun! We were given a pile of assorted lego and had to classify in as many ways as possible, figure out how we would deal with a new kind of brick not included in our classification scheme, and then build a tower from all the 4x2 bricks in the quickest time possible, to demonstrate the problem of distributed relatives (but mainly to win chocolate...)<br />
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Following on from that I went to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/usernametaken10" target="_blank">Richard Hawkins</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/myweeklybook" target="_blank">Lisa Hutchins</a>' workshop about being "cyber librarians", which was really interesting and not something I'd really considered before. I've embedded the Storify of my tweets from the day below, or you can find it <a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-hvcats-and-cyber-libra" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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</script><noscript>[&lt;a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professionals-day-hvcats-and-cyber-libra" target="_blank"&gt;View the story "CILIP New Professionals Day - #hvcats &amp; cyber librarians" on Storify&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;h1&gt;CILIP New Professionals Day - #hvcats &amp;amp; cyber librarians&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Jennie Perry &amp;amp; Deborah Lee's workshop 'Game On: Cataloguing &amp;amp; Classification in the 21st Century', and Richard Hawkins and Lisa Hutchins' workshop 'Cyber librarians: Information Management Jobs in the Digital Age'&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Storified by Annie Johnson &amp;middot; Sat, May 12 2012 05:46:09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Think #catandclass was the right session to pick! #cilipnpd12 http://pic.twitter.com/Hg39iLBWAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cataloguing and classification with lego #cilipnpd12 http://yfrog.com/h2fe2ckdjMarie Grace Cannon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All our UCL cat &amp;amp; class training paid off! #cilipnpd12 http://pic.twitter.com/AnP3FZO6Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 follow @hvcats for all things cataloguing and metadata related!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cataloguing shouldn't be seen as a back-room activity according to @Hvcats #CILIPNPD12Carley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 The cat &amp;amp; class workshop has Lego, chocolate and giant snakes &amp;amp; ladders! #HVcatsCILIP&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yay! Giant snakes and ladders, #HVcats style :D #CILIPNPD12 http://pic.twitter.com/mKaKuCCMRichard Hawkins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 cat &amp;amp; class workshop was good fun, now going to @usernametaken10 and Lisa talk about being cyberlibrarians!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 (hasn't even started and I love their slides)Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 ooh sorry, Lisa is @MyWeeklyBook, haven't seen her in real life before!Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 LH is self employed information architect. Is planning to do LIS degree at Northumbria which is orientated toward techie thingsAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 info architects design info structures of sites, write, commission, edit &amp;amp; organise content, manage usability &amp;amp; accessibilityAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 info architects are *not* specialist coders, developers, or systems librariansAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 worst website experiences are when you have to really work to find the information you need.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 accessibility is a legal requirement, an accessible website is easy to read, navigable without a mouse, and uses plain English.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 info pros working online need to champion needs of their users in exactly the same way as those working in a physical buildingAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 information architects will work as part of a team throughout the development processAnnie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 other cyber librarian roles include content manager, audience researcher, accessibility manager. Lots of overlap.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;#cilipnpd12 LH: a lot of opportunities in this field are in contract and freelance work, running your own business.Annie Johnson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For anyone who wants it, here's a link to the Prezi from @usernametaken10 and my presentation at #cilipnpd12 yesterday http://prezi.com/wdjxfp_cqtng/cilip-npd12Lisa Hutchins&lt;/div&gt;</noscript>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-52639307594992043402012-05-12T11:18:00.000+01:002012-09-04T14:13:49.700+01:00#CILIPnpd12 - Ned PotterYesterday I spent the day at CILIP HQ in London, for my second New Professionals Day. I live-tweeted most of the day (apart from when my hands were full with lego or a giant burrito), and as I have recently discovered <a href="http://www.storify.com/" target="_blank">Storify</a>, I am going to post a few Storifys of my tweets from the day rather than writing it all out again in a big old blog post. Here's the first bit, <a href="http://thewikiman.org/blog/" target="_blank">Ned Potter</a>'s opening keynote speech (if the embed doesn't show up, the link to my Storify is <a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professional-day-ned-potter" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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</script><noscript>[&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://storify.com/Annie_Bob/cilip-new-professional-day-ned-potter" target="_blank"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;View the story "CILIP New Professionals Day - Ned Potter" on Storify&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;]&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;h1&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;CILIP New Professionals Day - Ned Potter&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/h1&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;h2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Opening by Annie Mauger and presentation by Ned Potter (@theREALwikiman): 'You already have a brand! Here are 5 ways to influence it...'&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/h2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Storified by Annie Johnson &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;middot; Fri, May 11 2012 18:13:17&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 @anniemauger kicking things off, but potential husbands ar apparently hanging out in cafe across the street!Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Apparently I can't spell and live-tweet at the same time...&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 AM: when starting out it is important to get global impression of what is going on in the profession.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 AM: most of us work in a building that doesn't say library over the door. We are supporting other organisations.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@Annie_Bob @anniemauger #cilipnpd12 Agreed but why so much focus on those libraries then? As a profession we need to promote ourselves more!Madeleine Smith&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@Annie_Bob, well said - watching twitter stream from my &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;Customer Service Centre&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; ( pharmacist included)Karen Newton&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 AM: invisibility can be a sign of a job well done in some sectors, but A's aim is to make us less invisible.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 AM: CILIP is a charity &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; aims to big up librarians whether they are members or not.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 AM introducing @theREALwikiman, a veteran of New Professionals Days!Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: don't panic, branding will be fine! You already have one, you can never fully control it, but honestly don't panic.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Ned asked us all to tweet our definitions of a brand...&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#npdbrand a public image you are putting forward to represent yourself?Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#npdbrand brand=conscious mode of representation #cilipnpd12Anna Richards&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#CILIPNPD12 #npdbrand hard to change once you have it!Annie Mauger&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#npdbrand a cynical marketing ploy by corporations to sell you stuff #cilipnpd12Kristine Chapman&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;...and as if by magic, they appeared in the Prezi in front of us!&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;2012-05-11 10.20.01Annie_Bob&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: brand is the sum total of everyone's perceptions about what a service is or does. Difference between brand and branding.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: brand is in the eye of te beholde. Jeff Bezos - your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the roomAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: don't panic - not everyone has to do the same tings. You don't have to be switched on and managing your brand 24/7Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: focus your brand on goals. If you can see your destination you can see the path to get there, &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; can tick boxes to match thisAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: even if your experience isn't relevant at first glance, you can extract the skills you learntAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@Annie_Bob when working with ppl seeking career change, extracting skills from exp seems to be the bit ppl find hardestNicolaFranklin&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@Annie_Bob there is a need to separate 'what do employers want/need' from 'what do I want/need' when formulating career goalsNicolaFranklin&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: if you've worked out a path to your goals &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; decided you want to influence your brand, what do you do?Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: 1) be open (a la @Philbradley) - time for protecting what you have is past, now about sharingAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: 2) be part of a community, as a resource not a ninja!Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: get online - quickest and easiest way to influence your brand. Be part of the conversation. Start small &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; build from there.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: think about your tone when you start, you will find it harder to change direction later on.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: Twitter is the one social network to rule them all. LinkedIn ranks highly on Google so is worth having a good profile there.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 if you're already online, important to link all of your social media prescences so people can find YOU not just your content.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP:most popular blog posts are useful, helpful, talking points, rants or silliness.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: your future employers may well be more likely to read more formal publications than they are blogs. Write for your audience.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: several ways to get published - peer reviewed journals, trade publications, even a bookAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: http://librarywriting.blogspot.com is a good source for finding calls for papersAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: if you don't like writing, speaking or being online you can always organise something. V transferable skills.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: If your organisation lets you, share your stuff under a creative commons license.Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: present something - answer calls for papers, say yes to things, be confident in your own abilities!Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 NP: just do something. So many free tools and nice librarians to collaborate with. Good things come from trying out ideasAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 e.g.s of things &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;just done&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;: #libcamp, #cpd23 #uklibchat #mashlib #vftl... etc etc etc!Annie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Yay #cpd23 and #uklibchat got a mention!&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;#cilipnpd12 @theREALwikiman's prsentation http://bit.ly/npdbrandAnnie Johnson&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noscript>Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587775790259225904.post-56974973509931852512012-05-07T23:27:00.001+01:002012-05-07T23:27:35.931+01:00#CPD23 strikes again<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We are repeating the <a href="http://cpd23.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">23 Things for Professional Development</a> programme for those who missed out or didn't finish last year. This first 2 Things (creating your own blog, and investigating other people's blogs) went up on the CPD23 blog today, and an updated version of my post on current awareness tools will go up on the 21st May.<br />
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I'm not going to participate properly this time around as I'll need to concentrate on my MA dissertation over this summer. However I've really enjoyed looking at people's blogs as everyone has been signing up and writing their first CPD23 posts. As always I tend to be drawn in initially by the blog name (e.g. <a href="http://deweydecibelle.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dewey Decibelle</a>, <a href="http://catandclasswoman.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cat(andClass)woman</a> and <a href="http://tattiesandneep.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Veggie Haggis</a>) and I always like to be nosey and read blog posts by people I know (including the ever brilliant <a href="http://booleanberry.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/cpd23-thing-1-it-is-happening-again/" target="_blank">Boolean Berry</a> and equally excellent <a href="http://rosiehare.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rosie Hare</a>). It's great that so many people who took part last year are having a second go now (for instance <a href="http://www.dpgreen.net/2012/05/08/take-2-continuing-23-things-for-professional-development-course/" target="_blank">dpgreen</a> and <a href="http://soldiermumlibby.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">SoldierMumLibby</a>), as well as having totally new blogs to explore (such as <a href="http://teaandscone.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/on-blogging-thing-1/" target="_blank">Cup of Tea & a Scone</a> and <a href="http://oflibrariescataloguingandthings.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Of Libraries, Cataloguing and Things</a>). There are some really great blogs on the list, so if you haven't yet, take a look at the <a href="http://delicious.com/cpd23/2012" target="_blank">Delicious list</a> and see for yourself.Annie Gleesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431136698418636289noreply@blogger.com2