Libraries, the universe and everything


Reading February and March 2013
April 1, 2013, 18:04
Filed under: Reading

Here we go again… Apologies for the combined issue, the first half of March disappeared before I noticed.

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Thinking about e-portfolios
February 19, 2013, 21:29
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Last week I attended a very interesting seminar on e-portfolios. Organised by the NY Librarians meet-up group and presented by Sandra Sajonas and Lisa Chow, the session provided an engaging overview of why a librarian might find it useful to have an e-portfolio, and some tips and suggestions for how to go about creating one. (more…)



Book^2 Camp 2013
February 12, 2013, 16:19
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On Sunday 10th February I attended my first American book camp. An unconference event, the theme for the day centered around digital publishing and the future of books. (more…)



Reading January 2013
February 2, 2013, 23:06
Filed under: Reading

I’m not sure whether I’m going to continue the ‘what I’ve been reading’ thing in the same format this year but, whilst I think about it some more, here goes:

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Some quick thoughts upon finishing my Chartership portfolio
January 16, 2013, 16:05
Filed under: Chartership, CILIP, CPD

My first professionally significant action of 2013 was to take a deep breath and press send on the email carrying my chartership portfolio to CILIP for assessment. Now that it’s all over (at least for the time being), I wanted to set down a few thoughts on the process and its benefits. (more…)



Nassau Public Library
January 16, 2013, 15:52
Filed under: Libraries | Tags: ,

I had almost forgotten that I wanted to post about a charming little library which I visited on our Christmas holiday in Nassau

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Some WordPress stats: 2012 in review
January 2, 2013, 18:41
Filed under: Social media

I’ve just been skimming through the WordPress.com 2012 stats report for this blog, and was surprised and delighted to learn that it received around 3,300 views and that visitors came from 67 different countries. I realise this isn’t much compared to a properly successful blog, but none too shabby given that I rarely do much in the way of promotion and mainly just ramble on about things which matter to me.

In case you’re interested, you can click here to see the complete report.

Thank you and Happy New Year to all my readers!




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