I’ve already completed a graduate traineeship and a Masters degree, both of which were interesting experiences with their ups and downs.  In many ways, I came to view both experiences as a means to an end. I’m at a point where I’m starting to think about what to tackle next.  I’ve being considering Chartership for […]

I was very pleased with myself for catching up with CPD23 and then along came Evernote, and I’ve been delayed again! I really want to like Evernote and I want to make it work for me.  The idea that I can theoretically access information from work and home as well as on my mobile phone sounds fantastic.  Unfortunately, I […]

Well, this is a nice easy one.  I already have a calendar that I can access wherever I am – it’s my good old-fashioned paper based diary. It helps me keep track of my increasingly busy life, both at home and at work.  I was, however, very interested to see how online calendars were being used […]

I’m a member of several networks including CILIP and LISNPN.  As I work in an academic institute I also get to network through JISC, and in terms of training courses and opportunities to meet people in a similar role to me, this is the most valuable organisation I am affiliated with.  I have mixed feelings […]

I have a Facebook account, but I’m not an active Facebook user.  I use it to stay in touch with friends.  I have some library friends on there, but they are people I actually consider to be friends (people I used to work with or I met at university on my Librarianship course) rather than […]

We ‘studied’ reflective practice on my librarianship course and while it’s something that I feel is a sensible idea, it’s not really something that I enjoy doing in a formal way and it doesn’t feel natural.  The blog post for CPD 23 has lots of helpful advice and recommended reading though and reflection will be […]

This week’s thing is tools to keep up-to-date and aware of things going on in the library and information world – sounds great. Twitter I joined Twitter after I signed up for Library Camp Leeds, but still haven’t made full use of it.  Speaking to other Twitter users at Library Camp convinced me that it […]