Monthly Archives: November 2011
The delights of the Private Press
Since October I’ve been spending approximately one day a week cataloguing books in SCOLAR – the special collections and archive side of the library service. Although we employed a Rare books cataloguer earlier in the year, the rest of the … Continue reading
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Speaker etiquette: when the clock is running…
I’ve just had some feedback from the talk I gave last week at the CLIC event, although generally positive, a couple of comments noted that it was a bit rushed, and there could have been more eye-contact. Both fair points that … Continue reading
Filed under Conferences, CPD, Librarianship, Staff development
Light at the end of the tunnel is glowing: Thing 23 1/2
I think I may have finished cpd23, I’ve been catching up with missed Things over the last week, filling in those gaps, etc etc.; and I think I could probably go on ‘playing’ for a good few weeks yet, but … Continue reading
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The great cpd23 catch-up continues: (Thing 9!)
Oh yes, I am jumping all over the place here! Thing 9: Evernote Yes another new tool to sign up to, I have usernames and passwords all over the place! But I like the cool elephant logo. It seems a … Continue reading
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The great cpd23 catch-up (part 2) [Thing 18, and er a bit of 17 too!]
Thing 18: Jing/screen capture/podcasts I really like the idea of Jing (and/or Screencast-o-matic), and being able to ‘screen-capture’, as many are the times when I’ve had conversations over the phone telling people to ” look for the little arrow button … Continue reading
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Thing 23: Six Word Story
I filled out the evaluation form a couple of weeks ago, and came up with my six word story then, but now I can’t remember it! So here’s a new one: Enabled Cataloguer Embraces Reflective Development Journey
Filed under CPD
Thing 23: Mirror,mirror what’s in store? Time to create a Thing 24..
I hope it’s not cheating to do Thing 23 before I’ve tidied up the wasteland of missing Things left scattered around, but as I’m being computer frustrated (see previous post), it seemed wiser to get round to some reflection, and … Continue reading
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The great catch-up (part 1)
The end of this ‘session’ of cpd23 is coming close, if I want that lovely certificate I have to finish everything by 30th Nov. On a quick look that doesn’t seem to bad, I’d got up to Thing22, so only one … Continue reading
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CLIC: Social Media in Libraries (success on a zero-budget)
This week Cardiff Libraries in Co-operation (CLIC) held their Social Media in Libraries event, and I think its fair to say it was pretty successful! Over the years the CLIC Staff Development Group have been putting on various training and … Continue reading
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Thing 17: I’ve actually done a Prezi!
This was one of the Things I skipped over earlier on, primarily because I wanted to create a Prezi for a real purpose and not just waste some time playing with it. So I saved it up until I knew … Continue reading
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