Thing 1!
So here I am writing my first (personal) blog post ever, having almost decided not to do cpd23 this year on account of feeling very self-conscious about what I write.A strange reaction for a person who...
View ArticleThing 2: Exploring the blogging world...
My travels through the blogosphere have made me realise just how much time it actually takes to explore and read other people's thoughts and experiences! It's been great to go through some of the other...
View ArticleI'm a brand? Really?
Well, I'm already a week behind on cpd23 due to being on holiday last week, although I have to admit I wasn't looking forward too much to thing 3 as I find the idea of my personal brand to be quite...
View ArticleHi, my name is Carly, and I'm a twitterholic
Yes, it's true, Twitter and I have been friends for a long time. Well, according to How Long Have I Been On Twitter 03 years 02 months 02 weeks 05 days 04 hours 36 minutes.I am the librarian with my...
View ArticleReflecting on reflecting
Adrift by Pascal B on Flickr As a chronic over-thinker with a natural inclination to scrutinize everything I do, you'd think I'd be looking forward to this 'thing', feeling that it's second nature to...
View ArticleThing 6: Online Networks
Another holiday, another week behind...I do actually go to work, I promise!So Thing 6 is 'online networks', and we start off with LinkedIn...which I have just exclaimed out loud about in the office at...
View ArticleReal-life networks
Having little experience of real-life networks, and feeling as if there is quite a lot more I could, and probably will do, in my career, I thought I'd just write down a few random musings about my...
View ArticleOrganising things!
Google CalendarI've had a Google Calendar for a while now, when I decided that buying paper diaries was too expensive and it was about time I went paperless. I have it synced with my iPhone, so I...
View ArticleOn library qualifications and career progression. Is it worth it?
Thing 10 asks us to consider qualifications that are relevant to the role of the librarian, including Master's qualifications and chartership. I have been putting off writing this post all week,...
View ArticleIn need of advice.
Thing 11 is about mentoring, which I think ties nicely into the themes of career progression and a lot of the professional development stuff I discussed in my last post.So, following this theme...I am...
View ArticleThing 12...and a little bit of catching up to do!
Hummmm, it appears I'm a little behind on this blog now...let's see if I can't get through a few 'things' in this post and get back on track!Thing 12 'Social Media'I suppose I have troughs and waves...
View ArticleMendeley and Zotero - let the games begin
A few days ago I sat down to start planning out my teaching sessions and started considering how I would recommend to our students they manage their information - not just by noting down the references...
View ArticleSpeaking up/being heard
I wasn't really looking forward to this post, mainly because I feel I've done very little in terms of library advocacy, and this makes me feel guilt and inadequacy. But just how much should I feel...
View ArticleA few of my favourite things...
Ooooo Thing 17 is about SlideShare and Prezi. Well, if anyone hasn't even tried creating a Prezi, then you should. It's so much fun! You can see my Prezis here:...
View ArticleScreencasting & learning to love the sound of your own voice
Ah screencasting....if you're anything like me you find recording screencasts a fairly unpleasant experience, where you have to talk out loud to a computer, feeling faintly ridiculous and the only way...
View ArticleIntegrating 'things'...
It's funny really...one of the reasons I like doing this blog is that I can reflect a lot on the tools I've already used in my work, but I'll be honest it's rare I have the time or inclination to...
View ArticleThing 20: My Library Route
Thing 20 asks us to contemplate why we entered the profession, how that compares to the route taken by other librarians, and blog about it for the Library Routes project. I blogged about my route into...
View ArticleWork confidence: talk that talk and walk that walk!
I like job interviews. I'm sure most people think I'm pretty weird for saying that, but I've done so many of them that I think my view and attitude toward them has changed from terror and insecurity...
View ArticleVolunteering
I wasn't sure how I was going to approach the issue of volunteering, as it seemed to me I had little experience of volunteering myself, and therefore no right to comment. But then I thought about it a...
View ArticleThing 23: Mind the gap
My goodness the CILIP Professional Knowledge and Skills Base is a scary document isn't it!Working through the CPD23 programme, I've felt myself building a confidence in my skills and my ability to...
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