Monthly Archives: October 2011

Library Camp UK 2011

It’s been a while but I’ve eventually got my thoughts around writing this blog post. Library Camp UK 2011 was a weekend I was really looking forward to.  Unfortunately about 10 days prior I caught the dreaded cold.  I was … Continue reading

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Thing 23 … So long! Farewell! Auf Wiedersehn, Adieu!

My final post for CPD23 Things.  It’s been a struggle at times, frustrating but overall a great experience.  I’ve loved working through some of the things, frustrated at the lack of supportive technology at work and home which has meant … Continue reading

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Thing 22 … I’ll do it!

Thing 22 looks at volunteering in an unpaid capacity to further our career.  An emotive subject as far as libraries are concerned with an increase in volunteers being used to replace paid, qualified, professional librarians.  I’m not going to get … Continue reading

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Thing 21 … I’m extraordinary …. you just don’t know it yet!

This has been an extremely difficult post to write.  Just thinking about it and working through the questions makes me teary, angry and hell bent on revenge.  I’ve been through the process of Thing 21, I’ve sat and thought about … Continue reading

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Crochet

As we rapidly approach Library Camp UK 2011 in Birmingham next Saturday (a whole different blog post arriving soon) I am reminded that I promised to show some attendees the basics of how to crochet. I learnt to crochet a … Continue reading

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Thing 20: Routes and Roots

Thing 20 explores how we got into Librarianship, why and what we do.  I posted my library routes/roots on the Library routes wiki some time ago and which can be read here. I’ve also taken part in a number of … Continue reading

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Thing 19: Reflections

Thing 19 is a chance to catch up, reflect on past posts and show how we are integrating the things into work or our professional development. I’m going to come back to this later! Update!  coming back to this I … Continue reading

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