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More on space
Prompted by the discussion lunch today at MML (and a need to get a presentation on the go...) I went back to my survey results from a number of academics who have recently used our new IT training...
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Story time
Recently read David J Brier and Vicky Kaye Lebbin (2004) 'Teaching information literacy using the short story', Reference Services Review, 32/4 pp 383-387.I like the idea of stories helping us to...
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Conferenced out....
Too much information (is that possible?)Cleared the desk on Tuesday and cleared the brain, but the libraries@cambridge conference filled it up again.Echo chamber - thought the idea very relevant but...
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Up, Close and Personal
Andy Priestner, co-organiser with me for the symposium on Personalised services in HE makes a very good comment when challenging us in his recent blog post to think about just how personalised is...
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LILAC
Just back from the LILAC 2011 conference with some of the highlights:Day 1: Lucy Keating and Taking up the RIN challenge: supporting researchers’ use of web 2.0An inspirational speaker having produced...
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Personalise, contextualise...and on to ‘boutique’
The LILAC conference is one of the excellent librarianship conferences around bringing many together to share best practice.It was great to be able to attend all three days this year, and feel that as...
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Are we flogging our USPs enough?
Challenged, as I was, by my deputy, about the fact that someone somewhere should write a little something about unique selling points and Cambridge libraries, here I am putting pen to paper (so to...
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To do or not to do?
Dithered about cpd23 but decided to start and see what happens..... So why do it? Hmmm good question? I guess I believe quite strongly in cpd in general - being a Chartership Support Officer for CILIP...
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The Cheese Scone Moment
If you have never been to Cambridge then can I urge you to come and, if nothing else, sample the superb cheese scones at Michaelhouse Cafe. It's a building that is more cafe than church but is also...
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Leadership stuff
I was recently at an excllent seminar run by Jill Garett, Assistant Chief Executive of LT Consulting. She is a very unassuming person and I didn't know much about her until after the seminar. Her...
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If I had a fairy godmother....
...who could wave her magic wand....and arrange for me to spend more time on the issue desk at work I would be happy - for a manager this may sound like a contradiction in terms and I am sure there are...
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Serendipity
Went to a talk last week by Aleks K where she demonstrated her Serendipity Engine.It was very good. She was aiming to identify all the variables and apparently quirky decisions that we make every day...
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The Librarian's New Year Goodie Bag
Happy New Year!I'm impressed at all the good stuff around at the moment! Loads of nice new resources out there for you all. Below - just a taster of some things to explore:If you have had one...
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Library Day in the Life Day 1
Day 1Don't ever tell me that our Library could do with fewer staff. One member off on a jolly stealing ideas from other libraries, one off sick, leaving the Librarian and two other members of staff for...
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Library Day in the Life Day 2
Day 2Opened the Library - always do this on a Tuesday as normal staff member who has this task starts late today. Then spend time resolving how to move forward with mounting two special paintings in...
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Library Day in the Life Day 3
Handouts loaded onto the VLE.Joint staff meeting with Judge Business School on personalising our library services. This was a really nice relaxed time with English staff and Judge staff discussing how...
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Library Day in the Life Day 4
Shelving first thing - too many trolleys of books left from last night to leave for long and only two of us in until 10.00 today; more illness amongst staff team.Paper build-up on desk to deal with but...
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Library Day in the Life Day 5
Checked and approved the final draft of the Literature Timeline Display boards before they get sent for printing. The boards are part of a six month project involving converting the old copier room...
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Personalising services: snippets from the diary
Co-editor, Andy Priestner, and I very recently deliberated a tweak to the name of our forthcoming book to be published by Ashgate. The original title referred to personalised services but almost...
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Lego, online resources, people and creativity
What do online-only discussions, Lego, e-resources, processes and reading lists have in common? On the face of it very little. Practically speaking these were the core elements of my last week, and it...
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