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The architecture of Librarianship

So yet again I am inadvertently lagging behind with 23 things… This time however, not only do I have an almost legitimate excuse, but it has also saved me writing two posts about my career development...

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Lost Librarian seeks kind-hearted mentor for no-strings careers advice.

Although I’ve never had an ‘official’ mentor in my career so far, there have always been people I’ve looked up to and hoped to emulate in some way. Having only ever worked in para-professional roles so...

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Joining the social (media) club

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve only quite recently come back to using social media. I now realise that it is essential for my job. I’m currently doing my Graduate Trainee project, which is...

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Collaboration tools

A photo of a small dog to brighten up an otherwise rather dull post. Google Docs I have Google Docs as I signed up when I got my Gmail account. However, I have to admit that I have not yet got around...

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Reference management

I am currently writing up my Graduate Trainee project (almost there now!), so if ever there was a good time to experiment with referencing software, this is it! When I wrote my undergrad dissertation I...

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Braving the real world

Imagine this room full of people… Now panic! It’s the last day of my traineeship tomorrow so I thought this would be a good time to look at thing 15, as this is the only library job I’ve had yet where...

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Book of the week (1/10/2012)

My book of the week for next week is Howl’s Moving Castle (yes I’ve started my new job as a School Librarian, but more on that later). I’d almost forgotten how much I loved the Studio Ghibli film, and...

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Thing 16 – Advocacy

I know, I know… this is very very late. I could give many excuses (starting a new job, my LIS course…) but I’ll just get on with it! As you may know (I’ve gone on about it lots!), I’ve fairly recently...

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Thing 17 – Prezi

Communicating with our library users at the University of Bradford - my Graduate Trainee Project Communicating with our library users at the University of Bradford on Prezi

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Infuriated Information Professionals

I was very angry and saddened to hear Terry Deary’s recent comment that “libraries have had their day”. I’m not sure why Deary has failed to notice that libraries offer free internet access to people...

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Dear Mr Gove, please speak to some actual teenagers before assuming that you...

I am very angry about Mr Gove’s comments on teenagers’ reading habits. I realise that lately this blog has largely turned into an outlet for my school-librarian-wrath, so instead of another rant I’ll...

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