Just another dent in the damage...

Want to get up to speed with some of the tech trends in library work but don’t know where to start? Well, the Tech Set may well be for you. I’ve just picked up the first three from the ten part series at the library and was so impressed by the short introductions I’ve just [...]

Today is the final day of Library Day in the Life, an international initiative where library workers share their daily activities to illustrate what it’s like to be a librarian (read my earlier posts here). Our roles vary considerably and it’s been really interesting to read more about librarians in different sectors to me. I’m not [...]

I’m back in the office today! Well, not my office as such… On Thursdays I spend all day at St George’s Library. Usually I’d be included on the counter rota for at least two hours but as I did this earlier in the week I’m free to get on with some other activities. These two [...]

Continuing with my Library Day in the Life updates today I wanted to tell you a bit about my first trip to CILIP HQ (The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals).

I was up at 4:30am and on the train to London by 05:55am! Hitting London rush hour is a nightmare and if I’m honest [...]

Having had a quiet morning reading through a couple of conference reports and removing content from one of the library iPads, today I thought I’d focus on some of the new technologies we use in the library to support our users.
A major project was launched during the back end of last year to ‘introduce a [...]