Each year I guess you try and learn from the  mistakes you made the year before… you want one less person to nod off, one less person glazing over and one less person “Facebooking” (is this a verb yet?) for half an hour. I’m always really interested in how other subject librarians conduct inductions but [...]

This whole Thing thing is already moving too quickly for me… although I’m not going to write about all the blogs I’ve visited and the comments I’ve left you’ll be pleased to hear that I have actually been doing this. Commenting on other blogs is something I do do, just not very often. I find [...]

OK OK I give in… I’ve signed up to 23 Things for Professional Development (CPD23) having previously decided I’d much rather spectate. To all the non-library people that may read this the CPD23 programme is a self-directed course, set up by a group of information professionals, aimed at introducing participants to a range of [...]

I *think* I’ve finally finished it!

Over the last year I’ve been working on my Chartership, pulling together a portfolio of evidence to reflect on my personal and professional development. It’s a professional qualification awarded by CILIP to members who are able to demonstrate an active commitment to CPD (or continuing professional development), an ability to [...]

It’s been a busy old couple of months but I think I’ve finally managed to piece my brain back together. The big news is that this year I was lucky enough to attend the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC), hosted by the British Library and LSE. I thought I’d do the usual and bombard [...]