Monday 18 July 2011

Thing 2 Investigate some other blogs

Really impressed by the work that people have put into their blogs. 
Already done a couple of new things with this first active foray into this area.  I used Delicious to find some blogs to read, as there are so many I decided to concentrate this time on ones in the UK and working in my sector.  I enjoyed reading other people’s blogs and eventually managed to pluck up courage to post a comment on one. (May be I’ll be a bit braver next time, as I found myself starting to add a comment then deleting it quickly as it didn’t really seem to add anything to the discussion – hopefully as the “things” progress I’ll be able to reflect on the tools with more validity).
I also investigated how to customise my own blog as I started with a very basic one just to get going.   (It is still a work in progress and I hope Thing 3 may help with how I decide what to include and how that will affect people’s perceptions of my online presence.)
Beginning to catch up – but there are “2 things” to do this week, so I’d better get a move on.
 

Tuesday 12 July 2011

23 things to explore


Hi
I'm new to blogging and it all feels like a big step as I’m very unsure about writing in public.   However, the idea is to learn something new over the summer and this seems like an ideal place to experiment with ideas and with the various technologies.  (I’m also hoping that it will be fun along the way.)

I’m in my second year of working as an Assistant Librarian in the School Resources section of an academic library.  This is primarily a collection which trainee teachers can use when they are on teaching practice in schools, so it’s a little different from the rest of the university library.  My previous background has been mainly in public libraries, both as a Children’s Librarian and doing outreach work, so I’m hoping to use this blog to reflect on how the work in this sector is different from my previous positions and how the rapid changes in technology can have an impact in helping students to find the resources that they need.  I’m also just starting my second year of the revalidation process for CILIP and hopefully this will provide both part of the learning experience and a way of documenting the reflective practice.