Thing 23, Reflection

So, did this do what I had anticipated?  Yes, it did, introducing me to new tools for working via the web.  It also gave me an opportunity to reflect on other aspects of career development which I hadn't envisaged doing at this stage, so it was useful to have the "space"  and encouragement to do so.  Looking at other's blogs gave me a chance to see how they were interacting with various networks and what could be gained from each one, thus providing a useful guide to see what I might be able to use effectively.

I shall definitely take away with me some new (to me) technologies to use; Evernote, Google Docs and Zotero are among my favourites. I still intend to experiment a little more with Twitter and whether I continue to blog may be a matter of not only having something useful to say, but also the time to maintain a credible presence.

A six word "story" ?
New technologies; better working, reinvigorated thinking.

Thank you for an interesting summer

Thing 21 and Thing 22

As we're nearing the end of the programme work life is becoming busy, so I'm putting both of these together.
It's a timely reminder to maintain the "info for cv" document that I have by updating it now as I'm learning new skills both at work and over the summer (including this little project!).  Thank you for jogging my memory.
Life is a little busy at the moment, but I've found that volunteering has brought me new skills (and the confidence to use them in different settings) which I've been able to transfer into my work.  However, that was a while back in a very different economic climate,  I would now look very hard at any volunteering description to make certain that it complements the main business of the organisation and doesn't undermine the need for qualified (and remunerated) staff.

Thing 20 - Library Routes

Having previously commented about how I got here in Thing 10, I used this time to have a better look around the Library Routes project.  I've not contributed to a wiki before, so took this opportunity to see how it works.  On reflection the only thing I can say is that I'm incredibly lucky that, having worked in so many sectors I can still be interacting daily with users and learn new things ( no pun intended).  Our profession is so varied and constantly evolving that there is absolutely no chance that what I'm paid to do each day becomes tedious or mind numbingly boring.  You can take your career in lots of different directions just by being open to possibilities and transferring skills from one sector to another can be really useful.