For thing 2 I looked at a handful of blogs from the list of participants on Delicious. How did I choose which blogs from the many to go to? Well, it’s all in the name for me. I did however try not to go to too many UK blogs, as I see the global reach of this programme a great benefit. I also tried not to pick too many academic librarians. Of the 20 or so blogs I looked at I commented on four and I will be subscribing to their RSS feeds to follow their progress through the programme. [...]
CPD
Ding ding, round 3
Over the next few months I will be participating in the CPD23 programme, 23 Things for Professional Development. Whilst the tasks that I complete as part of this will form the bulk of content on this blog over the summer I will also try to post additional stuff too. I did consider setting up a separate blog but as I use this blog as a reflection tool for my CPD already it seemed foolish to separate the two. This is the third time I will be taking part in a 23 things programme, but this time there are some key [...]
Exchange of Experience: Information Skills for Undergraduates
Last week I attended, and spoke at, an exchange of experience seminar on Information Skills for Undergraduates organised by and for library staff at the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford. Below is my summary of the event. First to speak was Hazel Rothera, Senior Subject Librarian for Education at Oxford Brookes. Her talk was on the development of a virtual tour and online induction for Harcourt Hill Library. The focus was on producing online content with little or no knowledge of web design. Of particular interest to me was the shift towards an online induction. One project I [...]
