Hmm, must start thinking up better post titles...
Have been slightly overawed with the number of blogs available on the cpd23 delicious page. It's amazing that there are so many participants, should be an interesting community to be a part of. I've been browsing a few, trying not to get too addicted to the 'just click on one more link' nature of the list. So, what have I learnt?
1) other people have a lot of interesting things to say. I'm concerned that I might be a bit lacking in this department. I have never really tried writing before, outside of an academic context. Never kept a diary, or felt the need to share my opinions with the big wide world very often. So, I don't know how I'm going to adjust to the regular blog writing. But, we shall see.
2) chartership - it might be something to still consider. I finished my library degree some years ago (2004), and thought briefly about chartership straight after I finished, but never followed it up. As time has gone on, I have become less and less convinced of what value CILIP chartership holds, so was interested to see that for some, chartership is the impetus behind taking part in cdp23. Will wait for thing 10 with bated breath!
3) I need to learn to rein in my slightly obsessive personality, otherwise reading other people's blogs will take over my life.
Looking forward to Monday and Thing 3 already.
Friday 24 June 2011
Tuesday 21 June 2011
23 things - first thing!
My first 23 things blog post! I'm taking part in the 23 Things for Professional Development course, so am taking the plunge here.
A brief introduction, then. I'm a 'Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian', and have worked in my current library since 1999. Which seems a really long time now that I've put it down in black and white. I really enjoy the library I work in, which I suppose is one of the reasons I have been here so long. I work in higher education, and have previously worked in a government library and a different uni.
I really wanted to start the cpd23 as its the sort of thing that I always take a look at and think, wow, great idea, I wish I had the time/commitment/technological knowhow for that...., and then promptly forget about it. So this time, I put a note in my calendar and am following it through. Well, through to the first week anyway - but you have to start somewhere.
Also, I wanted to take the initiative with this. When you work somewhere for a number of years, its easy to become stuck in your way of doing things, even if you are constantly dealing with change to processes and technology in your day job. So, it's a chance to spend some time focussing on myself and my skills too.
I'm hoping to use this blog to reflect on what I learn over the coming weeks, and want to use the programme in general to become more familiar with some of the current techno tools that are out there. I am pretty familiar with the blogging world in general, as my rss reader will attest (!), but only ever on the lurking, looking-in side. It's quite exciting to actually be creating one. I'm not sure if I will continue long-term, but am looking forward to the journey of trying it out.
A brief introduction, then. I'm a 'Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian', and have worked in my current library since 1999. Which seems a really long time now that I've put it down in black and white. I really enjoy the library I work in, which I suppose is one of the reasons I have been here so long. I work in higher education, and have previously worked in a government library and a different uni.
I really wanted to start the cpd23 as its the sort of thing that I always take a look at and think, wow, great idea, I wish I had the time/commitment/technological knowhow for that...., and then promptly forget about it. So this time, I put a note in my calendar and am following it through. Well, through to the first week anyway - but you have to start somewhere.
Also, I wanted to take the initiative with this. When you work somewhere for a number of years, its easy to become stuck in your way of doing things, even if you are constantly dealing with change to processes and technology in your day job. So, it's a chance to spend some time focussing on myself and my skills too.
I'm hoping to use this blog to reflect on what I learn over the coming weeks, and want to use the programme in general to become more familiar with some of the current techno tools that are out there. I am pretty familiar with the blogging world in general, as my rss reader will attest (!), but only ever on the lurking, looking-in side. It's quite exciting to actually be creating one. I'm not sure if I will continue long-term, but am looking forward to the journey of trying it out.
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