Crazy Keywords continued
This week I've managed to correct 17 pages worth of crazy keywords, which I'm rather pleased with. I've been prioritising particularly messy sections rather than going through alphabetically.Much of it...
View ArticleCataloguing donated Granta magazines
This week we were lucky enough to receive some donated Granta magazines. Due to the value of these items we want to make them issuable like books rather than Reference only magazines.Classifying these...
View ArticleCareers books cataloguing
I've got quite a nice project this week: cataloguing a delivery of new books for our Careers Adviser. It's nice to have the opportunity to engage with other departments and is always good to show...
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Library Tourism Down Under
Last month we went to Australia on holiday. As a good librarian and tourist my first port of call in each location was the major libraries.In Melbourne we visited the State Library of Victoria...
View ArticleMy week
I've been feeling a bit down the last few days. On Wednesday I had a job interview for a School Librarian position that I didn't get.The interview itself was really interesting as it involved a student...
View ArticleA rather reticent reflection on my current job situation
I have been encouraged by both my Chartership mentor and my manager to reflect and blog about my current job title/description situation. I am somewhat reluctant about doing this.I completed my MSc in...
View ArticleCILIP Professional Futures and Newsnight
It's rubbish being so busy because I keep drafting blog posts and not finishing them and by the time I get back to them the 'latest debate' is a bit stale! Anyway, here's a few things that have been on...
View ArticleFirst Professional Role and A Good Week
I have good news to share. After three job interviews over the last two months since returning from Australia, I have now accepted my first professional role as LRC manager at an FE college in...
View ArticleChanging standards and the future of cataloguing in UK HE libraries
This week I went to this event put on jointly by the University College & Research group (UC&R) and the Cataloguing & Indexing group (C&I) at CILIP Headquarters.Firstly, the food was...
View ArticleHigher education blueprint
Last week's higher education blueprint proposes higher earning graduates paying a graduate tax to replace tuition fees and fund degrees, the privitisation of some universities and allowing failing...
View ArticleChild Protection workshop
I recently went to a child protection and safeguarding workshop. I work in a sixth form so up to the age of 18 students are covered by child protection legislation, we also have a large number of...
View ArticleFirst week in first qualified job!
After the long process of interviews and seemingly endless applications here I am in my first qualified job as the LRC manager of a regional college in Cambridgeshire.The first week has gone well. I...
View ArticleGood progress.
That seems to have been my catchphrase this week, I've said it to my LRC Support Tutor (the term we are using for Library Assistants) as we left almost every day. A lot has been sorted out but I still...
View ArticleRebranding
As part of our refurbishment that I've spoken about over the last few weeks, we are rebranding the 'Library' into an 'LRC' with me being a 'LRC Manager' whereas my predecessor was the 'College...
View ArticleArticle 10
This week and last I've been following the newspaper articles in defense of public libraries by Lauren Smith in the Guardian and in The Independent. And screaming inside at the amount of commenters...
View ArticleFirst day of term
We've been in the newly refurbished LRC for a week now. We're still ironing out little problems but we are just about there. My new part time member of staff has joined the team now which has allowed...
View ArticleLearning Resource Managers meeting for East of England FE colleges
Held at ACER on 19 November 2010We started by each Learning Resource Centre Manager giving a brief report on what is happening in their college. The common themes were:restructuring/redundancies/doing...
View ArticleFirst experience giving a talk - UC&R group/University of Leicester
I gave a talk at a Careers Development Day for Library Assistants at the University of Leicester on the 8th December. Back in the summer in the weeks leading up to starting my first qualified role...
View ArticlePartnerships for HE in FE: the library perspective
UWE Bristol 26 November 2010It has taken me so long to post this that I'm also going to comment on how I've acted upon the tips I got from the day.The first Keynote Speaker Mark Stone (Associate Dean...
View ArticleDay 1 of #libday6
Woke at 5.30am anxious about the week ahead. As always, left the house at 7.10 to get the train. Spent the first half of my train journey catching up on emails, Twitter and Facebook. The Curriculum...
View ArticleDay 2 #libday6
What an absolutely appalling day. I had a headache by 10am.The ALS department moved into the rooms in the back of the LRC. There are problems with keys that I am getting sorted out - the Estates...
View ArticleDay 3 of #libday6
Came in hoping for a more tranquil day than yesterday. Spent most of the morning chasing up some laptop trolley and equipment queries, and dealing with emails and other queries. Visited HR with a few...
View ArticleDay 4 of #libday6
Got into work at the usual 8.45 to deal with any problems or queries before heading over to Curriculum Team Meeting at 9am. This is my big weekly meeting with the Vice Principal Curriculum, the Faculty...
View ArticleDay 5 of #libday6
I arrived at 8.45, having caught up on a few bits on the train.At 9.30am Maryse and Malcolm from JISC RSC Eastern met with myself and the IT manager. They demonstrated a variety of their resources and...
View ArticleReflections on the first half term
It's been a hectic half term. We've done about 60 inductions. We tailor our inductions by level and subject, in terms of introducing specific online resources and the way that we communicate. For...
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