The responsibilities of a copy cataloguer
So you have a weighty text in your hands. You find out it cost AUD$231.15. You better bloody make sure that it’s been catalogued right, because if you haven’t, you’ve just wasted your organizations...
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Developing technologies and the iPad
Yo yo! So it’s been a week or more since my last post – my apologies to all my dedicated readers. I know you’re out there – I do have stats Anyway, just had a thought on the technologies that are out...
View ArticleChosen online communities to follow (aka Blogroll)
In the library with the lead pipe PUBSIG-L – list-serv for people interested in public libraries NZ-libs My Twitter community (links from people I follow)
View ArticleRanting about costs
I am reposting this here after writing it for my fellow course participants. It was turning into a rant, and I didn’t think that was the right place for it. Information as a commodity: Thought...
View ArticleJournal Submission : Part Three : Small task on Professional Skills
Do you (or the department in which you work) have a close working relationship with the IT staff in your organisation? My Answer: I personally don’t, but I imagine that the libraries digital services...
View ArticleThoughts on underutilized resources
I just had a thought. Sometimes in public libraries, the skills I’ve learnt so far and I’m sure the skills that my colleagues have acquired in their respective careers, aren’t put to good use in their...
View ArticleJournal Submission : Part Three
Reflections What I have learnt about my profession in the last three or four months is that there is more to it than meets the eye. I am constantly astounded by the knowledge (internal knowledge and...
View Article“an honorable discharge?”
What happens when you leave the library profession? When would you leave the library profession? My thoughts about this stemmed from reading over a gentleman’s shoulder on the train ride home, an...
View ArticleThoughts on list-servs as professional discourse
So I wrote this draft response to the “content restrictions, available to members only” thread on nz-libs at 11pm last night. As you do. I often draft things now and sit on them for a while, sometimes...
View ArticleFinger on the pulse?
I wrote this before I gave birth to my first child in May of 2012. Interesting what you think is realistic before having children. —– How important is it *really* to have your finger on the pulse? What...
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