Thing 14 – Referencing Software – Endnote &‘Cite U Like’ #CPD23
OK – Still part of #CPD23 catch-up, this time referencing software. It’s just going to be a quick glimpse at each piece of software and my approach. Being of a certain age, when I did my original...
View ArticleThing 22 (unwilling) Volunteering #CPD23
I was going to say that I have never volunteered within the library world, and I probably think that as a ‘Thing’ this was maybe not aimed at me. But then it occurred to me. I have been volunteering of...
View Article#CPD23 – Catch up and Reflection Thing 23 – Bring on #CDP23 2012!
Well, I fell behind! Though in mitigation, I did for the most part cover the ones I wanted too, and am a very, very busy boy. I thought it best to briefly touch upon the ones that I missed out (&...
View ArticleThing 1: Blogs and Blogging #CPD23
I have been blogging for over two years. I believe blogging is a useful way of communicating with peers and to help spread my vision of professionalism and skills. It is mainly a professional...
View ArticleThing 2: Investigating Other Blogs #CPD23
Thing 2 – Investigating Other Blogs. This is something I do as standard both for me professionally and for the service (these 2 are very tightly linked). I also keep abreast of folk’s professional...
View Article#CPD23 Thing 3: Considering My Personal Brand (and a branding change?)
So, ‘Thing 3 – Personal Branding’. This is an important one. Personally, this has come at a very important time as both the service I manage and me personally are undergoing a sea-change to better...
View Article#CPD23 Thing 5 – Reflective Practice
Thing 5. Reflective Practice. I have written some blog posts recently on reflective practice so this will be a quick post. Let’s start with some statements I believe to be true: Reflective Practice...
View ArticleThing 4: Current awareness – Twitter, RSS and Storify #CPD23
It has been a while (5 months in fact), but I have decided to restart #CPD23 as I feel it is a very useful CPD activity. Last years #CPD23 entries towards the end became quite negative, which really...
View ArticleThing 6: Online networks #CPD23
Thing 6 was an interesting CPD activity for me. I was a member of all of the online networks (aside from Librarians as Teachers – which I have joined, more on that later), but as became apparent during...
View ArticleThing 10 & Thing 20 – How I got here, and appropriate qualifications #CPD23
I thought I would combine these 2 ‘Things’, as they are quite related. Who I am My current role is a non-traditional library professional role within a NHS (until April 2013…) Public Health department...
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