The loooong weekend is nearly over and I’m starting to think about going back to work tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the start of week 2 in my new job so I know there’ll be a lot to think about for the rest of the week as well! As part of preparation-for-work I’ve been sorting through…
So, barely a week after writing the last blog post, on taking charge of my career, I suddenly seem to actually have a career to take charge of! After several months of writing job applications and attending hundreds of job interviews (actually I think it was only 3, but it did seem like a lot)…
As always, Unshelved made me laugh. However, it does raise the question for me of what exactly IS an information professional? Are we people who ‘look stuff up in books’? Do we actually have any real life, useful skill that is valued anywhere outside the library profession? I suspect the answer is yes and no.…
Towards the end of 2010 I lost my librarian mojo – I could really sympathise with this post from A work in progress about being dazed & confused. I’m in a not-so-different situation to Fiona, OK, I have a job in libraryland but it’s a first job and I need to start thinking about the…
Today I had an awkward and potentially very difficult situation arise at work that I’m at a loss to explain – although I suspect social media might be at the root of the problem. The HR manager at MPOW had an email from an individual today saying that this individual understood through professional networks that…
Over the weekend I read a post from Fiona at A work in progress that has got me thinking about my career mojo. The blogosphere has been full of posts about what it means to be a librarian, what LIS students need to know, (here and here) and whether our university courses prepare librarians adequately…
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