Twitter - I've signed up and tried to keep my profile consistent as per Thing 3. I'm surprised by how brief the tweets are. It seems to me that they are almost more like bookmarks, at least the useful ones are. I think perhaps the key with all the different forms of social media and current awareness tools, is to try them out and find one or two that suit both your purposes and your personality. I can already see blogging as useful to me as a tool for recording professional activities, reflecting and sharing. I can see Twitter as useful for drawing attention to new posts on my blog or others, or to ask a specific question. I can't see me following it all the time.
RSS - always wondered what this was all about and now I know!
Showing posts with label cpd23. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cpd23. Show all posts
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Thing 2 - Searching blogs and posting comments
1. Didn't get off to a very good start at all because I couldn't post a comment using my Google account. It didn't seem to recognise me even though I was signed in. Eventally got round it by unticking the "stay signed in" box, but I'm still a bit confused.
2. I found quite a few blogs using the delicious bookmarks. Picked a few where I had something in common, and a few which looked very professional which I could aspire to. Some blogs didn't seem to include the option to follow them.
3. One thing which did occur to me is that I am not really sure of the best way to locate blogs outside of the cpd23 bookmarks. For example, I wanted to find others relating to social care or research libraries or for people I know in Kent. Must investigate the Google Blog Search, but does anyone have any tips?
2. I found quite a few blogs using the delicious bookmarks. Picked a few where I had something in common, and a few which looked very professional which I could aspire to. Some blogs didn't seem to include the option to follow them.
3. One thing which did occur to me is that I am not really sure of the best way to locate blogs outside of the cpd23 bookmarks. For example, I wanted to find others relating to social care or research libraries or for people I know in Kent. Must investigate the Google Blog Search, but does anyone have any tips?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Cpd23 Thing1
Here we go! - new to blogging
This cpd23 course is an excellect opportunity to force me to investigate things I feel slightly wary of. The fact it is measured out in bite size chunks helps me to feel less daunted. I have very nearly finished by library qualifaction at UCL and have half a module to complete which I can't do until next year. This is a brilliant way to continue learning and developing in the meantime.
I currently work part time as a librarian for a social care research unit at the University of Kent and previously worked as an archivist. On the plus side this means I have: loads of experience of customer service and managing information in different environments, a clear idea of the needs of researchers and the issues within the research environment and a good knowledge of sources for health and social care. On the negative side I lack: experience of day to day work in a big library and of library management systems. Ideally I would like a "proper" library job in an academic, social care or NHS library.
I am also a little weary of being the sole librarian and would welcome having professional colleagues to bounce ideas off and progress with. Maybe blogging will help with this. My research colleagues face continual pressure to increase the impact of their research. They have a vague idea that social media may be useful, so I am hoping this course may give me some more concrete ideas.
This cpd23 course is an excellect opportunity to force me to investigate things I feel slightly wary of. The fact it is measured out in bite size chunks helps me to feel less daunted. I have very nearly finished by library qualifaction at UCL and have half a module to complete which I can't do until next year. This is a brilliant way to continue learning and developing in the meantime.
I currently work part time as a librarian for a social care research unit at the University of Kent and previously worked as an archivist. On the plus side this means I have: loads of experience of customer service and managing information in different environments, a clear idea of the needs of researchers and the issues within the research environment and a good knowledge of sources for health and social care. On the negative side I lack: experience of day to day work in a big library and of library management systems. Ideally I would like a "proper" library job in an academic, social care or NHS library.
I am also a little weary of being the sole librarian and would welcome having professional colleagues to bounce ideas off and progress with. Maybe blogging will help with this. My research colleagues face continual pressure to increase the impact of their research. They have a vague idea that social media may be useful, so I am hoping this course may give me some more concrete ideas.
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