It's beena while!

I realise it has been over a month since I last posted. I think with CPD23 coming to an end I got a bit lazy about posting regularly but I am going to try and blog more and hopefully I will have plenty to blog about.

So over the last month I have been up to various activities. The Library is as busy as ever and I have lots of requests for help with referencing which I am happy to oblige with and it is quite nice that I have carved out a  reputation as being some-one the students know they can speak to for help with referencing. I have also been working on my Prezi for blogging and it is nearly complete if you want to see how it is going so far take a look here. All comments are welcome I am still tweaking and trying to add links and images so any helpful hints will also be grratefully recieved. In additon to both of these I have now been given responsibiltiy for the AV equipment at our Hinckley site - including withdrawing all the old stock from Heritage, this was mammoth task but I really enjoyed the challenge and being an organised person I love that I now have a neat spreadsheet that outlines our current stock.

I have had a visit and half day shadowing at King Edward VI College in Nuneaton. This is a sixth form college that does only A-Level subjects, it was great to see a different kind of Library (and study centre) and see the similarities and differences between our Libraries. I picked up some great tips including SurveyMonkey (which I have already put to good use in our Reprographic department) and creating subject lists on the catalogue. I was also able to share what we do in our Library inclduing e-books.

More recently I went to a seminar at the Univerity of Leicester's Media Zoo about i-tunes u and You-Tube Edu - educational resources provided by both sites. They have thier advantages and disadvantages but overall it seems like a great way to share resources amongs educational institutions. Terese Bird who ran the session put her powerpoint on Slideshare so click here if you want to have a look, she also recorded the seminar which you can watch here.

Well thats you all caught up with where I am at currently. I'm enjoying my role in the Library and starting to feel that my contribution to the team is of value and look forward to taking on more challenges, which I will of course keep you updated with.