Have you ever spent money on a PD (professional development) activity and wondered what you actually got out of it??I have just completed 6 months of a coaching program with Geraldine Barkworth and found it to be one of the best investments I have made in myself. Not only is the money outlayed tax deductible, but [...]
Archive for August, 2007
6 months to shine the spotlight on my life…
Posted in Professional Development on August 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’re all blogging
Posted in NLS4 Melbourne 2008, Web 2.0 on August 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Okay, small observation, but I seem to like doing this.
All of the NLS4 Team is blogging, see in my blog roll on the right for the links
Aus Library Technician
Ballarat Library Chick
Dunn and Wilson
Librarian Idol
Thoughts and Reflections
Totally Trevor
and of course, moi, Intech the Verve
This wasn’t deliberate, but what a great way to consolidate our thoughts and [...]
It’s launched! and officially in cyberspace…
Posted in Launch, NLS4 Melbourne 2008, Professional Associations on August 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Last night at the ALIA 70th Birthday celebrations in Melbourne, our team launched the NLS4 Melbourne 2008 website. About a month ago, we set 20 August as the date for launching the website, as it made good sense to launch it when we had a captive audience, and why not also perform this at our [...]
Blew a gasket … and learnt to podcast in a cinch !
Posted in Library, NLS4 Melbourne 2008, Podcasts, Technology, Web 2.0 on August 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, I came home from work on Friday, after a bit of a fun night on Thursday, glad to be home so I could catch up on some sleep but also do some of my other extra curricular activities, only to hit the house and find the house pump blew a gasket !! (literally). So [...]
Bangkok Library Meeting
Posted in Higher Education, Library, Photos, Student Placements, TAFE, Travel on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned in an earlier post that I met up with an old student of mine, Lizzy Player, in Bangkok, Thailand. Mind you, I had a funny tummy and couldn’t stomach anything. So Lizzy and my husband got to indulge in Thai food while I attempted not to watch.
We still did a bit of a [...]
Small win…
Posted in Intranet, Library on August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After giving away the tarmac for 4 days (returning from Thailand), I headed back off to that wonderful place, called the airport, to hit the tarmac bound for Sydney. Luckily there is a small airport just “over the road” and by that, I mean, it’s 1o minutes away from home which is pretty lucky.
But I [...]
Skill outcomes of student placements
Posted in Higher Education, Library, Student Placements, TAFE on August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
How could we measure the skill outcomes of student placements? As I don’t seem to think it is really done in a succinct way. Maybe there is a reason for that.
The story I have in my post from my past student, Vanessa Lastrina, (A 3rd years experience so far) actually extracts some skills she has [...]
I’m BACK !!
Posted in Travel on August 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Watch out !! I’m back in the land of OZ ! And gee, it’s sooo nice to be home.
My husband and I spent a glorious two weeks in Thailand, we even caught up with Lizzy Player, a previous student of mine, in Bangkok for dinner, pic to come later.
We spent about 5 days in Phuket [...]
