Hi there dedicated blog reader,
I have been pretty blogging quiet of late, so quiet, I haven’t written a post since Feb this year !! Crikey. I do note a few other blogs becoming quieter and one popular blog – Blisspix – has left the building. Blisspix, my fellow Aurorian Sheriff has decided to wind down her blog and focus on other library / semantic web concentrated work and blogs. Blisspix, I’ll miss you !!
I am wondering if other blogs will wind up? I have even questioned the value of mine, now that my career / lifestyle direction is changing, but I hope to focus on other extra curricular issues and blog about them. There still seems to be a readership of my blog out there, as I’m sure the statistics don’t lie. So, I will aim to keep intech the verve up and happening.
What’s been going on of late??
One really side splitting moment was seeing “Librarian Idol” perform at the Butterfly Club. Mind you, I am on a conference committee with Andrew Finegan, aka Librarian Idol, but had not met him yet ! This this virtual world is amazing.
My first impression of him in person was of side splitting laughter that could be heard by all at the concert. Andrew took me on such a journey of his profession, his Australian Idol experience, littered with so many funny librarianism jokes, that non library people would also be sure to get the jokes. Andrew, we want you to come back, and perform for a huge group of Librarians in Melbourne. Maybe we could book out the Athenaeum’s Theatre?? See this You Tube clip to see what Andrew is about.
During the last three months our Leap into Leadership group delivered the Leap day at the State Library of Victoria (thanks to the group who helped me in the last month, when it was difficult for me to get through the work), I have travelled to Bali for a wedding, employed a new Library Technician, Adriana Everett, as Meredith was poached by another group at Urbis, started winding up my job and employed my maternity leave replacement, Ian Rossiter, who starts tomorrow, at Urbis !! Welcome Ian. I will shadow Ian for two days a week, over the next few weeks, and then I go into a period of 8 weeks of rest before the newborn arrives !! I’ll post some pics on this site soon.
I am really looking forward to the next few months, I can focus on the NLS4 Website, my husbands work website which is about 2 years old, finalise my ALIA PD and possibly send it in for recognition, clean up the house in prep for a new kitchen, do the filing and get my tax done.
Thanks for being such a dedicated blog reader, it’s much appreciated and I will be back sooner, rather than later.
Also it would be good if you could send me your comments about what you think I can blog on…
Jill
Thanks, Deputy! Glad you see you back here on your blog. You have been busy!
Depending on how comfortable you are with this topic, I’m always interested to read how people manage families/life and library work – especially when they’ve got lots of PD and other activities on the boil.
I heard some great things about the leadership day, congrats!
Hi there Fiona (Sherifffffeee),
Your suggestion sounds good, it will be good to see me juggle NLS website work and a baby, so am getting prepared now, and then once it’s born, I can do basic updates etc, so can blog about that and other items.
Thanks re the leadership day, I hope people comment on that, any feedback you have would be great.
Hope you are loving the Neder-lands,?? It’s a great place for you to work and live.
I hope to see you when you get back !!
Jill
Nice to have you back. I’m looking forward to hearing all about motherhood!! And I mean ALL…
You can blog about anything you like! I will read it all. For me motherhood is interesting as I hope to be heading down the same path in the next few years… But library wise maybe how your mind stays active whilst being out of the loop as such….???
Gosh, well there are a few dedicated readers out there.
Thanks for the tips, didn’t want to bore people, but glad you are interested.
Jill
you should blog about how great life is not working and make us all jealous. the day in the life of a housewife/mother.
Hello from sunny Sydney. I check your blog once a week and am always interested to read your posts, no matter what they cover! Glad to see you’re still alive and kicking,
Andrew
Hey, great, I won’t rub in what I’m doing, it won’t be that “thrilling” in about 2 months time, but I’ll blog about a variety of items, esp about how I’ll stay in touch with industry while on Maternity Leave.
Stay tuned groovers