Posted in Library, Professional Associations, Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It seemed like it would take forever for this time to arrive, but it soon caught up, and I have now commenced the first day of my “new life” as a ??? maternity leave person? impending mother? ummm, I’m not quite sure how to word it. I don’t want to use the words housewife…I still [...]
Posted in Library, Web 2.0 on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Seems like Kathryn had a blogging reflection day on Sunday as well, and she has noticed her posts are slowing down. As I have noticed many blogs are doing the same (see blog list in right hand column). I find Kathryn and others blog posts highly interesting and informative, I learn about new library or [...]
Posted in Higher Education, Intranet, Library on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will note that I post interviews given to my previous library students or staff. Meredith started with us at Urbis in December 2007 and I sent her an interview that shows the consolidation of her educational and work experience and how she’s putting her past and current experience to [...]
Posted in Library, Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, being pregnant has finally caught up with me. I must have been in denial that it would affect my career, my learning and ability to write and present papers at Conferences, as I have had to withdraw from the ALIES Conference next month and a number of other activities. And I know my paper would [...]
Posted in Intranet, Launch, Leadership, Library, NLS4 Melbourne 2008, Professional Associations, Professional Development, Web 2.0 on February 6, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Hi there happy readers / bloggers,
Happy New Year !! Yes, this is my first blog for 2008, and I feel terrible that it’s already February, but I have been contemplating the content for this blog this year. However, a few bloggers have commented that they love my blog - thanks for that - and I’ll [...]
Posted in Library, NLS4 Melbourne 2008, Professional Associations, Technology, Web 2.0 on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
The NLS4 Team is humming along and we have made alot of progress over the last few months, including:
Confirming the date and venue, December 5th and 6th 2008 at CQ Functions, in Melbourne, Victoria
An email subscription list to stay up to date
Launched the call for Abstracts, to get people thinking over their Christmas break
Announced the [...]
Posted in Leadership, Library on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
As promised, here is the link to the “Leap into Leadership” workshop to be held on Friday 29th Feb at the State Library of Victoria ! http://www.alia.org.au/groups/aliavic
With the amount of queries I’m fielding it’s sure to fill quickly. There are 64 places, so why not shout yourself a Christmas Present for 2008!
Posted in Library on December 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Katy, my trusty Library Technician at Urbis of one and a half years left our library last week, to firstly go to Honkers for a holiday and then start her new position at Whitehorse City Council in a new role, created just for her, as a Youth Services Librarian. There she will be creating and presenting [...]
Posted in Leadership, Library on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
The program that a few of us fellow Victorian Aurorians have been working on has been announced. The registration form won’t be available till next week, but these details are available to get you thinking about attending. It’s going to be a very informative and engaging session. Read more below.
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Leap into Leadership in 2008
What are [...]
Posted in Intranet, Leadership, Library, NLS4 Melbourne 2008, Uncategorized on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Apologies for being a bit quiet on the writing side lately. So much has been happening, but I just haven’t been sitting down to the computer to make a summary.
What’s been going on?
For the last few months I have been working with a group of Melbourne Aurorians to develop a small one day leadership taster [...]
