Posts Tagged ‘librarians’
Acknowledged – my PLN
Quick lunchtime post-eo My manager and I have been rewriting my job (flamboyantly called a PIQ- position information questionnaire). It’s actually a good time to refocus and clearly enunciate what I do, why I do it and how do we measure it all. We also list major challenges, problems, quality assurance processes – a whole [...]
Filed under: Librarians, Libraries, Work | 3 Comments
Tags: friends, librarians, twitter
529 km
This is the distance between me and my supervisor. L works in Ballarat and I work in Canberra. We work very closely together. My work team is made up of people from all six campuses of the uni – so that’s Brisbane, Strathfield, North Sydney, Canberra, Ballarat and Melbourne. We stay in touch through a range of ways – [...]
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Tags: librarians, work
Anticipating the future…
Keynote for Information Online 2009 – Anticipating the future of libraries: understanding trends and staying relevant in the digital age – Andy Hines, futurist, adjunct professor of Future Studies at University of Houston. 22 January 2009. Emerging challenges 1. Values 2. Demography 3. Lifestyle 4. Technology 5. Work 6. Education ‘addicted to growth, debt, consumption’ [...]
Filed under: Environment, Kate, Libraries | 3 Comments
Tags: future, librarians, libraries, sustainability
This is too corny not to post! At the recent new Librarians Symposium 4 held in Melbourne, one of the ice-breakers at the Cocktail party was getting together and talking about these library based pick up lines (and thanks to Michelle at Librarians Interact for the heads up). Pardon me, could you please tell me [...]
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Tags: image, librarians, stereotypes
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