Tag Archive | library school
So, um, what now?
After nearly 7 months of hard work, sleepless nights, endless cups of tea, countless hours of wondering why on earth I’d attempted it in the first place, and the occasional beautiful moment where everything came together and made sense, I have finished my dissertation! I submitted it on Wednesday – one copy online, and two […]
Should we shush?
I’ve had this post saved as a draft for a week or so now – it took on a bit of a ranty tone when I first wrote it, so I decided to hold off on publishing for a while. Been inspired to come back to it by the wikiman’s excellent post on this THE […]
CILIP Umbrella: Second Life
My final session I attended was on “Professional inspiration to join the communities of Second Life”. I went along to this one out of pure curiosity – I’d never used Second Life at all, I didn’t really understand what it was for and I absolutely didn’t get how it could be a useful tool for […]
CILIP Umbrella: Professional Education in the 21st Century
My final session of the day was a panel discussion on “Professional Education in the 21st Century”. As a current LIS student, I was looking forward to hearing what the panellists thought we should be studying, and how this compared with my experience at City. The four panellists were all LIS employers, from four different […]
CILIP New Professionals Conference: Part Three
The final session of the day was around the theme of “Career Profiles”. The first speaker was Hazel James, with “From Old School to New Profession”. Hazel gave an interesting overview of working life in a school library. She discussed the varying roles of a school librarian, which can involve advising on policy, teaching information […]
CILIP New Professionals Conference: Part Two
After lunch were three presentations on the theme of “marketing ourselves”, starting with Emma Illingworth and Sarah Ison on “Unleashing the Potential: New Professionals in the Workplace”. Sarah appeared virtually, in a series of increasingly exotic locations: nice use of technology! The presentation began with an outline of the characteristics of 21st century library users, […]
