Thing 19: Podcasts I’ve never really been into Podcasts, and I’m not sure why – I think it’s just a medium that’s somehow passed me by. That said, this ‘Thing’ is the one I’ve been looking forward to most, as I really wanted to try it out from a library perspective. I checked out podcasts … More Engaged professional
Thing 14: Personal Information Management Prior to this course, I was aware of Evernote but had never taken the opportunity to explore it before. I had a play around with it, it’s really easy to create notes and schedule tasks. Although it’s a good tool, it’s not really relevant for me in my current role … More Thing 18: Critical Thinker
I’m a big fan of social media and have been using both Facebook and Twitter for several years. I made a conscious decision when I began the chartership process in 2015 to keep my Facebook account private for engaging with friends and family, whereas my Twitter account is public, and is used almost exclusively for … More Thing 13: Online networker
Visual communication plays an important part in my role at the library. As we know from book illustrators, images can bring words to life. I try make sure that most of my work – be that library displays, social media posts, presentations, stock management and promotion – has a strong visual element. Our users are … More Thing 9: Visual communicator
I’m a big fan of infographics, and good graphics in general. Libraries deal with a lot of data, and it’s important that we share our information with the public. It really helps to have visually interesting data, as not only will it aid understanding, it also conveys our data in a creative and interesting way. … More Thing 8: Infographics
I wasn’t a massive fan of this week’s thing (sorry!) – that’s why it’s taken so long to do. I was a CMS admin for my library’s previous website and regularly produced and curated content. I managed our service’s Archive of the Month – which in essence was an online exhibition. Sadly the Archive of the … More Thing 7: Online exhibitions
I first heard of Screencast-o-matic at the MmIT 2016 conference, after wondering for several conferences just how speakers did those jazzy video tutorials. I’ve been wanting to create in-house video tutorials on how to use some of EDLC’s digital services for a while, and Screencast-o-matic is the answer to this! It’s so incredibly quick and … More Thing 5: Video presentations
In my library, I tend to be the one that produces in-house publicity, such as posters and social media posts. I’m a big believer in Visual Communication (I actually applied for a degree in this at Glasgow School of Art when I was leaving school), and the power of images to communicate a message and … More Thing 3: Image banks
It’s been quite a while! It turns out it’s quite difficult to work full time while planning a wedding so blogging completely fell by the wayside, which is a shame as I’ve undertaken some really interesting CPD since becoming chartered last year. The most exciting piece of CPD has to have been attending my first … More Thing 2: Update
Last November I took part in a Book Week Scotland reading event on a barge. It was so successful that we decided to do it again in the warmer (we hoped!) month of June. This time around we were celebrating National Reading Group Day and what better way to do so than invite our reading groups … More Back on the barge
