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Thing 14: Zotero / Mendeley / CiteULike
I am new to all these tools so the first thing I did was look to see if they have an iPhone app available as I would find it useful to use on my iPhone/ iPad. Mendeley is the only one that has an...
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Thing 15: Seminars, Conferences, and Other Events
I have been to one event of this type, it was run by JISC and looked at their national e-books observatory project. I was working on my masters dissertation on eBook collection management at the time...
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Thing 16: Advocacy
I have not really thought about advocacy and have never written anything for publication. I have had a think about what I do and what I have done in the past that could count as advocacy. I always try...
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Thing 17: Prezi and Slideshare
I had never heard of Prezi before and have limited experience of using PowerPoint and giving presentations. This is an area that I should try to develop as it would be useful for job applications when...
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Thing 19: Integrating ‘Things’
I am skipping ahead to Thing 19 as I don’t have time to work on Thing 18 at the moment. I hope to come back to it next week. I would love to say I have integrated lots of the ‘Things’ into my work, but...
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Thing 20: The Library Routes Project
I came to libraries as a new graduate in early 2002. I left university and realised I had given no thought to anything beyond having a couple of months off after graduation. I loved everything to do...
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Thing 22: Volunteering to Gain Experience
If you are working full time it is hard to volunteer. I only work four days a week, but I have other commitments that take up my time. It is not always possible to move to part time working and take...
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Thing 18: Jing/screen capture/podcasts
I have used Jing and made a short video showing how to use our new library web pages. I can see how useful this would be for training staff and providing information to students. Being able to take...
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Thing 21: Promoting Yourself
I have been thinking about this a lot over the last few weeks as I have been writing up my annual Review for work. I have looked at all the training I have received and how I can take positives from...
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Thing 23: What Next?
I am so pleased that I have made it to Thing 23 this time! I have really enjoyed learning about and exploring all the Things. Now that the programme has finished I am going to look back over everything...
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Thing 16: Advocacy
I have not really thought about advocacy and have never written anything for publication. I have had a think about what I do and what I have done in the past that could count as advocacy. I always try...
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Thing 17: Prezi and Slideshare
I had never heard of Prezi before and have limited experience of using PowerPoint and giving presentations. This is an area that I should try to develop as it would be useful for job applications when...
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Thing 22: Volunteering to Gain Experience
If you are working full time it is hard to volunteer. I only work four days a week, but I have other commitments that take up my time. It is not always possible to move to part time working and take...
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Thing 21: Promoting Yourself
I have been thinking about this a lot over the last few weeks as I have been writing up my annual Review for work. I have looked at all the training I have received and how I can take positives from...
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