You may have guessed from my blog title that I am a Librarian and I am really proud of my profession. In September, I started a new position as the School Librarian at an all girls comprehensive in Hertfordshire. A lot of the girls found it difficult to remember my name when I first started and refered to me as "Miss Librarian Person". Though I have been at the school nearly a year, my nickname seems to have stuck! It was the natural choice for my blog title!
I have had the privilege to work in a variety of library sectors- public, academic, goverment and even lived and worked in a residential specialist library. I was also one of the students who heard the phrase "mapping the information domain" too many times whilst completing my Masters in Library and Information Management at Loughborough in 2009. My current position as a solo Librarian is my first post within the school library sector. I have joined the School Library Association, meet regularly with other school librarians in the area and have attended an amazing Cambridge LibTeachMeet but I feel I need to be more proactive in my professional development.
I have started blogging as I want to join the 23 things for Professional Development which is a self directed online course for information professionals or librarians. Joining the 23 steps, I am really looking forward to practicing my blogging and hope to develop an online profile. I am interested in trying out new ways of organising references and encourage students at my school to experiment with these online tools.
I have yet to find my "online voice" but I hope this has given you an idea of my career so far and what I hope to learn from 23 steps. As well as 23 steps, I am going to try and use this blog to reflect on my HertsCam project work and the day to day activities in the library!
Hi. I'm visiting from the CPD23 list. Nice to see you online. I'm looking forward to more challenges as we go through the list. :)
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ReplyDeleteI get called Miss Librarian too! I have been at a mixed comprehensive for 21/2 years, but owing to redundancy (sob) will be starting a new job at girls independent school in September- wonder if it will seem very different?
Hi, Also a school librarian but in Bedfordshire and I was at the Cam Teach Meet. My nickname here is 'Mrs Book', it could be worse. Harlington is a large mixed Sec School with a small but very well used library which I run on my own with some help from a part time cover assistant.
ReplyDeleteHello again! Great to see you're joining the programme, hope to see you at another Cambridge event soon!
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