A Traitor's Kiss

I had a lovely invite to a book launch at Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge last week. Bestselling local author Pauline Francis discussed her new Tudor historical novel Traitor's Kiss and an extract from the prologue was read to the audience. Here is a photo of Pauline Francis and I as she kindly signed a copy of her book for the school. The book is already on loan!

Thing 3: The "MissLibrarian" or ??? Brand

Here goes...

Right,

Step 1: Type name into Google

Step 2: Wait for page to load

Step 3: Check results..

Nope, no mention of me at all! Tried two variations of my first name but no results linked to me.

I am keen to develop more of an online presence and I have yet to really start thinking about branding so this has given me a push in the right direction. I really would like my ideas/discussions to be linked or connected somehow so that people could trace them back to my blog. Using Jo's sub headings, here is an audit of my current online presence:  

Name used: As I said on a previous post, this is a nickname used by students at school and it has stuck. However, it is a relatively new nickname and most of the people I have met at events and in previous jobs will know me by my name. Luckily, the nickname is easily to pronounce!  It seems to be easier to spell than my actual surname too :)

Photograph: I have just added a picture to my profile which was taken at an event I helped organise in my previous job. Though I have had my haircut since, I think it is the best professional picture I have. I think people would still recognise me if we met face to face.

Professional/Personal: I would love to be "profersonal" ! I just have to be careful now that I work in a school about what I put online to protect myself and abide by a strict IT acceptable use policy. NO library Facebook page for my school! My personal Facebook profile has high security settings and I try to check them regularly.

Visual brand: The first thing we were told when we started Library school was to create business cards to give away. I had no idea what images/ colours etc to put on it! These are now out of date and I will have to think about the design soon...This has definitely made me think about the creation of these cards beyond purely aesthetics.

Better go read the articles now!

Thing Two: Getting to know you...

Wow! Aren't there lots of amazing Librarians out there?

I used the Delicious bookmarks to select School Librarians as well as browsing blogs with interesting titles. After reading and following several UK and USA school librarians blogs, I must admit I think "Eek"! Everyone has completed sooo much and I have lots of catching up to do! I have also realised some colleagues I have met at previous events are also following the scheme! Hello Adventures of a Welsh Librarian et al :)

However, it is interesting to learn how everyone is fascinated by new online tools and would like to use them for personal and school use. Just like me!

This task has also meant that I have had comments on my blog and looking at the statistics, quite a few page views.  Loads of lovely Librarian people to reply too.

(This is actually the second time I have written this. I will admit that I got a bit carried away looking at other blogs and managed to delete it- oops.)