Having perused through the Library Journal’s article on the best library architecture of 2011, I was doing a bit of pondering about how the space and environment that we sit within shapes our thought processes and self-application to tasks. This may seem obvious, after all, anyone whose GCSE poetry anthology covered Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” will [...]
Posts Tagged ‘professional development’
4 Nov
The Effect of the Modern Education Structure on Professional Development
The Background Last week I attended the SLA Panel session at Internet Librarian International (ILI) and even after a busy day, several thoughts managed to occur to me throughout the evening. A momentary flash of (potential) insight that I would like to reflect on relates to moving forward in ones career and future-proofing yourself for [...]
24 Oct
Developing the Profession
Initial Thoughts I have been pondering involvement with professional bodies for some time now, and thought I would muse via a blog post to force me to pin some thoughts down. I also wanted to think about those with time constraints and those that do not belong to a professional body, and the challenges that [...]
15 Mar
Putting Nerves and Expectations into Practice
I have recently decided to get out and about in the library world more than I currently do. After all, I can now try to make the most of my time when travelling to events following my attempts to change my working routine (See Working Habits and the Window People). My first attempt to do [...]
