It actually feels like it’s gone by quite quickly, but that may be because I’ve only contributed about weekly instead of daily!  Some people wrote 30 posts (or more!) and some wrote less, but I count anything done that wouldn’t have been done as a winner. So, a great many people spent the 30th reflecting [...]

The day-to-day NewGradLibrarian revives “A Day in the Life”.  Penny posts her own hectic day.  And Tania plans to scrapbook a Week in the Life. Professional professionals ACrystelle is planning an upcoming conference paper about her out-of-the-ordinary job. Sophie Mac reports on a Teaching and Learning Forum and JayGee reports on a webinar experience. Joy [...]

I wasn’t actually inspired by the A is for Apple meme (honest, guv!) but it makes for a lovely synchronicity. A is for Androids and apps for the iPad B is for Balwyn Library and blogrolls and more blog goodness C is for cheezels and caramello koalas D is for desks, despondency, and playing with [...]

The “Five Books Meme” continues, with Mal Booth, NewGradLibrarian, Macaronic, and Peta climbing aboard. Then the “Add exponentially to Deborah’s to-read list” theme continues with: Following flexnib’s suggestion of creating a “100 articles every librarian must read” list, Kathryn Greenhill starts the ball rolling with 40 articles plus a Zotero group where we can add [...]

This week there will be no tag cloud, but there will be apologies to William Shakespeare… To meme, or not to meme: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler on rice to suffer the quirky things our borrowers do, Or to take arms against a gratuitous pet blog, And by travelling through the sense of [...]

Cunningly timed to give you plenty of weekend reading! Seven Things Katejf, FromMelbin, jobeaz, Teresa Bennett, a Public Librarian, Lutie, and Alethea all tackle the seven things meme. Help wanted Katejf asks about apps for iPad for research Kathryn Greenhill asks what people are doing well professionally/in their libraries Miss Sophie Mac asks for library-related [...]

So – what was on the minds of our bloggers on Sunday 5 June? Study, work, going out, sex, tech and food. Sounds about right for a mob of librarians. (Not to let the side down, I made sure that there was at least one post about a cat in there ). Study Fiona asked [...]

What do you write when you’ve already written your introductory post?  Some took comfort in food:  Hoi takes on cabbage, KateJF wine and rice, Teresa Bennett blueberries and porridge, Lissy lemon and honey — and Kris Wehipeihana is ready for the good kai of Matariki.  (Mm, I might have to go and raid the dried [...]

Perhaps that should be pacing? #blogjune has officially started and from our experience last year we all know this is a marathon and not a sprint! So pace yourselves bloggers, keep some in your reserves for those busy days, those uninspiring days and those icy days where its too cold to type. This year looks [...]

With over 58 people blogging every day of the next 30 days the amount of posts to read and comment on is reaching staggering proportions.  Want an easy way to check them all out?  Or perhaps add them all to your blog reader at once? A Netvibes page has been created just for this purpose, [...]