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June has rolled around again

Peta Hopkins — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 05:58:12 +0000

The #blogjune challenge has started off again. There are no plans to blog every day here, but if anyone wants to try writing a post without setting up their own blog, please register and writings on any LIS topic are welcome.

If you want to join in, let @flexnib know so she can add you to the list.

If you want to follow along then you can add everyone on the afore-mentioned list into your favourite RSS feed reader or follow her Twitter list – as participants will probably tweet when they have posted.

Or take a look at the #blogjune tag board which captures tweets, instagrams, facebook updates, and more with the hashtag #blogjune.

Or, I’ve subscribed to all the participant blogs and shared the feeds on this my Netvibes page.

029 – Formerly literary methods (No longer used)

Peta Hopkins — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:45:44 +0000

What’s the best, worst, funniest use of this literary technique that you have read? It may not have been considered such a clumsy method back in ancient times when the pantheon was as familiar to the audience as mobile phones are to us.

Original image by Amanda M. Hatfield used under a creative commons licence.

026 – Special Libraries

Peta Hopkins — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:05:20 +0000

Libraries that focus on specific subjects often have things in their collection that the average person does not associate with libraries.

I’d like to hear more about Australian special libraries and their collections. If anyone is interested in telling the world about their special library, you can always write a post for us on Libraries Interact and share a photo or two. Special libraries often have small, specialised communities of users and perhaps there is less of a need to promote it more widely. Maybe that’s why I found it a challenge to find a photo (with CC licence) for this trading card.

I ended up using a photo that I took at the Sunshine Coast University Library – not actually a library for a specific subject – but interesting objects on their shelves.

025 – Library Operations

Peta Hopkins — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:39 +0000

My local library – Elanora Branch of the Gold Coast Library Service.

024 – Regulations for Readers

Peta Hopkins — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:29:05 +0000

My own photo this time. I think this was when there was a user group meeting for Ex Libris products at the State Library of Victoria. I know that Dave Allen from SLQ accompanied me on a wander around the library when I took this photo, so it was either that or maybe a VALA conference.

For more photos of the lovely SLV check out their group on Flickr

023 – Personnel Management

Peta Hopkins — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:08:51 +0000

A question for those of you who have to manage personnel… What books or articles do you recommend on this topic?

A quick browse through my library catalogue/discovery service and this one caught my eye.

Accelerating Performance: Powerful New Techniques to Develop People by Sunny Stout Rostron

“In training there are two distinct camps emerging – those who cling doggedly to traditional training approaches and those who have thrown away the rule book and are assembling a personal toolkit of techniques drawn from a wide range of training options including storytelling, drama, music, accelerated learning, NLP techniques and more. This volume assesses each of the new techniques available and explains their use and impact. Seeking to allow anyone involved in performance improvement and staff development to develop their own blended learning toolkit – where a variety of techniques provide a flexible array of training solutions – the text offers both practical advice and detailed case studies showing each particular technique in use.” — blurb

tle	Accelerating Performance: Powerful New Techniques to Develop People Kogan Page Series
Author	Sunny Stout Rostron
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	Kogan Page, 2002
ISBN	0749436425, 9780749436421
Length	192 pages
Subjects	Business & Economics › Human Resources & Personnel Management Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management Business & Economics / Training Employee motivation Employees Employees – Training of Employees/ Training of

022 – Administration of Physical Plant

Peta Hopkins — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:05:22 +0000

022 – Administration of Physical Plant, a photo by petahopkins on Flickr.

It’s much more fun to look after the plants in the library than worry about the state of the air-conditioning.
Original image by Tarkowski used under a creative commons licence

021 Library Relationships

Peta Hopkins — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:01:35 +0000

021 Library Relationships, a photo by petahopkins on Flickr.

Catching up again on Blogjune. I had the trading cards ready, but just too busy to get the posts organised on time.Original image by Super Furry Librarian used under a creative commons licence.

020-Library & Information Science

Peta Hopkins — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Original image by justgrimes used under a creative commons licence.http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/2690005836

019-Dictionary Catalogs

Peta Hopkins — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:37:00 +0000

Another cataloguing tale from the 20th century. When my library moved from card catalogues to an online public access catalogue it was pretty exciting, but a little frustrating. Although the capability was there for we cataloguers to create records directly in the system, we had to use a paper worksheet to write the details against various MARC tags. These would then be entered into the system by a typist! We had to use the online system to look up works in the inventory, compare subject headings, identify if the author was already in the system or not, but just not allowed to create new records.

It was more about change management than about efficiency in those early days. I was very pleased when we could eventually work directly on those records.

Original image by j l t, used under a creative commons licence.http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt/3304667788