23 Things

Westminster has recently launched 23 things, a way to get staff up to speed with web 2.0 (thing #2 is blogs, hence this post!).

The blog documenting the scheme is at http://academicliaison.wordpress.com/

Thing #1 was widgets.

Library (Wednes)Day in the Life

Attended my summer task & finish group on promotional materials in the morning. It was held at one of our other sites and it was nice walking over there in the sunshine! After a discussion on the four things we are tasked with finishing by the end of August, I offered to take the lead on a calendar of promotional activity, the idea being that we target key messages at appropriate times through the academic year.

I updated both of my subject blogs with details of new ebooks we've added in the last few days. Hope somebody reads them!

Library (Tues)Day in the Life

I spent most of the day with e-reading renewals and withdrawing items from behind the counter - not the most exciting tasks but necessary ones! Not sure why some of the things behind the counter hadn't been thrown away years ago - many old VHS tapes and items that hadn't been issued this millennium. Guess they were kept because we've had the space but this is soon to disappear when we get our new library counter next month. The new counter will give us minimal storage space, giving over more of the library entrance space to users, which can only be a good thing.

After work, I went to a meeting with my chartership mentee. This is the first time I've mentored and I really enjoy it. My mentee is from a different sector to me and it's interesting to hear about her work and the challenges that arise. We're approaching the final stages of the process now and she's hoping to submit towards the end of this year. If you're chartered, I'd definitely recommend training to be a CILIP mentor.