CPD23 Thing 3 considered personal branding. Prior to my LIS studies I was ignorant of this idea of creating and building my professional self as a brand. And it does make sense, especially in a working climate where people are not likely to stay with one organisation their entire career....
I’m still finishing off my last assignment for the semester, so what little inspiration I have for today’s post (given that I’m so incredibly tired), I’ll draw from my work day as a Technical Librarian at an airline. 7.30am – arrive at work, check Twitter and log onto my computer....
A recently new follower on Twitter who is keen to learn more about PLNs contacted me last week, after being referred by another in my PLN who knew about my current research in PLNs and Connectivism. The final paper for the New Librarians’ Symposium has been submitted, so there’s no...
A few weeks ago I sent out a tweet to my personal learning network – “PLN & PLE – Same thing? Or different? What do you believe to be definitions for these terms? Any opinions or thoughts?” The reason for this is because during my literature review for my NLS5...
A recent topic in my LIS masters studies introduced me to Information Architecture. It’s not that I didn’t know it existed, but finally a name (other than appearing out of place to my colleagues with the “librarian” label) to an information practice I could potentially do in the corporate information...
This past week marked the first of Semester 1, 2011 of my Masters course in Library and Information Science at Queensland University of Technology. This is my third semester, completing the course part time. The main issue I’ve had in the past is expecting too much from myself. Since last...
PLN Participation Update Number of Tweets for fortnight 118 Number of Followers gained 3 Number of People I started following 4 Number of Blogs/Feeds added 1 I’ve started to notice changes in my PLN participation over the last month or so. These changes are mainly attributed to:- increased familiarity with...
PLN Participation Project Update No. of Tweets 45 No. of Followers Gained 2 No. of People I started following 15 No. of Blogs/Feeds added to Reader 5 Participation in my PLN has been slightly less over the last...
As promised, I will begin with a little summary of my PLN activity over the last fortnight… No. of Tweets 65 (Total since July 2010 – 259) No. of Followers Gained 2 (Total – 44) No. of People I started following...
So my abstract for the New Librarians’ Symposium (2011) is submitted. But first, a little background…. I noticed over the last few months my Personal Learning Network had started to gain momentum, both in growth and strength. After looking back at my blog reading and Twitter participation, I realised that...
