Librarian. Researcher. Well-being advocate. Evidence-based practice is my jam.
G’day all! I’m popping in to share some news – I’ll be presenting at the CILIP Conference in July! ….and this is the only work I’m allowed to do on sabbatical. (though just now I’ve found another conference in the UK I’d really, really like to attend but the dates fall…
Last week I was kindly invited to deliver a presentation to TAFE Library staff about developing a personal professional development (PD) plan. I’m no expert, but developed a PD plan as part of my ePortfolio requirements in my LIS Masters course. I was happy to help out and aimed to…
This week I participated in a workshop as part of the “Professional Practice” unit in Queensland University of Technology’s LIS course. The workshop centred on the question: What is the LIS profession? This, I believe is a very good question for anyone new to the profession so they may navigate…
On Tuesday 18 June, I presented at the Research Applications in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) seminar, held in Melbourne at RMIT. I shared some preliminary findings of my research project I’ve been working on this past semester which focused on evidence-based practice in library and information science (LIS) and…
Energetic. Inspiring. Exposure. Empowering. These are the words I would describe the (not so) recent New Librarians’ Symposium held in Perth (16-18 September 2011). I felt so privileged to be a part of the event. I came away inspired by other new information professionals who, like me, are stepping up…
