http://librain.edublogs.org My thoughts on school librarianship and the future Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I have struggled all week to get a new site together. I am trying this out for a month to see if I like it. Let me know what you think. The structure is developing - the bones, if you like. But there is not much "meat" on the ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/07/27/first-attempt-at-a-new-site/ Well, you can't keep a good woman down for very long. I have been having fun again this evening with some new ideas for my next job. After playing around with this blog for a while and searching around the web, I have finally decided what I am going to ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/07/23/pick-myself-up-dust-myself-off-and-start-all-over-again/ This is how I felt this morning... ... a calm and happy Librain Well, The Librain is a lot slimmer and younger than her creator! The little dragon is her daemon. This is how I feel now... ... a really ANGRY Librain So that is all I am worth to teachers after so many years ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/07/19/end-of-term-end-of-nine-years/ Well, I have not posted here for a long time because so much has been happening professionally and personally. Totally out of the blue really, the perfect (I hope) job opportunity came up that I could not ignore. I had thought that I would stay at my present post until ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/07/07/end-of-an-era-for-me/ As usual, the best ideas seem to come to me when I should be doing something else - like relaxing or the housework! So, I was musing on how I could promote all of the services that we have been developing - or playing around with. We have had some ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/promoting-your-services/ For a variety of reasons, including family stuff, I had to spend the Easter Holidays working at home. I decided to really think about all of the "webbie" things that I am doing: Strongest Links Website - I think that I want to continue this for a while longer as I ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/04/16/having-more-fun/ Well, I am having such a lot of fun! In fact I don't think that I have enjoyed myself so much (in the professional sense, of course) since the early days of learning about computers. I remember the awed fascination that I had back in the early 80s for things ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/03/20/the-wonders-of-collaboration-and-other-web20-stuff/ Well, this post is following fast on the heels of the last one! I have been wandering around the school library blogosphere today reading extremely thought-provoking posts and comments about an issue that affects us all. So, the thought for today is: How do we convince our school community that we ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/02/22/top-things-part-4/ Well it is while since I last posted - various pressures have prevented me. Anyway, thanks to those librarians who have been sending me links to have a look at and think about. And there is so much to think about! So, today's top thing is: What is the role of the Librarian ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/02/21/top-things-part-3/ How do I plan for the future? I like to think that I have always had a strong vision for what I think a school library should look like. But we are reaching a period of such rapid change. I want to think this year about where I am heading as ... http://librain.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/top-things-part-2/