Feb 10 2011
A lovely presentation on libraries that I found through Twitter, this one is by Katie Birkwood: Just a Room Full of Stuff? Why Libraries are Great / Katie Birkwood View more presentations from Katie Birkwood.
Jan 27 2010
If you have never read this blog before, or don’t know me, then maybe you need some background before reading about my day. As I write, I am sitting in a lovely new library that was only opened in October 2009. I was appointed, in September 2008, as the first professional librarian in this small [...]
Jan 10 2010
Despite our “Big Freeze” here in the UK and the dark & gloomy short days of the Winter months, I have good reasons to be feeling very positive and optimistic about one tiny school library! Reading about wider issues with public libraries in particular, the blogosphere is all a-Twitter about this issue at the moment, [...]
Oct 23 2009
Again, it is some time since I posted here. I must admit that I have found the last few weeks very difficult professionally – not in my own job, but in the wider profession of school librarianship. Anyone passing by this blog, wondering about my reaction to recent announcements, will have to contact me privately [...]
Sep 16 2008
Well, it has been quite a while since I last posted. First of all, I had a month’s holiday in the “Summer” – I have not had such a long time off for ten years at least! Then, I have been settling into my new job – this is a continuing process, of course. So, [...]
Jul 07 2008
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 the Grim Reaper came for [...]
