Joeyanne Libraryanne
Blog URL http://www.joeyanne.co.uk
Located Wolverhampton, West Midlands United Kingdom
Tags librarian, web2.0, technology, gadgets
Blog written by an academic librarian at University of Wolverhampton. Posts about the use of technologies in libraries and by librarians.
Latest Blog Posts
- Publicising your blog posts on Twitter on Nov 18, 2009 in Blogging Gadgets Web 2.0 twitter
Just a brief post to highlight a new(ish) feature on Wordpress.com blogs which you can use to link your blog posts to your Twitter account. I talked about the importance of linking your online accounts at my talks at the New Professional’s Conf...
- Weeding, wonderful weeding on Nov 16, 2009 in Library collection development weeding
here are many things I enjoy about being a librarian. As I’ve mentioned before, I find it particularly rewarding helping people utilise our resources to find the information they need. But a lot of the work we do as librarians isn’t reall...
- Social media interview on Nov 9, 2009 in Library Public speaking Web 2.0 social media
Last week I did something a bit different – I was asked a few weeks ago if I could be interviewed for a podcast about social media, and was pleased to accept. It was actually for a social media module at University of Aberystwyth, so I was espe...
- Co-authored article on blogging for librarians now available on Oct 22, 2009 in Blogging Publications Web 2.0 refer
I’ve recently co-authored an article with Christine Rooney-Browne for Refer, the journal of the Information Services group of CILIP, which has now been published in the Autumn 2009 issue. Refer offer some of the material from their journal onli...
- What can libraries learn from retail? on Oct 20, 2009 in Library Professional Issues librarydesign retail
I’ve just finished reading Paco Underhill’s book Why we buy: the science of shopping, which was recommended during Rachel Van Riel’s talk at the CoFHE conference earlier this year. It’s a fascinating book for anyone interested...
- CILIP Graduate Open Day and CILIP HQ on Oct 6, 2009 in Events Professional Issues Public speaking grad09
Last Friday was CILIP’s Graduate Open Day where I spoke about Realising your potential: marketing yourself using online tools. Emma Illingsworth and Ned Potter have written posts about the day, but I thought I’d add my own views too.There...
- Library Routes on Oct 1, 2009 in Blogging Library Professional Issues libraryroutes
In my last post, I mentioned that I would be writing a post about how I got into librarianship, following a meme going round. Ned Potter has now set up a Library Routes wiki to record all these posts, in a similar way to the Day in the Life wiki. It&...
