So, it’s nearly that time again… the start of the new academic year! It’s around this time that I always get in a big panic about not having enough time to get everything done, and decide that I need to be more organised. This tends to manifest itself in a spot of desk-tidying – indeed,…Continue Reading Back to School! …must be time to make some lists.
Today is Learning at Work Day!
May 23rd is Learning at Work Day! Why not take a minute to reflect on what you currently want to learn about here at City, and how you might do this? If you manage others you could also consider how you’re helping them with their learning objectives and encouraging a culture of learning and developing….Continue Reading Today is Learning at Work Day!
Live lab lunchtime
Pop into the Northampton Square kitchen between 12 – 2 today to see the range of technologies that we have and to ask questions of those who’ve used it. It is an informal session and the equipment is available for loan afterwards. If you aren’t sure that e-books are better than paper this could be…Continue Reading Live lab lunchtime
New Link Resolver! Part of the Summon Implementation Project
Lucy’s posted on the Summon at City University London blog so you can find out a bit more about our new link resolver. I’m pretty pleased with the work we’ve done on this: it’s going to make it a lot easier to track down an article from a citation in an abstract-only database, or on…Continue Reading New Link Resolver! Part of the Summon Implementation Project
Summon at City!
Exciting times are afoot… we’re about to start work implementing a new search and discovery tool that has the potential to open up our online collections to our users in a really interesting way. It’s called Summon, and Lucy’s written about on the project’s blog. Go and have a look at what it’s all about!…Continue Reading Summon at City!
Join in with the Twitterati Tonight!
Just a quick post to let you know about tonight’s UKLibChat – the topic is ‘Librarians and Personality’, and the chat will take place between 18:30 and 20:30 this evening, Thursday 21st February. The idea is simple: the organisers will tweet questions from their account, @uklibchat, and everyone joins in with answers and conversation using…Continue Reading Join in with the Twitterati Tonight!
Making Games for Libraries
Overview of the day On arrival we were met with a free sample of Andrew’s game ‘SEEK’ and the usual refreshments were on hand to help us get settled in. There were various games set out on the tables for us to play with (icebreakers for getting to know the other participants whilst we waited…Continue Reading Making Games for Libraries
Email and RSS: subscribe to the blog
Everyone loves a good blog, but constantly having to go back and check for updates is a bit of a bore. Luckily there’s a couple of ways that you can have the blog content pushed out to you without you having to remember to come back here and look at the time. Email The first…Continue Reading Email and RSS: subscribe to the blog
Professional Reads: ‘The Library Marketing Toolkit’
Didn’t think marketing applies to you? Think again! In ‘The Library Marketing Toolkit’ Ned Potter describes the vital role that library staff play in creating and maintaining a positive experience for library users. We all think we know how to promote services – “We have X number of databases!” “We have tons of E-books!” “We…Continue Reading Professional Reads: ‘The Library Marketing Toolkit’
Day in the Life: Systems Librarian
Editor’s note: here’s the first in an occasional series of Day In The Life posts – thanks Lucy! If you’d like to contribute, contact one of the Staff Development Group – Paul, Chris, Suzi, Verena, Clare and Samantha. Wed 9th Jan Today the Law Library re-opens in its new home so I start the day…Continue Reading Day in the Life: Systems Librarian