Daily Archives: September 4, 2011

CPD23 Thing 16: Advocacy, Speaking Up for the Profession and Getting Published

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Perhaps slightly controversially, I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about the effectiveness of advocacy for public libraries. While I do believe strongly in the value of libraries in all sectors of society, and in particular public libraries, … Continue reading →

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CPD23 Thing 15: Attending, Presenting At and Organising Seminars, Conferences and Other Events

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This week’s Thing is about our professional involvement in library-related conferences and events. One of the first library-related events that I attended was the Libraries@Cambridge Conference in January 2011, at which myself and the other Cambridge graduate trainees did a … Continue reading →

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CPD23 Thing 14: Zotero, Mendeley and CiteULike

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Like the author of the exercise for Thing 14, I too typed out all the references for my MA Dissertation manually with my referencing style guide open beside me. I don’t necessarily regret this because I did learn a lot … Continue reading →

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