Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Thing 2

Well, I'm very much behind where I should be on the journey to complete 23 things, but I'm determined to finish!

So, finding blogs to follow. This is one of those areas where it feels like there is so, so much out there and learning the best way of mining the on-line world for my own little blog gems is something I really want to get to grips with.

I want to to follow bloggers from a variety of library and info sectors and a mix of countries, who keep things updated and point me in interesting directions. I'd also like to make sure I follow someone who is trying to achieve the same things I am in their job. So I'll be looking for someone who has a customer services focus, working in a forward thinking library.

Having a look at Thing 2 when those who have kept up are on thing 13 has turned out to be a good thing! People have already worked on their personal brand and as they have gone through the process have been posting some really interesting things.  I have to admit I feel a little ashamed when I look at my own blog so far and cringe at the thought of people finding it as part of their own investigations, but as I move through the 23 things, I'm sure I will learn ways of improving it, and get into the habit of keeping it updated.

Obviously there is a massive number of blogs created by all these keen CPD23ers and I've enjoyed dipping into them. So far, a couple that stood out for me, which I'm looking forward to revisiting are:

http://doreen70315.wordpress.com/ An Antipodean librarian - I really like the style of writing and pointers to other interesting things.

http://angellibrarian.wordpress.com/ A view from a librarian working in an international school in Bangkok. Enjoying reading her opinions about how CPD23 is going, but has just started to share wider interests.

Haven't found a blog through the participant list that has a customer service focus as yet......perhaps anyone stumbling across my blog who has seen one could leave me a comment pointing to it?







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