23 things for professional development is back!

An easy and effective way of keeping up with your professional development is "23 things for professional development", run by professional librarians. You will find weekly suggestions, which are easy to follow and don't take much time. A great tool for OPLs!

Presentation on CPD for OPLs

Just back from the CILIP Ireland / LAI Annual Joint Conference 2012 in Belfast! A great conference, great networking, very well organised. Gave a paper there on some of the findings of my thesis. Great feedback!

Resource list for solo librarians

Just came across a list of resources for solo librarians. SWALL,the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries in the US, published this document, which highlights books and journal articles about solo librarianship. It also contains links to associations and a weblog. A good selection of practical tips for the one-person librarian!

Social meta search

Came across SocialMention today*! ____________ From its website: Social Media Alerts Like Google Alerts but for social media. Receive free daily email alerts of your brand, company, CEO, marketing campaign, or on a developing news story, a competitor, or the latest on a celebrity. ___________ You can search across Flickr, Youtube, Google, Twitter, Facebook etc. --------------- *(Thanks to Juergen Plieninger in BuB:)

Similar ideas?

Just came across this site while reading Phil Bradley's column in CILIP's Update: Similarpages.com. Great idea - you type in an URL address and receive suggestions of similar websites. Reminds me of my days as a Children's Librarian when desperate parents asked for other books "like the one you gave me, the one that little Johnny wouldn't put down!"

Inside your search

Having fun with this... Wanna know what really happens when you are using a search engine? Check it out!

Public libraries in Ireland

Irish public libraries report over 16 million visits each year! Watch the film here!