tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67891439672920884582024-03-14T05:08:08.279+00:00AnLéitheoirAon rud a ritheann liom as Gaeilge.Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-37202662451616519952018-04-16T21:33:00.003+01:002018-04-16T21:42:43.770+01:00Thing 22: Reflective Practice<div style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your task for Thing 22: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">to write a reflective blog post</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I have almost weekly experience of using one podcast (On Being). I enjoy it. It exposes me to new people, thinkers, thoughts and ways of thinking and viewing things. However I would be more of a podcast consumer and sharer than a creator. Due to the limitations of my technology (my old iPhone) and my limited tech skills and interest in broadcasting my views, I'm unlikely to become a podcaster. I realise this technology could also be used to podcast about library activities and services, but I feel that the time I would spend in learning that skill would be more effectively put towards communicating my library message in other media I'm more capable in (e.g. facebook posts using Canva infographics). I know this is not as multidimensional, only being visual and not aural or personal, but I'm not a multimedia person (yet). I have noticed I'm more aware of podcasts since I did this thing, e.g. an introduction to a short story 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever, in an anthology, the editor referred to a podcast from The New Yorker with Richard Ford discussing the short story 'Reunion' by John Cheever, which added to my enjoyment and understanding of the author. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/reunions </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Before doing Rudaí23, I might have ignored that reference. Now I'm glad I didn't. The three free New Yorker podcasts per month might reveal more reading-based material to share with our library facebook followers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This Thing helped me to 'see the bigger picture' a bit better. I confess it is a picture I do not gaze on sufficiently. I tend to be a more micro-focused person than macro-oriented. I have had negative feedback in the past that "so-and-so sees the bigger picture" (the subtext being that <i>I don't</i>). However I felt like pleading, "well show me the bigger picture!", but I know that's a bit pathetic, like asking for the Book of Revelations. However the national and international advocacy examples given by LAI, CILIP and ALA in this Thing helped me to see the bigger picture. I blush to say that although I am very familiar with the strategies referred to in this Thing and in my task on this Thing (Opportunities for All, Right to Read, Work Matters etc.), I read them more as interview preparation documents or buzzword checklists than actual blueprints for a working library plans. How cynical does that sound! (<i>Though honestly there is a lot of bumph in them too!</i>) S</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">omehow this Thing helped me to view them differently, particularly when I had to consider them from my own personal work perspective, applying them in the task for this thing. Doing that task helped me put that bigger picture into my small local frame, or vice versa helped me put my small, local frame within the perspective of that bigger picture. I found the ALA Frontline Advocacy Plan particularly useful and practical and I will use that myself and give it to my staff to use on future projects. </span></span></span></div>
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Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-17182133213805406042018-04-15T16:58:00.002+01:002018-04-15T16:58:09.014+01:00Thing 21: Professional Groups / Organisations<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">1.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Learn more about the roles, activities and benefits of individual professional bodies by searching some of the links listed in this module. Write a paragraph in your blog on what you learned and how you can apply it to your situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I joined the <b>Library Association of Ireland (LAI)</b> in the fairly distant past, but my membership didn't automatically renew. Maybe I sent a one-off cheque for annual membership, rather than filling in an annual direct debit, I don't remember, but I guess that the LAI is short-staffed in their membership / accounts section, so I was never contacted about it. Reminded by this Rudaí23 course, I posted my membership application form for this year. All quiet so far. I am not criticising, because I know it is a voluntary organisation, and I'm also not volunteering to help (<i>yet!</i>). However, I often get the impression of short-staffing and out of date information and links not working on the LAI website. I used to get copies of An Leabharlann regularly by e-mail, but haven't received one in a very long time, and only saw the recent issue through a link on this Rudaí23 course. It was of a high standard, and worthwhile, but I would not have been aware of it it without Rudaí23.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By contrast I joined the <b>American Library Association (ALA)</b> on LinkedIn [free to join], and I get their monthly 'Library Worklife' newsletter each month by e-mail. It is an excellent newsletter (albeit with a very US focus) and I read it each month and always find something interesting and useful. It <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">always has a good HR section, which I find useful as I am managing a team. Articles in the April issue, that I read and found relevant were "How to be a good boss when your team is understaffed", and "Give employees time and permission to be well" about wellbeing and productivity. Neither article were written by the ALA, they were linked to other online content, from https://fairygodboss.com/ and http://www.workforce.com/ respectively. This shows the handiness of using content from other sources. The LAI would not always have write all the content from scratch for their newsletters if they used this method. I appreciate the greater value of original content researched and written by Irish librarians that An Leabharlann provides, but in emphasising quality over quantity it may be losing connection with members and not seem up-to-date.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The ALA April newsletter featured a Spotlight article on a medical librarian "</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Just Dive in and Learn! An Interview with Aidy Weeks by Caitlin Williams". </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">source: http://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2018/04/10/just-dive-in-and-learn-advice-from-a-system-librarian-with-an-enduring-belief-in-lifelong-learning-a-commitment-to-serving-others-and-a-willingness-to-look-for-opportunities-to-make-a-differe/</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It referred to a Deloitte report about the half-life of a learned skill. "They said that the half-life of a learned skill is five years. The skill you learned 10 years ago is obsolete, and the skill you learned five years ago is irrelevant." Yikes! It's 10 years almost since I started my MLIS, which means anything I learned then is obsolete!! The interview referred to "</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">micro-learning, short, self-paced and accessible learning modules in the form of video tutorials, apps, and online courses." This is what I have pursued recently with Universal Course, FutureLearn and Rudaí 23, and what I hope to pursue. Other micro-learning organisations they mentioned were Lynda.com, Udacity and Coursera. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">More valuable still, they referred to their CPLA Chartered Public Library Administrator Program </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://ala-apa.org/certification/ </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This appears to be a valuable course for supervisors in Public Libraries. The topics highlighted in this issue and starting in May 2018 are "Current issues in Public Libraries Management" and "Planning and Management of Buildings", both very relevant. The costs are considerable, but the course can be spread out over 5 years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;">$420</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;">$525</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-61820992458082205242018-04-15T15:26:00.003+01:002018-04-15T15:26:45.742+01:00Thing 20: Advocacy<div class="x_MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 10.66px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 1: Name three detrimental effects to a local community when a public library is closed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Loss of a public community space, one that is open to all, free to all and somewhere where anyone can meet and participate within the community</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Loss of free recreational and educational amenity, resources and services, including loss of library staff expertise</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 2: Find a Library Strategic Plan in Ireland or beyond for a library of any size. Identify three ways in which the strategic plan also advocates for the Library Service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #373737; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">New Public Library Strategy 2018-2022 [Ireland]: <span style="font-size: xx-small;">source : </span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://drcd.gov.ie/community/public-libraries/ (not published yet 14/4/18)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #373737; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Advocating for <b>investment in library infrastructure</b> (buildings, mobile libraries and IT) and expanded services (Open Libraries) in the Library Capital Investment Programme for the period 2016-2021</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 3: Name three ways in which you can demonstrate the impact and value of the library service that you work in or use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Highlight services, achievements and positive feedback in social media</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Report positively on library activities in monthly and annual reports</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Gather useful, convincing quantitative and qualitative data and images that demonstrate impact and value to present informally to stakeholders (councillors, directors, members of the public, press etc.) and formally in reports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 4: Identify three key people (name their role) outside of the library in the wider organisation/community that you need to network with in order to advance the development of the Library Service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Within County Council, outside libraries: Municipal District Manager, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Director of Services, Chief Executive, Councillors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Local Media: newspapers editor / journalists / photographers and local websites and prominent local social media sites</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Local Education stakeholders - school principals, teachers, tutors, parents associations in preschool, primary, secondary , post leaving certificate, adult education, WWETB, training organisations etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Local community organisations (Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Centre, Tidy Towns, Active Retired / Retired Teachers, Mens Sheds, Parish/Church based communities etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 5: Write down in 200 words or less an idea for Library Ireland Week for a library you work in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Wexford public
libraries run a yearly Summer Reading Challenge for childre</span>n. It
encourages all young readers, particularly focusing on reluctant readers, to read
minimum 6 books. I ran a Club Leabhar Gaeilge previously, and noticed the
improvement in confidence after reaching the milestone of reading 6 books proving
you can read and enjoy it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I’d like to
establish a 6 book challenge for adults.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I’d offer this to refugees
to improve their English language skills and cultural understanding, and local people who are non readers or reluctant readers or not active library
members. Gorey Library shares a building with the Gorey Municipal District offices.
At weekly housing clinics, people wait in the foyer outside the library. A newly
installed ticketing queuing system will display in the library. People can wait
in the library, hopefully join the library, and use library services (public
internet PCs or wifi, read newspapers, magazines, books in paper or electronic
versions). They could join the 6-book challenge, and potentially pair up with
refugees. I need to consider how to do this sensitively and how it might be
received by both parties. It is an opportunity for mutual learning and
understanding beyond literacy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Examples : <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>https://www.readingagency.org.uk/tag/six-book-challenge/</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 6: In your opinion what are the three best features of the My Library, My Right Campaign and why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">It highlights the statutory obligations of local authorities to provide library services</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">It highlights the public's legal entitlement to receive library services</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">It encourages the public to proactively pursue their entitlements to good modern library services</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 7: In 200 words or less, describe a new area of librarianship that you are passionate about. How would you go about promoting it within the library that you work in and/or the wider library profession?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Data Analysis and Insight may
not be considered a ‘new area of librarianship’, but it is definitely a new and
expanding field of information studies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Libraries hold an enormous amount
of data, on our users, their reading habits, our library stock and its usage.
However, in the public library I work in, this data is only utilised in the
most minimal way to count the number of users, the number of books issued, and
the total book stock of the library.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Greater analysis of this data
could lead to more efficient purchasing and spending, better stock management,
circulation and weeding, better understanding of the reading profiles and
preferences of readers, which in turn would feed into more targeted purchasing
strategies. It could also highlight gaps in the demographics of users, even
looking at reader lifecycle data to identify when we potentially lose readers, and
develop strategies and services to try to avoid this fall-off.</span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">I would look at software in
the market (e.g Infor v-insight), search international library associations and libraries for information
on existing systems, talk to IT librarians about the current capabilities of
the national LMS that are being used/underutilised, identify the gaps and areas
for potential. Present a proposal for useful data analysis and insight, with
costs and benefits to my county librarian, and potentially present it in a
poster or talk at a library conference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 8: Choose an area of library practice that you feels requires debate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Dealing with antisocial behaviour in libraries, abuse of library buildings, equipment and stock, violence and aggression toward library staff requires debate. In our focus on customer service and our effort to retain and attract new membership and present a positive image, we may risk air-brushing this issue out of the picture and under the carpet. Public libraries are a reflection of society, and as such the reflection can be negative as well as positive. Neither scaremongering and exaggerating nor ignoring will resolve this issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Exercise 9: Open up the ALA Frontline Advocacy Plan. Complete the plan for a real advocacy campaign. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/advocacyuniversity/frontline_advocacy/frontline_public/goingdeeper/yourplan</span></span></div>
<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">ALA Frontline
Advocacy Plan</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">What is your goal?
(What are you trying to accomplish?)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I want Gorey
Library to be used by everybody in the Gorey catchment area, in particular
every child.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">What are your
objectives? (Why is it important?)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I want every
school child to have a library card and to be an active library user. This is
important because it gives them a personal relationship with reading, learning
and information that is outside the discipline of the school, so it starts a
lifetime habit that is personal to them, based on their own interests and
enjoyment.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">What are your
strategies? (the activities you’ll do to accomplish your goal)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Contact every pre-school,
primary school and secondary school in the area personally, arrange library
visits with each class, but if they do not accept the invitation to visit the
library, then go out to meet them in their school. Invite them to join the
library. Prepare a brochure and joining pack outlining the benefits of library
use and reading to give to each child to take home to their parents.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">What is your
message? (15 words or less)</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Give children the gift
of starting a lifelong journey enjoying books, reading and learning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">What data (or
stories) support this message?</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Poor literacy …
limits a person’s ability to engage in activities that require either critical
thinking or a solid base of literacy and numeracy skills.”</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://worldliteracyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WLF-FINAL-ECONOMIC-REPORT.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">https://worldliteracyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WLF-FINAL-ECONOMIC-REPORT.pdf</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“The Right to Read
Campaign looks to complement and support existing programmes and initiatives
including Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) and early
childhood strategies, providing continuity and reinforcement <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">outside
of formal education</i></b>, supporting children, parents and adults with low
levels of literacy.” Source: <a href="http://www.librariesireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Right-to-Read-Campaign.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://www.librariesireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Right-to-Read-Campaign.pdf</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Libraries and
librarians are an important resource in supporting children’s literacy. Through
the expert selection and provision of a wide range of books and other
materials, libraries can both support the acquisition of literacy skills and
help foster children’s love of reading amongst children. … the forging of
strong links with local public library services will be an important facet of
the literacy and numeracy plans of schools. Public libraries enable families to
support their children’s literacy development through the range of resources
and information they make available in a free, open and informal setting. While
libraries are an excellent resource for all families, they can be of particular
assistance to families who find it difficult to meet the cost of providing a
rich range of books and educational resources in the home.”</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Source: The
Department of Education and Skills’ National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy,
Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life: the national strategy to improve
literacy and numeracy among children and young people 2011-2020</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Policy-Reports/lit_num_strategy_full.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Policy-Reports/lit_num_strategy_full.pdf</span></a></span><br />
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audience? </span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Children, Parents,
Grandparents, Childminders, Teachers, Principals</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Why should they
care?</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Because of the
benefits that the children will gain from active library membership, and
enjoyment of reading and improved literacy and general knowledge over their
course of their lives. Also active library use will help education professionals
to achieve their educational and social goals for their pupils.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">How are you going
to reach them? What will be your best tools?</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Phone calls, personal
contact, school visits, library visits, e-mail newsletters to school principals
and teachers, e-mail newsletters to parents, texts to parents, social media (Facebook
& Twitter) & traditional media (local newspaper, radio & parish
newsletters) reports of fun library events, author visits, summer reading
challenge, book reviews</span><br />
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ENDSDearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-54466669467011885532018-04-08T22:12:00.003+01:002018-04-08T22:13:07.125+01:00Thing 19: Podcasts<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Option 1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">– Listen to, subscribe, rate and review a podcast of your choice. This includes subscribing to the podcast through a podcast app (apple or android) rating and reviewing the podcast via the app and then writing a short review of the experience and the podcast on your Rudai23 blog.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A friend recommended a podcast called On Being with Krista Tippett, described on https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/ as "The groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. Conversation about the big questions of meaning in 21st century lives and endeavours — spiritual inquiry, science, social innovation, and the arts. Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I downloaded the podcast app to my iPhone in December 2016, and I have been listening to the weekly episodes regularly ever since. I rated the podcast 5* and I wrote a review on it on the iPhone app store. The review hasn't appeared yet, maybe it has to be passed by a moderator first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The experience of using the podcast app has been trouble-free, and easy to use. There is also a searchable website associated with the app and a blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The podcast itself is excellent and well worth the time spent listening to it. The host Krista Tippett holds a conversation with a different guest speaker or speakers every week. The episodes last approx. 1 hour or less. All the episodes are searchable on the website and app going back to when they started in 2001. The archive offers a great selection. They are always interesting, intelligent, thoughtful speakers and the conversations always make me think about new things, or think about things differently. They very often refer to books or poems or authors, and have often directed me to interesting reading. Because it is American based, it is a little American-centric, but her guests have also included Irish poets John O'Donohue, Michael Longley, and Padraig Ó Tuama, and an Austrian theologian Br. David </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Steindl-Rast, among many other international contributors. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> I would recommend it to anyone interesting in thinking about our world and learning more about "<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">spiritual inquiry, science, social innovation, and the arts". </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">ENDS</span></span></span></span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"></span><span style="color: #005000;"></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><b></b><b></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-79557600870580802812018-04-07T23:21:00.001+01:002018-04-07T23:21:19.158+01:00Thing 18: Reflective Practice: Critical Thinking<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Task:</b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Write a reflective blog post on the content and tasks from Things 14 - 17. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wrote blog posts on each of the Things 14, 15, 16, 17, which outline in more detail what I did for each task, and how I reflected on them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I summarise all of them here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In <b>Thing 14</b> I set up an Evernote account, creating a few notes of library events ideas and a few notebooks of types of library events, allocating notes to the relevant notebooks. My objective is to use Evernote to log all the multiple event ideas I come across, to categorise them into the 10 main programme headings we support in the library (Literature, Heritage, Health & Wellbeing, Environment, Business, Irish Language, IT Literacy, Science, Culture & Arts, Literacy & <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Children's Services), and plan new, interesting events across all strands to ensure a balanced programme. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I also tried Pocket and Remember the Milk, but didn't find them useful or helpful and don't expect to use them again.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In<b> Thing 15</b> I tried to edit a Wikipedia page with no success, and evaluated a citation I was trying to include using the CRAAP test, which is a simple, memorable evaluation test. This Thing article on Wikipedia was useful because it gave me a contact name (Dr. Rebecca O'Neill), and idea for a potential <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">citizen science / citizen curator type information literacy workshop for adults and/or teens.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>In Thing 16 </b>I read about, considered and acted on the recommendations for improving the security of my digital footprint. T<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">his was both practical and useful. I </span>also installed Duck Duck Go as my default browser. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>In Thing 17</b> I considered two future potential projects for preparing presentations that I could share with others on SlideShare. I also considered presenting a poster at the LAI public libraries conference in 2019 and in the Leabharlann journal in the future.</span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In <b>Thing 18</b>, I enjoyed reading John Cox's article, and it would encourage me to keep a weekly reflective journal. It seems to be a useful practice to review what you have done in a week, or more importantly what the impact of my week's work has been. This is more than the task management effectiveness that tools like Trello might help me with. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cox referred to 'doing' too much, and focusing on the urgent rather than the important, which is a pitfall I regularly fall in to. I struggle to maintain focus, and can get distracted and sidetracked very easily, always into 'doing' type tasks that do not have the greatest impact. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having spent 7 years managing branch libraries in Co. Wexford, I feel I am now fairly competent in the practical day to day running and operation of branch libraries, and I am very comfortable in the organisation of a full events programme. However, I must focus my efforts and energies on managing my time, myself and our team more effectively for carrying out work with the best impact. First I need to define what that <i><b>impact</b></i> is or should be. All our measurables are quantitative transaction statistics (items issued, visitor numbers, internet & wifi sessions, event numbers, attendance numbers). I need to go beyond that to measure and increase the impact of Gorey Library in its community, on individuals, and in groups such as schools. I need to think about and plan how to do that. I also need to prioritise. Given the 10 main programming heading listed above, it is a challenge to balance efforts across all those areas. Also priority is a singular word, and 10 items is not a single priority, and new initiatives are being introduced every year or more often. I have to work in the realms of human possibility and within the human and budget resources I have. I need to work in Covey's Quadrant II, the Quadrant of Quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This thing has made me reflect on my own work practices more, how I organise, evaluate, and store my information securely online and how I should produce material of a quality that I would be happy to share with others informally online or printed in a professional journal or in person at a professional conference. It has also shown me the value of deadlines and community to force me to stretch myself out of routine library tasks and business into more challenging, and hopefully impactful and rewarding library work.</span><br />
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Option 1: If you have a Powerpoint Presentation or published paper of some kind that you can upload and share to Slideshare or ResearchGate or similar applications, give it a try! What do you think? Are you happy with the results?</i></div>
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Option 2: If you would like to have a presentation or publication to share, now’s the time to track down either a conference or forum or other gathering that you think you might be interested in presenting at; or some kind of publication that you think you might like to submit a piece of writing based on your work for. What is the focus of the gathering or publication? What is the audience? What looks appealing to you about the gathering / publication? And how does its focus relate to your own work?</i></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I would like (theoretically) to present something (maybe just a poster) at the LAI Public Library Conference some year on public libraries and the Irish language. Alternatively write something for An Leabharlann. I'm too late for the joint CILIP/LAI conference 19-20 April 2018 (phew!), but maybe this should be a bucket list for 2019?</span><br />
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T<b>ask:</b> to run a diagnostic of how I protect myself against violations of your privacy on the internet. How do these compare with the precautions that I take? </div>
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I avoid or minimise the personal information I give to websites I am unfamiliar with.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I do not respond to phishing emails. I only ever call my bank on a number I trust or login into my account on a trusted computer on a secure internet connection.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I d</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">on’t download illegal software.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I will be more wary of </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">connecting to the internet via WiFi, that it is a legitimate hot-spot and is encrypted. </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I will minimise the number of apps I download to those I really need & I will </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">read the T&C’s of the apps I download so that I can give “informed consent”</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I'm always </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">aware online of what I post, from a defamatory perspective and regarding giving out too much information about me or my family.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I will e</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">ducate myself about the basics of the internet and how it works to become more aware of the risks and how to mitigate them.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I have changed and improved my password</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> and have set up my email account to require regular password changes.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I'm </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">always conscious of the pictures or content I post and try to be prudent and careful about your digital footprint.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">I have changed my default browser to duckduckgo</span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-91003988903524989862018-04-03T22:17:00.001+01:002018-04-07T23:26:27.370+01:00Thing 15: Evaluating Information<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Task</b></span><br />
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Option a: It's a good time to be thinking about Wikipedia, as #1lib1ref is currently running, as of January 15, through February 3. It's a great entry-point into Wikipedia editing, the focus of the event being finding secondary sources and adding them as citations in order to strengthen the reliability of Wikipedia articles. If you'd like to use this as an opportunity to try your hand at a bit of Wikipedia editing, go ahead, there is plenty of support and instructions on the 1lib1ref home page, here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">So I tried </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Option b:</span></div>
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This will make use of one of the tools that can help with 1lib1ref, the Citation Hunt tool (available at https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/en?id=de1d76dd&cat=all ).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I used the Citation Hunt tool, but couldn't find a citation needed that I could supply. I have an</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> appalling lack of interest in factual / historical / biographical reading, and poor specialist knowledge on any given subject that any of the citations threw up. So I went back to my narrow world view, back to a search of Wexford citations needed, and it was still a good while before I found anything on Wikipedia on Wexford that needed a citation that I could supply. Mo náire!! I eventually found a Wikipedia page on Ivan Yates, former Wexford TD, and a citation was needed to support the page's claim that he was born in Enniscorthy. I noticed that his autobiography "Full on: a memoir" was not listed in the references.</span></div>
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S<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">o I tried to edit the page, to add it as a citation or a reference, but I didn't succeed. I tried the 'talk' page and the 'Ireland portal' to see if I could get some help, but no joy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">To be honest, life is short, and in your article I can understand why it is mostly white males aged 18-30 who are editing Wikipedia. If it wasn't late at night, after a full day's work, and if I had some idea of what I was doing and a page of code didn't look like a plate of spaghetti, I might try to spend some of my scarce free time trying to figure out how to edit Wikipedia pages too! I know it is a valuable cause, but not as valuable as my free time now. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">However, I did make a note of Dr. Rebecca O'Neill's contact details in my Evernote, making a new note on Wikipedia editing and a new notebook on Information Technology events, and I might try to organise a workshop on Wikipedia editing for adults and teens over the summer. We have a North Wexford Historical Society that meets in the library, and they are working on recording gravestones online now, so they might be interested in this sort of citizen science / citizen curator type workshop. I have another similar workshop planned for the end of April with Meitheal Logainm - a community placename collection project https://meitheal.logainm.ie/en/for the historical society and for schools.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">So I feel worse than "those who can't do, teach, and those who can't teach lecture" - I'm one of those who can do neither, but I can try to set up a workshop in the local library so someone who can do, teach and lecture, can show those who are interested! It makes me feel a little less worthless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I set up two notebooks in <b>Evernote </b>- one for environmental events and one for children's events. I created two notes, one on hillwalking and another on Leave no Trace which I moved to the environmental events notebook & I tagged the notes with relevant tags - walking; mountains; adults; litter; children's. I created another note on children's illustrators and moved it to the children's events notebook. I tagged the note with Bologna & Illustrations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm always picking up event ideas when I'm reading online and offline. I note these on scraps of paper, keep fliers and articles, and create notes and reminders on my phone or e-mail links to my work e-mail. I have created a number of paper folders divide by subject topic of all the paper scraps, and it has been a good intention of mine to include them all on a spreadsheet sometime, so I can refer to it for event ideas. I think I might try Evernote for these instead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Try out two of the three smaller tools, from Pocket, Remember the Milk and/or Feedly. Do either of them seem like something you would use? Do they seem too limited in their functionality? Is there a way you can make them work together?</span></div>
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<i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried out <b>Pocket</b> and <b>Remember the Milk</b>. Neither of them seem like something I'd use. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personally, in terms of time management, I believe less is more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I find an article that is valuable and interesting, I read it, there and then. If I don't have time to read it, or I don't judge it useful enough to make time to read it now, then I don't devalue my time later or expect my time latter is of less value or the article is of greater value at a later time, so I feel the imperative to read it later. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Similarly, in the time it would take me to figure out how to use Remember the Milk, I would have gone out and bought a cow and milked it! I think of the Nike logo, just do it, and not set up a whole task list to remind yourself to procrastinate about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do use task lists on MS Outlook and find them useful. I've tried Evernote and I've outlined above how that might be useful to manage events ideas.</span><b></b>Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-54796280455518587572018-04-01T20:32:00.001+01:002018-04-01T21:17:43.712+01:00Thing 13: Reflective Practice: Online Networker<div style="margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 13px;">
Q. What is my personal digital footprint? Am I presenting the online image that I wish others, especially professional colleagues, to see? </div>
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A. I've been on <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>LinkedIn</b> since 2008 and </span><b>Facebook</b> and <b>Blogger</b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span>since 2009, encouraged by my MLIS year in UCD 2008-9. <br />
I joined <b>Blogger</b>, principally because I was required to blog about my experiences doing an unobtrusive reference evaluation as an assignment for a module on Information Resource Management, but I also intended to use it to write in Irish (that didn't happen). I never publicised the blog and would have considered it more of a personal journal or notebook that happened to be online, rather than anything published on the world wide web for all to read (unsurprisingly that didn't happen either)!<br />
Initially I was reticent about <b>Facebook</b>, as I viewed it as an online showing off / self-promotion / self-aggrandisement site and I was very wary of my privacy. The sin of pride was considered one of the most lethal of the deadly sins in our family. So as the antithesis of this, I googled 'sean bhean bhocht' and used the following photo as my facebook profile photo - one I could not be accused of using for self-promotion. It invariably got a negative reaction but I laughed it off. <br />
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However I subsequently read that not having any profile photo was a negative reflection on the person, and I heard that social media was scanned by interviewers, so I reluctantly added a real photo of myself, got over my phobia and I haven't had to atone for that sin yet. I started Rudaí 23/23 Things when it was first offered in Ireland (2014/2015?), but because I didn't have home broadband I didn't complete it. However, I learned about the importance of a positive professional digital image online in that first iteration of 23 Things, so I got an acceptable image taken and still use that on LinkedIn. I didn't consider Facebook as part of my professional online profile, because I used my own page almost exclusively for family and friends, and was wary of using it to promote events on the library Facebook page I was managing. Over time, I accepted, having shared a few library Facebook events, that the world didn't end, and I wasn't stalked by library users either in my virtual or real life. Another phobia conquered. This 2017/18 iteration of Rudaí 23 taught me the relevance of Facebook for online professional networking and branding, so I spruced up my Facebook and LinkedIn profiles and will use Facebook more for professional use. Over time, Facebook has changed to include more companies, organisations and groups, making it a more like a professional network than it used to be at the outset. Also people's use of it is getting a bit more canny, and it is being used more for campaign-style information sharing, and interest-based communication, which suits library use.</div>
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I joined <b>Twitter</b> in March 2014, and I initially I considered it more like a professional online one-way network, which enabled me to follow Twitter accounts from around the work that promoted libraries, reading, books, writing, authors etc. It felt a little like online stalking, and again I was initially reticent about retweeting or more audacious yet, tweeting something myself. I again overcame my fears, doing my first retweet a month later in April 2014: </div>
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It was an extraordinary contribution to academic thought, and I'm sure Ferdinand Von Prondzynski, former DCU president, appreciated my support!</div>
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I braved my first promotional tweet in May 2014, when I tweeted this photo of author Donal Ryan at Bunclody Library in a reply to a Twitter follower.</div>
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In the four years since I joined Twitter I have got more fond of it and more confident in tweeting. I like and retweet a lot of tweets by @wexlibraries and @wexfordcoco promoting Co. Wexford library and county council events and services across Co. Wexford. I'm following over 1,800 twitter accounts and I have over 500 followers. I read that if you follow too many people or too wide a variety of accounts that it indicates that you lack focus and don't know what you are about, that you're too scatter-gunned in your approach. I admit there is some truth in this, but in my defence the remit of public libraries is very broad, and I try to connect with many people in the wide range of Co. Wexford communities we serve. </div>
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Q. Do I currently have a personal branding strategy? What way have I - or could I - use the tools covered in the lesson to create or improve my brand?</div>
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A. I have a personal branding strategy. (<i>I think!</i>) After Thing 11 on Your Professional Brand, I updated my LinkedIn profile heading to the following:</div>
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However, I am a little suspicious of 'personal branding strategies' as if they are a veneer covering the real thing, and I prefer if people can get to know me in reality. I know this is not possible outside my existing work colleagues, and in my online presence I aim to be real and authentic.<br />
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I enjoy networking. I'm sociable. I like the novelty of meeting intersting new people in person or online, and I see it as an important component of the community-building and outreach aspects of my role as a library manager. I feel it doesn't take much effort for me. However, I exploit online and local channels more readily than national network channels. I rarely go outside Co. Wexford to network in person. Whereas the community focus of my work is inside county Wexford, I recognise the risk of this narrow, introverted view, and the benefit of looking further afield for new ideas. I attended the LAI Public Libraries Conference in Tullamore in March 2017, and found it inspiring. I strengthened existing connections with contacts in the public library world, re-discovered lost contacts from my MLIS days, and made new contacts. I enjoyed all of this. I attended a workshop there on the Home Energy Saving Kits that Dublin libraries were lending to users, and we are now trialling the kit in Gorey Library. So there is also a service benefit. I visited Tullamore Library on two separate occasion to learn about the Open Libraries Project, and now that Open Libraries is on the horizon for Gorey Library, I know that I will be calling on those contacts again for support. As regards international networking, I'd love to go to the Bologna Children's Book Fair in the future, and I should raise the idea with a few library friends and colleagues to see if I might find a travel companion.<br />
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A. I have used collaborative tools such as OneDrive, Google Groups and DropBox to work collaboratively in groups, but mostly I use Microsoft e-mail, tasks and calendar to manage group work with colleagues. I read two great productivity books by Charles Duhigg : "Smarter Faster Better" and "The Power of Habit", and small changes in work habits and organisation can make a positive impact on performance, so I intend to try out the Trello task tool and see if it helps me be more productive. I might also try to use Skype a bit more when recruiting new speakers for library events, and it would give me a better 'feel' for the speaker than just e-mail would.<br />
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To conclude, I enjoyed the Online Networker section of Rudaí23 and found it a lot easier than the Visual Communicator. It played more to my strengths. I was already actively using a number of online networking and collaborative tools which helped enormously with this section of the course. I did learn to smarten up my professional brand and online profile and was introduced to a few new tools which could help me work more productively on tasks on my own, and collaboratively in groups. I still retain a slight suspicion of a Personal Branding Strategy, but I also suspect that this is because I'm also gradually admitting to myself that I need to focus and define my Unique Selling Point and Personal Strategy. Hopefully the next two stages - Critical Thinker and Engaged Professional will help me on this point.<br />
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I am involved on group project within an Energy Team in Wexford County Council involving representatives from all sections of the council including me as Libraries rep. We mostly work face-to-face with monthly team meetings. The experience has been positive. There have been positive outcomes, such as a successful grant application to SEAI Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland with grant funding received for a number of energy efficiency projects. This included projects in one library (solar panels & a new more efficient boiler) and the archives building (energy efficient lighting) in 2017.</div>
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The team did try to work virtually sharing documents relating to the projects pipeline for the grant application. We used DropBox to share a large spreadsheet document which held details of all the energy projects suggested by each section of the council. It was certainly more useful to use one shared document rather than e-mails circulating with multiple versions of the document. However, not long after starting, the IT Dept. banned use of DropBox for internet security reasons. Then we had to go back to the old system of e-mailing the spreadsheet and everybody e-mailing their amendments/information on the spreadsheet back to one person to compile all the versions into one. It wasn't as efficient that way, and it didn't achieve as much collaboration as the one live version on DropBox did.</div>
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When doing this project again, I would use any of the secure alternatives to DropBox that our IT department allow us to us.</div>
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I used Doodle in the past, when doing my MLIS 2008-2009 to schedule meetings working on joint projects and to schedule recreational events. It was also briefly used in work to schedule meetings, but mostly we use MS Office calendar, and I find that good, as the meeting goes straight into your outlook calendar. I use <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">MS Office calendar meeting planner a lot.</span></div>
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<b>Task 1 : </b>Create a bio of yourself that you can use when creating an online profile. </div>
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<b>Task 2 : </b>Set up a LinkedIn or ORCID account and highlight aspects of your personal brand you want to emphasise. </div>
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I already had a LinkedIn account since November 2008. In fact I was surprised I had it that long. I set up my account shortly after finishing my MLIS. </div>
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"Executive Librarian specialised in Public Libraries. Experienced in Library Management in a variety of settings. Skilled in Event Programming & Management, Marketing, Social Media, Collections Development & Promotion, Staff Management, Facilities Management and Health & Safety. Good Community Outreach skills and network. Strong Business Development professional with a background in Business and Marketing, active in the "Work Matters in the Library" programme."<br />
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My Twitter bio is a little less specific on role, and more 'missionary':<br />
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI;"></span><span style="color: #b00226;"></span><br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-10369602963166870672018-03-25T22:03:00.003+01:002018-03-25T22:09:39.339+01:00Thing 10: Networking Tools: Facebook & Twitter<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Well, it was nice for change for a 'Thing' not to be a massive struggle. Phew!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">I have already been a Facebook user since 2009. https://www.facebook.com/dearbhla.nilaighin</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">I joined Twitter in March 2014. https://twitter.com/DearbhlaAine</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Since joining Twitter, I had almost stopped using Facebook. Certainly I use Facebook a lot less than Twitter now. For me my Facebook page was always more for personal use, and Twitter more for professional use. However I see after this 'thing', that I could also use my own Facebook page more for professional use too. All Co. Wexford public libraries have their own facebook page, and I've been managing a library facebook page since 2011.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">On both Facebook and Twitter I have </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.66px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">joined / followed a number of library-related people and groups over the years and added a few more tonight.</span></span></span><br />
I hadn't joined a list on Twitter before now, and I have now joined the Libfocus Librarians in Ireland list. I haven't joined a Twitter chat yet, but I see the next #uklibfocus Tiwtter chat is on 9 April and I plan to participate. I sent a tweet using the hashtag #rudai23 proclaiming to the wide world that I have received my Visual Communicator badge (cue drum roll).<br />
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<a href="https://openbadgepassport.com/app/badge/info/70646">Visual Communicator Rudaí 23</a><br />
<br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-4375921813235505622018-03-20T23:30:00.002+00:002018-03-20T23:32:32.603+00:00Thing 9: Reflective PracticeWith the objective of learning as much as possible, I tried to do all the 'Things' to date, and I have blogged about them all, and my varying degrees of success with each one, and posted examples of what I managed to produce with each blog post.<br />
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To follow is a list of 'Things' I have completed to date, the visual communication tools I used, and what I produced with each tool.<br />
8 Oct. 2017: Thing 3: Flickr & Pixabay. I created accounts, uploaded a photo to Flickr, and selected a photo from Pixabay, both of which I added to the blog.<br />
14 & 15 Oct. 2017: Thing 4: Ripl & Quick. I didn't manage to use Ripl due to the limitations of my old iPhone. I managed to use Quick to create a video of libraries I visited in Boston.<br />
29 Oct. 2017: Thing 5: Powtoon & ScreenCastomatic. I used Powtoon to create a presentation of my 'Library Nerd Holiday' in Boston. I used Screencast-o-matic to produce a video of how to renew library books online using LibrariesIreland online catalogue via Wexford Libraries website.<br />
1 Nov. 2017: Thing 6: Reflective Practice on things 3, 4 & 5 completed to apply for my Digital Communications Badge.<i> (not received to date).</i><br />
27 Feb. 2017: Thing 7: Online Exhibitions. I used blogger to create a basic online exhibition of Wexford Libraries online resources.<br />
27 Feb. 2017: Thing 7.5: Digital Storytelling. I used Facebook story to create a digitally modified image of a "Wee Library" in Co. Donegal. I read about Instagram & Snapchat which were also covered in this thing, but I didn't sign up for these, nor use them, preferring to use the Facebook story feature as I'm already on Facebook.<br />
19 Mar. 2017: Thing 8: Infographics: Piktochart & Canva. I used Canva to produce an infographic of a typical month's activity statistics (Gorey Library 2017).<br />
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<u><b>Feelings</b></u><br />
<u></u><b></b>Thinking back over these things and reading back over my blog of how I found working on each thing, I have to admit that frustration was the most common emotion. I am not a very visual person in the real world and even less so in the virtual world. So these tasks were definitely focused on my two of my weak points, which was not a good combination. I encountered challenges, experienced frustration and impatience and achieved mixed success in using these tools. However, I persisted, and I managed to complete something on each thing. <br />
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<b><u>Evaluation</u></b><br />
Reviewing those 8 things, there are some that stand up to scrutiny better than others. Some I would be happy to use on our library Facebook page or even website or e-newsletter. Others were not of an adequate standard.<br />
<b>Good outputs</b>: I would consider the Screencast-o-matic video on how to renew books online adequate to put on our facebook page or website, 'though it would benefit from being done again with a more upbeat tone of voice and some background music. It is workmanlike, and does the job, but it is boring. Personally I like my Powtoon presentation of 'Library Nerd Holiday Boston July 2017', it is bright, has an upbeat soundtrack, and I think there are interesting library photos, but I would judge it more appropriate for personal rather than professional use. My Canva infographic is something that I am happy with and plan to use again to promote monthly activity statistics in the library.<br />
<b>Poor outputs</b>: The Quick video of the same library photos from Boston is unusable due to pixelation. I should have redone this, but considering the two nights I had already unsuccessfully devoted to this thing and my frustrations with Ripl and Quick, I decided to cut my losses and move on from this thing. My online exhibition of e-resources using blogger was also extremely basic, and not something that I imagine could be used. I did have a limited image bank for this task, but I also suffered from poor imagination and creativity in this thing.<br />
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<u><b>Analysis</b></u><br />
Given that I consider myself not to be a very visual person, and I haven't devoted time to my visual skills development in either the real or digital world, I think that this course was good to force me to use tools that I would not otherwise have used, and to try to develop some visual digital skills. I know that communicating visually is very important, particularly in promoting our library services and achievements in a professional, modern way, especially to corporate and younger audiences. When I review all the things together, I see that I have learned some useful skills, and now know of some useful, free and easy-to-use digital tools that I can use again, some more regularly (Canva, Powtoon) than others (Screencast-o-matic), to communicate visually & digitally.<br />
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<b><u>Conclusion</u></b><br />
I would have benefited from sticking to a stricter schedule on this course, as the cumulative learning curve would have accumulated a bit better, and I might have practiced the things in real world examples more. As it is, I completed things 3, 4, 5 & 6 between 8 October and 1 November 2017. Then there is a giant gap until I do thing 7 on 27 February 2018. That giant gap reflects how real life intervenes. My lovely father died on 22 November, and Rudaí 23 fell off my radar, as I struggled with my loss and grief. However, the importance of learning and persistence are some of the life lessons that my father taught me, and I'm determined to persist with this course, and to complete it and to improve myself. <br />
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Thosaigh mé an blag seo i nGaeilge, ach níor lean mé leis an seift sin. Níor éirigh liom an chéad suaitheantas digiteach a fháil, agus b'fhéidir gurb' í an Ghaeilge ba chúis le sin? Cé fios? Ach os rud é gur cúrsa cumarsaide, b'fhéidir gur fearr cloí leis an meán cumarsáid is mó atá á úsáid, an Bhéarla.Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-65101038047569702082018-03-19T19:10:00.002+00:002018-03-19T21:56:26.793+00:00Thing 8 InfographicsThe most regular reports I produce, use and contribute to are our monthly directors reports, monthly transaction statistics and annual reports and business plans.<br />
However since I was working on this at home, I had no access to the data for the above.<br />
I found the transaction statistics for July 2017 in an old e-mail, and I decided to try to present them in an infographic. The infographic is designed for the public or for local councillors to give them a snapshot idea of what business Gorey Library does in a typical month.<br />
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Of the two infographic websites mentioned, I chose to look at Canva because it gave the option of free pdfs, which can be useful.<br />
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I found Canva manageable to work with, but for the first time use, I found it a little frustrating. It appeared as if my cursor wasn't working when I was trying to select and resize or move the elements. It worked some times and not others, and I haven't figured out yet, why that was. I think I copied things unknowingly, and had my own text and images on top of the template text and images so it took a while to tidy them all up. Also the number of free images is small relative to the number of paid images, so it might get limited if you were trying to use it regularly, trying to keep it fresh, while also keeping it free. Time would tell. I imagine I'd figure it out better with more regular use. If this infographic I produced got some good reaction, I might try to make it a monthly infographic.<br />
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<br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-50183139926182512412018-02-27T21:42:00.002+00:002018-03-20T22:21:22.583+00:00Thing 7.5 Storytelling with Facebook: Wee LibrarySince this is a bonus thing, and not compulsory, and I'm not already using Snapchat or Instagram, I decided to look at the storytelling function on Facebook only. However, I soon discovered that the latest app version of Facebook is not available for my old iPhone, and it isn't available on the web version I have either. I managed to produce this amazing piece of art on my husband's phone. This is from "The Wee Library" in Moville, Co. Donegal. To be fair it does make a fairly flat photo more attractive & attract more attention. I would use it again, and would use it in work if (& when) I get a new phone.<br />
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I found it valuable to read about copyright and the Creative Commons licensing system and the correct formula for attributing the source of images. However, I found the variety of attributions and slight differences between each one, somewhat confusing, so I judged the safest option is to use an image in the public domain that is free to use, such as those on Pixabay.<br />
Flickr is busier website than Pixabay with a great variety of images, which can be easily searched and search results filtered by copyright restriction. I would have preferred not to have to create an account to use the site, 'though I did so, and uploaded an image to my Flickr account very easily. (See my blog post on Thing 3 for the link)<br />
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I found the Pixabay website very easy to use and to find, copy and save images, and I copied images into my blog and used a Halloween image on the Wexford Library facebook page to notify the public of our Halloween opening hours. However, the selection of images is very generic, relatively limited, and American-centric, so there is not a great variety of images for Irish-specific topics. I liked that you didn't need to set up an account to use Pixabay.<br />
Flickr has a larger bank of images and greater facility to filter searches of images by photos, people and groups, and by orientation, size, date, colour etc. So if you were using images a lot and were willing to spend the extra time to find an image that exactly suited your purpose, it would probably yield better results than Pixabay.<br />
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In Pixabay, more browse time might throw up more and better image options. I will use it again. It is a useful and 'copyright safe' tool that is quick and easy to use.<br />
Flickr is more social, and being able to follow other libraries is interesting, but I find it a bit like facebook, with a lot of self-promotion, wedding photos etc. Also I could see a lot of time being spent searching for the perfect image on Flickr, when an adequate image could be found on Pixabay for a fraction of the time. It could be a useful tool for promoting library events and stock, but photo permission is always an issue when sharing photos taken of people in the library, particularly when children are involved.<br />
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<br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-61702104731000288082017-10-29T22:37:00.003+00:002017-10-29T22:37:32.321+00:00Rud a 5 / Thing 5: PowtoonFaoi dheireadh thiar thall d'éirigh liom Powtoon a cruthú agus seo é ag an nasc thíos:<br />
<a href="https://www.powtoon.com/embed/dTFUYwAfcAU/">Thing 5: Powtoon Presentation: </a><br />
https://www.powtoon.com/embed/dTFUYwAfcAU/<br />
Dochreidte - tá sé críochnaithe, déanta, tharam, taobh thiar dom!<br />
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Bhí sé ceart go leor an taifead a dhéanamh, ach sábháil mé é ar mo ríomhaire (an chéad & an príomhbhotún!):<br />
"C:\Users\dearb\OneDrive\Documents\Screencast-O-Matic\Recordings\RenewBooksOnline.mp4""<br />
In a dhiaidh sin, ní raibh mé ábalta é a uaslódáil ó mo ríomhaire go dtí mo chuntas Screencast-o-matic.<br />
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Bhí orm taifead nua a dhéanamh, agus é a uaslódáil díreach go dtí mo chuntas Screencast-o-matic. Seo thíos an nasc arlíne den taifead.<br />
https://screencast-o-matic.com/u/iGNf/online-renewal<br />
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Sin deireadh le cuid a haon de Rud a Cúig, buíochas mór le Dia sna hairde agus gach uile naomh. Tuigim anois cén fáth nach bhfuil naoimh againn sna laethanta seo - tá an saol ró-dheacair agus na rúdaí seo ar bhun againn chun muidne a meabhrú!!<br />
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<br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-38344916636044690542017-10-15T23:17:00.002+01:002017-10-15T23:17:31.693+01:00Ag strachaint le Rud a 4 / Thing 4: GoPro Quik & Físeán ró-mhór le OneDrive Pictures<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Seo liom
arís! Ag gabháil leithscéalta arís. D'éirigh liom GoPro Quik a íoslódáil ar mo ríomhaire glúine aréir, agus anocht bhí mé ag iarriadh triail a bhaint as. Bhí
fadhbanna agam leis an suíomh síniú isteach ar dtús, ach d'éirigh liom faoi
dheireadh. Bhí dul amú orm ar an suíomh mar tá sé dírithe ar earraí a dhíol -
fearais griangraifeadóireachta srl - ceamara, drones srl, ach níl said uaim.
Bhí cúpla griangriaf agam ar mo ríomhaire glúine agus bhí sé ar intinn agam
físeán gairid a dhéanamh díobh. Nach mise a bhí saonta! Créatúr bocht ag
déanamh a dícheall ag strachaint le saol digiteach an 21ú aois oíche Domhnach agus Othelia ag druidim linn! Deireadh an
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D'éirigh liom físéan gairid a dhéanamh le OneDrive Pictures ach tá sé ró-mhór agus tá na griangriaf go léir pixelated. Seo thíos:<br />
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Ar dtús rinne mé iarracht Ripl a íoslódáil ar mo fón póca, ach is gá iOS 9.0 a bheith agat, agus is dócha go bhuil iOS 0.0 nó rud níos sine ná sin ar ar mo shean fón póca nach bhuil ró cliste. Ní raibh Ripl le fáil don desktop ach oiread.<br />
Ansin chuaigh mé go Quik, féachaint an féidir liom an app sin a íoslódáil, ach an fadhb céanna a bhí ann. Bhí gá le iOS 9.0 freisin. Ach is féidir GoPro Quik a íoslódáil ar an destop, agus tá sin déanta agam faoi dheireadh.<br />
Ach anois, tar éis uaireanta a chaitheamh ar Rudaí 23 gan mórán toradh ar an am sin, tá sé in am dom dul a chodladh! Táim traochta tar éis sé lá oibre sa leabharlann ó Luan go Satharn. Déanfaidh mé iarracht eile amárach. Oíche mhaith.<br />
<img alt="Lion, Africa, Safari, Wildcat, Predator" data-lazy-srcset="https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/07/22/18/03/lion-2529520__340.jpg 1x, https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/07/22/18/03/lion-2529520__480.jpg 2x" data-lazy="https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/07/22/18/03/lion-2529520__340.jpg" height="245" src="https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/07/22/18/03/lion-2529520__340.jpg" title="Lion, Africa, Safari, Wildcat" width="370" /><br />
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Thóg mé an griangraif seo ar mo laethanta saoire i mBoston. Chonaic mé an phrása seo daite ar balla taobh amuigh de bunscoil agus mé ag siúil an mbóthar go dtí an crannlann Arnold sa chathair sin lá te teolaí nuair a bhí scáth na crainn uainn.<br />
<br />Dearbhlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326164806417595001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789143967292088458.post-26440504633451669932017-10-08T22:01:00.001+01:002017-10-08T22:01:39.551+01:00Thing 3: Pictúir ó Pixabay <div style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 4px;">
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