You have more than likely read a blog that has flagged up Meredith Farkas’ survey of librarians who blog. But in case you didn’t, here’s a link to the survey.

Huzzah for some sense in this matter. If I read one more snarky ‘look at how clever I am’ post about Harry Potter I shall have to write that ‘you are all idiots’ post that bubbles up at such moments.
For a lot of people, enjoying a book is not enough. You must also validate lit crit with [...]

Can you help?
For one, can you effect major changes in copyright law, reader habits and data structures I’m guessing they will aim at public domain works first, and function more as a one stop search for library holdings rather than as a full-on full-text digital library.
Seriously, good luck to them. Anything which honestly just [...]

Freepint reports one person’s poor experience of London PLs. They go on to ask why we can’t just dissolve the PLs and ‘get our taxes back,’ though no use for the freed up money is specified. Perhaps it could be part put with some PFI money to half-build a hospital or school which then turns [...]

Kudos to Michael for getting his Umbrella report published in the Gazette. The current edition features reports and comments on the conference. Good to see a range of views.

The fifth collection, Read Responsibly, is available to order.
I’ve already placed my order
Please note: I’m just a huge fan of theirs. I get no money from plugging their work.

From many piles of evidence to one…

Still a few more things to add and the statement to tidy up. But the end is in sight
Edit It took me 5 months after this to actually get it in shape and sent! /Edit

The recent cabinet reshuffle also saw restructuring in the departments which govern education.
We now have two departments- Children Schools and Families (CSF) headed by ED Balls and Innovation Universities and Skills (IUS) headed by John Denham.
Both have responsibilities outside of education. For example CSF will also deal with family policy issues and IUS will cover science [...]

So, the final stage. I’ve been scanning certificates, letters and the like to add to my evidence. Now I need to print it all out and try to organise it. All the while bearing in mind the need to be reflective and evaluative.
Frankly I’d rather sit some exams and turn in an essay reflecting on [...]

Over on the comments to Brian’s post, he says that we should not now be asking whether we do it but how.
Absolutely. I am not questioning that these things be done, rather that we do think about how they can be done, and that takes in an understanding of contextual factors. Any slogan, ‘just do [...]