Information underload

Bother it, another day nearly over and I have failed to plant any more seeds in the blog patch. Day Job was taken up with urgent stuff, finishing a key paper, some meetings with reps (who were mnore than averagely personable for company reps), making difficult decisions about collection management (stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before…)

Also having a little personal dilemma about whether or not to apply for a job I’ve seen. It’s appealing but there would be material sacrifices. Also sense that my appetite for change, which has always been quite healthy, is on the wane and I’m starting to lose confidence in my ability to seize new opportunities. That is evidence if anything is that I really should be thinking about moving on…

Write a little review piece for CDG Scottish Division newsletter, reflecting on my first two months as CDG President. It’s been challenging, sometimes stressful, but there have been some real highs. I’m trying to stay on top of everything and hold it all together, but I don’t know whether it’s working. Still feel quite daunted by the whole thing.

Busy the rest of this week – tomorrow I join in a Show & Tell day for SALCTG, speaking about my use of wikis in 1st year information literacy. On Thursday it’s the CILIPS day at Peebles and I’m looking forward to co-leading a workshop on the Timelord’s Guide to CPD. Who makes up these titles?!

Stay out of the shadows… and don’t blink…

Second pod to the left

Just back from Scottish Division’s AGM. Arrived early and was joined by a few faithful souls, but at the designated start time we were still several officers short of a meeting. Very strange. After 15 minutes we invoked the power of mobile to find our trusty colleagues. They were at the right University, in the wrong building, looking for the right room. (I’m not sure exactly what part the desk staff at said institution played in this mix-up). We were reunited – quite a large crowd as it turned out – and the meeting duly took place. Butted in too many times and now feeling I should have kept mouth shut.  No one likes a bossy britches!

Amuse myself on the train by brainstorming ideas for ‘The Timelord’s guide to CPD’ session for the Branch & Group day at Peebles in June. Hope to make it fun, relevant and interactive. So many things to prepare, so little time – concentrating on keeping all the balls in the air, eggs in the basket, general spheres in orbit.